The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-15

Ses OF Galuee-S"lnn.""'> DesfSae t"S
His Capitol.
VIENNA, Jan. 5.-The Rev. q. De
Witt Talmasc, D. D., OF Eroo:llyn>
preached in this city today on TIE
Surprises of Religion. His text WIS
I Kings X, Z: Behold, the half was
not told me-" The sermon w2s IS tol-
lows:
Appearing before you today, ny
mind yet agitated with the scenery q
the Holy Lana, from which we have
just arrived, you will expect me to re-
vert to some OF the scenes once
enacted there. Mark circle around
Lake Galilee, and another cir
ele around Jerusalem, and YOU de-
scribe the two regionsin which cluster
memories of more events than IN any
other two circles. Jerusalem was a
spell of fascination that viii hold me
she rest Of my life. Solomon had re-
solved that that city should DC the
center of all sacred, regal and CONNER
cial magnifcence. He set himself 70
work, and monopolized the surround
ing desert as a highway for lis cara
vans. He built the city OF Paln1y-7:
around one OF the principal wells OF
the east, so that all the long trains O.!
merchandise from the eae, were
obliged to stop there, pay toll and
leave part Of their wealth II the hands
of Solornon's merchants. He manned
the fortress Thapsacus at the chief ford
osthe EuphrateS, and put under guard
everything that passed there. The
three great products of Palestine
wine pressed from the richest clusters
and celebrated all the world over; oil,
which in that hot country Is the entire
substitute for butter and lard, and was
pressed from the olive branches until
every tree in the country became an
oil well; and honey, which was the en-
tire substitute for sugar these three
great products of the country Solomon
exported, and received in return fruits
and precious woods and the animals OF
every cline.
He went down to Ezion-geber and
ordered feet of ships to be construct
ed, oversaw the workmen. and watched
the launching OF the fotilla which
was to 60 out on more than a
years voyage, to bring home the
wealth Of the then known world.
He heard that the Egyptian horses
were large and swift, and long named
and round Embed. and he resolved to
purchase them, giving cighty-five dol
lars apiece for them, putting the bes:
of these horses in his own stall and
selling the surplus TO foreign pove:>-
sates at great profit.
He heard that there was the best o.
timber on Mount Lebanon. and he
sent out one hundred and eighty thou
sand men to hew down the forest and
drag the timber through the mountain
: gorges, to construct it into rats to be
Hoated to Joppa, and from thence to
be drawn by OK teams twenty-five
miles across the land to Jerusalem.
He heard that there were beautiful
flowers ii other lands He sent Tor
(. them, planted them in his own gar
dens, and to this very day there are
flowers found in the ruins Of that city
such as are to be found in no other
part OF Palestine, the ineal descend
ants OF the very flowers that Solomon
planted. He heard that IN foreign
groves there were birds of richest
voice and most luxuriant wing. He
sent out people to catch them, and
bring them there, and he put them
into his cages.
Stand back ,sow and see this long
train of camels coming up TO the kings
gate, and the OK trains from Egypt,
-5e+--- -e-=4-1a- ard slir5er--anI precious stoEes,
and beasts of every hoof, and birds Of
every wing, and fish Of every scale.
See the peacocks strut under the &C.
dars, and the ho-ssmen run, and the
chariots wheel! Hark to the orches-
ira! Gaze upon the dance: Not stop
ping to look into the wonders OF the
temple, step right on to the csuseway,
and pass up to Solomons palace!
THE MARvELS OF soLoAoSS PALACE
Here we find ourselves amid a col
lection of buildings on which the
king had lavished the wealth of many
empires The genius Of Hiram, the
architect, and OF the other artists is
here seen in the long line of corridors
and the suspended gallery and the ap-
proach to the throne Traceried win
dow opposite tace-ied window.
Bronzed ornaments bursting into lotus
and lily and pomegranate. Chapters
surrounded by network Of leaves IN
which imitation fruit seemed suspend
ed as IN hanging baskets. Three
branches-so Josephus tells us-three
branches sculptured On the marble, so
thin and subtle that even the leaves
seemed to culver. a laver capable of
holding five hundred barrels OF water
on SIX hundred brazen OK heads, which
gushed with water and filed the whole
place with coolness and crystalline
brightness and musical plash- Ten
tables chased with chariot wheel and
lion and cherubim. Solomon sat on a
throne of ivory. At the seating place
Of the throne, on each end of the steps,
a brazen lion. Why, my friends, IN
that place they trimmed their candles
with snufers of gold, and they cut
their fruits with knives Of gold, and
they washed their faces in basins of
gold, and they scooped out the ashes
with shovels Of gold, and they stirred
the altar fires with tongs of gold.
Gold reflected in the water! Gold
flashing from the apparel! Gold
blazing in the crown! Gold, gold,
goldi
Of course the news Of the aHue1ce
Of that place went out everywhere by
every caravan and by wing of every
ship, until soon the streets OF Jerusa-
lem are crowded with curiosity seek
ers What is that long procession ap-
preaching Jerusalem? I think from
The pomp OF it there must be royalty; Il
the train. I smell the breath OF the
spices which are brought as presents,
and I hear the shout Of the drivers,
and T see the dust covered caravan
showing that they come from far&way.
Cry the news up to the palace. The
queen Of Skeba advances. Let al