The Forrest City times., 1890-11-08
PICTURES OF PALESTINE.
OR TALMAGTs SIXTH DISCOURSE
 JN THE HOLY LAND.

h Wealth that Failed to Make n Hap y py king.-Earth's Greatest (sIorIcs c insignificant Compared with those
 of Heaven. - A Pancgyric on the r Cradle.
 n BROOKLYN, N. Y., Nov. e.--Dr. Taimage
 preached thc sixth sermon on his tour in { iaiestlnc today. After pastoratc of a 'wenty-two years In this city it is astonish- { Ing To see the crowds of people who throns l tho Academy of Music avery sunday morn- ! Ing to lis'cn to his dlscourses. No less re- markahie are the audiences that New York ea'y furnishes at the services every Sunday
 hlGht. Today's sermon was on the gardens
 ard public works of lsrael's magnificent hlhg' and the text, Ecelcsiastes e:s-6: II , mhue mc great works, bulded me houses, planted me vineyards. made mo gardens
 ana orchards, and rlantcd trees in them ot : all Sinds Of ffuits' made mo pools of wa- ter to water herewith tho wood that bring eth forth trees" nr. Talmage said: spring morning and before breakfast at
 Scrusaicm. king with robes snowy white in chariot decked with gold, drawn by eight
 norses' high -mettled. and housings as ril-
 naht as if ctlloped out of that very snn-
 ,lse' and like tbe winds for apeeu, followed
 ny a regiment Of ne shers on hoi seLaek with
 hNnd on gitdcd bow, and arrows with steel
 points flashing in the sun. clad iron, head
 'e ioJt m Iyrian lufpie, and black hair
 srr'hNled wiih Hold-dust, all dashing down
 ,he roau' the horses at flu run, the reIns
 loose on ihe.r nccks. and the crack of whips
 ~ anu tne haiiuo Of tho reckless cavalcade
 nuttng tho miles at defiance Who ia It.
 ana what is it2 King solomon taxing mn
 o"tihs pcfore breakfast, from Jerusalem.
 M VI Mnis Eardehs, and parks, and orchards. and
 i,.s,etsoifS, ,, siN milos down tho road towards
 ueoeen. What a contrast between that and
 aSseii on that very road one morning la st
 hecemoer going afoot for our plain veblcja
 tutnea back for photographic apparatus
 toi.ottoh' we "iI tho way to flnd what ia
 sS'ilsu eoiom'ssn's pools. the ancient water
 tt',,' "o,ns VI ScFuSilem, and the gardens of a
 s'ng nearly aCe0 years ago. We cross ,ho aQurduct again and again, and ber, we ara 1 " Inc three great reservoirs. not~ runs "I reservoirs but tho rasar 1 N9,fs themselves, that solomon built three auh4ehh'ums ago for the uurIose of cntrbins
 s'.., ,u l s'feains. and passing them to Va. " siake the thirst of the city. Jert,ss.. aye the most glorious range and also i5 ,u... ""'ned with aIlcolors ot gardens hat eve. r@. for solomon or bseathcd with all red1i.-~, citat- Was the great, st hurtle ulturallsts ,.~ 70 ert totanist, the greatest ornii holoslst, ,,.> greatest capl afist. and the greatest scient ist of his century.
