The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-17
THE HALF NOT TOLD
DR.. Talmage is on His Way
Home From The Holy
Land.
Sermon Preached at Vienna
OH The Surprises Of Re.
ligiOn.

hSSA AulVl llCNSllCu OU NlClIIlC
OH The Surprises Of Re.
ligion.
VIENNA. Spccial-Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
d. d., of Brooklyn, preached in this city oil
Tho Surprises of Religion. His text was
Kings y, 4: "l,ehold tho half was not tol,
me The sermon was az follows:
Appearing before you today, my mind ye
nSitated with the scenery Of the Holy Limo
from which We have just arrived. you will OK
prct me to revert to some of the scencs onct
enacted there Mark circle around LAX,
Gnlier, and another circle around Jerusalem
and you describe the two regions in which
| cluster memories of more events than IN an,
other two circles. Jerusalem was spell %
fascination thnt will holt mo the rcs,
"f my life. Solomon hnd resolved that til,
city should he thcccnter OF all sacred, rern
and commercinl influence. lie sat himsel
to work. and monopolizcd the surroundin.
desert az a highway for his caravans II,
built the city OF Palmyra around one of til,
principal wells of the East, 10 that all tn,
long trains of merchandise from the Ens,
were Obliged to stop there. pay toll and leave
part of their wealth in the hands of Solomon. ;.
mcrrhants He manned the fortress Thup
s',rus at The chic: ford of tho Euphratcs. and
nmt nnderg'lari ievcryt hing That passed there.
The three great rroanrts of Palestinc-wnc
pressed from the richest clusters and celehrat.
cd all the world over; oil. which in that hot
country. is the entire substitute for butter
nn'i lard. nil,l was pressed from the olive
branches until every tree in the country be.
came nn oil well; and honey, which was the
rntIr" substitute tor s,I.ar-these three great
products ot tho country Solomon exported.
AMI i"rclvcd in return fruits and precious
woods and the animals OF every cline.
He went down to Ezion- -geter aud ordered
| a fleet OF ships to l,e constructed. cver-snw
the wnrkmen, and watched the launching oi
the ilntilla. which was to go out on more
than ycnrs voyage, to bring home the
wealth of the the then known world. IIa
heard that the Egvrtnin horses were large
anu swift. and long mnneh and round limbrd,
aud lie resolved to purchase them, pIttn:.
the best of these horses in his own stall and
selling the surplus to foreign potcntntes mt
great profit.
lie l,rnrd that there was the best of timber
on Mt. Lebanon nnd lie sent out $4,000
men 7" hew down he forest and drag the tim
mr through the mount nin gorgeS, to con-
struct it into RATS to be tiontcd to Toppn,
and from thence to hc drawn by OK teams %
miles across the land to Jerusalem. lie
heard that there were heuutiul flow.
rrs in other lands. IIo scut for
1.mm, planted them in his own gar.
deus. and to this very .lny there arc flow.
crs found the ruin aftllat city such al are
found in no other part Of Palestine, the linenl
d""r'nlnnts of the very flowers that Solomon
planted. lln heard that in foreign groves
there were birds of richest voire and most
lnXnrinnt wing. He sent out people tncntcl
them aud bring them there, aud lie put them
into his cages.
Stand back now and see this long train OF
chm"s coming up to the king II gate, and the
OK trains from Egypt, gold and silver and
precious stones. and beasts of every hoof. ind
birds ot"very wing and fish of every eculo!
Soc the rearorks strut under the ce,lars. and
the h"r-"man run, and the chariots wheel!
liark to the orchestra. Gnze upon the
| dance Not stopping to look into he won.
ders of the temple step right on the cause.
way, and pass up to Solomon's pnluce.
