Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-01-11
DIR. T4iLMAGE IN AUSTRIA.
HIS SERMON lNvIENNA, WITH NOTES
ON HissToUR OF THE HOLY LAND.


oNlHissToUR OF THE HOLY LAND.
Tho; Surprises In Rellglon-The F.sclna-
tio;i that Surrounds Jerusalem nnd the
Sea OF Galllee-solomon's Designs for
Mig Capitol.
VIENNA, Jan. 5.-The Rev. 7. De
Witt Talmage, d. D., of Brooklyn,
preached i'll this city today on Tho
Surprises of Religion" His text was !
l Kmgs X, z: Behold, the half was
not told ME. The sermon WIS us fol-
lows:
Appearing before you today, my
mind yet agitated with the scenery of
the Holy Land, 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 Galice, and another cir
Gle around Jerusalem, and you de-
scribe the two regions i'll which cluster
rncrls5ries OF more events than in any
other two circles Jerusalem was a
spell Of fascination that will hold me
the .gest of my life Solomon had re-
solved that that city should be the
centtro all sacred, regal aud CONNER
cialmagniliccncc He set himself to
work, and monopolized the surround
ing desert rs a Highway for his cara
vans. Hc built the city of Palmyra
around one Of the principal wells OF
the east, So tllatall the long trains OF
Fl. In
Obliged to stop there, pay toll and
leave part Of their wealth i'll the hands
OF S)lonons merchants. Lie manned
the fortress riapsacus at the chief ford
of the EuplirlteS, and put under guard
everything that passed there. The
tire. 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 wcll; and honey. which was the ell
tire substitute for sugar these three
great products OF the country Solomon
exported, and received in return fruits
and precious wonls and the animals of
every cline.
He went down to Ezion-geber and
ordered llect OF ships TO be construct
ol, oversaw the worlinlen, and watched
the launching of the tlotilla which
was to go out OH more than
wears voyage, TO bring home the
wealth of tile then known world.
He heard that the egyptian horses
were large. and swift, and long NAMED
and round limbcd, and he resolved to
purchase them, giving eighty-live dol
lars apiece for them, putting the best
of..the.,e horses i'll his own stall and
selling the surplus to foreign potcn-
tates at great profit.
He heard that there was the best OF
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
floated 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 in other lands. He sent for
them, splanted them in his own gar
. dTsse ); and to this very day there are
such as are to be found limo other
part OF Palestine, tire lineal descend
ants. Of the very flowers that Solomon
plnntcd. 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 now and see this long
train of camels coming up to the kings
! gate, and the OK trains from Egypt.
gold and silver and precious stones,
and beasts of every hoof, and birds of
every wing, and fish of every scalel
See the peacocks strut under the ce-
dars, and the lorsemen run, and tho
chariots wheel! Hank to the orches-
trail Gaze upon the danccl Not stop
ping to look into the wonders of the
temple, step right on to the causcway,
and pass up to Solomon's palace!
THE MARyEL.S OF SoLOMONS PALACE.
Here we find ourselves amid col
lection of buildings OH which the
king had lavished the wealth of many
empires. Tie genius of HiraD, 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 tile throne. Traccried win
dow opposite traceried window.
Bronzed ornaments bursting into lotus
and lily and pomcgranate. Chapters
surrounded by network of leaves in
which imitation fruit seemed suspend
ed as in hanging baskets. Three
branches Josephus tells us-threc
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 filled the whole
place with GOODNESS and crystalline
brightness and musical plash. Ten
tables chased with chariot wheel and
lion and cllerubin. Solomon sat on
throne of ivory. at the seating place
of the throne, on each end of the steps,
a brazen lion. Why, my friends, III
that place they tSmnled their candles
with shutters of gold, and they cut
their fruits with knives of gold, and
they washed their faces in basins of
Igold, and they scooped out the ashes
with shovcls of gold, and they stirred
the altar fires with tongs of gold:
Gold reflected ip the waterl Gold
flashing from the apparel Gold
blazing in the crownI Gold, gold,
goldl
OF course the news of the afauence
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 APP
1 nroachinc Jerusalem2 I think from