Milford chronicle., 1889-12-13
TALMAGE In JERUSALEM.
PREACHING ON THE SCENES OF THE
SAVIOUR'S LAST DAYS ON EARTH.

!
Golden Age Of Jerusalem-The Awful
Discomfort Of satiety-Dnvid's Happier
| Old Age-Last Scenes About Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM, Dec. Sat large meeting Of
Christian people in this city to-day the Rev.
l T. DE Witt Talmage, d. D.. of Brooklyn, was
the preacher. His text was Matthew xiii,
/ 81: Jerusalem Jerusalem" a report Of
his eloquent sermon is appended:
This exclamation burst from Christ's lips
as he came in sight of this great city, and al
| though things have marvelously changed,
who can visit Jerusalem to-day without hav-
ing its mighty past roll over him, and ordi-
nary utterance must give place for the ex-
clamatory as we cry o Jerusalem, JeruSalemi
Disappointed with the Holy Land many have
been, and l have heard good friends say that
their ardor about sacred places had been so
dampened that they were sorry they ever
visited Jerusalem. But with me the city and
its surroundings are a rapture. a solemnty,
an overwhelming emotion. o Jerusalem,
Jerusalem The procession of kings, con-
querors, poets and immortal men and women
pass before me as ] stand here. Among the
throng are solomon, David and Christ. Yes,
through these streets and amid these surround
ings rsie Solomon, that wonder of splendor
and wretchednesS 1t seemed as if the world
exhausted itself on that man. It wove its
brightest flowers into his garland, 1t
set its richest gems in his coronet. Il
pressed the rarest wine to his lips. 1t
robed him in the purest purple and embroid-
cry It cheered him with the sweetest mu-
sic in that land Of harps. 1t greeted him
with the gladdest laughter that ever leaped
from uirth's lip Il sprinkled his cheek with
spray from the brightest fountains Royalty
had no dominion, wealth no luxury, gold no
glitter, flowers no sweetness, song no melody,
light no radiance, upholstery no gorgeous
ness, waters no CLEAN, birds no plumage,
prancing coursers no mettle, architecture no
grandeur, but it was all his. Across the
thick grass Of the lawn, fragrant with tufts
Of campfire from Engedi, fell the long
shadows of trees brought from distant for
ests Fish pools, fed by artificial channels
that brought the streams from hills far away,
were perpetually rufiied with fins, and golden
scales shot from watercuve TO watercave
with endless dive and swirl, attracting the
gaze Of foreign pOtentates. Birds that had
been brought from foreign aviaries glanced
and fluttered among the foliage, and called
to their mates far beyond the sea. From
the royal stables there came up the neighing
of twelve Thousand horses standing in
blankets Of TYrian purple, chewing
their bits over troughs of gold, wait
ing for the kings order to be brought
out i'm front of the palace when the oili-
cial dignitaries would leap into the saddle
for some grand parade, or, harnessed to some
of the fourteen hundred chariots of the king,
the fiery chargers, with Haunting name and
throbbing uostril, would make the earth jar
with the tramp of hoofs and the thunder of
wheels While within and without the pal
ace you could not think Of a single luxury
that could be added, on of a single splendor
that could be kindled, down on the banks of
the sea the drydocls Of Ezon-geber rang
with the hammers of the shipwrights who
were constructing larger vessels for a still
wider commerce; for all lands and climes
were to be robbed to make up SOlomon's
glory. No rest till bis keels shall cut every
sen, his axmen hew every forest his archers
strike every rare wing, his fishermen whip
every stream, his merchants trade in every
bazaar. his name be honored by every tribe;
and royalty shall have no dominion, wealth
no luxury, gold no glitter, song no melody.
light no radiance waters no gleam, birds no
plumage, prancing 0pursers no mettlc, up
holstery no gorgeousness, architecture no
grandeur but it was all his.
VANITY, vANITY--ALL IS VANITY"
"Wen,n you say, If there is any man
happy, he ought to be.n But hear him
coming out through the palace, and see his
robes actually incrusted with jewels, as he
stands in the front and looks out upon the
vast domain. What does he say} King
Solomon, great is your dominion, Seat is
your houor great j. your jayl Nc, While
standing here amidst ali the splendor, the
tears start. and his heart breaks and he ex-
,f
WHAT Solomon not happy yet! No, not
happy. The honors and the emoluments Of
this world bring so many cares with them,
that they bring also torture aud disquietude
Pharaoh sits on one of the highest earthly
sminspces, Vet he is miserable because there
are some people III his realm that do not want
any longer to make bricks The head Of Ed
ward ! aches under his crown because the
people will not pay the taxes, and Liewellyn, |
Prince of Wales will not do him homage. |
and Wallace will be a hero. Frederick Will |
lam III Of Prussia is miserable because
France wants to take the Prussian provinces
The world is not large enough for Louis XIV
and William ILL., The ghastliest suffering,
the most shriveling fear, the most rending
jealouses the most gigantic disquetude,
have walked amidst obscquious courtiers,
and been clothed in royal apparel, and sat on
Judgment seats Of power
Honor and truth and Iqsttoo cannot sc
so high up in authority as to be beyond the
range of human assault The pure and the
good in all ages have been eXecrated by the
mob who cry OUT "Not this man but Barab-
bas. Now, Barabbas was a rohber," By
honesty. by Christian principle, would have
you seek for the favor and the confidence Vt
your fellow men, but DO not look upon some
high position as though that were always
Sunshine. The mountains of earthly honor
are like the mountains Of Switzerland, COW |
cred with perpetual ice and snow. Having
obtained the confidence and love Of your as
sociates be content with such things as you
have. You brought nothing iato tho world, /
and il Is very aeptan you can carry nothing
out. 'Qease Sc from man, whose breath Is |
in his uostrils," +" There is az honor that Is /
worth possessing, but It Is an honor that
comes from God. This day riso up and take !
it. 'Behold what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon US, that We sAault ho
called tue sons Of gal.p Who aspires not for
that royalty Como now and ba kings ana /
priests unto God aud the Lamb forever.
II wealth Gul wisdom could have satisfied |
a man, Solomon would have been satisfied. /
To say that Solomon was millionaire gives |
but a very imperfect idea Of the property he |
inherited from David his father. He had at |
his command gold TO the valuo of six hun |
dred and eighty million pounds, and be had
silver to the value Of ona billion. twenty nine !
million three hundred and seventy-seYeq /
pounds sterling. The que9a q S4eba iRall /
him a l,ioe little present Of seven hundred and |
twenty Thousand pounds, and Hiram made |
him present Of the same amount. II he had /
lost the yalue Of whole realm out Of hls |
pocket, it would have hardly heen worth his |
while 70 stqop down and pick it uP. Ile
wrote one thousand and ave songs. He wrote |
three Thousand proverbs He wrote about
almost everything. The Bible says distinct |
ly he wrote about plants, from the cedar
Of Lebanon to the hyssop that groweth
out of the wall, and about birds and beasts !
and fishes. No doubt be put of his royal /
robes and put on hunters trapping, and went
out with his arrows to bring down the rarest