The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-20

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not for that royalty: Come now. and b
kings and priests unto God and th'
Lamb forever
II wealth and wisdom could have sat
istied 4 man. solomon would have beer
satisfied. To say that solomon was ;
millionaire gives but very imperfec
idea of the property he inherited from
David. his father. lie had AZ his com
mand gold Ia the value Of six hundred
and eig;y million pounds sterling. and
he had silver 10 the value Of one billion
twenty-nine million, three hundred and
>eyenty-seycn pounds sterling. The
Queen Of Shcha made him nice little
I present Of seven hundred and twenty
( thousand pounds sterling. and Hiram
1 made him present Of the same amount.
\ II he had lost the value Of whole realm
out ~ his pocket II would hardly have
bren worth his while to stoop down and
pick Il up. lie wrote thousand and five
songs Tie wrote three thousand proverbs.
lie wrote about almost every thing. The
Bible says distinctly he wrote about
plants. from the cedar Of Lebanon a. the
hysscp that groweth ~ the wall. and
about biris, and beasts, and fishes. No
doubt he put of his royal robes. and put
on hunters trapping. AMI went ont with
his arrows 10 bring down the rarcst
specimens Of birds; and then. with his
stream TO bring up the dcnizcns
~ the deep. and plunged into the forest
and found the rarest specimens ~ flow
crs: and then he came back 70 his study
and wrote books about zoology. the sci
cnce OF animals: about ichthyoiogy. the
science 81 fishes: about ORTHODOXY. the
science Of birds: about botany. the sci
enee Of plants. Yet. Notwithstanding
all his wisdom and wealth. behold his
wretchedncss and let him pass on. Did
any other city ever behold 50 wonderful
q man: O Jerusalem. Jerusalem. But
here passes through these streets. a. in
imagination | see him. quite as wonder
full and FAR better man. David. the
conqueror, the King. the poet. Can ii
BE- that am in the very city where he
lived and reigned? David. great for
power and great for grief. lie was
wrapped up in his boy Ahsalom. He
was splendid boy. judged by the rules
OF worldly criticism. From the crown
Of his head 70 The sole Of his foo; there
was not single blcmish The Bible
says that he had such luxuriant shock
Of hair that. when once a year il was
shorn. what was cut OF weighed over
three pounds
But. Notwithstanding all his brilliancy
IN D l.4.I
broke h is fathers heart lie was plot
ting TO get the throne Of Israel. lie had |
an army TO overthrow his IA |
ther's government. The day oil battle I
had come. The conflict had begun.
David, the father. sat between the gates
u the palace waiting for the tidings OF /
he conflict. oh. how rapidly his heart
,cat with emotion, Two great questions
we're to be decided: the safety Of his boy
md the continuance Of the throne Of
lsrael. After awhile. servant. stand
ng on the top Of the house. looks of.
Ind he sees some one running. lie is
'oming with great speed. and the man
N the top Of the house announces the
oming Of the messenger. and the father
watches and waits. and as soon as the
messenger from the field OF ba title comes
rithin hailing distance the father cries
nut. Is IL question in regard to the
Of his throne? Does he
ay: Have the armies Of Israel been
'ictorious? Am ! to continue in my i'm
'erial authority? Have overthrown
ny enemies"
oh. no There Is one question that
prings from his heart 70 the lin. and
prings from the lip into the ear Of the
and be busted messenger fy-
ng from the battle-field-the question:
Is the young man Absalom safe?"
When IL was told to David. the King.
hat. though his armies had been vic
orious. his son had been slain. the
zther turned his back upon the con-
Of the nation. and went up
he stairs Of his palace. his heart break
ng as he went. wringing his hands
ometimcs. and then again pressing
hem against his temples as though he
would press them in. crying: 20. Alb
alom. my son. my son. Would God /
lad died for thee. q. Absalom. my son!
ny son. Stupendous grief Of David re-
ounding through all succeeding ages
rhis was the city that heard the woe.
)h, Jerusalem. Jerusalem.
] am also thrilled AMI ovcrpowcrcd
With the remembrance that yonder.
where now stands Mohammcdan
Mosque. stood the temple. the very
me that Christ visited. Solo
mans temple had stood there. but
Sebuchadnezzar Numbered il doxn.
scrubbabel's temple had stood there.
mt that had been Frustrated. Then
isrod built q temple because he was
0na Of great architecture. and he
wanted the preceding temples 10 seem
insignificant. Put eight or ten modern
.athedrala together md they would not
'qnal that structure. 1t covered nine
cen acres. There were marble pillars
supporting roofs Of cedar. and silver
ahlcs on which stood golden cups. and
here were carvings exquisite and in
criptions rcsplcndent. gIittering balus-
rades and ornamcnted gatcways. The
Of this temple kept ten thou
and workmen busy forty-six years.
stupendous pile Of pomp and magniti-
'ence. but the material and architect
iral grandeur Of the building were very
anne compared with the spiritual mean
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