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

She washes at the bath. She sits down
NJ the banquet. The cup-bearers bow
The meats smoke. The music tremblos
IN the hall and through the corridors un.
I'll itminglcs in the dash OF the waters from
the molten sea. Then she rises from the
banquet, and she walks through the con.
servatories, and she gazes on the archi.
lecture, aud she asks Solomon many
strange questions, and she learus about
the mligiOn OF the Hebrews. and she then
and there becomes a servant of the Lord
God.f She ~ overwhelmed. She begins
to think that all the spices she brought,
and an the precious woods which are in
tended to be turned into harps and psalt-
cries and into ratings for the oauseway
between the temple and the palace, and
Inc slsoQOo In money-shc begins to
think that all these presents
amount 10 nothing In such a
place, and She Is almost ashamed
that she has brought them, and she
says within herself; ~ heard great
deal about this place and about this won
derful religion OF the Hebrews, but find
IL far beyond my highest anticipatlons,
must add more than 80 per cent to what
has been related. II exceeds everything
that could have expected. The half
the half was not told me-
Learn from this subiectwhat beautiful
thing II is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
! When religion comes to a neighborhood
the FIRST to receive IL are the women.
Some men say tits because they are weak
minded ! say it Is because they have
quicker perception OF what is right, more
ardent affection and capacity for sublimcr
emotion. After the women have re-
ceived the Gospel then all the distressed
and the poor of both sexes, those who
| have No friends, accept Jesus. Last OF
all come the people of ailluence and high
social position. Alas, that it Is SOL II
there are those here to-day who have been
| favored of fortune, or, as might better
put II, favored of God, surrender all you
have and all you expect TO be TO the Lord
who blessed this queen OF Shcba Ger
taiuly you are not ashamed TO be found IN
this queens company ] am glad that
Christ has had His imperial friends in all
ages-Elizabcth Christina, queen of-Prus-
STA; Maria Feodorovna, queen OF Russia;
| Marie, empress OF France; Helena, the
! imperial mother OF Constantine; Arcadia,
from her great fortunes building public
baths IN Constautnople and tolling for
the alienation of the masses; Queen
NAOAiAhtAt AAhAlAA nv HNNlNlN NiN bhAN Ol
his armed warriors to Christian baptism;
Elizabeth of Burgundy, eiyingh her icweled
glove TO n beqgar aud scattering great
fortunes among the distressed Prince
Albert, singing Crock of Awcsn IN Wind.
sor castle, aud Queen Victoria, ncognlto,
reading the Scriptures to dying
Ipauper, bless God that the day Is com
ing when royalty will bring all It's thrones
ana music, all its harmonies and PAINT
ing, all It's pictures and sculpture, an IT'S
Statuary aud architecture, al It's pillars
and Cr0ataest, all its scepters and the
queens of the earth IN long limo of adj
vance, frank incense filling the air and
the camels laden with gold, shall ap.
proaCh Jerusalem, and the gates Shall De
hoisted, and the great burden OF splendor
shall be lifted into the palace OF this
greater than solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what Is
earuestness IN the search OF truth. DO
You know where Shcba WASP 1t was iu
Ahyssinla, or some say in the southern
part OF Arabia Felix. In either ease II
was great way OF from Jerusalem. To
get from there to Jerusalem she had IT,
cross country infested with bandits,
and 20 across blisterng deserts. Why
did not the queen of Sheba stay at home,
and send a committee to inquire about
this new religion, and have the delegates
report in regard TO that religion, and the
wealth of King Solomon? She wantodto
see for herself, and hear for herself She
could not do this by work OF committee.
She felt she had soul worth ten thou
sand Kingdoms like Sheba, and she want
ed robe richer than any woven by ORR
entail shuttles, and she wanted crown
sci with the jewels OF eternity. Bring
out the camcls. 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 camcls
When / see that caravan, dustcoyered
weary and exhausted, trudging on across
the deserts and among the bandits, until
IL reaches Jerusalem, | 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 90 20 1t. There are
people who fold their arms and say 81
am ready to become Il Christian at any
time; If ! am TO be saved shall be saved
aud II | am TO be lost shall be LOST A
man who says that and keeps on saying
it Will be lost. Jerusalem will never
come to you; you must 90 to Jerusalem
The religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ
will not come TO you you must 20 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
salvation dashlng In fountains oil around
about the throne. Sit down AZ the ban
quct-the wine pressed from the grapes
Of the heavenly Eshcol the angels of God
the cup-bearcTs. Goad on the camels;
Jerusalem viii never come to you; you
must 20 to Jerusalem. The Bible de-
clares il: "Thc Queen Of the Southn--
that IS this very woman am speaking
! of--"Ihe Queen Of the South shall rise
up In judgment against this generation
and condemn it for She came IRON the
uttermost parts Of the earth 10 hear the
wisdom OF Solomon, and lo Il greater
than solomon Is here" God help me TO
| break up the infatuation Of those people
] who are sitting down ia idleucss eNuelt-