Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-07-28

he story OF A-aIon. who tried to aeshrone
h!s ss;her. But all history In beautiful. with
stories OF hiiaf fidelity. Hpzminonias The
warrior. found his chief delight in recisinc
n his parents bis histories. There GOES
Fn~as from burning TROY. on his shoulders
tnchises. his father. The A:henians pun
shed with death any unaiial conduct. There
goes beautiful Ruth e<corting venerable
Naomi across the desert amid the howiing OF
he wolves and the barking OF the iackals.
John Lawrence. burned N the stake in Col
chester. WAS cheered in the fame. BY his
children. who said. 80. God. strengthen
Thy servant and keep Thy promisa- And
Christ in the hour OF excrucia'ion provided
for His old mother. Jacob KEEP. his re<oiu-
ton. II will go AMI see him before / die"
and a little while after we find them walking
the tesssllatea floor OF the palace. Jacob and
Joseph. he prime mini.,e. proud OF his
shepherd.
l may saw in regard q ,ha raoA OF yon;ha:
your parents have probably VISITED Won for
The ,ast time or Will soon pay you such a
visit. ant I have wondered If they will ever
say. 81 am In the pit OF sin - joseph was in
the pit. oh" Won say. II am In the prison
o mine ~iniauity" Joseph was once in priA
son.. "Oh." you say. Il didn't have a fair
chance. was denied maternal kindness -
Joseph was denied maternal attendance.
SOB" you say. AZ an far away from the
! land OF nv nativity 81 Joseph was far from
home. "Oh." you say. II have been be-
traved and exasperated !" Did not Joseph's
brethren sell him TO a passing Ishmaelitish
caravan? Yet God brought him 10 that en-
blazoned residence. and ii you will trust His
grace in Jesus Christ you, too, will be en-
paiaced.
Oh. what a day that will be when the old
folks come from an adjoining mansion in
heaven and and yon amid the alabaster
| pillars OF the thronaroom and living with the
King. They are coming up the steps now,
and the epauieted guard OF the palace
PUSHES In and saws "Your fathers coming,
Your mothers coming And when under
the arches OF precious stones and on the
pavement OF porphyry you greet each other
The scene will eclipse the meeting OF the
Goshen highway when Joseph and Jacob
fell on each others neck and wept a good
while.
Put. oh, how changed the old folks will
be, Their cheek smoothed into the flesh OF
a little child. Their stopped posture lifted
into immortal symmetry. Their foot now so
feeble. then with the sprishtliness OF a
bounding roe as they shall sayto sou, A
spirit passed this way from earth and told
US that you were wayward and dissipated
after we left the world. but you~have re-
pented. our prayer has been answered, and
YOU are here, and as we uset to visit you on
earth before we died now we visit you in
Your new home after our ascension Aud
father will say. Mother. don't you see
Joseph is vet alive?' And mother will say.
Yes. father. Joseph is yet alive"
And then they will talk over their
earthly anxiaties In regar1 to you. an
the midnight supplications In your
behalf. andthey will rscite TO each other thu
old Scripture passage with which they used
TO cheer their staggering faith. II will be a
God to thee and thy seed after thee" Oh.
the palace. the palace, the palace! That ia
what Richard Baxter called The saints
everlasting rest" That is what John Buy
van called the Celestial City. That I,
Young's Night Thoughts turned into
morning exuftations. That is Gray's "Ele-
gy In a Churchyard" turned to resurrection
spectacle. That is the 'Cotter's Saturday
Night exchanged for the Cotter's Sabbath
morning. That is the shepherd OF Salisbury
plains amid the focks on the hills o
heaven. That is the famine struck Padana
ram turned into the rich pasture fields Of
Goshen. That is acob visiting Joseph al
the emerald castle.