The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

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waters from the molten sea. Then she
rises from the banquet, and walks
through the Conservatives, and gazes on
the architecture, and she asks Solomon
many strange questions, and she learns
about the religion of the Hebrews, and
she then and there becomes servant OF
the Lord God.
She is overwhelmed. She begins to
think that all the spices she brought,
and all the precious woods which are in
tended to be turned into harps and
psalters and into ratings for the cause
way between the temple and the palace,
and the one hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars in money-she begins to
think that all these presents amount to
nothing in such place, and she is al
most ashamed that she has brought
them, and she says within herself: l
heard great deal about this place, and
about this wonderful religion OF the
Hebrews, but l find it far beyond my
highest anticipations. must add more
than fifty per cent. to what has been re-
lated. 1t exceeds every thing that l
could have expected. The half-the
half was not told me-"
Learn from this subject what beauti-
full thing it is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
When religion comes to a 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 capac.
| ity for sublimer emotion. After the wo-
men have received the Gospel then all
the distressed and the poor OF both
sexes, those who have no friends, except
Jesus. Last of all come the greatly pros
pered. Alas, that it is so!
If 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. Ger
tainly you are not ashamed to be found
in this queens company. l am glad that
Christ has had His imperial friends in
all ages-Elizabeth Christiana, Queen Of
Prussia Maria Feodorovna, Queen of
Russia; Marie, Empress of France; He
lena, the imperial mother of Constantine;
Arcadia, from her great fortunes build
ing public baths in Constantinople and
toiling for the alienation of the masses;
Queen Clotilda, leading her husband and
three thousand of his armed warriors to
Christian baptism; Elizabeth of Bur-
gundy, giving her jeweled glove to a
beggar and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed, Prince Albert
singing Crock of Ages" in Windsor Cas-.
tie, and Queen Victoria, incognita, read
ing the Scriptures to dying pauper.
l bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music all it's harmonies, and paint.
all it's pictures, and sculpture all it,
statuary, and architecture all its pillars,
and conquest all its scepters, and the
queens of the earth, in long lines of Cd
vance, frankincense filling the aiA, ~
the camels laden with gold shall sp'
proach 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 il
earnestness in the search of truth. Dc
you know where Sheba was? In was in
Abyssinia, or some say in the southern
part of Arabia Felix. In either case i
was a great way off from Jerusalem. Tx
get from there to Jerusalem she had t.
cross country infested with bandits
and go across blistering deserts. WHY
did not the Queen of Sheba stay at home
and send a committee to inquire abou
this new religion and have the delegates
report in regard to that religion ant
wealth of King Solomon? She wanted
to see for herself, and hear for herself
She could not do this by work of com
mittee. She felt she had soul WORT
ten thousand Kingdoms like Sheba, ant
she wanted a robe richer than any wovel
by Oriental shuttles and she wanted
crown set with the jewels of eternity
Bring out the camels. Put on tn
spices. Gather up the jewels of tn
throne and put them on the caravan
, Start now; no time to be lost. Goad o.
, the camels. When ! see that caravan
dust covered, weary and exhausted
trudging on across the desert and amon
the bandits until it reaches Jerusalem
; l say: There is an earnest seeke
after truth"
$ But there are great many who Il
Q not act in that way. They all want t
Q get the truth, but they want the trut
: to come to them; they do not want to g
f to it. There are people who fold thei
!. arms and say: 81 am ready to become
Q Christian at any time; if am to be save
: I shall be saved, and if am to be lost
n shall be lost" But Jerusalem will neve
come to you; you must go to Jerusalem
a The religion of the Lord Jesus Chris
e will not come to you; you must 60 an
!, get religion. Bring out the camels; PIT
t on all the sweet spices, all tn
h treasures of the hearts affection
s Start for the throne. Go in an
r hear the waters of salvation dasl
ing in fountains all around about tn
d throne. Sit down at the .banquet-th
# wine pressed from the grapes of tn
d heavenly Eshcol, the angels of God tn
, cup bearers. Goad on the camels. tn
Bible declares it: 1.-THE queen of tn
# south"-that is, this very woman l al
V speaking of-"the queen of the sout
V shall rise up in Judgment against tn
n generation and condemn it; for sf
). came from the uttermost parts of I'll
l. earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon
D and, behold! greater than Solomon
/, here" What infatuation, the sittir