The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-07-14

oDJeCl we lave III view. SnOllld Time per-
NIT; we propose TO continue this subject in
your next. Sc1ENr1A.
THE TEMPLE oP SoLoMoN.-This struc-
ture, for beauty. magnilicence, and expcncc,
exceeded every building in the world 1t
was built with large white marble stones,
hcwn out in a most curious manner, and so
artfully joined together that they deceived
the eye and looked like one entire stone.-
Its inner walls beams, posts, doors, and cell
ings, were made of cedar wood, olive tree,
and planks OF fir, covered all over with
plates of gold, engraved with works of va
rious sorts, and adorned with most pre-
cious jewels of many colors, disposed in
running order, the nails which Estcn these
plates are of gold with heads of curious
Workmanship. The roof was of olivewood,
covered with plate Of gold, which made Il
glorious appearance, and when the sun
shone thereon it reflected such a brightness
as dazzled the eyes of all who beheld it.
The court on which the Temple stood and
those without it were built on all sides with
stately buildings and cloisters, and the gates
entering therein were very beautiful and
sumptious The vessels consecrated to the
perpetual use of the Temple were not less
noble than the pile ITSELF Josephus counts
one hundred and twenty thousand of them
which were made of gold, and one million
three hundred and forty thousand of silver
ten thousand vestments Of silk and purple
girdles for the priests, and two millions of
purple vestments for singers. There were
likiwise two hundred thousand trumpets,
and forty thousand other musical ins,rl-
ments made use of in praislng God. By
Villapandus,s computation of the number
oftalents of gold, silver and brass, laid out
upon the Temple, the sum amounts to six
thousand nine hundred and forty-four mil
lions eight hundred and twenty-five thou
saud and five hundred pounds sterling, and
and according to Chappel's reduction ofthe
talents contained in the gold and silver YES
sells in the use of the temple, the sum Of
the gold ones amount to five hundred and
forty-fvc millions two hundred and ninty.
six thousand and three hundred pounds
and four shillings sterling and the silver
were to four thousand and thirty millions
two hundred and forty -four thousand pounds,
and besides these there were charges for
the other materials and of forty thousand
men per month in Lebanon, to hew down
timber, seventy thousand to carry burthens,
eighty thousand~to hew stones and three
hundred ovcrseers who were all employed
for seven years, whom, besides their wages
and diet, Solomon gave as free gift, six
millions seven hundred and seventy-seven
pounds. The treasure left by David, to-
wards carrying on this work is, b, Villal-
pandus, reconed to be nine hundred and
forty-four millions four hundred and sixteen
thousand, two hundred and seven pounds
to which if we add Solomon's annual reve-
nue., his trading to Ophir for gold, and the
presents made him by all the earth, as men
toned ! K. 10, "a, Is, we are not to won-
der at his being able TO carry on so expen-
sive work, nor can we without impiety
question lis surprising all other structures
since we learn from Chron. "a, that it
was built by the directions of Heaven.
The GREAT Rock AT GIDKALTER-
Gibralter is seven or eight miles in length,
from North to South, and not half mile
wide in the widest part 1t is every where
precipitous, and in some parts perpendicular.
Nature and art have combined to make it
impregnable. The great works are on the
Western front The other sides, from their
shape, bid defiance to attack. The name
is formed from the Arabic words, gibcl al
TarJ, {the height, or rock of Tarlf) since
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