The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-09

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,,,saring before YOU to-day. my mind yet
.itated with the scenery of the Holy Land,
ss,r, which we have just arrived, YOU will
-, me 20 revert TO some of the scenes
~, enacted there. Mark circle around
~, Galilep and another circle around Jer-
Ion, and YOU describe the two regions in
..b.eb cluster memories of more events than
" ,rv other two circles. Jerusalem was
Iii If fascination that will hold me the rest
I.,v lie Solomon had resolved that that /
o., bould be the center of all sacred, regal .
w vi commercial magnidcence. He set him. |
80, work and monopolized the surround /
-. desert ns a highway for his caravans. He |
h,'i' the cty ot Palmyra around ono OF the |
V,.in,l wells OF the east 50 that all the |
IT,. trains VI merchandise from the east
80 obliged tp stop there, pay toll and
- mar, ot their wealth in the hCnds of
sf.,,,p's merchants. He manned the for
= Tbap.acus at the chief ford OF the Eu
L,-,ss and put under guard everything
Ea,r,. ,ni tLcrc. The three great products
= pala.,irt--Wiuc pressed from tn" richest
L,.,ors and celebrated all the world over:
III which ia that hot country is the entire
.t.f..ute r1r butter and lard. and was pressed
,r,n the olive branches until every tree in
IL. country became an oil well: and honey,
.st.b was the entire substitute for sugar
,Aea three great products ot the country
slu.aau exported, and received in return
,-,... 7u, rre,i ,us woods and the animals OF
,,.rr CLINE.
H. wont down 70 Ezion-gr6er and ordered
ID. OF shin. tp br constructed Uypr-aw
=. e,.r,man. and watched the launching Of
q. F.tlla which was t. 60 ont on more
tau f. wears voyage, To bring home tho
v,a'r uf tie then known world He heard
,a,, .ug Egyptian horses were large and
swift. anil long named and round hmbr Land
tar.,Uly.d 60 purchase them, giving eighty
fy.. .lal'af. apiece Tor them, putting the hnst
,,fra.. u.r-'- IN hi, own stall and selling
,as ,urpu, t. foreign potentates at great
81. a,i..i inst there was The brst Of timber
Oil Mount Lebanon, and ne sent out one hum
dr.l and eighty thousand men 10 how down
III. forest ami drag tho timber through the
f.luUtalu zur-c,. % construct IL into RATS tp
l4'U4tai o. loppa, aud from thence to bo
drawn lv.y team, twenty-tivc miles across
tts land o. Jerusalem. He heard that there
wra beautiful flowers in other lands He
S.r' fur tusm. planted them in his own gar
den. and t1 this very day there are flowers
found in the ruins ot that city such aS arr TO
h.,uu1l Iu u1 other part of Palestine, tho
hnall descendants Of the very flowers that
Sf.muu planted. lie heard that in foreig
grove. there were birds Of richest voice and
mu,t mvurUnt.wing. He sent out people to
catch them and bring them t.erc, aud he
rU' them 'utu his cages.
Stand back now aud sea this long train OF
cam,,. coming Up to the King, gate, and
the uy train, from Egypt, gold and silver
and precious stones and beasts of every
tr'i aui birds o., every wing, and fish Of
every ,'a. S'r the peacock, strut under
the cellar and the hor,emen run, and the
chariot. wheel Hark To- the orchestra :
Ga5a upon the dance, Not stopping tp look
into the wonders of the temple, step righs ON
e. the caI-sway, and pass up to SolOnon's
palace.
Here wa inl ourselves amid a collection Of
building, on which the King had lavishol
IL. aitI of many empires. The genius of
Hiram the architect and of the other artists
4 ru"rr.p"D iu the long line of corridors and
tue suspended gallery and the approach 10
the throne Tracoricd window opposite tra-
4 cerIoi Vlullw. BrDnZcd ornaments burst
4 ill., into .utu~ and lily and pomegrauate.
Chapter, surrounded by network of leaves
IN which imitation fruit seemed suspended
4 a, 30 Hau-..r baskets. Thrp, branches $50
4 ju,euhN, tHa, us-threc branches sculpture
ol ;a" marble. ,o Tain aud subtle that even
the leave, ,,".ucd 10 quiycr. \ layer capable
OF iJ'lu- Hyr hundred barrel, Of water
4 on ,lN hundred bra.en OK hcalS which
eu,n.! with water and filled the whole place
witt cIo,u",- and crystalline brightness aud
n musical ria,h. Tea tables chased with
. chariot vince. and lion and Chcrubm. Solo
II la'" A." 'E. throne. ON each end at the steps,
n haa.u Ion Why. my friends IN that
H place they trimmed their candies with Snuilor,
II oi gold ami they cut their fruits with kuivp.
Il ol H'l Wn tE'y washed their hands IN basin.
a. gold and they scoopri out the ashes with
shovel. OF gold and they stirred the altar
II Nlr Ntu songs of gold. Gold reelected III
tnr Wa'" Gold flashing from the apparel
gold
.Ot course Inc news Of the aiiluaucn Of that
lAc, Went "ut everywhere by every caravan
anu ul wing Of every ship, until soon tn,
street, o' Jerusalem are crowded with curl
o'i'N ".irr,. What is that long procession
hip''a.HH- Joru,aiom: | think from IN,
II l'mp ol IL there must be royalty in tn,
Il Uhh. / smell the breath of the spice
Mh'3 ar" brought as presents, and | hear
III Nh"ul 'i the drivers, and | se, the duS
covered caravan showing that they com,
n H," 'e' AWaT Cry the news up to tn,
II Fa'a'r The Queen Of Sheba advances Lp
al. ID" people come ont To see. Let tn,
"'-"F men ut the land come ont on tn
lHaoe corridors. Let solomon come dowI
ln' STAR "i the palace before the Queen ha
u'S"tri shake out the cinnamon. IN,
t' N'I'oh, ami the calamus, aud the frank,
w tA,tU'' ani pgss IL into the treasure house
tnC sun.
Il Ih'QUaen Of Sheba alights. She enters tin
iAn." She washes at the bash. She sit
TTI"h "' I'D" banquet The cup bearers bow
a., meat smokes. Thcmusic trembles in TIM
I''h 'i 'lr waters from the molten sea. TheI
'I'''' 'f'm the banquet and walks through
.nr '.A>'rvatprieS, aud gaze, ON the archite,.
N"'' ana 0nr asks Solomon many straug
II fY,,'Ol' and She learns about The rciciDi
II y. ''' hebrews, and She then and there bg
II 'I.'' q servant of the Lord God.
Il ,b..' 'l'.''rWh'lmed, She begins 10 thin
II u-'' "l th' spices she brought and all In
n .'l, woods which are intended u b
NJ s-.'.l my" harps and psnit orie, ant intprail
~ ''' 'L' 'Iu'"Way between the temple an.
ii g' P''h.' emit tl'onn hundred and EIGHT,
II ,HluTl.' dollars in money-she begins
u ''"" '"al All these presents amount u moth
"a H. N 'N"n place, and she is almost ushum,
f" , '"' mas brought them, and she say
,.'' herself: "l heard u great deal abpu
I'll FI,' Jut auOut tins wonderful religip
III N' Hebrew, but iind H. far beyond "a
att7"'', tAu'pptIuns. / must "A ld NOR taa
~ p't cent. 10 what has been related.
r everything that / could have as
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