Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-02


BRookLYN, N. Y, Nov. 1.-The Rev.
7. Dewitt Talmage, u. d., preached
this morning in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
on the subject, "The Queens Visit. -
Before the sermon he expounded chan
ter of the Acts OF the Apostles. The
opening hymn begins;
Grace! tits charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound
Ana al; the earth shall hear,
The text was taken from |. Kings, *, Z,
'Behold the half was not told me y
Following is the sermon in full;
Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem
should be the center Of all sacred. regal
and commercial magnificence. lie set
himself to work and monopolized the
surrounding desert as highway for his
caravans. He built the city of PALMYRA
around one of the principal wells of the
East, so that all the long trains of mer-
chandise from the East were Obliged to
stop there, pay toll and leave part of
their wealth in the hands of Solomon's
merchants. He named the fortress
Thapsacus of the chief part of the
Euphrates, and put under guard every.
thing that passed there. The three great
products of Palestine-wine, pressed
| from the richest clusters and celebrated
all the world over, oil, which In
that hot country is the en-.
tire substitute for butter and lard
and was pressed from The olive branches
until every tree in the country became an
oil well, and honey, which was the entire
substitute for sugar--theSe three great
products of the country Solomon ex-
ported, and received in return fruits and
! precious woods and the animals of every
cline. He went down to Eziun-gebcrand
ordered Il fleet of shipo TO be constructed.
! oycrsaw the W0rkmen aud watched the
| launching Of the fiotiilu which was TO 20
ont on more than q years VOYAGE to
| bring home the wealth OF the then nm
known world. He heardithat the Egyptian
horses were large and swift and long.
, named and r0und-lmbed and he resolved
to purchase them, giving $50 apiece for
them, putting the best of these horses in
| his own stall and selling the surplus To
! foreign potentates at great profit. He
! heard that there was the best OF timber on
! Mount Lebanon and he sent ont 10000
men to how down the forest and drag The
| timber through the mountain gorgcs to
! construct IL into RATS TO be iloated 10
| Joppa, and from thence to be drawn by
oN-teams twenty-five miles across the land
| to Jerusalem. He heard that there were
| beautiful flowers in other lands. lie sent
for them and planted them in his own
gardens, and to this very day there are
! flowers found in the ruins of that CITY
such as are to be found in no other part
OF Palestine, the lncal descendants of the
| very flowers that solomon planted. He
heard that in foreign groves there were
birds of richest voice and most luXuriant
wing. He sent out people TO catch them
and bring them there, and he put them
into his cages.
Stand back now and see this long train
of camcls coming up TO the
kings gate, and the ox-trains
from Egypt, gold and silver and precious
stones and beasts of every hool and birds
OF every wing aud fish Of every scale
See the peacocks strut under the cedars,
and the horsemen run, and the chariot
wheel. Hark TO the orchestra. Gaze
upon the dance. Not stopping to look
into the wonders OF the temple, step right
on to the causeway and pass up to Solo.
mons palace. Here we find ourselves
amid collection OF buildings on which
the king had layished the wealth of many
empires. The genius of Hiram, the ar
seen in the long line Of corridors and the
suspended gallery and the approach to
the throne. Traceried window opposite
traceried window. Bronzed ornaments
bursting into lotus and lilly and pomc-
granate. Chapters surrounded by net
work of leaves in which imitation fruit
seemed suspended as In hanging baskets
Three branches-so Josephus tells us
three branches sculptured on the marble,
so thin aud subtle that even the leaves
seemed to culver. A layer capable OF
holding five hundred barrels of water on
six hundred brazen oN-heads, which
gushed with water and filed the whole
place with GOODNESS and crystalline bright
ness and musical plash. Ten tables
chased with chariot wheel and lion and
cherublm Solomon sat on Il throne of
ivory AT the seating place VI the throne,
on each end of each Of the steps, braZen
lion. Why, my friends, in that place
they trimmed their candles with snuffers
Of gold, and they cut their fruits with
knives of gold, and they washed their
faces in basins Of gold, and they scooped
out the ashes with shoyels Of gold and
they stirred the altar fires with tongs OF
gold. Gold reflected in the water. Gold
flashing from the apparel. Gold blazing
In the crown. Gold, gold, gold
OF course the news Of the ailluence OF
that place went out everywhere by every
caravan and by wing of every ship, until
soon The streets of Jerusalem are crowd
ed with curiosity seekers. What Is that
long procession approaching JernsalemY
| think from the pomp of it there must
be royalty in the train. / smell the
breath of the spices which are brought