Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-02-06
The Queen Of sheba alights. She en-

waters from the molten sea. Then she
rises from the banquet she walks
through the Conservatives, and gazes
on the architecture, and she asks Solo
mon many strange questions, and she
learns about the religion OF the Hebrews,
and she then and there becomes SER
want Of the Lord God. She is over
whelmed. She begins to think that all
the spices she brought, and all the pre-
cious woods which are intended to be
turned into harps and psalteries and into
rilings for the ca useway between the
temple and palace, andthe one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars in money
she begins to think that all these pres
ents amount to nothing in such a
place, and she is almost ashamed that
she has brought them, and she says
within herself: 81 heard a great deal
about this place, and about the wonder
full religion OF the Hebrews, but find 1t
far beyond my highest anticipations, l
must add more than so per cent. to what
has been related. 1T exceeds every thing
that ! could have expected. The half
the half was not told me-"
Learn from this subject what beau
tiful thing it is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
When religion comes to neighborhood,
the first to receive it are the women.
Some men say it is because they are
weak minded. 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, those
who have no friends, accept Jesus. Last
of all come the greatly prospered- Alas,
that it is sol
II there are those who have been ia
vored of fortune, or, as / might better
put it, 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 not ashamed TO be
found in this Queens company. am
glad that Christ has had his imperial
friends in all ages-Elizabeth Christina,
Queen of Prussia; Maria Feodorovna,
Queen of Russia; Marie, Empress of
France; Helena, the Imperial mother of
Constantine; Arcadia, from her great
fortunes building public baths in Con-
stantinople and toiling for the allevia-
ton Of the masses; Queen Clotilda, lead
ing her husband and 8, 600 Of his armed
warriors TO Christian baptism; Elizabeth,
OF Burgundy, giving her jeweled glove
to beggar, and scattering great for
tunes among the distressed; Prince Al
bert, singing Rock of Ages" in Wind
sor Castle, and Queen Victoria, incog-
nitia, reading the scriptures to dying
pauper.
l bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music all its harmonies, and paint
ings all its pictures and sculptures, all
its statuary, and architecture all its pill
lars, 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, and the great burden of
splendor shall be lifted into the palace
of this greater than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search of truth. Do
you know where Sheba was? 1t was in
Abyssinia, 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 country infested with bandits,
and go across blistering deserts. Why
did not the Queen of Sheba stay at home
and send committee to inquire about
this new religion, and have the dele
gates report in regard to that religion
and wealth of King Solomon? She
wanted to see for herself, and hear for
herself She could not do this by work
of committee. She felt she had a soul
worth 10000 Kingdoms like Sheba, and
she wanted arobe richer than any woven
by Oriental shuttles, and she wanted
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 camels.
When | see that caravan. dust covered.
weary and exhausted, trudging on across
the desert and among the bandits until |
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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 go to
It. There are people who fold their !
arms and say: II am ready to become a
Christian at any time; If l am to be
saved ! shall be saved. and If / am to be /
lost l shall be lost" But Jerusalem 1
will never come to you; you must go to
Jerusalem. The religion of the Lord /
Jesus Christ will not come to you; you
must go and get religion. Bring out the
;amels; put on all the sweet spices,
Ill the treasures of the hearts affec-
ton. Start for the throne. Go in and
hear the waters OF salvation dashing
n fountains all around about the
.hrone. Sit down at the banquet-the
vine pressed from the grapes of the
Heavenly Eshcol, the angels of God the
Goad on the camels. The
Bible declares it: 1.-THE Queen Of the
,outh that ia this worry ,.,or,,a1 ~,