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rumbling outside the palace door. and Pha'
raoh stands at his palace with Joseph be-
side him, the ring upon his hand and q
chain of authority about his neck. Wagon
after wagon passes away ladened with corn
and wheat and a change OF raiment, and l
can see Jacob as he sits in front OF ms
home thinking of his absent sons and OF
Joseph, ! am sure, for whether our boys
go out to the ends of the earth or heaven
they never get away from us: Suddenly
he sees cloud of dust in the distance, and
he knows that some one is coming. His
heart begins to beat rapidly when he inn
AGNES it to be his sons. When they are
near enough to cry out 10 him they ten
him, "Joseph is yet alive" At this the ola
man tainted: "But. when he saw the
wagons which Joseph had sent to carry
him the spirit of Jacob their father re-
vived." And he said, ut is enough;
Joseph my son is yet alive I will go and
see him before l 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 change of raiment, so that we
need be clad no longer in the garments OF
our own righteousness, but in the robes OF
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 to
eat that the world cannot give, and which
if man eat he shall live forever
Second, bringing us good news. These
wagons shall come to us as they came to
Jacob. The best of the news was that
Joseph was yet alive. In the Old Testa
ment when the day of atonement came the
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 a golden bell, and
pomegranate 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 vet alive because of the bless.
ings He is showcring 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 to
heaven. Lord Jesus come quickly.
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lost boy, and one day the wagon will come
for us to take us up to our friends who
have gone from us. Jacob did not think
of the Nile in Egypt, which he was to sec,
but of Joseph, and that is what heaven
is to us. the presence of Jesus. If lie Is
not there, there will he no music; il He is
not IT, re, there will be no glory; if He is
not there, there will be no joy. but thanks
be unto God these wagons shall take us
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have said goodbye in this world, and that
will be joy unspeakablc.
Home at last The end has come for
Jacob. His has been great life, and his
until he is 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 scatfold.
ing is 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 scaifolding is being taken down
from about Jacob we see his real manhood
Il shall be gathered to my people," he
said to those who were about him, and
that settles for me the question as to
whether we shall know each other III the
other land.
"What is death, o what is death?
lis slumber to the weary,
lis rest to the forlorn,
lis shelter to the drcary,
IT'S peace amid the storm,
IT'S the entrance to our home,
'Tis the passage to that God
Who bids His children come, =
When their weary course Is trod."
BURY me with my fathers" he said,
Genesis 40: 20.3l. "And he charged them,
and said unto them, | am to be gathered
unto my people; bury me with my fathers
in the cave that is in the field of Ephron,
the Hittite. In the cave that is in tho
field of Machpelah which is before Mamrc,
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron, the Hit.
tte, Tor possession OF bury-placc.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah,
his wife; there they buried Isaac and Re:
beksh, his wife, and there ! buried Leah"
and that must have been great process.
sion which started from Egypt to Canaan.
] can think of another procession a little
like it, In 1881, not far from Luxor, a
great tind was made of kings and queens
at place called Del FL Bahri. For long
time the tourists had been picking up
pieces of jewelry and other valuables
which the scholars knew belonged to the
kings and queens of other ages, and at
last after much work it was found that
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value, and when the representatives of the
Government made their way to Del FL
Bahri they really found the mummy of the
great Pharaoh and others who were bur
led with him. These bodies were taken
out of the place of hiding carried to the
Nile and floated off to Cairo, and it is
said as the procession moved along the eel.
cbrated river the Egyptians lined the bank
all the way to 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" 1t
must have been like this when Jacob was
taken back to Canaan, Jacob, the great.
has come again" but at last they reach
the cave of Machpelah. and they place
him there to rest. Abraham is there with
Sarah and Isaac with Rebekah and Jacob
with Leah, and there they shall wait until
the tomb is opened by the coming of
Christ and hand in hand they shall go
forth to meet Him. May God speed the
day.
The EstIm att nf Man