Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-02

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subject, "Ths Queens Visit" Before th
sermon he expounded chapter of tn
Acts of The Apostles. The opening hymn
hegins: .
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Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
The text was taken from l. Kings x:7
Behold the half was not told me-" Fol
loving is the sermon in full:
soLoNoN's MAGSIFICEYCE.
Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem b,
the centre of all sacred, regal and com
mercial magni6cercs. He set himself Il
work and monopolized the surrounding
desert as a highway for his caravans. HI
built the city Of Palmyra around one Of
the wells of the East, so that all the long
trairs of merchandise from the East were
obliged to stop there, rsy toll and leave
part of their wealth in the hands Of Solo
mons merchants. He named the fortress
Thapsacus Of the chief part of the Euphra
tes, and put under guard everything that
passed there. The three great products
OF Palestine-wine pressed from the rich.
est clusters and celebrated all the word
over, oil which in that hot country is the
entire substitute for butter and lard
and was pressed tom the olive branches
until every tree in the country became an
oil we'll and honey which was the entire
substitute for sugsr-these thres great
products of the country Solomon exported (;
and received in return fruits and precious
woods and the animals OF every cline. He
went down to Exion-geber and ordered a
fleet of ships to be constructed, oversaw
the workmen and watched the launching
Of the flotilla which was to 60 out on more
than years voyage 10 bring home the
wealth of the then known world. He
heard that the Egyptian horses were large
and swift and long-maned and rouLd.
limbed, and he received to purchase them,
giving eight5-fve dollars apiece for
Them, putting the best Of these horses
in his own stall and sell
ling the surplus to foreign patentates at
great profit. He heard that there wGs the
best of timber on Mount Lebanon, and he
sent out 10000 men TO hew down the
forest and drag the timber through the
mountain gorges to construct 1t into RATS
to be loated to Joppa, and from thence to
be drawn by OK teams twenty-five miles
across the land to Jerusalem. He heard
that there were beautiful flowers in other
lands. He cent for them. planted them in
bis gardens, aud to this very day there arc
flowers found in the ruins OF that city such
as are to be found in no other part Of Pal.
estire, the lineal descendants Of the very
flowers tbst Solomon planted. He heard
that in foreign groves there were birds OF
richest voice and most luxuriant wing. He
cent out people to catch them and bring
them there. and he put them into his cages
Stand back now and ace this long train
Of cameIs coming up to the Kings gate.
aud the ox,rains from Egypt, gold and
silver and precious stones and beasts OF
every hoof and birds of every wing aud fish
of every scale. See the peacocks strut IN
der the cedars, and the hcrsemen run, and
the chariots wheel. Hsrk to the orches.
ira. Gaze upon the dance. Not stopping
to look into the wonders Of the Temple,
step right on to the causeway and pass up
to
SOLOMON s PALACE
Here we fud ourselves amid collection
of buildings on which the king had Law
ished the wealth of many empires. The
genius Of Hiram, the architect, and OF the
other artists is here seen in the long line
of corridors sad the suspended gallery
and the approach to the throne. Traoeried
window opposite traceried window.
Bronzed ornaments bursting into lotus
and lily and pomgranate. Chapters sur
rounded by network OF leaves in
which imitation fruit seemed suspended
as n hanging baskets. Three branches
80 Josephus tells us-three branches sculp-
tured on the marble SO thin and subtle
that even the leaves seemed to qsiver. A
laver capable Of holding five hundred bar
rels of water on SIX hundred brszen OK
heads, which gushed with water and filled
the whole place with coolness and crystal.
line brightness and musical plash. Ten
tables chased with chariot wheel and lion
and cherubim. Solomon sat on throne
of ivory. At the seating place ef the
throne, on each end of each ofthe steps, q
brszen lion. Why, my friends. in thst
place they trimmed their candles with
suufers Of god, aud they cut their fruits
with knives ef gold and they washed their
faces in basins Of gold, and they scooped
out the ashes with shovels OF gold, and
they stirred the altar fires with tongs Of
gold. Gold reflected in the water. Gold
flashing from the spparsl. Gold blazing
in the crown. Gold, gold, golc
Of course the news Of the aff!uence of
that place went out everywhere by every
caravan and by wing Of every ship until
soon the streets OF Jerusalem are croSded
with curiosity seekers. What is that long
procession approaching jerusalem? l
think from the pouP OF it there must be
royalty in TIE train. smell the breath of
The spices which are brought as presents,
and hear the shout OF the drivers. and !
see the dust.covered caravan showing that
they come from far away. Cry tie news up
to the palace.
THE QUEEN OF sHEBA ADVANCES.
Let all the people come out to see. Let the
mighty men of the land come out on the
palace corridors. Let Solomon come down
the stars of the palace before the Queen
has alighted. Shake out the cinnamon
and the EafroR and the csiamus and
the frankincense and pass it
into the treasure house. Take
up the diamonds until they glitter in the
sun. The Queen Of Sheba AEghtg She
enters the palace. She washes ct the bath
She sits down at the banquet. The cup
bearers bow. The meats smoke. Tbe
music irembles in the hall aud through
the corridors until it miDgles in the dash
Of the waters iEem the molten sea. Their
she rises from the banquet, and she Walkl
through the Conservatives snd she case
on the architecture, and Ehs asks Solomon
many strange q1estIohs, and che lesrri
about the religion of the debreRs, and sh'
then and there becomes Q servant OF th
Lord God She is overwhelmed. she be
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