The Brookhaven leader., 1889-12-19
JERUSALEM.
eOrmon by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage in the Holy City.
-. ancient Glory of Jerusalem Depicted
by Series Of vivid Word Pictures
The Coming GIories of the
New Jerusalem.

,.aIen, Observation-Disclosures xxlli., 81.
This exclamation burst from Christ's
TIC az He came in sight of this great
aity T and although things have marvel
onsly changed, who can visit Jerusalem
.odav without having its mighty past
vi over on him, and ordinary utter
ZOOS must give way to the explanatory
,,o crv: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
nisonnointcd with the Holy Land many
hoya been, and / have heard good
s.;o,ds saw their ardOr about sacred
,,.ccs had been so dampened that they
rere sorry they ever visited Jerusalem.
pnt with me the city and its surround
;rrs are rapture, solemnity, an over
.ko1minr emotion. o Jerusalem, Jeru-
soIom, The procession of kings, con-
ouerors. poets and immortal men and
aomen pass before me as l stand
here Among them are Solomon,
David and Christ. Yes, through these
streets and amid these surroundings
rode Solomon, that wonder Of splendor
ora wretchedness. 1t seemed as If the
world exhausted itself on that man. 1t
voye its brightest flowers into his gar
land. 1t set it's richest gems in his
coronet. 1t pressed the rarest wine to
his lips. 1t robed him in the purest pur-
ne and embroidery. 1t cheered him
with the sweetest music in that land of
harms. 1t greeted him with the glad
est laughter that ever leaped from
nirth's lip 1t 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 gorgeousness,
waters no CLEAN, birds no plumage,
rrancing coursers no mettle, architect
ure no grandeur but it was his. Across
the thick grass of the lawn, fragrant
with tufts of campfire from Engedi, fell
the long shadows OF trees brought from
distant forests.
Fish pools, fed by artificial channels
that brought the streams from hills far
away, were perpetually ruffled with fins,
and golden scales shot from water cave
to water cave with endless dive and
swirl, attracting the gaze of foreign po-
from foreign aviaries glanced and flut-
tered 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,
waiting for the Kings order to be
brought out in front of the palace, when
the official dignitaries would leap into
the saddle for some grand parade, or,
harnessed to some of the fourteen hum
dred chariots of the King, the fiery
chargers with Haunting name and
thrObbing nostril would make the earth
jar with the tramp of hoofs and
the thunder of wheels. While within
and without the palace you could not
think of a single luxury that could be
added or of single splendor that could
be kindled, down on the banks OF the
sea the dry docks of Ezion-geber rang
with the hammers of the shipwrlghts
who were constructing larger vessels for
still wider commerce, for all lands and
climeS we're to be robbed to make up
SOlomon's glory. No rest till his keels
shall cut every sea, 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 domin-
Ion, wealth no luxury, gold no glitter,
song no melody, light no radiance, wa
ers no CLEAN, birds no plumage, pranc-
Ng coursers no mettle, upholstery no
gorgeousness, architecture no grandeur,
but 1t was all his.
Well" you say, "if there is any man
happy, he ought to be happy" But /
hear him coming out through the pal
ace, and see his robes actually incrusted
with jewels, as he stands in the front
anu looks out upon the vast domain.
What does he say? King Solomon,
great is your dominion, great is your
nOnor, great is your joy? No. While
standing here amidst all the splendor,
.he tears start, and his heart breaks and
ne exclaims; Vanity of vanities; all
vanity" What! Solomon not happy
!eU No not happy. The honors and
we emoluments of this world bring so
many cares with them that they bring
atso torture and disquietude. Pharoah
0S on one of the highest earthly emil
Nences,yet he is miserable becouse there
are some people in his realm that do
% nv want any longer to make bricks.
lne mead of Edward 1. aches under the
..O"n because the people will not pay
Wc, V0 taxes, and Llewellyn, Prince of
waM WaieS' Will not do him homage, and
wiace Will be a hero. Frederick
nuam Ill. of Prussia is miserable be-
u'e france wants to take the Prus-
au provinces. The world is not large
T TTuOugh for Louis XIV and William III.
,hD G ghastliest suffering, the most
!Sehng fear, the most rending jeal-
bs~e' bes' tne most gigantic disquietude,
0 io,. walked amidst obsequious court
And anu been clothed in royal apparel,
~ SAT on Judgment seats of power.
% nOlor and truth and justice can not
Vons ~ nigh up in authority as to be be-
NM" -S 'ne iange of human assault. The
svao ave. ana the good in all ages have been
gNaea ~. by the mob, who cry out:
R,s',' 'nls man, but Barabbas. Now,
Nv bSonas was robber." BY honesty,
ssAS ItiStian t principle, would have you
vow, 70. .or the favor and the confidence o.
sOm. ieelow-men; but do not look upon
alws uign position as though that were
ear.t' sunshine. The mountains OF
Svit.y nonor are like the mountains OF
and and, a~ai, covered with perpetual ice
iaooA I SNOW Having obtained the conf.
cOnten. ana love of your associates, be
YoM YI' with such things as you have