Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-16
KING SOLOMON.
INTERESTING SERMON ON THE WISE
MAN OF OLD.
Ancient and Modern Conditions Con.
Tasted-American Genius and the
Progress of Education.

A-SScytcAioA NuurCu. IN tHiS CITY, las
evening. The text was Prov. viii, II
u. wisdom, dwell with prudence and fiGs
out knowledge of witty inventions" :
Chronicles tx, %: And King Solomon
passed all the Kings of the earth in richie,
and wisdom"
The reign of Solomon was the golden ag,
OF the Hebrew monarchy. He reigne6
forty years, and during all that time b,
enjoyed peace at home and abroad. TIL,
most careful research verifes the statemen
that Solomon excelled all other rulers O
his day in riches and in knowledge. Ii
Moses time the Egyptians excelled il
learning, but "Solomons wisdom sur
passed the wisdom of the east country ant
all the wisdom of Egypt" And he gave te
others the benefit of his knowledge. Had the
printing press existed in his time. he would
nave been a prolific author. HE spske
5000 proverbs, only part of them are
found in the Bible-"and his songs were
1,0O5, as many as the largest collection OF
hymns at the present day. "And he spake
OF trees, from the cedar tree that is in Leb.
anon even unto the hyssop that springeth
up ouS VI Tue wall. lie Spake also OF
beasts ana OF fowl and of creeping things
and of fishes" "And there came of All
people to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
from ali kings of the earth which had
heard OF his wisdom" We search in vain
tor any cotemporary civilization or knowi-
edge that equaled his. His superiority was
fully acknowledged. We may truly saw
that he laid the foundation for the natural
sciences, and he laid it according to the
true, modern Bsconian method in obserya-
ton and induction.
But the learning of Solomon was largely
or wholly lost. We do not read of any
school OF science nor of any succession OF
scienuhc men springing up and continuing
the stuoles which he so successfully prose-
cuted. 1t was not till after the Reforma-
ton of the sixteenth century that the nat
drai sciences came to be studied with per-
manent success. And out of these studies
mas mainly grown those industries which
nave been exhibited the last week in our
city and generally throughout our country,
and, most notably, at our centennial in
1876.
All are familiar with the Iabor-ssying
machines. They are too numerous to be
mentioned in detail. If we would study
the economy of government and ciyiljza-
ton IN connection with them, the best
place to which to go is the Worlds Fair at
Philadelphia. 1t was an exhibition of the
arts, manufactures and products of the
soil and mine.
The invitation. extended by the United
states to all peoples, was accepted by the
Governments of thirty-seven nations
Nine OF them ranked as colonies of Great
Britain; the rest were independent states
1t was admitted on all hands to have been
an eminently fair and honorable display,
and premiums and awards were carefully
and equitably bestowed upon worthy COM
petitors.
The countries there represented were
Argentine Republic, Austria, Hungary,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China,
Denmark, Egypt, France with Algeria
Germany, Great Britain, with her nine
colonies, viz Queensland, New Zealand,
New South Wales, Victoria, South Aus.
tralia, India, Cape Colony, Bermuda and
Iarnaica; Hawaii, Italy. Japan, Mexico,
Netherlands, Norway, Orange Free States,
Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Tunis, Turkey. Venezuela.
1t will be observed that these countries
represent every continent and quarter of
the habitable globe; and it is correct to
say that the exhibits of these countries
were fair index of the resources and the
civilization of the different countries To-
Gated all over the earth. As an object
lesson, 1t was the greatest and grandest l
expect ever to see.
The objects of the exhibition were CLASH
bed into seven departments: l, mining and
metallurgy; 2, manufactures; 3, education
and science; 4, art; 5, machinery; 6, agri-
culture; 2, horticulture.
The first department afforded magnifi-
cent foundation for natural science. The
naturalist could there see the whole known
variety of the soil and substance of the
earth.
In justice to other countries we should
take into account two things-1) that we
were at home, and hundreds of exhibits
were there from our country, which would
not have been carried across the ocean il
the exhibition had been in Europe; (2) our
breadth of territory enabled US to show
more minerals, ores, stone and mining
products, and soils, than any other country
In the second department, that of manu-
facturers, there were 6, $50 entries, of which
the United States had 1,58S-a little more
than one-fourth of the whole. More than
one-quarter of the main building was occu.
pied by the exhibits OF this country. II
was quite complete exhibition of the
product of the industries of the United
States. Some called it Broadway store
Ii was, of course, in general, an exhibition
OF what IS made and bought and sold in
this country-here a drug store, there q
hardware store, and there dry good store
And when one had passed through the
whole be would ask himself, I'm what
other country would | rather liver"
We were impressed with one fact that
when abroad, as We passed out OF Europe,
we missed the appearance of science; the
shade Of ignorance and darkness came
over US.
IT.. g. A. ,.,,v,>,,o, &c Az, l;..o,,r.o -
must now go to department No. 5, to Ma
chinery Hall. In this great hall are l ,6l9
entries, Of which the United States has
1,03O, nearly two-thirds of the whole.
Here were exhibited machines and tools,
and apparatus for doing almost everything
done by man. Our chief competitor was
Great Britain. She had 81 exhibits, we
1,030, less than one hundred to our more
than ten hundred.
The reason why Great Britain had nc
larger show in that department was not
wholly because it was too far for her to
take them. She bad not the machinery
for successful competition; nor is there
any other country ON earth that has them,
In respect to machinery, the United States
by long distance. outstripped all others,
nearly two to one against the whole world
In that exhibition Americans appeared as
the doors OF the world.
Here is food for thought.
The same preponderaBce in manufactures
was seen in the main building. In these
two buildings were the machinery and the
product of the machinery of the United
States. They were simply marvel. They
must have astonishei everybody; they GER
tainly did me. The mammoth engine OF
I,40O horsepower, built in graceful form
as if an artist had modelled it. and moving
80 many square acres of machinery. was q
true type Of American genius No indi.
viduai can keep up with the developments
of it.
This general subject becomes all the
more interesting when We consider the
causes and conditions of this upbuilding Of
helpful agencies and instruments. There
are specialties in which workmen in other
countries may be our teachers, but the in
stances are few and narrowed to specialties
of some smaller manipulation. The Elk
ington silversmiths may be our teachers
but not in the finest work in silver. The
French and Swiss modistes have elaborated
the toilet beyond rs. Italy has the sculp
lures of the world. ~ because she has the
marble in superior quality; (2) because she
has class of laborers born and bred to the
rougher, half-skilled work of the artist
whom Americans and all others can hire
for small wages. But there are character
istics OF American success that are worthy
of special notice. One is. that here in this
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