Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-01-11

dash of the waters from the molten
sea. Then she rises from the banquet,
and walks through the conservatories,
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 servant of the Lord God.
SHE is. overwhelmed. She begins to
think that all the spices shc brought,
and all tile precious woods which are
intended to be turned into hsrps and
psaiteries and into ratings for the
causcway between the temple and the
palace, and the one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars in money
she begins to think that all these pres
ents amount 10 nothing iii such q
place, and she is almost ashamed that
she has brought them, and she says
within herself: II heard Il great deal
about this place, and about this won
dcrful religion of The Hebrews, but l
find it far beyond my highest antici-
pations. l must add more than City
per cent. to what has been related. 1t
exceeds everything that ] could have
expected. The halT-the balf was not
told me.
RELIGION IL HIGH PLACES.
Learn from this subject what a
beautiful thing it is when social posi-
ton and wealth surrender themselves
to God. When religion comes to a
neirhborhood, the first 10 receive it
are the women. Some men sayit is
because they are weak minded. say
it is because they have quicker per
ception of what is right. more ardent
affection and capacity for subimer
emotion. After the women have re-
ceived the Gospel then MI the dis
tressed and the poor of both sexes,
those who have no friends, accept
Jesus. Last of all come the greatly
prospered. Alas, that it is SO!
If there are those who have been ia
yorcd of fortune, or, as 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
peria friends in all ages-Elizabeth
Christina, queen of Prussia; Maria
Fe dorovna, queen of Russia; Marie,
empress of France; Helena, the i'm
pcrial mother of Constantine; Area
dia, from her great fortunes building
public baths in Constantinople and
toiling for the alienation Of the
masses; Queen Clotilda, leading her
husband and three thousand of his
armed warriors to Christian baptism
Elizabeth of Burgundy, giving her
jeweled glove to u beggar, and seat
tering great fortunes among the.adls,
tressed; Prince Albert, singing Rock
of Ages" in Windsor Castle, and
Queen Victoria, incogiita, reading the
Scriptures to a dying pauper.
bless God that the day Is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music all its harm0nies, and
painting all its pictures, and sculpture
all its statuary, and architecture all
its pillars, and conquest all its scepters,
and the queens of the earth, i'll long
line of advance, frankincense filling
the air and the camels laden with gold
shall approach Jerusalem, and the
gates shall be hoisted, and the great
burden of splcndor shall be lifted into
the palace Of this greater than Solo
mon. at.E- ~ So
Again, my subject teaches me what
is earnestness in the search of truth
:, - :: 81, 8,
was in Abyssinia, or some say III tllt
southern part of Arabia Felix. /,
either case It was great way off from
Jerusalem. To get from there TO Jera
salem she had to cross u country in
tested with bandits, and go across bills
tering deserts. Why did not th'
queen of Sheba stay at home and sent
a committee to inquire about this new
religion, and have the delegates rcpor
in regard to that religion and wealth
of King Solomon9 She wanted to SEE
for herself, and hear for herself. She
could not do this by work of commit
tee. She felt she had Il soul worth ter
thousand Kingdoms like Sheba, .ant
she wanted a robe richer than any
woven by Oriental sluttles, andesht
wanted crown set with the jewels o.
eternity. Bring out the camcls. Pu
on the spices Gather up the jewel:
of the throne and put them on the
caravan. Start now; no time to It
lost. Goad on the camels. When
see that caravan, dust covered, weary
and exhausted, trudging OH across tho
desert and among The bandits until j
reaches Jerusalem, I say: There isar
E L., ~,
SEEK EARNESTLY FOR THE TRUTH,
But there arc great many who dc
not act i'll that way. They all want te
get the truth, but they want the truth
10 come to them; they do not want tc
go to it. There are people who fold
their arms and say: II am ready te
become Christian at any time; il ]
am to be saved shall be saved, and
am to be lost l shall be lost. :" But
Jerusalem will never come to you
you must go to Jerusalem. The re:
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ will
not come to you; you must go and gel
religion. Bring out tile camels; put
Oh all the sweet spices, all the treas.
ures of the hearts affection. Start for
the throne. Coin and hear the waters
of salvation dashing in fountains all
around about the throne Sit down at
the banquet-the wine pressed from
the grapes OF the heavenly Eshcol, the
angels of God the cup bearers. Goad
OH the camels Tie Bible declares it:
1.-THE queen Of tho south that is,
this very woman / am speaking Of
'.the queen of the south shall rise up
in Judgment against this generation
and condemn it; for she came from
the lttermost parts of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold!
a greater than Solomon is here
What infatuation the sitting down in
idleness expecting TO be saved. Strive
to enter in at the strait gate. Ask,