The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-03-13
From the London Mdgd.ine.
NC SOLOMON,S BLACKSMITH.


And it came to pass when Solomon, the son of
David, had finished the Temple OF jerusalem,
that he called unto hin the chief architects, the
head artiicers, and cunning workers in silver
and gold and in wood and in ivory and in stone
yea, all who had aided in rearing the Temple
of the Lord, and he said unto them, -''Sit We
down at my table, | have prepared a feast tor all
my chief workers and cunning artihcers.-
Stretch forth your hands, therefore, and eat aud
drink and be merry. Is not the labofer worthy
Of his hire Is not the skiliul artihcei Geserv-
ing OF honor2 Muzze not the OK that reaaeth
out the corn
And when Solomon and the chief workmen
were seated, and the iatness of the land and the
oil thereof were set upon the table, there came
one who knocked loudly at the door, and forced
himself even into the iestal chamber. Then
Solomon the King was wroth, and said-"What
manner of man art thou?" And the man an
swered and aid,-"When men wish 10 honor me,
they call me Son of the Forge; but when they
desire to mock me- they call me blacksmith; and
seeing that the toll of working in fire covers me
with sweat and smut, the latter name, King,
is not inapt, and, in truth, thy servant desires no
better"
"But" said Solomon, ''why came you thus
rudely and unbidden to the feast, where none
saw the chief workmen of the Temple are invi-
ted " "Please we, my Lord, | came rudely,'
replied the man, "because thy servants obliged
me to force my way: but | came not unbldden.
Was it not proclaimed that the chief workmen of
the Temple were invited to dine with the King
OF Israel" Then he who carved the cherubm,
said "This fellow is no sculptor and he who
inlaid the roof with pure gold, said, "Neither is
he workman in fine metals" And he who
raised the walls, said "He is not cutter OF
stone" And he who made the roof, cried out,
''He is not cunning in cedar wood; and neither
knoweth he the mystery of uniting pieces OF
strange timber together,
Then said Solomon, "what hast thou to saw
Son of the Forge, why should not order thee 10
be plucked by the beard, scourged with scourge
and stoned to death with stones - And when
the Son of the Forge heard this, he was in no
sort dismayed, but advancing to the table, snatch
ed up and swallowed a cup OF wine, and said
80 King, live forever The chief men of the
workers in wood and gold and stone have said
that am not OF them, and they have said truly.
| am their superior; before they lived was |
created. am their master, and they are all my
servants" And he turned him round, and said
TO the cheit OF the carVers in stone, "Who made
the tools with which you carve 20 And he said,
"The blacksmith" And he said to the chief of
the masons, ''Who made the chisels with which
the stones OF the Temple were squared :" And
he said, 1.-THE blacksmith" And he said to the
chief of the workers in wood ssWho made the
tools with which you hewed the trees on Lebau-
on, and formed them into the pillars and root OF
the Temple :" And he said 'The blacksmith
Then said he 10 the art6cer IN gold, and in ivory,
"Who makes your instruments, by which you
work beautiful things Tor my lord the King!"
And he said, ''The blacksmith
Enough, enough good fellow,'' said Solomon
"thou hast proved that | invited thee, and that
thou art all mems father in art. Go wash the
smut OF the forge from thy face, and come and
sit at my right hand. The chiefs OF my work
men are but men; thou art more" So it hap
Pened at the feast of Solomon, and blacksmlths
nave been honored ever SINCE