The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-15

again Me We have berett OF my children
Joseph is not, SIMON is not and now you
viii take Benjamin from me"
H.
The meeting NJ Joseph and Jacob. We
are familiar with the story of Joseph's rev
citation Of peace to his brethren and nov
at Pharaohs suggestion the wagons were
sent for the old man and al his loved ones
that they might come into the land OF
Egypt and dwell there while the famine
ragged in Canaan I can hear the wagons
rumbhng outside the palace door and Pha.
l,raoh stands at his palace with Joseph be
side him, the ring upon his hand and .
chain of authority about his neck. Wagon
after wagon passes away ladened with corr
and wheat and a change of raiment, and
can see Jacob as he sits in front of his
| home thinking of his absent sons and OF
/ Joseph, ] am sure, for whether our boys
| 90 out to the ends Of the earth or heaven
| they never get away from us. Suddenly
he sees a cloud of dust in the distance, an6
/ he knows that some one is coming Hu
/ heart begins to beat rapidly when he i'm
| AGNES it to be his sons. When they ara
/ near enough TO cry out to him thew tel
/ him, Closeup is yet alive" At this the ole
man tainted but when he saw thu
| wagons which joseph had sent to carry
] him the spirit Of Jacob their father re
vived" And he said ct is enough
joseph my son is yet alive. l will 60 anc
see him before / die" From all Of this
beautiful Old Testament incident ! learn
these helpful lessons
FIRST, the wagons have come for US.
bringing us the best blessings of heaven
containing a change'of raiment, so that we
need be clad no longer in the garments oil
orr own righteousness, but in the robes Of
His righteousness. In tins garment there
is the mark Of the blood shed for our re
demption and the reflection Of the glory o.
Che throne Of Coo, bringing us food t.
eat that the world cannot give, and which
if man eat he shall live forever.
Second. bringing us good news. Thest
wagons shall come to lis as they came Il
Jacob. The best of the news was thai
Joseph was vet alive In the Old Tesla
ment when the day Of atonement came thu
priest took off his garment of glory ant
beauty and clad in linen robes made hil
way into the presence of the Ark of the
Covenant, and then the service over he
came out and put on again the garment Of
glory and beauty, on the hem Of the robe
of which there was golden bell and &
pomeg-anate the whole length of the hem
round about, and as he moved around the
people heard the ringing of the bells and
knew that the priest was yet alive. Jacob
knew that Joseph was alive because he
saw the wagons, and we know that oul
Joseph Is yet alive because of the bless
ings He is showering upon us and the
peace which passeth understanding films
our souls, and Jacob heard that JOSEPH
himself would come to meet him, and ont
day our Joseph shall appear. We know
not when that day shall be- but the skie
shall brighten with our coming Lord, enc
when He comes we shall step into the cha
riot and be taken away from this earth tt
heaven. Lord Jesus come quickly
Third, the wagons took Jacob up to hi
lost boy, and one day the wagon viii conn
for us to take US Up to our friends WHIT
have gone from lis. Jacob did not thinl
of the Nile in Egypt, which he was to see
but Of Joseph, and that is what HEAVIER
is to us, the presence of Jesus. If He i
not there, there will be no music if He i
not there, there will be no glory; if He i
not there, there will be no JOY, but thank
be unto God these wagons shall take u
up to meet our loved ones to whom w
have said goodbye in this world, and. tina
will be joy unspeakable.
III.
Home at last. The end has come TO
Jacob His has been a great life, and hi
great fight. We scarcely appreciate hin
until he IS going. We have looked upol
"reat buildings in process of construction
and said, That is the greatest buildin
in the city" but never until the scaffold
ing IS taken down do we appreciate tn
work OF the architect or the skill of tn
men who carried out his plans, and nov
i that the scaffOldinu Ia heinz taken dow,