The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-14
JERUSALEM.
sermon by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage in the Holy City.
The Ancient Glory of Jerusalem Depicted
by a Series of Vivid Word Pictures
The Coming Glories of the
New Jerusalem.

SoAhihB 1tOrles OF the
New Jerusalem.
While on his recent visit to Jerusalem
Rev. L. Dewitt Halmage delivered the
following sermon, taking for his text:
Jerusalemi Observation-Disclosures KILL. 81
This exclamation burst from Christ's
lips as He came in sight of this great
city, and although things have marvel
ously changed, who can visit Jerusalem
to-day without having its mighty past
roll over on him, and ordinary utter.
ances must give way to the explanatory
as we cry: o Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Disappointed with the Holy Land many
have been, and / have heard good
friends say their ardor about sacred
places had been so dampened that they
were sorry they ever visited Jerusalem.
But with me the city and its surround.
ings are a rapture, a solemnity, an over
whelming emotion. Jerusalem, Jeru-
saleri The procession of kings, CON
querors, poets and immortal men and
women pass before me as 1 stand
here. Among them are Solomon,
David and Christ. Yes, through these
oeiOOOS anu dulIu JutSt uFTOuT1uluR
rode solomon, that wonder of splendor
and Indebtedness. 1t seemed as If the
world exhausted itself on that man. 1t
wove its brightest flowers into his gar
land. 1t set its richest gems in his
coronet. 1t pressed the rarest wine to
his lips. 1t robed him in the purest pur-
pie and embroidery. 1t .cheered him
with the sweetest music in that land of
harps. 1t greeted him with the glad
est laughter that ever leaped from
mirth's lip. 1t sprinkled his cheek
with spray from the brightest fountains.
Royalty had nc dominion, wealth no
luxury, gold no glitter, flowers no
sweetness, song no melody, light no
radiance, upholstery no go~rgeousness,
waters no CLEAN, birds no plumage,
prancing coursers no mettle, architect
ure no grandeur but 1t 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 rufled with fins,
and golden scales shot from water cave
to water cave with endless dive and
swirl, attracting the gaze of foreign po-
tentates. Birds that had been brought
from foreign aviaries glanced and fiut-
tered among the foliage, and called to
their mates far beyond the sea. From
he 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,
hafnessed to some Of the fourteen hun
6 chariots Of the King, the fiery
cbszgers with Haunting name and
1tArobbing 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
1dded, or of a 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 shipwrights
who were constructing larger vessels for
a still wider commerce, for all lands and
chimes were 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
ters no CLEAN, birds no plumage, pranc-
ing coursers nc mettle, upholstery no
gorgeousness, architecture no grandeur,
but 1t was all his.
'WelLr you say, sif there is any man
happy, he ought to be happy" But l
zeal him coming out through the pal
ace, and see his robes actually incrusted
with jewels, rs he stands In the front
and looks out upon the vast domain.
What does he say? King solomon,
great Il your dominion, great is your
honor. great Is your Joy? No. While
-standfnR here amidst all the splendor,
the ears start, and his heart hreaks and
BIO exc1aims; Vanity ofsyanities; all
is vanity" 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 and disquietude. Pharoah
sits on one of the highest earthly emil
nences, yet he Is miserable because there
are some people in his realm that do
not want any longer to make bricks.
The head of Edward /. aches under the
crown because the people will not pay
the taxes, and Llewellyn, Prince OF
Wales, will not do him homage, and
Wallace will be a hero. Frederick
William III. of Prussia is miserable be-
cause France wants to take the Prus-
sian provinces. The world is not large
enough for Louis XIV. and William Ill.
The ghastliest suffering, the most
s~hriveling fear, the most rending jeal-
o%usies, the most gigantic disquietude,
have walked amidst obsequious court
iers, and been clothed in royal apparel,
and sat on judgment seats of power.
Hour and truth and justice can not
soZAD high up in authority as to be be-
yevA the range of human assault. The
pe es&ra the good in all ages have been
ezAcrated by the mob, who cry out:
yNot this man, but Barabbas. Now,
i3afabbas vas a robber." By honesty,
by Christian principle, 1 would have you
seek for the favor and the confidence Of
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, covered with perpetual ice
and snow. Having obtained the conf
dence and love Of your associates, be
content with such things as you have.
You brought nothing into the world,
and 1t is very certain you can carry
nothing out. cease we from man
whose breath is in his nostrils." There
is an honor that is worth possessing,
but it is an honor hat comes from God.
This day rise up and take 1t. "Behold
what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us that we should be
called the sons of God" Who aspires
not for that royalty? Come now and be
kings aid priests unto God and the
Lamb forever.
II w9alth and wfsdom could have sat
isfied 4 man. solomon would have been
satisfied. To say that Solomon was a
millionaire gives but a very imperfect
idea OF the property he inherited from
David, his father. He had at his COM
mand gold to the value of six hundred
and eigty million pounds sterling, and
he had silver to the value of one billion,
twenty-nine million, three hundred and
seventy-seven pounds sterling. The
Queen of Sheba made him a nice little
present of seven hundred and twenty