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IN THE CELESTIAL CITY.
DR.. Talmage breaches a Sermon In
and About Jerusalem.
How the Place ID Associated with the Saw
iOur, Solomon, and David-Thoughts
About the Crucifxion and
Christ's Sunering-A Sym
boil Of Heaven.

At large gathering Of Christian peo-
pie in Jerusalem recently, Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage was the preacher. His
text was Matthew xiii, 81: Jerusalem!
Jerusalem!" The sermon is appended:
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 him, and ordinary utterance
must give place for the explanatory as
we cry: o Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Dis
appointed with the Holy Land many
have been, and 1 have heard good
friends say that 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 rapture, a solemnity, an over
whelming emotion. o Jerusalem, Jeru.
salem! The procession of kings, con-
querors, poets, and immortal men and
women pass before me as 1 stand here.
Among the throng are Solomon, David,
and Christ. Yes, through these streets
and amid these surroundings rode Solo
mon, that wonder of splendor and wretch
edness. 1t seemed as though the world
exhausted itself on that man. 1t wove
its brightest flowers into his garland. 1t
set its richest gems into his corOnet. 1t
pressed the rarest wine to his lips. 1t
robed him in the purest purple and en-
broidery. 1t 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. 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
gorgeousnes, waters no CLEAN, birds no
plumage, prancing coursers no mettle,
architects no grandeur but it was all his.
Across the thick grass of the lawn, fra
grant with tufts of campfire from En-
gedi, 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
fms and golden scales shot from water
cave to water cave with endless dive
and swirl, attracting the gaze of foreign
potentates. Birds that had boon brought
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 hun
bred 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 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 shipwrights who were
constructing larger vessels for a still
wider commerce, for all lands and climes
were to robbed to make up Solomon's
glory. No rest till his keels shall GU
every sea, his axmen hew every forest
his archers strike every rare wing, hi
fishermen whip every stream, his mer
chants trade in every bazaar, his name bt
honored by every tribe; and royalty
shall have no dominion, wealth no lux
ury, gold no glitter, song no melody
light no radiance, waters nogleam, birds
no plumage, prancing courscrs no mcttle
upholstery no gorgeousness, architec
ture no grandeur, but it was all his.
"Well," you say, ''if there is Any mai
happy, he ought to be-" R..s hear hin
coming through the palace, and see hi
robes actually indtusted with jewels, a
he stands i: the front and looks gu
upon tho vast domain. What does HI
sayf King Solomon, great is you
dominion, great is your honor, great il
your joy? No. While standing herr
amidst all the splendor the tears start
and his heart breaks and he exclaims
"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
What! Solomon not happy yet? No
not happy. The honors and the emolu
ments of this world bring so many care
with them that they bring also tortur,
and disquietude. Pharaoh sits on on,
Of the highest earthly eminences yet h
is miserable because there are SOM
people in his realm who do no
want any longer to make bricks. Tn
head of Edward l. aches under his crow
because the people will not pay tn
taxes, and Llewellyn, Prince of Wales
will not do him homage, and Wallac
will be hero. Frederick William III
of Prussia is miserable because Franc
wants to take the Prussian provinces
The world is not large enough for Loui
XIV. and William III. The ghastlies
suffering, the most shriveling fears, tn
most rending jealousies, the mos
gigantic disquietude, have Wake
amidst obsequious courtiers, and bee
clothed in royal apparel, and sat o
Judgment seats of power.
Honor and truth and justice can not g
so high up in authority as to be beyon
the range of human assault. The pur
and the good in all ages have been exc
Grated by the mob who cry out: INC
this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabba
was a robber." BY honesty, by Chri.
tan principle, l would have you see
for the favor and the confidence of you
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