The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
have expected. The half-the half was not

receive il are the women. Some men say
II is because they are weak minded l say
it is because they have quicker perception
of what is right. more ardent affection and
capacity for sublimer emotion. After the
women have received the gospel then all
the distressed and poor Of both sexes, tnoSe
who have no friends, accept Jesus Last OF
all come the greatly prospered. alas, thal
it is sol
If there are those who have been favored
of fortune, OF, as | might better put II,
favored of God, surrender all YOU have and
all you expect to be TO the Lord who blessed
this queen Of Sheba. Certainly you are
company. am glad that Christ has had
his imperial friends in all ages-Ellz beth
Christina, queen of Prussia: Maria
Feodorovna, queen of Russia; Marie
empress of France; Helena, the I'M
perial mother of Constantine; Arcs
dis, from her great fortunes building pub
lie baths in Constantinople and toiling for
the alienation of the masses; Queen Clio
tilda leading her husband and three thou
sand of his armed warriors TO Christian
baptism; Elizabeth of Burgundy. giving
her jeweled glove to beggar, aud scatter
ing great fortunes among the distressed ;
Prince Albert, singing Rock of Ages in
Windsor Castle, AID Queen Victoria, III
cognita, reading the Scriptures to dying
peuper.
l bless God that the day is coming when
royalty will bring all its thrones. aud music
all its harTonies, and painting all it's
pictures, ard sculpture all its statuary, ana
architecture all its pillars, and conquest all
its scepters, and the queens Of The earth, IN
long line of advance, frankincense filling
the air, and the camels laden with gold,
shall approach Jerusalem, and the gates
shall be hoisted, ami the great burden of
splendor shall be lifted into the palace of
this greater than solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestuess in the search Of truth. Do you
know where Sheba was! 1t was in
A yssinia, or some say in the southern part
of Arabia Felix. In either case it was
great way off from Jerusalem. To get
from there to Jerusalem she had to cross a
country infested with bandits, and 90
across blistering deserts. Why did not the
Qneen of Sheba stay at home and send
committee to inquire about this new
religion, and have the delegates report in
regard to that religion and wealth
of King Solomonl She wanted to see
for herself and hear for herself. She could
not do this work by committee. She felt
she had a soul worth ten thousand king
doms like Sheba, and she wanted q robe
richer than any woven by oriental shuttles,
and she wanted a crown set with the jewels
of eternity. Bring out the camels. Put on
the spices. Gather up the jewels of the
throne and put them on the caravan. Start
now; no time to be lost. Goad on the cam
els. When / see that caravan, dust-covered,
weary and exhausted, trudging on across
the desert a1d among the bandits until it
reaches Jerusalem. | say: There is an
earnest seeker after the TRUTH
But there are a great many who do not
act in that way. They all want to get the
truth, but they want the truth TO come to
them; they do not want TO 60 to it. There
are people who fold their arms and say: II
am ready to become a christian a any time;
if am to be saved l snail be saved, and if
/ am 10 be lost shall be lost But Jerusa-
lem will never come to you; you must go
10 Jerusalem. The religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ will not cone TO you you must
go and get religion. Bring out the camels;
put on all the sweet spices, all the treasures
of the hearts affection. Start for the
throne. Go in and hear the waters
of salvation dashing in fountains all
around about the throne Sit down at the
banquet-the wine pressed from the grapes
of the heavenly Eshcol, the angels of God
the cup bearers. Goad on the camels. The
Bible declares it: 1.-THE queen of the SOUTH
that Is, this very woman ! am speaking Of
1.-THE queen of the south shall rise up in
Judgment against this generation ard con-
denim it; for she came from the uttermQst
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Solomon; am, beholdl a greater than Sol
ONION is here" What infatuation the sitting
down in idleness expecting to be saved.
''Strive to enter in at the strait gate. Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and We shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. -
Take the kiL gdom of heaven by violence.
Urge on the camelsl
Again, my subject impresses me with the
fact that religion is surprise to any one
that gets it. This story of the new religion
In Jerusalem, and of the glory of King
Solomon, who was type of Christ-that
story rolled on and on, and was told bv
every traveller coming back from .Jerusa-
lem. The news goes on the wing of every
ship and with every caravan, and YOU
know story enlarges as it is retold, and by
the time that story gets down into the
southern part of Arabia Felix and the
Queen of Sheba hears it, It must be a
tremendous story. And yet this queen de-
clares in regard to it, although she had
heard so much and had her anticipations
raised so high. tho half-the half was not
told her.
SO religion Is always IA surprise to any
one that gets it. The story of grace-an old
story. Apostles preached it with rattle of
chain; martyrs declared it with arm of fire:
death beds have affirmed 1t with visions of
glory, and ministers of religion have
sounded il through the lanes, and the high
ways, and the chapels, and the cathedral Is.
It has been cut into stone with chi,el. and
spread on the canvas with pencil: and it
has been recited il the doxology of great
congregations. And yet when man first
comes 10 look on the palace Of Gods mercy.
and To see the royalty of Christ, and the
wealth OF this banquet, and the luxuriance
O: his attendants, and the loveliness of mis-
face, and the JOY of his service, he exclalms
with prayers, with tears, with signs, with
triu,nphs: The half-the half was not
told msm
] appeal to those who are christians. Com.
pare the Idea you had of the ioy of the
christian life before you became christian
with tbs appreciation of that Joy you have
now since you have become n christian. and
you are willing 10 attest before angels and
Tnen that you never, in the days of youl
spiritual bondage, had any appreciation of
to answer and say in regard to the dis
coverics You have made of the mercy and
the grace and the goodness of God: "TAt
half-the half was not told to mer
Well, we hear great deal about the good
time that is coming TO this world when il
40 to be glrded with salvation. Holiness on
the bells of the horses The lions mant
patted by the hand of babe. Ships oil
IArsbish bringing cargoes for Jesus. AND
the hard, dry, barren, winter bleached,
storm SCARED, thunder split rock breaking
into floods of bright water. Deserts int
which dromedaries thrust their nostrils
because they we're afraid Of the simoom-
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