The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-09

bless God that the day is coming Wnen
royalty will bring all its thrones, and music
all its pictures, and lpture all its statuary.
and architecture all it's pillars, and conquest
all it's sCepters, and the queens of the earth,
in long line Of advance, frankincense filing
the air and the camels laden with gold, shall
approach Jcrsusalem. and the gates shall be
hoisted, and the great burden OF spIendOr
shall be lifted into the palace of this greater
than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what il
earnesness in the search of truth. Do you
know where Sheba was? 1t wasin Abyssina,
or some say in the southern part of Arabia
Felix. In either case it was u great way of
from Jerusalem. To get from there to Jer-
usalem she had to Cross a country infested
vii h bandits, and go across blistering des-
erts, Why did not the Queen Of Sheba stay
at home and send a committee to inquire
about thi3 new religion, and have the
Delegates report in regard TO that religion
and wealth of King Solomon? She wanted
to see Tor herseE', and hear for herself She
cOuc not DO this by work o. committee. She
teIt she had soul worth 10, 900 kingdoms
like >nrDa. and she wanted a robe richer than
any woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted a crown set with the jewels 0 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
that caravan, dust-cOvered, weary and ex-
hausted, trudging on across the desert and
among the bandits untilit 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 90 to it. There are peO-
pie who fold their arms and say: II am
ready to become a Christian at any time; if |
am TO be saved | shall be saved, and if |
am to he lost | shall be lost" But Jerusa-
lem will never come to you: you must 90 TO
Jerusalem. The religion of the Lord Jesus
Christ will not come to you you must go
and get rel. gion. Bring out the camels: put
on oil the sweet spices all the treasures Of
the heart 5 affection. Start for the throne
Go in and hear the waters of salvation dash
ing IN fountains all around about the throne
Sit down at the banquet-the wine pressed
from the grapes Of the heavenly EschOl, the
angels o; God, the cup bearers. GOad on the
Camels The Bible declares it: The queen
OF the South that is, this very woman i
am speaking Of-''the queen of the South,
shall rise 10 in judgment againstthis genera
ton and cOrdemn it; torehe came rom the ut
termOst parts Of the earth 20 heartho wisdom
OF Solomon: and, behold. a greater than Sol
onion is here. What intatuation the string
down in Idleness expecting to be saved.
">trire to enter a. the -raight gate. Ask,
and 1t shall he given yOu: seek and YOU snail
find; knock. and it small be opened to you.'
Take the kingdom of heaven by violence,
Urge on the cames,
Again. my sub ect impresses me with the
tact that religion Is 4 surprise to any one
that gets it. This story o: the new reii- on
in Jerusalem, and of the glory OF King Solo
mon who was a type of Christ-that story
rolled on and en-. and was told by every man
coming back from jerusalem. Th"news goes
on the wing Of every ship and with every car
avian. and you know q story enlargcs 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 he q
tremendous story. And vet this queen de-
cIares in regard to it. although she had heard
so much and had her anreipations raised
high. the halt-the halt Was not tod her.
SO religion is always surprise to any one
that gets it. The story OF grace-an Oil
story. Apostles preached il with rattle OF
chain; martyrs declared it with arm Of + re:
dPathbeds have affirmed it with visions OF
glory, and ministers o religion have sounded
it through the lanes. and the highways, ami
chapri7. and the cathedrals. 1t has been cut
into stone with chisel. and spread on ne
canvas with pencil: and il has been rectad in
dOxOiOgy of great congregations. And YET
when man first comes to look on the pal
ace Of God mercy, and to see the royalty Of
Christ. and the wealth Of this banquet. and
the IuXurlance OF his attendance, and the
loveness OF his tace. and the Joy of his serv-
ice. he eXcIaims with prayers, with tears,
with signs. with triumphs; The halt-the
half was not told me-
appeal to those who are Christians Com
pare the idea you had of the Joy of the
Christian life before you became Chrrtian
with the appreciation of that JOY you have
now since you have become a Christian. and
you are willing to attest before angels and
men that YOU never. in the days of your
bondage, had any appreciation o. what was
to come. You are ready today to answer
and say in regard to the discover YOU have
made in the mercy and the grace and the
goodness of God The halt-the half was
not told me-
Well we hear great deal about the good
: time that is coming to the world when it is
to be girded with salvation. Holiness on
the bells of the horses The lions name
patted by the hand OF a babe. Ships OF
Tarshish bringing cargoes for Jesus, and the
: hard, dry barren, winter bleached storm
SCARED, thunder split rock breaking into
floods Of bright water. Deserts into which
drOmedarles thrust their nostrils. because
they are afraid OF the simoOn-deserts bloom
ing into carnatiOn roses and silver tipped
lilies.
1t is the old story. Everybody tells it.
Isaiah told it, J ohm told it, Paul told it, Eze-
kiel told 1t, Luther told it. Calvin told it.
John Milton told it-everybody tells it: and
yet-al.d Yet when the midnight shall fly the
hills. and Christ shall marshal his great
army. and China. dashing her idols into the
dust. shall hear the voice of God. and wheel
into line: and India. destroying her jugger-
naut and snatchng up her little children
from the Gangese, shall hear the voice of
God and wheel into line: and vine-covered
Italy and wheat-crowned Russia, and all the
earth shall hear the voice OF God and fall into
line; then the Church, which has been tolinC
and struggling through the centuries robei
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shall put aside her veil and look up into the
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