Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-06
Two Circles Filled With Rsvsrsnl ReOOllsctiOrs
Jerusalem hs Golden ard the Visit Of
Shsba's Queen Moral Lessons Drawn
iIom the Bible Record.
Special 7skaam % u. Sunday REGISTER.

eles. Jerusalem was spell Of fascination
that will hold me the rsst of my life. Solo
mon had resolved that that city should be
the center of all sacred, regal and CONNER
eial magnifcsnce. He set himsslf TO
work, and monopolizsd the surround
log desert ss q highway for his caravans.
he built the city OF Palmyra around one
OF tie principal wells Of the east, SO that
all the long trains of merchandise from the
east we're obliged to stop there, pay toll
and leave part OF their wealth in the hands
Of SOlomon's merchants. He manned the
fortress Thapsacus at the chief ford of the
Euphrates, and put under guard every
thing that passed there The three great
products Of Palfstine-wins pressed from
the richest clusters and celebrated all the
world over; oil, which in thai hot country
is the entire substitute for but or and lard,
and was pressed from the olive branches
until every tree in the country became az
oil wsll; and honey, which WAS the entire
substitute for sugar-these three great pro-
duets of the country Solomon exported,
aud received in return fruits and precious
woods and the animals Of every cline.
WOOD FOB THE TEMPLE
He went down TO Ezion-gsber and Or
dered feet Of ships to be CONSTRUCTED,
oyeIsaw the workmen, and watched the
launching of the flotilla which was to 20
out on more than = years. voysgs to bring
krr,,a fha xuaa1fh of Nha fha.. b., tu.,rlI
He heard that the Egyptian horses were
lsrge and swift, and long named and
round limbed, and lie resolved 10 purchase
them, giving eighty-five dollars apiece for
them, putting the best of these horses 10
his own stall and selling the surplus to
foreign potents,es st great profit.
He heard that there was the best of tim
Der on Mount Lebanon, and he sent out
one hundred and eighty thousand men to
hew down the forest and drag the timber
through the mountain gorges to construct
il into RATS TO be flosted to Joppa, and
from thence 10 be drawn by OK teams
twenty-five miles scross the land to Jeru-
salem. He heard that there were beautiful
flowers in other lands. He sent for them,
planted them in his own gardens, and TO
this very day there are flowers found in
the ruins Of that city such as are to be
found in no other part of Palestine, the
linssl descendants of the very flowers that
Solomon planted He heard that in for
eigu groves there were birds OF richest
voice aud mos. luxu-isnt wing He sent
out people to catch them, and bring them
there, and he pct them into his cages.
Stand back now and see this long train
of csmels coming up TO the kings gate,
and the OK trains from Egypt, gold ard
silver and precious stones, and beasts of
every hoof, and birds Of every wing, and
| fish of every scalel See the peacocks strut
under the cedars, and the horsemen run,
and the chsriots wheel Hark to the Or
ping to look into the wonders Of the tenn
pie, step right on to the csusewsy, and
pass up TO SolOmon's palace!
GL0RIES OF ARCHITECTURE.
Here We fud ourselves amid collection
of buildings or which the King had Law
ished the wealth Of many empires. The
genius of Hiram, the architect, and OF
many other artists is here seen in the long
line Of corridors and the suspended gal
lery and the approach to the throne.
Traceried window opposite traceried win
dow. BroDzsd ornaments bursting into
lotus and lily and pOmegTan anste. Chspi-
ters surrounded by network of leaves, in
which imitation fruit seemed suspended rs
in hanging baskets. Three baskets $50
Josephine tells us-three branches sculp-
tured on the marble, so thin and subtle
that even the leaves seemed to
ouiyer. A layer capable OF
tolding five hundred barrels of water
on six hundred brszen OK heads, which
gushed with water snd filled the whole
place with c1oluess and crystalline bright
ness and musical plsBh. Ten tables chased
with chariot wheel and lion and cherubim.
Solomon sat on throne of ivory. At the
seating place Of the throne, on each end Of
the steps, brsz lion. Why, my friends,
IN that place they trimmed their candles
with suuffers Of gold. and they cut their
fruit with knives Of gold, and
they wash their faces in basins OF gold,
and the scocped out the ashes with shovels
Of gold, and their stirred the altar tre''
with tongs of gold. Gold reflected in the
waietl Gold flashed from the apparel
Gold blezs in the crown! Gold, gold,
gold
OF course the news of the stfiuence OF
that plscs went ont everywhere by every
caravan and by wing of every ship, until
coon the streets Of Jerusalem are crowded
with curiosity seekers. What is that
long procession approaching Jeruss!enf
7 think from the pomp Of it there must be
royalty in the tram. smell the oresth
of the spices which are brought as presents
and hear the shout of the drivers, snd l
see the dust covered caravan showing that
they come from far away. Cry the news
no TO the palace. lie. all the people come
ont 10 see. Let the mighty men OF the
land come ont on the palace corridors
Let Solomon come down the stairs OF the
nalace bsfore the queen has sliehted.
Shake ont the cinnamon, and the sstfron,
and the ealamus, and the frankincssse
and n,se il into the treasure house. Take
nm t6e diamonds until they glitter III the
sun.
THE QUEEN OF sHEBA ALIGHTs
She enters the palace. She washes at
,hs hath. She sits down at the banquet
The cnp bearers bow. The meat smokes
The music trembles in the dash OF the
vva,ays from the molten sea. Then she
rises from the banquet, and walks through
the Conservatives, and gszss on the archi
lecture. and she ssks Solomon many
strange questions, and she learns about
ths religion of the Hebrews, and she then
and there becomes serTsnt OF the Lord
God. l..
She is overwhelmed. She begins to
think that sll the spices she brought, and
ali the precious woods which are intended
70 be turned into hsrps and psalteries and
into rsilipgs for the cansewsy between the
temple and the palace, and the one hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars in money
she begins to think that all thsoe pres
snts amo1nt TO retnisg in such palace,
and she is almost ashamed that she has
brought them, and she ssys within her
self; 'T heard q great deal spout TINS
nIsca and sbout this wonderful religion of
the Hebrews, but lad it far beyond my
highest snticipstiOns. must sdd more
than atty pei cent. to what has oeen re,
lated. /, exceeds everything that could
Rave expected. The hslf-the hall wac
not told ms"
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