Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-13
SOLCh0N'S GARDENS.
no TALMAGE CONTINUES HIS
everc4ES or. THE HOLY LAND.

-. Tabernacle and the Addresses De-
,,....I 1-uder the Auspices of The Chris
tiap IIerald-The Resurrection.
prooTLYS. Nov. e.-Dr. Talmage preach
:, tGa .ivth sermon on his tour Ia Palestine
sel.r After a pastorate of twenty-five
yaar- n this city it IS astonishing i.'sae
he crowds Of people who throng the Acad-
emv OF Music every Sunday morning to
listen 10 his discourses. No less remarkable
are tbe audiences that New York city fur
,isbrs ~ The Christian Herald services
a,,eTy sunday night Today's sermon was
an the gardens and public works OF israels
magnificent king, and the text Ecciesiastss
81 r4r. II made me great works, | builded
No bo5.gs. ] planted me vineyards, made
~ :. s.i,ns and orchards, and planted
troes in them Of all kinds OF fruits; ! made
-. - r,,qI of water to water Herewith the
IL .bat bringeth forth trees" DIR. Tai
suripg morning and breakfast at Jeru
Lem A king with robes snowy white in
.nbariot decked with gold, drawn by eight
horses high melted, and housings as bril-
iiont as II scolloped out Of that very sun
10 md like t.le winds for speed, followed
II. . reriment of archers on horseback,
WITH hand on gilded bow and arrows with
stoa1 noints flashing in the sun, clad from
head 10 foot in Tyrian purple, and black
hair sprinkled with gold dust, all dashing
down tie road. the horses at full run, the
reins hose on their necks, and the crack Of
,rbips and the halloo Of the reckless cayal-
.ade putting the miles at defiance. Who
+ II and what is itg King solomon taking
~ otifiug before breakfast from Jerusalem
81 Nj, gardens and parks and orchards
ana reservoirs six miles down the road
toward Hebron What n contrast be-
tween thar and myself on that very road
one morning lass December going afoot,
for our plain vehicle turned back
for nh Geographic al.i&sS tas forgotten;
ne on the way to find what is cs-ed Solo
mons bools, the ancient water works OF
Jerusalem. and the gardens OF a KING
nearly three Thousand years ago. We
cross the aqueduct again and again, and
bera we are at the three great reservoirs,
not ruins of reservoirs, but the reservoirs
Themselves. that solomon built three mil
lenniuila ego forthc purpose OF catching
tbe mc.,ntain streams and passing them 70
Jerusalem to slake the thirst OF the city,
and al toirrigate the most glorious range
If gardens that ever bloomed with all
color, or breathed with all redolenee, Tor
solomon was the greatest hortieulturlst,
the greatest botanist, the greatest orni-
biologist. the greatest capitalist and the
greatest scientist Of his century.
WONDERFUL ANCIENT MASONRY.
Come over the piles Of gray rock, and
here we are at the first of the three reser'
yoirs. which are on three great levels, the
base Of the top reservoir higher than the
ION Of the second, the base Of the second
reservoir higher than the top Of the third,
so arranged that the waters gathered from
several sources above shall descend from
basin to basin, the sediment Of the water
deposited in each of the three, 50 that by
the time il gets down to the aqueduct
which is to take it TO Jerusalem il has had
three offerings, and is as pure as when the
clouds rained it. Wonderful specimens OF
masonry are these three reservoirs. The
white cement fastening he blocks of stone
together is now just ms when the troWeis
three thousand years ago smoothed the
LAYERS The highest reservoir $50 feet by
90: the second, 423 feet by 1902, and the
lowest reservoir, $50 feet by lG9, and deer
enough end wide enough and mighty
enough To uoat an ocean steamer
Onthat December morning we saw the
waters rolling down from reservoir Y
reservoir. and cap well understand how y
this neighborhood the imperial gardens
were one great blossom, and the orchard
one great basket OF fruit, and that solo
mon in his palace, writing the song o
songs and Ecclesiastes, may have beer
drawing Illustrations from what he hao
seen nat very morning IN the royal gar
deus when he alluded TO melons, and man
brakes. and apricots, and grapes, ant
pomelranates, and figs, and splken, hht
cinnamon, aud calamus and campfire
and apple trees among the trees OF TN
wood q and the almond tree as flourshing
and 10 myrrh aud frankincense, and repre-
sented Christ as gone down into his gar
dens. and the beds of spices to feed IN tn
gardens. and to gather lilies, and to eye
like fish pools, and to the voice OF TN
turtle dove as heard in the land. thini
il was when solomon was showing TIN
Queen of Sheba through these gardens tina
the Bible saws of her, There remained ne
more spirit in her. She gave it up.
But all this splendor did not make Solo
mon happy. One day, after getting bael
from his morning ride and before Tn
horses had vet been cooled of, and rubbed
down by the royal equerry, Solomon wrot
the memorable words following my text
like dirge played after grand march
Behold an was vanity and veXation Q
spirit. and there was no profit under tn
sun" In other words, ut don't pay
Would God that we might all learn tn
lesson that this world cannot produce hap
kuess At Marseilles there is eastellate
house on high ground crowned with al
that grove and garden can do. and tn
whole place looks out upon a enchantin
landscape as the world holds, water an
hill clasping hands in a perfect bewitcn
ment of scenery, but the ownerof that plac
Is totally blind. and 10 him all this zoe
for nothing. illustrating the truth tina
whether one be physicallyor morally pin
hrilliaucy Of surrounding cannot give sa'
isfactiol: but tradition says that when IN
wise men Of the east" were being guide
by the star on the way to Bethlehem the
for a little while lost sight OF that stat
aud In deSnair and exhaustion came 10
wen to drink. when looking down into IN
wei they saw the star reflected IN tn
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