The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-12
THE HOLY CITY.
:. ,s A SYMBOL OF HEAVEN.
n. TaImage breaches an Eloquent
Sermon at Jerusalem.

rsxr. Jerusalem Jerusalem F-Matt.
1riii 81
raj exclamation burst from Christ's lips
uo came in sight Of this great city,
Although things have marvelously
tppu',,rcd WHO can visit Jerusalem to-day
ui,hert having its mighty past roll over ON
", and ordinary utterance must give place
III Ui0u Jerusaleml Disappointed with the
Hov Land many have been, and l have
tDsyd good friends say that their ar,lor about
n.soI nlaces had been so dampened that
- we're sorrow they ever visited Jerusa-
,sr, ,y But with me the city and its surround
s ;.ss are rapture, solemnity, an over
-bslming emotion. o Jerusalem, Jerusa-
I'm. The procession OF h,ngs, conquerors'
80 and immortal men and women pass be.
81 me as stand here. Among the throng
~, ~ solomon, David and Christ. Yes,
.L,ugb these streets and amid these sur
so,ndincs rode Solomon. that wonder of
,isndor and wretchedness. It seemed as
4 the world exhausted itself on that
man II wove its brightest flowers
m. IN his coronet. IL pressed tho rarest
sssn4 10 hi. lips IL robed him in the purest
rnrnlp and embroidery. Itcheered him with
ks sweetest music in that land of harps. IL
sre,ed him with the gladdest laughter that
srsr leaped from mirth's lip. IL sprinlled
bis cheek with spray from the brightest
tountain.. Royalty had no dominion,
wealth no luxury, gold no glitter, flowers no
sueatness. song no melody, light no rcdiance,
ypholstery no gorgeousness, waters no CLEAN,
hris no plumage prancing coursers no met
,le architecture no grandeur, but IL was all
sis Across the thick grass OF the lawn, fra
Grant with tufts Of campfire from Engedi,
Ssll 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 ruiiled with fins, and golden
soaes shot from water cave to water cave
with endless dive and swirl, attracting the
-aze OF foreign potentates Birds that had
ben brought from foreign aviaries glanced
and iuttered among the foliage, and called
10 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
10 be brought out i'm front of tho palace when
the official dignitaries would leap into the
saddle for some grand parade, or, harnessed
10 sonic Of the fourteen hundred chariots of
the King the fiery chargers with Haunting
name and throbbing nostril would make the
earth lar with the tramp of hoofs and the
thunder Of wheels. While within and with
out the palace you could not think of single
luxury that could be added, or OF "A single
plenAor that could be kindled. down ON
the banks OF the sea the dry docks of
EziOn-g geber rang with the hammers
Of the snipwrights who were con-
structing larger vessels for still wider COM
merce. for all lands and climes 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 dominion, wealth no luxury,
gold no glitter song no melody, light no
radiance, waters no CLEAN, birds no plumage,
prancing coursers no mettle, upholstery no
gorgeousness, architecture no grandeur, but
II was all his.
well YOU say, ''if there is any man
happy. he ought TO be-" But l hear him com
ing 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 sayg King Solomon, great is
your dominion, great is your honor, great is
your joyf No. While standing here amidst
all the splendor, the tears start and his heart
breaks and he exclaims: VANITY of
vanties; all is vanity" What! Solomon
not happy YETI No, not happy The
honors and the emoluments Of
this world bring so many cares with them
that they bring also torture and disquietude
fharaoh sits on one of the highest earthly
eminenceS, yet he is miserable because there
are some people in his realm that do not want
any longer 10 make bricks. The head Of
Edward aches under his crown because the
People WI! not pay the taxes, and Llewellyn,
Prince of Wales. will not do him homage,
and Wallace will be hero Frederick
William Ill, Of Prussia, is miserable because
france wants To take the Prussian provinces.
Ihe world Is not large enough for Louis XIV.
AZ
most shrivellng fear, the most rending ieal-
ouSes, the most gigantic disquietude, have
walked amidst obsequiouS courtiers, and been
clothed IN royal apparel, and sat on judgment
seatsof power.
Honor and truth and justice cannot go so
ngh up IN authority as 10 he beyond the
range oi human assault. The pure and good
III All ages have been execrated by the mob
VINO cry out Not this man. but Barabbas
Now, BGrabbas was robber.n By honesty.
oy christian principle, / would have you
seek Tor the favor and the confidence of your
Ieilow men, but do not look upon some high
position as though that were always sun
Shlhe' The mountains of earthly honor are
nHe 'he mountains of Switzerland covered
Mith perpetual ice and snow. Having OBJ
'alned the confidence aud love of your asso-
Sn,Fs' ne content with such things rs you
nave You brought nothing into the world.
auu II IS very certain you can carry nothing
Vut' lease ye from man. whose breath is
IN ms nostrils" There is an honor that is
No'th possessing, but il is an honor that
comes from God. This day rise up and take
~ ~ Eehold what manner of love the
lha'uI, hath bestowed upon us, that we should
,', Valled tnr1 the sons of God" Who aspires not
ior mat royalty? Come now, and be Kings
oio priests unto God and the Lamb forever.
II wealth and wisdom could have satisfied
~ q man solomon would have been satisfied
Ny that solomon was millionaire gives
~ ~ q very imperfect idea of the property he
inherited from David, his father. He had at
~ ~ Iolhinand gold 10 the value of six hun
sil,.t.a,hl anu elshty million pounds, and he had
,",l Z" the value OF one billion, twenty nine
million three hundred and seventy-saven
bi,ulua sterling. The Queen OF Sheba made
t. a.u' nice little present of seven hundred and
%oN'y thousand pounds, and Hiram made
- I'H q" present or the same amount. III he had
~ 1'v 'l'e value OF "A whole realm out of his
p5SyIHe. IL would have hardly been worth his
,'' n.',g 10 st"op down and pick itup. He wrote
th'. '.ousand and five songs. He wrote three
ay..r,..tlgu proverbs. lie wrote about almost
.,rl ything. The Bible SAYS distinctly he
wrote about plants. from the cedar of Le,
VIII VIII @ 20 @9tne hyssop that groweth out of the
NNa'i' ana about birds and beasts and fishes.
on 'Iuut ne put OH his royal robes, and put
with "Iii'ers trapping, and went out
rnr1 MS arrows to bring down the
,,t,I specimens OF birds: and then
dow, ms fishing apparatus he went
of tba w. ~ tle stream to bring up the denizens
fonpd Up u, and plunged into the forest and
tbe,' 1he farest specimens of flowers; and
ten then he came back 10 his study and wrote
abon, "o1ut ut zoology, the science of animals;
about lcntnyology, the science of fishes:
sbe. ornlthology, the science of birds
MOI '-';.t tpotahy, the science of plants. Yet,