New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-22

nounce Judgment before King Solomon.
Two huge golden fishes were fixed at each
SIDE OF SolOmOn's head, so that his head
should tit firmly land over the throne four and
twenty golden vines spread their shade We
over tae king 'scourtenance. Whenever Solo
mon wished to proceed to some place, the
the throre moved under him by itself,
through the cunning workmanship that was
in it. When lie placed his foot upon the
first step. tue golden bull drew him up to
the second; from the second he was drawn
by the wolf to the third, and so on until he
reached the sixth. when the eagles flew
down. lifted the king up, and seated him
upon his seat. The works inside Of the
throne were moved by gigantic sea mon
Of the earth heard the tale Of Selomon's
royal throne. they all assembled and bowed
down and said: "A throne like unto this
has never yet been made for any king. nor
has any nation ever produced the like Of
it,. The kings, seeing the splendor OF
this throne, threw themselves on their
faces and praised the maker Of the uni
verse. Wien King Solomon had mountedi it
and sat down. tue great eagle arose, seized
the golden crown, and placed i: upon Ills
head. Then the great sea monster began to
move the great wheels within. The lions
anu eagles rose up Of a sudden, and sur
rounded tie kings Amounted person. white
the golden dove flew down, opened the taber-
nacle. took out the Book OF the Law, and
placed il iato tie kings lap so that i: might
be fulfilled as it is written, This Book Of
the Law shall remain with the king, and he
shall read therein all his life in order tina.
he anu his sons may long reign over Israel"
Often the high priest appeared to salute the
king when the elders sat both to the right
and left o. him to pronounce the judgment
unto the people. Now. when witnesses ap-
peared to give false witness before Solomon
the wheels 5egan to move, and, 10. the balls
beloved. the lions reared, the wolves
hOwled. the tigers grOwled, the birds wins.
tied, the CATS :Eewei, the peacocks shrieked,
the COCKS crowe'l. the hawks crOakcd, and |
then was heard altogether mighty and |
fear.U. noise. the which deprived those false |
q. ali their courage. and they said |
unto themselves. LET US rather give right |
eous witness, or else the whole world Will |
be destroyed through our SIM" AS often as
the king mounted the throne, the l:ors also
scattered sweet-snleilIng waters around.
A throne Ike unto this was not possessed |
by any other king. But when Isral sinned
Observation-Disclosures, the wicked king Of Babel.
great. powerful. made war upon the Israel
ties and destroyed the land Of Israel. He
gave the city OF Jerusalem over to p;i-
lage. burned the holy temple aud carried
the Israe.itas into captivity to Rab,ah. tie
land OF Cha!nath. lie also carried away
With him the throne Of Solomon. And as
this wicked one was about to mount its
steps, so as to sit down thereon, he did not
snow tina: it was by cunning wheelworks
that the throne was mounted. He placed
MS foot upon the first step, and instantly
The golden Lon stretched out his right paw
and hit the kings left hip, so that he grew
ame for the rest Of his days. After Nebu-
chadnezzar, king Of Babel, came Alexander,
Who took away tue throne of King Solomon,
md carried it to Egypt. Then King Shi.
hak once saw this throne, more splendid
han any other, and he too desired to sit
lpon It. But he also knew not of the wheels
within. AID VIXEN he placed his right foot
'poo the first step, 10, the lion, stretching
ut bis LEFT paw again. with one blow upon
he kings right hip famed him also, so tina,
is name became Pharaoh. NechO, which
leans the l:nping. Then came the son Of
lntlochus, who made war against the land
t Egypt. destroyed it. conquered the throne
hip. Then one foot Of the throne got de.
ached from its golden chain, and all the
rtiHcers IL the world were collected
ogetAer to mend 1t. but they could not.
nj So IL has remained unto this DAY. Then T
ne kingdom Of the great kin: was de-
:royed. aat Cyrus. tue Persian, became
ossesseI o. the throne. This king had
le Merir 0. occupying himself with the re- =
H!ldIng Of tie temple, and be was deeme;
orthE, he alone. to sit upon 1t, though
was broken and its spleLIor had de parted. t
hat has become OF it now, no man
cowetL.
Truly great was Solomon, and equally
eat tie throne upon which be ruled d
raei AMI governed that ancient people
it'll power and majesty which, if We
ay believe the history Of his remarkable
ign, has never been surpassed.