 Come over the piles of gray rock. and here we are at tho first of the three reser- yo rs, winch arU on three great levels, the base of tlla top reservoir higher than the top of the second. the base of the second reservoir higher than the top of he third, sa arranged that the waters gathered from several sources above shall descend from basin to bas n, the sediment of the water de- pusitcd In each os the three, so that by the time 1t gets down to the apucduct which Is tatalSn it to Jerusalem, 1t has had hree hl- te ifgs. and k aS pure as when the clouds raiued lt. Wonderful specimens of maSonry are these three T. servoirs. The white cement fastening tho bio ks of stone together Is now nst as when the trowels three thou-and years ago sfUaelhed the layers. The highest reservoir Sso feet by sgat tho second, i2a feet by te0; and the NsveSt reservoir as9 feet by ltA, ard deep enough and wide enough, and mlShty enough to float an ocean steamer
 On ttat nare raber morning. VIC saw the wufe rolling down from reservoir to reser~ voir. and can vel understand how in ths neishhorhood the imperial gardens were one great blossom. and the orchard one great basket of fruit. and hat Soioinen In hls palace, writing the song tf Songs. and Eeelesiastes may have heen drawing illas- tra ions from what he had seen that Yery morning in the royal gardens when he ai- iadod o melons and maHdrakcs and affl- Cots, and erapeS. and femeNrantes. and
 
 afaus. and canll h re. and apf le trees among the trees uf the woA d. and the atmead treo as 1oerlshlng and to myfrh apd frank n. cease, and rep cseuted Christ as tgs ne down into Ills gardens, and the beds oi sptees to feed in the ss rd us, and Co sathe1 lilies. md 10 seycs iSe fish lools. and to the voice of the turtle dove as heard ir the land think 1, was when solomon was show ng fhe 30een cC sheua thr ugh these gardens tbsf thc Rlblc says of hers There
 Ia frft -fkt14r il up
 Hut an thls splendor did not mpke Solo mon happy. Nne day, after getting taSh on hi~ mprnng ride and before the hurstf had yet been cooked uT and ruhl'vi down hy the royal egus frv. solomon wrote tho mem orabIo wor s, following my text, like dlrgo played aitr grand march,
 'Behold ali was vanitf and voNa- afion of spirit. and there waa no proat under the sun" in q her words *it d9n pay'H Would God that NC might all tgars tho lesson thtt this world cannot produce hspplressl Al Mursoilies there is a eastel- lated house on high ground crowned V. | all ihat sroyc and garden cau dc. and ths whole place loohs out Il 0n ps cuclls ing a ! landscape as tho world holds. water md hiil ciaspipg hands ia perfect hewltsts- nsene of scenery. us the owner of that pi ce is totally hlind, and to him all tbss goes for upthing Illustrating tho truth that whether OuQ he physically CT morally llnO, rililahCN or AMfFoNnHipR CafsANf give satisfaction. But tradition says that when the 'twIse men Of the East" were heing guided by the ar on Inc way to Beihlchom they. for a little while, lost sIght uf that st IT. and in despair aud aNh ustlan ca mn tc a well to drink. when. looking down Into the well they siw the star le ccted In tho wa ter nd that chsered them and they rcsum- ed the tourney. and l have tic rotten that thor gh gi nudcura,d d pomr of sarronnd- ! ing' may not ahord teace, at the ~ei ot God consolation. ciosa by, you may find happiness. and the Fl snest cup at tite well of salvation may hold the br ghtest star that ever sh0ne from tho heavens
 Although tAeso solemonie gardens are in rulns. there are now growing there hnwers that are to le fonnd nowhere else in tho I Holy Land. How do l account for thatg SoOMon nt out h ships and robbed the Etrdens of iho whole c7rth for towors and pi uted these eN0u be r. aud ,hcso par tlcnlar flowers arc q .se 1 descendants of the foreign pi ints he Imported, Mr NeAhattm ! a Christian israel te on thc very ste of these royal gafavns has tn oRr dey, by put tins in his own spade. osmonstrs cd thHt the gtOHf.d l. ohls waitps fur the right T 1 io yield u-t mu 5 laNuriancv and sgisu | dor eightccn hnaoF 4 ye n after Christ. ts it yielded SnlOu pac thegs nd years hc ] fore Jhsist ru sl. F, Iestins Is waiting gc | te osso he n hast scene O h1ftlcu tarc arhorlcni ure and agricul Wrr.
 Recent t-4NV.V $ lu th. Holy Land srs2k i of he rocky and stoset s1tt e. of nearly ali { Palestine. as n hnp s h barIiey sn the ! are cultivation os be sol Iui fl hey 1 had eNata.ie ed uinutsiY fle Io ks and staee-
 uf the Holy l, Ha. thry would Hna taet they \ l are b inf ku'e ouffed, gud age Getas mels- 1 ed Into thu sei. aal, D ng f0l the n st part | | limestone. they arc deu { ltu had what | 1 tho Anelte n ul r-n lssf sus"rd es when { at great cxn nss nd ttslea ac draws his l W ran l1ad at lime pna sc ttafs is en the 1 fields fue ghcF enrit hm Ut. iha st rms | 1 the winters, the Eic midsummer heats of f 1 faie,t ne, hy err nlAlinx up nd dis ol Ing | the fo Ks gre gr8Na lAy brcpaat .E fh es [ i tiuc Hnd syria to yield q product iike unto S ! tho luAurient Nes chester faryAs of New 4 1 York. md Ls nc stor county { rins of IenH- I ] sysaRla, and somerset county farms of i New Jersey. and thc other ngs sgnihccnt frrm 1 felds of Minnesota and W sconsin and he 1 a.f