The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-16

mighty men OF the land come out on
the palace corridors. Let Solomon
come down the stairs of the palace be-
fore the queen has alghted. Shake
out the cinnamon, and the saffron.
and the oalamus, and the frankincense
and pass it into the treasure house.
Take up the diamonds until they gilt
ter in the sun.
The queen of Sheba alights. She en-
ters the palace. She washes at the
| bath; She sits down at the banquet.
The cup bearers bow. The meat
| smokes. The music trembles in the
dash of the 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 a 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
intended to be turned into harps and
psalterles and into ratings for the
causeWay between the temple and the
palace, and the ono hundred and
eighty thousand dollars in money!.
she begins to think that all these pres
ents amount to nothing in such q
place, and she is almost ashamed that
she has brought them, and she says
within herself: ~ heard a great deal
about this place, and about this won
derful religionof the Hebrews, but I
find it far beyond my highest antici-
pations. l must add more than fifty
per cent. to what has been related. It
exceeds everything that could have
expected: Tho half-the half was not
told mo-"
RELIGION IN HIGH PLACES.
Lsarn from this subject what &
beautiful thing it is when social posi-
ton and wealth surrender themselves
to God When religion comes to q
nclghborhood, tho first to receive it
are the women. Some men say it is
because they are weak minded. say
IL is because they have quicker per-
ception of what is right. moro ardent
affection and capacity for sublimer
emotion. After the women have re-
ceived the Gospel then all the dis
ire Led and the poor of both sexes,
those who have no friends, accept
Jesus. Last of all come the greatly
prOspered. Alas, that it is sol!
If there are those who have been IA
vored OF fortune, or, as l 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 i'm
perial friends in all ages-Elizabeth
Christina, queen of Prussia; Maria
teodorovna, queen of Russia; Marie,
empress of France; Helena, the i'm
perial mother of Constantine; Area
tha, from her great fortunes building
r,:.iic baths Ill >Constuniinople and
tolllng for the alIcviation of the
masses; Queen Clotilda, leading her
husband and three thousand Of his
armed warriors to Christian baptism
Elizabeth of Burgundy, giving ler
lewelcd glove to Il beggar and scat
tenng, great fortunes among the dis
tressedi Pnncc Albert, singing Crock
OF Ages III Windsor Castle, and
queen Victoria, lncogpita, reading the
Scriptures to q dying pauper.
| bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all it's thrones
and music all its harmonies, and
painting all its pictures, and sculpture
all its statuary, and architecture all
Its pillars, and conquest all it's scepters,
and tho queens of tho earth, in long
line of advance, frankincense filling
the air Ind 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 Solo
mon.
Again, my subject teaches me what
is earncstness i'll the search of truth.
DO you know where Sheba VASE II
was Ill 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 Jeru-
salem she had to cross country in
tested with bandits, and 90 across blis.
tering deserts. Why did not the
queen of Shcba stay at homo and send
committee to inquire about this new
religion, and have the delegates report
III regard to that religion and wealth
of King Solomon7 She wanted to see
for herself, and hear for herself. She
could not do this by work of commit.
tee. She felt she had soul worth ten
thousand Kingdoms like Sheba, and
she wanted robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted crown set with the Jewels of
eternity. Bring out the camels. Put
on tho spices. Gather up the Jewels
OF the throne and put them on the
caravan. Start now; no time to be
lost. Goad Oh the camels. When I
see that caravan, dust covered, weary
and exhausted, trudging Oh across the
desert and among the bandits until it
reaches Jerusalem, L say: There is an
earnest seeker after the truth"
SEEK EARNESTLY FOR THE TRUTH.
But there are 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: IT am ready to
become Christian at any time; if I
am to be saved I shall be saved, and if
l am to DO lost l shall be lost" But
Jerusalem will never come to you;
you must go to Jerusalem The re-
ligion of tho Lord Jesus Christ will
not come to you; you must 60 and get
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