Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

hus WV more than fifty per cent. to what
~ oeen related. 1t exceeds evarvth;n@
s.a l could have expected. The hoifNths
nalf was not toll d me.n
learn from this subject what a he,ut;s,,
Snlis ~ Is when social position and weolth
surrender themselves to God VIII, ~
rsna;na comes to a neighborhood the first to
= = - 4 ehe women. Some men saw
rs because they are weak-minded. T saw
~ uoeause they have quicker perception
"a"nat is right, more ardent affection and
sapacley Tor ublilne emotion. After the
~ ~. nave received the Gospel, then all
- distressed and the poor of both sexes.
1lose VINO nave no friends, accent ,Jesus'
,1as' Oh all come the people of af1uence and
" social position. Alas, that it is 81,
- 'nere are those here to-day who have
peen favored of fortune, or, as I MIGHT
oe''er put 1t, favored of God, surrender all
you ave n all you expect to be to the
nofa VINO blessed this Queen of Sheba.
certainty you are not ashamed to be found
u, ms Queens company. I am glad that
Cnrist has had his imperial friends in ou
ages-Elizabeth Christina, Queen of Prrs.
sia; Maria Feodorovna, Queen of Russia.
narle, Empress of France; Helena, the
imperial mother of ~Constantine; Arcadia.
from her great fortunes building public
Da5hs IN C~onstantinople and toiling for the
alienation of the masses; Queen Clotilda.
leading her husband and 5000 of his armed
warriors to Christian baptism; Elizabeth,
OF Burgundy, giving her jeweled glove to
a oeggar and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed; Prince Albert, sing.
ing "Rock of Ages" in Windsor Castle.
Queen Victoria %incognito reading the
scriptures to a dying pauper. I bless God
mat the day is coming when royalty will
orlng all its thrones and music, all it's har-
MONIES and painting, all its pictures and
sculpture, all its statuary and architecture:
n the queens of the earth, in long line of
advance, frankincense filling the air and
the camels laden with gold, shall approach
Jerusalem, and the gates shall be hoisted,
the great burden of splendor shall be
lifted into the palace of this greater than
Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search of truth. Do YOU
know where Sheba was? 1t was in Abys.
sinia, OR some say in the southern part of
Arabia Felix. In either case it was a great
way off from Jerusalem. To get from
there to Jerusalem she had to cross a coun-
try infested with bandits, and go across
blistering deserts. Why did not the
Queen of Sheba stay at home and send
a committee to inquire about this
new religion, and have the dele
gates report in regard to that re-
ligion and the wealth of King Solomon?
She wanted to see for herself, and hear
for herself. She could not do this by work
of committee. She felt she had a soul
worth 10000 kingdoms like Sheba, and,
she wanted a robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted a crown set with the jewels of
eternity. Bring out the camels. Put on
the spices. Gather up the jewels of the
throne and put them on the caravan.
Start now; no time to be lost. Goad on
the camels. When I see that caravan,
dust-covered, weary and exhausted, trudg-
ing on across the desert and among the
bandits, until it reaches Jerusalem, I
say: 'There is an earnest seeker after
the truth" But there are a great many
of you, my friends, who do not act in
that way. You all want to get the truth,
but you want the Truth to come to you;
you do not want to go to it. There are
people who fold their arms and say: 81
am ready to become a Christian any time.
If I am to be saved I shall be saved,
and if l am to be lost I shall be lost" A
man who says that and keeps on saying it
will be lost. Jerusalem will never come
to you; 0 must so to Jerusalem.
The religion of the Lord Jesus Christ
will not come to you; you must
go and get religion. Bring out the camels;
put on all the sweet spices, all the treasures
of the hearts affection. Start for the
throne. Go in and hear the waters of sal
walton dashing in fountains all around
about the throne. Sit down at the BAN
quet-the wine pressed from the grapes of
the heavenly Eshcol, the angels of God
the cup-bearers. Goad on the camels:
Jerusalem will never come to you; you
must go to Jerusalem. The Bible declares
it: 1.-THE Queen of the ~South"-that is, this
very woman I am speaking of-"The
Queen of the South shall rise up in judg.
ment against this generation and condemn
it: for she came from the uttermost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo.
mon, and 10 a greater than Solomon is
here" God help me to break up the in,
fatuation of those people who are sitting
down in idleness, expecting to be saved
"Strive to enter in at the straight gate
ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye
shall find; knock and it shall be openeo
to you." Take the kingdom Of Heaven by
violence. Urge On the camels.
Again, my subject impresses me with TIM
fact that religion is a surprise to any ONT
who gets it. This story of the new religion
in Jerusalem, and of the glory of King
Solomon, who was a type of Christina
story rolls on and on, and is told by every
traveller coming back from Jerusalem. Th'
news goes on the wing of every ship ant
with every caravan, and you know a story
enlarges as it is retold, and by the Tim
that story gets down into the southern par
Of Arabia Felix and the Queen OF Sheps
hears it. it must be a tremendous story
And vet this Queen decl ares in regard Il
it, although she has heard SO much' a
had her anticipations raised SO high, TN
half-the half was not told her. SO religion
is always a surprise to any one That get
it. The story of grace-an old story
Apostles preached it with rattle o
chains: martyrs declared it with arm
Of fire: death beds have affirmed
tn .Io,c IF olorv. and ministers OF re