The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29


said, will atloAus thou hast Gem
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we have seen jacob, d r,itiu sv va J, iB ~
stranger, ali lilttllns ahd aSprinco ltayin "
power With God, tlis5 tlceseptlo1|nls, Ills
dreams, Ills prayers, Ills Visions, arc nov ltI'I
closing, and IL III, sunset Is not; without ~ =
radiant splcmnity. s1rnch Tying sun siouiu
10 IL teuchqrs 81 eSniystcry md grace Of
Providence. 5S 81 6s IN
I'VE shall now sec jacob ns We I have
never seen hin, before. Some men seem ~
to live most when dying. We see more ING
ofithe,n sin hat last dread hour than IT IT
d sholc H ife thine before; more sweet
ness, more feeling after God more t' ve AEN
mont desire for things eternal ana heay "
only, and moro purged OF self How y
tlliss Tfypocrsy IS not tho xpnii'titoi'.S
1stherc not n more excellent way, q tr l1n
deeper, finer answer to tho enigma b 81 y
that sacred and tragic moment A q "a
Who can clltwhnt lights beam, then IN
tho sot or what new courage Is IS. being lE
ibreathed Into tho heart, tiinid & through ll
imar,yEa weary year? Who car$tell what What.
tho dying SEQ, Or what they hoar7 3ag
Seventeen years did Israel well in the
land 81 Egypt, far beyond his own e s'i;
VI 8@ f8ts u 7-,i
Seventeen years he Ind noulished =. @ O.
sept,& ana now iby, way of equital,f Joseph
anourlshed him. How Providence ordered 'e't q
jacobs nffairs 50 thatnow when ne Et was as
old md least ableto bear care or fatig1',e,
4 ho had least occasion for 1t, being wei
bprovided for by his son, and that w y
Glissown forccust. THUS God considers dc a 70
cares for the frame of His people
ne whole uge IF Israel was q y hundred
forty md seven years, and the Time Grew
nigh that Israel must die" Israel @ prince 11t'
with God had had power over the angel a all
prevailed, yet he must now yield e dcath'
scnn fight tho army of8t the years ca z
THOSE grim soldiers never lose g wa" wa !.
They fire RIO loud cannon, hey use no l1o
iyulgur steel yet they strike with with; IRE !,
slstlblc, though Invisible hands. no 9
noise, no line Of battle, no lenders 1'l Sc'
tho silent years bury tho iatlln u W y
Eth,png, The strongest tower amongst us
must lie taken down. perhaps q stonse s. g.
d time, or with one rude shock hook It Ia
10 the Level ground and man must g sF
In Ills dying Hour Israel had but one one
favor to ask So IT. comes to us ALIVE ''''
who have spent a lifetime In petitions 81 Tor
assistance have at last but oneam'o re re- I3
QUEST to make. Il +, 3ss IRA III
I'll Dying words often convey y whole Vol !,
8,1nes 10 to Those standing by and I'VE
them with tho unseen world y Of spirit
s Head Of the army osepfinfe, 1ell
from tho lips OF tho dying N''ap % oll'
LEI lis cross the river and rest Under tl
the shade 81 tile trees. were the last '[
words Of stonewal Jackson. Dazzlins!,
5Radiant!p In tones Of ocstacy told to the
va tchcrs The sights whic unfolding
ia the Vision OF one Virsin.ial3's most '
distinguished divnes. " l3 III
.,.Ilght, more light!s said Rousseau OK x s; !.
pressing some necessity which We must Y T
leave, sti rs a mystery Bury me not,
Sr pray thee; in Egypt, said I'D the N agea
Jacob to his son, Joseph, but bury me
In tic burying place OF any fa ' hers "
other home had that Old Te sta
Irnent hero Ii? That graveyard vas ' molly lf'l
place to him. He must be buried In
sglycn 4 place, si marked off and sa crcdly
guarded. IIe had not yet,sleal tn lt nat
Erea truth that all places are +; conseF
Grated ground,7iif sotbe that God dig the
grave and watch 1t. But with JOSEPH 8
oath the dying Jacob was satisfied
a. Nov tile old man will tell his life story
over. 4 How will he begin, and where?
There arc some graves We dare not open,
Jacob will begin where he himlseell truly "
began to be. sEt''' God Almighty appeared
unto mo at Lay,8in tho land Of Canaan
md blessed INC. M Not IN word about. the
old home orr family or tho old life but
where he &, threw off tho old man and
started with ii brighter, larger self a
we began our true life when G cd be-
gan His life within tho soul. The dead
past must bury Its dead. God Himself
has promised never to mention our sins
Is us We must not drag bucktthc mem
DRY to-day of murder, dlssipat ton, II BIAS las
phcmy. ana all manner OF Wicke dness..
We arc now the sons Of God. and IN his
forgiveness we must rost. Jacob llad no
property TO divide. But there was some son t'-
thing batter than property he had had e to
bequeath What q will was his IS Ile was vas
his own distributor, already enriclllng ms
sons with an inheritance far better th ian
measurable lands or piled UP Golfers,
What have you TO leave TO your your en- chll-
dren and to your friends? You can leave az
them an: inheritance incorruptiblc, ,ln 7tlts
filed, and that fadeth not 5nWa Upright :
memories OF love and sacred, sympathy,
prayers That filled the new life 5wltllhope,
forgiveness that brought heaven. to earth
and made pardoncd souls feel as II they
had seen their Father IN heaven q great
viii and eternal substance--an imnerrisli.