Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-01-17
REV. DIR. TALMAGE,
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SIN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: 1.-THE Surprises of Religion. -
preached in Vienna, Austrian

appearing before you to-day nv mind vet
aGItated with the scenery of the Holy Land
from which we have lust arrived yon Iii Iii
expect mo to revert TO some of the scenes
once enacted there. Mark a circle around
Lake Galllee, and another circle around Jer-
usal2m, and you describe the two regions in
winch cluster memories Of more events than
IN any other two circles Jerusalem was a
speu or fascination that will hold me the rest
OF my me Solomon had resolved that that
caty should be the center of all sacred. real
ano commercial magniticence. He set him.
sell 70 work, and mOnOpolized the surround
ing desert as highway for his caravans lie
built the city Of Palmyra around one of tho
principal wells Of the east so that all the
long trains OF merchandise from the east
,%eLe oolLged % stop there, pay toll and
ieaVe part or their wealth in the hands of
Solomon's merchants. He manned tn, for
Lress Ihapsacus at the chief ford of the En-
pirates, and put under guard everything
tnaI passed there. The three great products
oi,,d LaleSCllle-Wlne pressed from the richest
clusters and celebrated all the world over:
OH, winch In that hot country is the entire
SUBSTITUTE FOR butter and lard and was pressed
from the olive branches until every tree in
1ne country became oil well; and honey,
winch was the entire substitute for s,1osr--
these three great products of the cOnntrv
Solomon exported, and received in return
fruits and precious woods and the animals of
every cline -
He went down to Ezon-geber and ordered
q heeC Oh shlpS TO be constructed oversaw
the Workmen, and watched the launching of
the tiotilla which was to 90 out on more
than years voyage, to bring home the
Wealtn or the then known world He heard
IllaC the EGYPTIAN horses were large ard
swift, and long named and round limbed and
ne resolved to purchase them, giving eighty
nVe dollars apiece for them putting the best
or these horses in his own stall and selling
the surplus to foreign potentates at great
profit
He heard that there was the best of timber
on Mount Lebanon, and he sent out one hum
dred and eighty thousand men to hew down
the forest and drag the timber through the
mountain gOrges to construct il into raft to
be floated to Joppa. and from thence to be
-uFaWn by OK teams twenty-five miles across
the land to Jerusalem. He heard that there
were beautiful flowers in other lands. He
SEM lof mem, planted them in his own gar
lens ana TO this very day there are flowers
iound IN the ruins Of that city such as are to
oe round IN no other part OF Palestine, the
nAeal descendants Of the verv flowers that
solomon planted. He heard that in foreign
sloFeS Ihere were birds of richest voice and
most luEurlant wing. He sent out people to
catch them, and bring them there, and he
put them into his cages
Stand back now and see this long train of
cainelS coming up to the Kings gate, and
me OK tralns from Egypt, gold and silver
Ina precious stones, and beasts of every
moor, ana BIRDS of every wing, and fish Of
every scale! See the DeacOcks strut under
the cedars, and the h0rsemen run and the
Cnarlots wheel! Hank to the orchestra!
Uaze upon the dance! Not stopping to look
INTO the wonders of the temple step right on
70 the causeWay, and pass up to SoIomon's
palace.
here we find ourselves amid a collection of
t nSs'llIlnSs 5, on which the King had lavished
Gne wealth OF many empires The genius of
H!ram, the architect and of the other artists
is here seen in the long line of corridors and
the suspended gallery and the approach to
ole Cnrone. 1racerled window opposite ira
corled window. BrOnzed ornaments burst
Ing INTO lotus and lily and pomegranate
ChaPlterS surrounded by network Of leaves
LII winch imitation fruit seemed suspended
as III hanging baskets Three braaches-so
oosePhuS tells us-three branches sculptured
on the marble, SO thin and subtle that even
the leaves seemed to culver. A LAYER capable
oA holding tive hundred barrels of water
on SIX hundred b~azen OK heads, which
gushed with water and filed the whole place
WIN c0oLness and crystalline brightness and
mus2cal plash Ten tables chased with
chariot wheel and lion and cherubin. Solo
mon sat on throne of ivory. At the seating
pace OF the throne, on each end of the steps,
brazen hon. Why, my friends, in that
place they trimmed their candles with shutters
OF gold, and they cut their fruits with knives
OF goid, and they washed their hands in basins
or gold, and they scooped out the ashes with
sshoVels of gold, and they stirred the altar
1lres with tongs of gold. Gold reflected in
Gold blazing il the crown! Gold! gold!
gold!
VI course the news of the affluence of that
place went out everywhere by every caravan
and by wing of every ship until soon the
streets OF Jerusalem are crowded with curl
oslty seekers. What is that long procession
approaching Jerusalem? l think from the
pomp OF 1t there must be royalty in the
tram L smell the breath of the spices
Mhlcn are brought as presents and | hear
Tue shout or the drivers, and | see the dust
covered caravan showing that they come
from far away. Cry the news up to the
palace. The Queen of Sheba advances. Let
all the people come out to see. Let the
mighty men of the land come out on the
Cne STAIRS of the palace before the Queen has
anghted. Shake out the cinnamon and
the saffron, and the calamuS, and the frank
incense and pass it into the treasure house.
lake lake up the diamonds until they glitter in
the sun.
The Queen of Sheba alights. She enters the
palace. She washes at the bath. She sits
down at the banquet The cun hearers how
The meat smokes. The music trembles in the
dash of the waters from the molten sea. Then
she rises from The banquet. and walks thro1ch
the conservatorles, and gazaS on the architec-
ture, and she asks Solomon many STRANGE
questions and she learns about the religion
OF the hebrews, and She then and there b.
comes servant of the Lord God.
She is overwhelmed. She begins to think
that all the spices she brought, and all the
precious woods which ar5 intended to be
turned into harpS aud pSalteries and into rail-
lngs for the cauSeway between the temple and
the palace, aud the one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars in mOney-she begins to
think that all these presents amount to moth
inS III such place, and she is almost ashamed
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