Here We find ourselves amid collection o
buildings On which the King had luvisc,l
tho wealth fmany empires. The genius oi
Hiram. the architect, and of the other artists
IL here seen in the long line of corridors, and
tn" suspended gallery, mud tho approach to
the throne. Trnceried window opposite
traccried window. Rronzed ornaments burst
ing into lotus and lily and pnmgrannte
Chapters surrounded by net work oficnvcs in
wlilrh imitation fruit seemed suspended ns in
hanging ihnskets. Three brancbes-so
'loscphus tells ts-three branches sculpture'l
on he marble. no thin and subtle that even
the leaves seemed to quivcr A layer cnpa
bic of holding 800 barrels Of water on 800
bracrn OK heads. which gushed with water
and filled the whole place with GOODNESS and
crystalline brightness aud musical plusll
Ten tables chased with chariot wheels and
Ion ana chcrnbim. Solomon sat on n
throne of ivory. At the seating place
OF th" throne, on each end of tho
steps. II brnzrn lion. Why my friends. in
that place they trimmed their candles with
snnf'crs of gold, and they cut their fruit with
knives of gold and they washed their f,ccs in
basins of gold. and they scoopcd ont the
nshcs with shov"ls ofgold, aud they stirred
the alter fires with tongs Of gold. Gold re-
f"ctri in the wat"r Gold flashing from the
apparel Gold blazing in tho crown! Gold,
gold; gold!
Ot course the news oi the nhlucncc OF that
place went out everywhere Ivy every caravan
nnd hy wing of every ship, until soon tho
streets of Jerusalem nre crowded with curl
osity seekers What is thntlong procession
approaching Jerusalem? | think from the
pomp Of it there must he royalty in the
train. smell the breath of spices which
are brought as presents, und hear he shoot
of the drivers, and | see the dust covered
caravans. showing that they come from far
nwny. Try the news up to the palncr. The
| Queen o: Sllelm advances. Let all the people
come out TO see Let the mighty men of the
lnih com" ont on the pnlncc corridors. Let
Solomon come down the stairs Of the palace
bo'ore I, he queen has nlirhted. Shake out the
cinnamon, aud the saffron, aud the culnmns,
and the fiankincense and pnss il into the
treasure house. Take up the diamonds until
they glitter in The sun.
The queen OF Shehn aliglits. She enters
! the palace. She wnshcs ut the bath. She
fIfNtN-F Lao,
bow The meat smokes The music trem.
l'!cs in the dash OF the waters from the mol
ten sea. Then she rises from tho banquet,
and walks through the cOnscrvato torics. and
gnz"s on the architecture. mud she asks Sol.
omnn many strange lurstionsa and she learns
nbout tho religion of The Hebrews. and she
then and there becomes Il servant of tho
Lord God
She is overwhelmed. She begins to think
tlnt NIL the spices she brought. and all the
precious woods which are intended to be
turned into hnrps and psnltcries aud into
Rulings for the ranscwny between the temp
lr aud the palncr. and the one hundred and
eighty dollars in money-she begins to think
that all THIS s"pIesrnts amount to nothing in
surli IL place. aud she 10 almost ashamed
that she hns brought them, and she SAYS
within herself: 81 heard great deal about
this place. and about this wonderful region
Of Tho Hebrews, but find iffnr beyond my
highest anticipation. must add more than
fifty per cent, to what has been related. II
exceeds everything that ] could have OK.
rerted. Tho hnlf-tlc hnlfwas not told me- -
Learn from this subject whnt u bcnulifn!
thing it is when social position and wealth
surrender themselves to God. When religion
comes 20 II neShborllOo,l, the first t., receive
it are the women. Some men say II IL bs.
cause thrY age weak minded. say il is be-
cause they have quicker perception of what
il right. more ardent affection and capncity
for snb.imrr emotion. Aicr the women have
received the gospel then all the distressed
and the poor of both sexes. those who have
no friends. accept Jesus. Last fall come
the greatly prospercd Alas, that it is so!
If there are those who have been favored
oil 'ortun", or. as might better put it, filv-
Orcl Of God, surrender NIL you hive nnd all
you expect TO hc to the Lord who blessed
this queen of Sheba. Certnnly you are not
ashamed to b" found in this queens com
imperial friends in nll nges-Elizabcth
Christina, queen Of Prussia; Maria Feodo.
rovna. queen of Russia; Mnr;c. empress of
Frnnce; lieicnn, tho imperial mother Of
Constantine: Arendin, from her great for
tunes building public baths in Constantine.
pie and to;ling for the alienation of tho
masses: Queen Clotilda leading her hus.
band aud 1000 OF his armed warriors to
Christian baptism: Elizabeth of Burgundy.
giving her jewclcd glove to IL hegsar. and
scattering great fortunes among the dis.
tresscd; Prince Albert. singing ''Rock of
Ages in Windsor Castle, md Queen Victoria
incognta, reading the Scriptures to dying
pauper.
bless God that the day is coming when
royalty will bring all it's thrones. and music
all Il