The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-20
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And Il cana ~ -paaR I'm
son Of David. bed anis she1 zlko Ins se
JsFUsalsAs that be clllad unto him the
chief architects. the sasa29 a'affa M
cunning wprksFp IN silver end4 - -
ivory, and Ia psons--yes al, ,Whe he'd i'd
cd in resring ths tssPl. y Ne Iass ana
"Sit ys down At my tAhle I,Savs.j .jGr pTo.
pared feast for all my chisf vi ksrssna
cunning artiHcrrs. Stretch &rSh your
hands, therefore, end eat and drink and
be merry. Is not the lG6oreE+ worthy Of
his hirsf h not the skiiifui Mtfncgr
worthy Of hOnOrf MuS1ls not the or
that tnsadetb cut the corn"
/ And when 5plompn and the chief RUth.
men ~vseatsa, GIsS ths f,t ~ 'iss :. :. = =
and aQ3tkggsfSS-S S5t upon the ta.
ble, there cane one Wh0 knocked loudly
at the door And forced hImSIlf even unto
the festal chamber. Then Solomon, the
King, was wroth and said
What manner Of man art thou :"
And the man answered and said:
when men wish to honor me, they
call me Son ef the Forge; bat when they
desire 10 mock me, they call me Black.
smith and seeing that the toll Of work.
ing in fire covers me with sweat and smut,
the latter title, o, King Is most apt; aud
in truth thy servant desires no better"
But" said Solomon; "why contest
thou thus rudely and unbidden to the
feast. where none save the chief workmen
Of the temple are invited"
PLEASE ye, my lord, I came rudely,"
replied the man, because thy servant
obliged me to force my way; but came
not unbidden. Was il not proclaimed
that the chief workmen Of the temple
were invited to dine With the King Of
Israeli"
Then he who carved the eherubim said
-"This fellow il no aculptar, ne;theris
he workman IN fine metAls.". And hS
who raised the walls sid" he is not q
cutter of stone he Is not canning In CO.
dar wood neither knoweth he the tnysi
terry Of uniting strange pieces Of timber
together"
Then said Solomon "What hast thou
TO say, Son Of the Forge; Why should
not order thee to be plGcked by the beard,
scourgcd with q scourge, and stoned to
death with Stonesf"
And when the Son Of the Forge heard
this, he was in no sort disrhayed, but ad-
vancing TO the table snAtched up and
drank a cup of wine, and said:
10, Ring, live forever The chiefs of
the workers Of wood and gold and stone
have said that am not one Of them, and
they have said truly. am their Supe.
riOr; before they lived was I created
am their master and they are ell my
servants" And he said to the chief carV.
er In stone, "Who made the tools with
which thou carvest?"
And be said, "The blacksmith"
And he said to the chief Of the masons,
"Who made the chisels with which tho
stones OF the temple ere squaredI"
And he said, 1.-THE blacksmith"
And he said TO the chief Of the workers
in wood, "who made the tools with which
you hewed the trees in the GoFasts ef .Le-
banon, and formed them into the pillars
and roof OF the temple 2"
And he said, The blacksmith"
Then said be to the artiflcer IN gold and
in silver and in ivory, "Who makes your
instruments with which you work beau.
tiful things for my lord, the KingH" ,
And he said, "The blacksmith"
Enough, enough, good fellow" said
Solomon /; "thOu hast proved that invi-
ted thee, as thou art q chief artiticer in
art. Sit thou beside US at the feast, and
be thou forever more honored among
men,"