Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-01-23
King solomon,s Blacksmith.


King solomon's Blacksmith.
And it came to pass when Solomon, the son of
David, had finished the Temple of Jerusalem,
that he called unto him the chief architects, the
head artifcers, and cunning workers in silver
and gold, and IN wood and stone-yea, all who
had aided in rearing the Temple of the Lord,
and said unto them
I" Sit We down at my table have prepared
feast for all my chief workers and cunning arti-
fcers. Stretch forth your hands, therefore, and
eat and drink and be merry. Is not the laborer
worthy Of his hire? Muzzle not the OK that
treadeth the corn"
And when Solomon and the chief workers
were seated, and the fairness of the land and the
oil thereof were set upon the table, there came
one who knocl ed loudly at the door, and forced
himself into the festal chamber. Then solomon,
the King, was wroth and said:
- What manner of man art thou ?"
And the man answered and said:
o When men wish to 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 title, o, king is most adapt
and in truth thy servant desires TO better"
| % But" said Solomon, "why earnest thou
thus rudely and unbidden to the feast, where
none but the chief workmen Of l..e temple
| invited"
- Please ye my lord, came rudely,' replied
the man, because thy servant obliged me to
force my way, but | came not unbidden. Was it
not proclaimed that the chief workmen of the
temple were invited to dine with the King OF
| Israel ~
| Then he who carved Tie cherubim said
| 'This fellow is no sculptor; neither is he
workman in fine metals - anC he who raised
the walls said He is not cutter of stone
and he VIII made the roof cried out: He Is
not cunning in cedar wood either knoweth he
the mystery of unit; ng strange pieces of timber
| together"
| Then said Solomon:
What hast thou to say Son of the Forge,
why should not order thee 20 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 'vancing to ne
table, snatched up and swallowed cul Of wine,
and said
40 king, live forever The chief men of the
workers of wood and gold and stone have said
that am not one of them, and they have said
| truly. l am their superior before they lived
was created; l am tn cir master, and they are
all my servants And ne saith to the chief O.
the carvers in stone 90 Who made the tools with
which you carver
| And he said The blacksmith"
And he said to the chief of the masons -
|
of the temple squared?''
| And he said % The blacksmith
| Then he said to the chief Of the workers in
wood "Who made the tools with which you
hewed the trees on Lebanon, and formed them
into the pillars and roof of the temple y
And he said q The blacksmith
| Then he said to the artifcer in gold and in
silver md in ivory Z" Who makes your instru-
ments by which you work beautiful things for
my lord the king?'
| And he said :. The blacksmith. ,;
! Enough, enough, good fellow" said olomon,
| - thou hast proved that invited thee, and thou
art a chief artifcer in art Sit thou beside
at the feast, and be thou forever more honored
among men,"
THE MON AS IT WAS The Mary Vile Appeal
thus concludes an article devoted to a well adj
minstered ca.tigation of the rebel S. pathizerS,
whose hypocritical cry is ever of the ''Union as
it was:
"The war has continued Cor nearly three years,
ard during these eventful years, how stands the
rec Ord of these sympathiZers in the North Not
an obstacle aval able bu. what has been L,"d b.
them to aid the rebellion and cri pile the Govern
ment With sweet words f love for the Consti-
tuition upon their lips: they haye never failed -
aid those who revolted against it, Win lying
pretenses about the glorious Constitution, an
opportunity has never been lost to assist in de-
stroying it. They have labor necessarily for
tho restore ton to power of the old -orrl. DEM
ocratic party, that through il the rountr might
be divided and par e'ed out according to rebel
plans and spe. ificatiCns that the Constitution
might be so changed as t. NIX" elavery Cd" "al
throughout the Stats. or legally lnctor I'd in
all Territories, states -.dmi' 'et. +h"re-
after to the Cni IL.
These are the worsh;plcr- &C &C. Constit.-
ton as it is, and the Union as it was. i nese
arc the m n who ask h p~or'" If ii" United
States to be restored 70 party power III Sc
the loyalsts who ''sk parH of n" r~bei-,
and beg them to am" lgama,e nc ..ontgo~e'
with the Federal Constitution. TIL r 'kpeal-
arc no, for the restoration &C the Ur;on it va,
bat for the restoration of siaN ry as 1t THY
want office it was, Federal and StN.c pap as it
was, and political pc yer rs il was. Tn. FOL I'll
tuition they want is such c Institution will
suit rebels. T such appeals the pr ople d. L.
The Union as it was regards tr..itors and
their slave property is impossibility and these
crying hypocrites know it. The Union as il
was was destroyed by the rebels under Jeff.
Davis, and his sympathizers at the North. The
Dnon as it was has bic lched in the
blood of thousands the battlefield The
Union as it was was torn into tatters at the
bombardment of Fort Sumter. The Union as