The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12

never seen him before
some men seem to live most in their
dSlng hour, and we discover In tha'
mysterious conflict more goodness, more
1cellns after God, more vehement desire
for things heavenly and eternal than IN
all their lifetime before. How Is th's
Who can tell what the dying see? Even
Christ Himself was revealed by the Cross
we had not known Him without 'f'
crucifiXion.
Jacobs history is simple one. OUT
with wondrous prospective. seventeen
years did he dwell In the land OF Essp''
In the country OF Goshen. yet when ne
was one hundred and torty-seven years
old the time drew near when ne must
die. Who can fight the army OF the
years7 Those quiet soldiers never lose
war. Those silent years sweep away al
before them. The strongest tower among
US must fall, a stone at a time, hiaype'
or BY sudden shock, but each man must
die.
Israel had but one favor to ask. bury
me not pray thee, in Egypt SAD the
dying Jacob to his son Joseph; but oury
me In the burying place OF my tatners'
What other heaven had the Old Iesta-
ment Pilgrim He must be buried IN a
given place, marked off and sacredly
guarded. He did not know-how could
he?-that ell places are conseorated' anu
every spot equally near heaven, IL go
be that God dig the grave and watch 1t.
Now the old man will tell once more
his life story. How Will he begin. and
where2 Will he rehearse to his sons his
deception OF his old blind fatherI VIII
he say why he was compelled to lice
from his brother Esau7 Jacob Will begin
where he himself truly began to be.
God Almighty appeared unto me at
Luz, In the land Of Canaan. and blessed
me-, Not word about the old home
stead or life. but where he began afresh.
This is the mystery Of Providence, as
1t is revealed in the new and sanctified
soul. We should be in perpetual de-
spair If we bound ourselves within the
prison home OF earthly memories. Each
Of US has had ''Luz'' in his life--a place
so sacred. an hour 30 bright that all
others fade In comparison with 1t. we
began our true life where God took His
proper place within our souls.
Jacob said nothing of former times.
And God has promised not to mention
them again to US, but to "cast them Into
the deep OF the sea" This Is our hope and
our exceeding comfort. Let the dead
past bury its dead. and thus we rise to
lobler things.
Jacob grows eloquent as he recalls the
leath of the never-to-be-fo gotten Rachel.
He set up pillar at her grave, that
Ill generations might mourn with him.
Needless ages! We think surely our
ears have consecrated our place of woe
md all will weep with us when we show
where our soul nearly dead! 1t is pang
to find that in our overwhelming grief we
ire alone, even in the midst Of friends.
t may be no human friend knows or
,ares, but there is One who, in our grief,
$ smitten and counts our every tear.
Jacob, by one last supreme effort. will
bless his sons as they stand in order be-
ore him. We must read the speech as a
Whole to rightly Judge the tenor OF It,
low clear. how far-rea ching is the YER
llct for each, as 1t falls from his lips
with affectionate .entrcaty and
wisdom!
Nothing is omitted. all is recalled and
,lainly stated. Yet over oil Is the
ather's loving counsel and benediction.
There was no property to divide. But
lie had something better than mere prop
,rty to give, even "the blessing of the
Lord. which maketh rich, and He addeth
10 sorrow with It..
What have you to leave your children?
What is money In the hour of death?
But IL you will you can leave them the
priceless legacy Of character, of truth,
II kindness, and an inheritance incorrupt-
BILE. undefiled and that fadeth not away
The future life 1t not a mere state Of ex-
stence, stript Of all former associations.
Jacob expressly speaks of being gathered
o his people" The city to which he
vas going was the home Of his people"
because they were also NIOo - ISd' dAlct
year Gods people have been gathering
here, as the Highland clans were gath
,red in central trysting place by the
bearers Of the Fiery Cross. All true and
,oble sanity souls are assembled there
md await us. When we leave this world
we, too, shall go to our own people;
those whom we have loved and lost
nwhile;" those who are watching for us
With fondest affection and will welcome
is with a shout of praise as we enter
hat world of everlasting reunion.
So let Israel die. Bury him. as ne
wished, In Gods own land. God has
out in him the humble true
saint-the evil has vanished, ana para
lse has begun!
Observation-Disclosures
DR., Harvey w. Wiley. chlef OF tho
United States Bureau of Chemistry OF
the Department OF Agriculture. soon will
take up the question OF how the use OF
+ohacco n Pects tha Digestion and the hui