The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-17

delegates report In regard 10 that religion
and wealth Of King Solomon? She wanted
to see for hersel, and hear for herself Shs
could coy not do this BY work o. COMMITTEES. She
like Sheba. md she wanted a robs richer than
any woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted n crown set with the Jewels OF etsruity.
Bring out tho camels Put on the spices.
Gather up tho jewels of the throne and put
them ON the caravan. Start now:no time to
be lost. Goad on the camels. When I $40
that caravan, dust-covered, weary and OK.
hausted. trudgiug ON across the desert and
among the bandits untilit reaches Jerusalem,
say: There IL an earnest seeker after the
truth"
But there are great many who do not act
in that why. They all want to get the truth,
but they want the truth to come to them;
Pile who fold their arms and say: II am
ready to become Christian at any time; ii I
am to he saved sl,nll be snved, and il I
am to he lost shall be lost" But Jeruss.
lem Will never come to you: you must go to
Jerusalem. The religion of the Lord Jesus
Christ will not come to you; you must go
and get religion. Bring out tho camels; put
the hearts affection. Start for the throne.
Go in and henr the waters of salvation dash.
ing in fountains oil arOnnd about the throne.
Sit down ut the banquct--the wine pressed
from tho grapes of the heavenly Eschol. the
angels of God. the cup hearers. Goad on tho
camels. The Bible declares it: "The queen
ofthe Sonth"-that in, this very woman
am speaking nf-",he queen Of the South,
shall rise up in Judgment against this genera
ion and cordemnit; forahe came from the ut
terlnost parts Of the eartl, to hear tho wisdom
ot solomon: and, behold! greater than Sol
omoh il here" What infatuation the sitting
down in hllrness expecting to be saved
strive to enter at the straight gate. Ask.
an'i IT shall l'e given you; seek, and you shall
find: knock. and it shall he opened to YOU"
Take the Kingdom of heaven by violence,
Urge on the cnmels!
Again. my subject imprcsses mo with the
iact that religion is IL surprise to any one
that gets it, This story Of the new religion
in Jerusalem. and of the glory Of King Solo.
rolled on and on, and was told by every man
coming buck from Jerusalem. Thenews goes
on the wing oirvcry ship aud with every car
avan, and YOU know IL story enlargcs as it
is retol'i, and by the timo that story gets
down into the southern part Of Arabia, Felix
and the Queen of Shcbn hears it, it must bs a
tremendous story. And vet this queen Dc.
no much nnd had her anticipations ruised SO
high, the half-the half was not tald her.
so religlon III always II surprise to any one
that gets it. The story of grace-an old
story. Apostles preached it with rattle Of
chain; martyrs declared it with arm of fire;
deathhe,ls have affirmed it with visions oi
glory, aud minister's ofreligion hnvo sounded
it through the lanes, md the highways, and
chiprls, and tho cathetlrnls. 1t has been cut
into stone with clisel. nnd spread ON the
cnnvns with pencil; nnl it has been recited In
d9xology ofgrcnt congregations. And yet
"heh u man first comes to look on the pal
nee OF Gods mercy, and to see the royalty Of
'hrtn al lsl, Al, n
the luXnriancs of his attendance, md the
lovelincss Oh his face, ani the 10y of his serv.
ice. he exclaims with prayers, with tcnrs,
with sghs. with triumphe; "The half-the
half wns not told mel
appeal to those who arc Christians. Com
pare lie idea you had OF the JOY of the
Christian life iefore You became Chrirtian
now since YOU have become Christian, and
you arc willing to attest before angels and
men that yon never, in the days of your
hondng". had my appreciation OF what was
to come. You are rcady today to answer
and say in regard to the discoveries you have
male in the mercy aud the grace and the
goodness OF God: "The haIf-the half Nas
not told mel
Well, We hear groat deal about the good
time TINT is coming to- the world when It 10
to be girled with salvation. Holiness on
the bells of the horses. Tho lions nane
patted by tho hnnd of n bale. ships 0i
Turshsh bringing cargocs for Jesus, and the
hard. dry. barren, winter beached storm
Scared, thunder split rock breaking into
floods of bright water. DESERTS into which
dromedaries thrust their nostrils, because
they are afraid of the esinoon-desertsb bloom.
Ing into carnation roses and silver tipped
liies.
Itis the old story Everybody tells it.
!saiah told it. John told it. Paul told II. Eas-
kiel told 1t, Luther told il, Calvin told IL,
John Milton told it-everyhody tells IT. and
yet-aid yet when the midnight shnll Hy The
hills. and Christ shall marshal his great
army. and China, dasIIing her idols into the
dust; shall hear the voice of God, md wheel
namt and snatching up her little children
from the Gangese, shnll hear the voice Of
ioh and wheel into line: and vnecovered
Italy, nnl wheat crowned Russia, and all the
enrth shall hear he's voice oi God md fnll into
line: then the Church, which has been toiline
and struggling through tho centuries robei
nn'i g:rlan'l",i Ikea bride for her husband,
shall put aside her veil mud look up into the
fnce of her Lord nnd King nnd soy: "tlls
hulf-tllu half Wns not told rne'r