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GlatlOn OK peace " us eNs
at Pharaoh's suggestion the wagons were
sent for the old man and all his loved ones:
that they might come into the land OF
Egypt and dwell there while the famine
RACED in Canaan. I can hear the wagons
rumbling outside the palace door. and Pha'
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 corn
and wheat and a change OF raimeut. and l
can see Jacob as he SITS In 'front.' OF ms
home thinking Of his absent sons and OF
Joseph, l 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 cloud OF dust in the distance, and
he knows that some one "a coming. HIS
hear. begins to heat rapidly when he i'm.
agines it to be his sons. When they are
near enough to cry out to him they ten
him, Joseph is yet alive" 4: this the old
man tainted. But when he saw the
wagons which Joseph had sent to carry
him the spirit Of Jacob the'r father re-
.Josepb JDi nv son is vet alive. I will go and
ace him before I die" From all Of this
beautiful Old Testament incident I 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 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 70
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 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
priest took off 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
pomeg.anate the whole length OF the hem
round about. and rs 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 be
saw the wagons. and we know that our
Joseph is vet a!,ve because of the bless
ings He is showerins upon as and the
peace which passeth understanding filling
our souls, and Jacob heard that Joseph
him.eH 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.
Third, the wagons took jacob up to his
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 see,
l..S e kk,k % xrhak haa
| Is to us. the presence of Jesus. If He is
| not there. there will be no music; it He is
not there, there will be no glory; il He Is
not there. there will be no JOY, but thanks
| be unto God these wagons shall take rs
up to meet our loved cues to whom we
have said goodbye in this world. and that
will be joy unspcakable.
III.
Home at last. The end has come for
Jacob. His has been a great life. and his
| a great fight. We scarcely appreciate him
| 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 scaffold.
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 scaffolding is being taken down
Il shall be gathered to my people," he
said to those who were about him, and
that settles for me the question I'd to
whether we shall know each other in the
"What Is death, o what is death
'Tis slumber to the weary,
It's rest to the forlorn,
'Tis shelter to the dreary.
Tis peace amid the storm,
IT'S the entrance to our home,
lis the passage to that God
Who bids His children come.
When their weary course is trod."
"Bury me with my fathers" he said,
Genesis 10: 1881. "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 the
field of Machpelah. which is before Mamre,
in the land of Canaan. which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron. the Hit.
tite, for a possession OF 4 bury.place.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah,
bekah. his wife, and there I buried Leah"
and that must have been q great process.
sion which started from Egypt to Canaan.
can think of another procession a little
like it. In 1881. not far from Luxor, q
great find was made Of kings and queens
at Place called Del El Bahri. For long
time tie tourists had been picking up
pieces OF jewelry and other valua5!es
which the scholars knew belonged to the
kings and queens OF other ages, and at
last after much work it was found that
a discovery had been made OF the greatest
| value. and when the representatives Of the
Government made their way to Del F.
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 foated off to Cairo. and it 10
said as the procession moved along the Gel.
ebrated river the Egyptians lined the banl;
all the way. to the city. threw dust into
he air. fell upon their faces and cried
aloud, Pharaoh the great has come again!
Pharaoh the great has come again" II
must have been like this when Jacob was
taken back to Canaan. Jacob, the great.
has come again" but a. 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 20
forth to meet Him. May God speed the
day.
"Jesus, It's Me-"
A pleasing little story is that of timid
little girl at a reli1ious meeting in the