Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-09
In THE HOLY CITY.
DR.. TALMA PRBACHRS THB GOSPEL OF
CHRIST
In The City Of His Suffering and OrucfxiOn-
Lessons Drawn From Jsrusalsm's His
tory-A Man Who Died for Men
Symbols Of Heaven.
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ANaAA kOOA AAACn0o Gay hudl tnCAA dlUOA
about sacred places has been so damp
ened that they were sorry they ever WIS.,
tied Jerusalem. But with me the
city and its surroundings are a
rapture. q solemnity, an overwhelm-
ing emotion. o jerusalem, Jerusa-
lem The professions of kings, conquer
ors, poets and immortal men and women
pass before me as l stand here. Among
the throng are Solomon, David and Christ
Yes, through these streets and amid these
surroundings rode Solomon, that wonder
of splendor and wretchedness. 1t seemed
as if the world exhausted itself on that
man. 1t wOve its brightest flowers into
his garland. 1t set richest gems in his
eOronet Ii pressed the Tarest wines to his
lips. 1t rObed him in the purest purple
and embroidery. II cheered him with the
sweetest music in that land of harps. 1t
greeted him with the gladdest laughter
that ever leaped from mirth's lip. II
sprinklsd his cheek with spray from the
brightest fountains. Royalty had no do
minion, wealth no luxury, gold no glitter,
flowers no sweetness, song no melody,
light no radience, upholstery no gorgeous
ness, waters no CLEAN, birds no plumsge,
pranciDgi course no mettle, architecture
no grandeur, but it was all bis. Across the
thick grass OF the lawn, fragrant with
tut Of campfire from Eugedi, fell the
long shadows Of trees brought from distant
forests.
IF WEALTH AND WISDOM
could have satisfied man, Solomon would
have been satisfied. To say that Solomon
was millionaire gives but very imper-
feet idea of the property be inherited fom
David, his father. He had at his com
maud gold TO the value of six hundred and
eighty million pounds, and had silver to
the value of one billion, twenty-nine mil
lion, three hundred and seventy seven
pounds sterling. The Queen of Shebs
made him him nice little present of seven
hundred and twenty thousand pounds,
and Hiram made him a present of the
same amount. If he had lost the value Of
a whole realm out Of his pocket, it would
have hardly been worth his while to stOop
down and pick it up. He wrote one thou
sand and five songs. He wrote three
thousand proverbs. He wrote about al'
most everything. The Bible says dis
tinctly 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 he put
of his royal robes, and put on hunters
trapping, and went out with his arrows to
bring down the rarest specimens of bride;
snd then with his fishing apparatus he
went down to the stream to bring up the
denizsns of the deep. and plunged into the
forest and found the rarest specimens of
flowers; snd then he came back into his
Study and wrote books about zoology, the
science of ANIMALS; about ichthyology, the
scierce Of fishes; about ornithology, the
science of birds; about botany, the science
of plants. Yet, notwithstanding all his
wisdom and wealth, behold his wretched-
ness, and let him pass on. Did any other
city ever behold so wonderful man? o,
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
THE KING AND POET.
But here passes through these streets,
SIS in imagination l see him, quite as Won
derful ard far better man. David the
couqueror, the king, the poet. Can it be
that sm in the very city where he lived
and reigned? David great for power, and
great for grief He was wrapped up in his
boY Absalom. He was a splendid boy,
indged by the rules Of worldly criticism.
Frpm the crown of his head to the sole of
his foot there was not single blemish.
The Bible ssys that he had such luxu-
RANT shock of hair that, when once year
il was shorn, what was cut of weighed
over three pounds. But, Notwithstanding
all his brillisney Of appearance, be was q
bad boy, and broke his fathers heart.
He was plotting to get the throne Of
Israel. He had marshaled an army to
overthrow his fathers government. The
days of battle had come. The conflict was
begun. David, the father, sat between
the gates of the palace waiting for the It'd
in, 2 of the conflict. Oh, how rapidly his
heart beat with emotion! Two great
questions were to be decided the safety of
his boy. and the continuance Of the throne
of Israel. After awhile, a servant, stand
inr on the top of the house, looks of, and
he sees some one running. He is coming
with great speed, and the man on the top
of the house announces the coming OF the
messenger, and the father watches and
waits. and as soon as the messenger from
the field of battle comes within haillpg
distance the father cries out. Is 1t aques-
tion in regard to the establishment OF his
tbropsP Does he say: 'Haye the armies
of Israel been victorious? Am l to con-
tinue in nv imperial authority Have |
ovsrthrown nv enemies?" Oh, no.
THERE IS ONE QUESTION
A. =. ,,r;rc,s from his heart to the lip, and
snrings from the lip into the ear of the be-
sweated and bedusted messenger flying
nom the battle field-tbe question: rs
,ba vouns man Absalom ssfe?" When it
WAS told to David, the king, that though
his armies bad been victorious, his son hsd
hsen slain. the father turned bis back up
an the congratulations of the nation and
vent mn the stairs of his palace, his heart
breakipg as he went, wringing his hands
souetimss and then again pressing them
AGAINST his temples as though he would
nIass them in, crying: 20 Absalom! my
sori NV som Would God / had died for
tbee. O Absaloml my son! my son Stu
.ao5ons grief OF David resounding through
alI snccsediug ages. This was the city that
heard the woe. . Jerussiam' JelusAieu.
am also thrilled anu o'ei PV"eASN "A'
the remembrance that yOnder, where now
stands a Mohammedan mosque, stood the
tsmpIe. the very one that Christ visited:
Solomon's temple had stood there, but
Tahnchaduezzar thundered it down.
zsrnbbabal's temple had stood there, but
,nat % had been prOstrsted. Then HerOd
bn;I, TSI temple because he was fond Of great
srchitecture, and he wanted the preceding
tsmnles to seem insignificant Put eign.
- Zen modern cathedrals together, ana
n tbsv would not equal that structure. 1t
covsrsS .o nineteen acres There were mar,
HE nilIsrs supporting rOOfe of cedar and
SiIvsr tables on which stood golden cups
and there were carvings exquisite and ln-
scrintious replendent, Rlittering D, 1sl'
~strsdss and ornamented gatewsys. The
Su;id;nS Of this temple kept ten thousand
worsmsn busy forty-six years. Stupen-
Sons nile of pomp and magniiicenc' But
,he material and architectural grandeur OF
he % building were very tame compsred
~;.b Ts tbs spiritual meaning Of it's al!srs
md boIy Of bolies, and the overwhelming
s;vnifcsuce % Of it's ceremonies. OJerusaiem'
Jerusaleml