The national Republican., 1869-02-15
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Dp. GRAr's LEcTuRE.-Notwithstan
the threatening state Of the weather large
audience assembled at the Z street Baptist
church last evening 10 listen TO the hfth Of
this series Of interesting lectures. The sub
Jcct was eThe Queen Of sheba," and the
text First Kings, 4, 1, "And when the Queen
Of sheba heard Of the fame Of Solomon con-
cernlng the name Of the Lord, she came 70
prove him with hard questions"
The account OF this queen, said tine
speaker, though brief, was significant, and
had It's place In Gods great plan OF universal
operations. With God things are not great
or small, ne we view them. we speak OF
things in a relative sense; God views them
in an absolute way-and as N tne ma'er'a
world, 60 II Is In Gods revelation.
The record of this visit OF queen TO q
Hing NAV AZ first seem very unimportant,
but the BIblo would not be complete without
n. Or. GRAY proceeded to investigate the
history of this queen, and the station to
which she belonged. There were, he said,
three tribes to which the terms sheba, seba,
Sabeans, are applied In the Scriptures first,
the descendants Of seba or Saba, the son Of
Cush, who settled In Ethiopia; second, an
other tribe Of sabeans, who were known In
the time OF job, dwelling In the land Of Uz;
and third, the descendants Of Sheba, the son
Of Jocktan, q descendant Of Abraham, by
Beturah. They are the sabcans spoken Of
In the prophecy OF Joel, TO whom tho Jews
were to sell the captlves Of Tyre. Il was
over this tribe that the Queen Of Sheba
relgned. Hence Il appears that both this
queen and Solomon were descended from
Abraham. As to the location Of her pos
sessions, there were various conjcctures, but
the general belief was that II was located In
the southern part of Arabia.
Il was evidently by the ships which Solo
mon sent to her coasts that she heard Of his
power and greatness, and II was possible
probable-that she learned sufficient TO be-
come dissatisfied with the religion In which
she had been educated. The text indicates
this. Hence her determination to visit Solo
mon. Her preparations for the journey and
the journey itself were portrayed. Selecting
her riches, gems, gold and spices, she sets
out. The route and the difficulties eucoun.
tered were reviewed until the Queen wa,
brought to the far-famed, hill-throned Jeru.
salem and to the palace Of the king, wher,
sat Solomon In all his glory. Her "hart
questions" to Solomon were noticed, ant
their enigmatlcal nature explained as beins
the manner Of the Eastern nations, and man,
instances Of similar character were quoted
The queen, he said, was indeed curious /,
prove Solomon to ascertain whether his rcpu
tation for wisdom was the result of fatterin,
report or founded upon supernatural endow
ment, and still more anxious to acquir
knowledge concerning the name Of tn
Lord" Her inquiries were satisfied and tn
report was proven to be true. She had will
her own eyes seen II, and behold the halfwa
not told her, and she pronounced that re
markable eulogy.
The deductions from this scripture sketc
werei first, that Ii presents to US a woman o
the throne Of empire. History said he show
us that there Is no station In life which
sometime has not been occupied by femal
NJ xnho o.
female had stood prominent, the speak
said; "This Is neither the time nor the pla
TO discuss the question now so much agita
ing the public mind In reference to woman
claims or position In the body polite. 1t
sufficient TO say that facts In the history
woman indicate the capacity Of the fema
mind, properly educated, to meet any c,
call II. And still, / think that both natu
and revelation teach that mans sphere,
the rough constitution Of his nature, is I
more public one, and that OF woman, by
more delicate organization, Is the more p
vate, though not the less honorable. Al
yet, 1t Is proper TO say that think, when
becomes q question Of bread or staryati
with woman, that all the honorable ayenu
to employment should be open to her, al
that she should be paid the same price
the same kind and amount oflabor perform
as that received by the other sex"
The sketch he said was profitable becau
Of the religious element 1t embodies.
every human nature there were three depa
ments, the physical, the intellectual, q
the spiritual. 1t Is the last that is the hig
est, which allies us to God, and should
sought and provided for.
The Queen Of Sheba came thousands
miles, having heard Of the fame Of solom
concerning the name Of the Lord"
greater revelations are blazing all around
than she found In Solomon, for In the BIZ
is found greater wisdom than Solomon G,
possessed. The queen of the south cal
from the uttermost part of the earth to
Solomon, but, behold, in this book is
greater than Solomon. The speaker clos
with an earnest appeal on this point to
hearprs IN accent The wisdom sn an rnes