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at pharaoh's suggestion the wagons were
sent Tor 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. ! can hear the wagons
rumblng outside the palace door. and Pha'
raoh stands az his palace with Joseph be.
side him, the ring upon his hand and a
chain of authority about his neck. Wagon
after wagon passes away ladened with corn
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, i am sure, for whether our boys
30 out 10 the ends OF the earth or heaven
they never get away from us; suddenly
he sees a cloud OF dust IN the distance, and
he knows that some one Is coming. His
heart begins 20 beat rapidly when he Inn
AGNES u 20 be his sons. When they are
near enough TO cry out 10 him they tel
him, Joseph is yet alive 40 this the old
man tainted but when he saw the
wagons which Joseph had sent 10 carry
him the spirit Of Jacob their father re-
vived" And he said, 1T is enough.
Joseph my son is yet alive. l will go and
see him before | die" From all of this
beautiful Old Testament incident l learn
these helpful lessons
First. the wagons have come for US,
bringing us the best blessings of heaven,
containing a change OF rsiment. so that we
need he clad no longer in the garments of
our own righteousness. but in the robes of
His Righteousness. In this garment there
is the mark of the blood shed for our re.
demption and the reflection OF the glory Of
the throne of God, bringing US food 10
eat that the world cannot give, and which
II a man eat he shall live forever.
Second, bringing US good news. These
wagons shall come 90 us as they came 20
Jacob. The best of the news was that
-. l.. a
ment when the day of atonement came the
priest took of his garment of glory and
beauty and clad IN linen robes made his
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 a
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 our
Joseph is yet ahve because of the bless.
ings He is showoring upon US and the
peace which passcth understanding filling
our souls, and Jacob heard that Joseph
himself would come to meet him. and one
day our Joseph shall appear, We know
not when that day shall be, but the skies
shall brighten with our coming Lord, and
when He comes we shall step into the cha.
riot and be taken away from this earth 20
heaven. Lord Jesus come quickly.
Third, the wagons took Jacob up TO his
lost boy, and one day the wagon will come
for US 20 take us up 20 our friends who
of the Nile in Egypt which he was 10 see,
but Of Joseph, and that il what heaven
is TO us, the presence of Jesus. II He is
not there, there will be no music; IL He IL
not there, there will be no glory; II He IL
not there. there will be no Joy, but thanks
be unto God these wagons shall take us
up 20 meet our loved ones 10 whom we
have said goodbye in this world, and that
will be Joy unspeakable.
III.
Home az last. The end has come for
jacob His has been a great life, and his
a great fight. We scarcely appreciate him
until he - going We have looked upon
great buildings in process OF construction
and said. That is the greatest building
in the city, but never until the scahold,
ing ~ taken down do we appreciate the
work OF the architect or the skill Of the
men who carried out his plans, and now
that the scaffoldine is being taken down
from about Jacob we see his real manhood
u shall be gathered TO my people," he
said 10 those who were about him, and
whether we shall know each other in the
other land.
What ~ death, o what is death
lis slumber TO the weary,
'Iis rest 10 the forlorn,
lis shelter 90 the dreary.
It's peace amid the storm,
It's the entrance 20 our home,
lis the passage 20 that God
Who bids His children come,
Whpn their weary courae IN trnb |"
Bury me with my fathers" he said,
Genesis 40: 203l. And he charged them.
and said unto them, j am 10 be gathered
unto my people bury me with my fathers
IN the cave that IL in the field Of Ephron,
the Hlttlte. In the cave that is in the
field Of Machpel lah, which is before Mamrc.
IN the land OF Canaan. which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron, the Hit.
tlte, for possession Of a bury.place.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah,
his wife; there they buried Isaac and Re
bekab his WIFE and there ] buried Leah"
and that must have been a great process.
sion which started from Egypt 90 Canaan.
can think OF another procession n little
like II. In 1881. not far from Luxor,
great find was made Of kings and queens
at place called Del III Bahr. For a long
time the tourists had been picking up
pieces OF jewelry and other valnables
which the scholars knew belonged 20 the
kings and queens Of other ages, and al
last after much work IL wns found that
a discovery had been made of the greatest
value, and when the representatives Of the
Government made their way 10 Del VI
Bahri they really found the mummy OF the
great Pharaoh and Others who were bur.
led with him. These bodies were taken
ont OF the place Of hiding. carried 10 the
Nile and hoated of TO Cairo, and il is
sald a. the procession moved along the eel.
ebrated river the Egyptians lined the bank
All the way 10 the city, threw dust into
the air fell upon their faces and cried
aloud Pharaoh the great has come again,
Pharaoh the great has come again" IL
must have been like this when Jacob was
taken back 10 Csnaan, Jacob, the great.
has come again" but at last they reach
the cave of Machpelab. and they place
hlm there 10 rest Abraham il there with
Sarah and Isaac with Rebekab and Jacob
with Leah and there they shall wait until
the tomb 10 opened by the coming Of
Christ, and hand in hand they shall 20
forth 70 meet Him. May God speed The
day.