The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-12-15


of so soon getting home. No
Iooner has the ferryboat struck the
shore than David and his family and
bis old friend Barzillai. from Rogelim.
get on board the boat. Either with
.plashing oars at the side or with n
par sculling al the stern of the boat
they leave the eastern bank OF the Jor-
dan and start for the western bank
That western bank il black with
crowds OF people, VINO are waving and
shouting at the approach Of The king
and his family. The military are all
out. Some of those who have been
David's worst enemies now shout until
they sre hoarse at his return. No
sooner has the boat struck the shore
on the western side than the earth
quakes and the heavens ring with
cheers of welcome and generalization.
David and his family and BsrzillAl from
Rogelim step ashore. King David asks
his old friend to go with him and live
Al the palace, but Barzillsl apollo
gizes and intimates that he is inHrm
with age and too deaf to appreciate
the music. and has a delicate appetite
that would soon be cloyed with lux,
urious living, and so he begs that David
would let him go back to his country
seat.
| onc heard the father Of a presi-
dent Of the United States say that he
had JUS, been to Washington TO see his
son in the white house. and be told me
Of the wonderful things that occurred
there. and Of what Daniel Webster said
10 him. but he declaredi ~ was glad
70 get home. There was too much go
Ing on there for me-" My father, an
aged man, made his last visit at my
house in Philadelphia. and after the
church service was over. and we went
home, some one In the house asked the
aged man how he enjoyed the service.
well" he replied. ~ enjoyed the serv-
ice, but there were too many people
there for me. il troubled my head
very much" The fact is that old peo-
pie do not like excitement. II King
David had asked Barzillai 30 years be.
fore TO 60 to the palace, the probability
Is that Barzillai would have gone, but
not now. They kiss each other good
by, & custom among men oriental. but
in vogue yet where two brothers part
or an aged father and a son 20 away
Nom esch other never to meet again.
No wonder that their lips met as King
David and old Barzillai, at the prov Of
the ferryboat, parted forever.
This river Jordan. in all ages and
among all languages, has been the SYM
Dol of the boundary line between earth
and Heaven. Yet when on a former oc-
casion / preached to you about the
Jordanic passage I have no doubt that
come Of you despondingly said. 1.-THE
Lord might have divided Jordan for
Joshua, but not for poor me-" Cheer
up! / want TO show you that there is
a way over Jordan as well as through
It. Ny text says: "And there went
over a f~erryboat to carry over the
kings household"
All our cities are familiar with the
ferryboat. 1t goes from San Francisco
TO Oakland and from Liverpool to
Birkcnhead, and twice every secular
day Of the week multitudes are on the
ferryboats Of our great cities, so that
you will need to hunt up a classical die
tionary to find out what / mean while
! am speaking to you about the passage
Of David and bis family across the river
Jordan.
Ny subject. in the frs, place. i'm
presses me with the fact that when we
cross over from this world to the next
the boat will have to cqpe from the
other side. The tribe OF Judah, we
are informed, sent this ferryboat across
TO get David and his household. Istand
on the eastern side Of the river Jor-
dan. and find no shipping at al. but
while am standing there I see a boat
blowing through the river, and as
hear the swirl Of the waters and the
boat comes 10 the eastern side Of the
Jordan and David and his family and
his old friend step on board that boat
! am nightly impressed with the fact
that when we cross over from this
world 10 the next the boat viii have Ia
come from the opposite shore.
A guide at Niagara falls said 10 me:
"Do you see that rock down 10 the
rapids?" ] said: ayes" We'll" he
said, some years ago a man got into
the rapids and hoated down until he
came 10 that rock, and be clutched
that and held on We sent ave life.
boats at different times out 10 him.
and they were all broken 10 spIinters
After awhile we got him some food
but he could not eat Il. He seemed tc
have no appetite. He wanted to get
ashore, and the poor fellow held on
and held on. and with a shrek louder
than the thunder Of the cataract he
went over" When a man puts out
from the shore Of this world on tbs
river Of Death in a boat Of his OWL
construction, he has worse disaste.
than that-shlpwreck, eternal ship
wreck.
Blessed he God, there Is a boat com
Ing from the other sidel Transports
tion at last for our souls from III
other shore; everything about thi
Gospel from the other shore; pardoI
from the other shore; mercy from tn
other shore; pity from the othe
shore; ministry Of angels from III
other shore; power TO work miracle
from the other shore; Jesus Chris
from the other shore. This is a faith
ful saying and worthy Of 81 accepta
I tion that Christ Jesus came into tn
world TO save sinners" and from
foreign shore ! zee the ferryboat CON
ing, and IL rolls with the surges Of
; 6syiour's suffering; but as 4 strike
the earth the mountains rock, and N
( dead adjust their apparel so tina
they may be ~ 70 come out. Tha
boat touches the earth, and gloriou
Thomas Walsh gets Into IL In his 20
piring moment. saying; He la
come! He has comet Ny Beloved
mine, and ! am His" Good Sara
p Wesley got into that boat, and as sh
showed of from the shore she cried
Open the Rntesl Open the gatesl
! bless God that as the boat cam
from the other shore to take Davi
and his men across, so, when we al
about 10 die, the boat will come frol
the same direction. God forbid thi
] should eyer trust 10 anything thu
, starts from this side.
!, Again, my subject suggests th'
when We cross over at the last Il
: King will be on board the boat. shI
/ carpentry IN Bible times was in (
infancy. The boats were not skill
fully made. and l can very easily In