Sharp County record., 1890-02-06

1le music lFeHOICS III VIZ 80,
waters from the molten sea. Then She
rises from the banquet and walks
through the Conservatives, and gazeS
on the architecture, and she asks ool-
omon many strange questions, and she
learns about the religion OF the he
brews, and she then and there becomes
a servant of the Lord God.
She is overwhelmed. She begins 10
think that all the spices she brought
and all the precious woods when are are
intended to be turned into harpS anu
nsalteries and into railingS for the
causeway between the temple ana tne
naIace. and the one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars in money-she begins
TO think that all these presents amount
TO nothing in such place, and she IL 81
most ashamed that she has broughC
them, and she says within herself; =!
heard great deal about this place. anu
about this wonderful religion OF the he
brews, but find it far beyond my high
est authorizations. l must add more
than fifty per cent. to what has Oee4
related. 1t exceeds every thing that L
could have expected. The halt-the
half was not told me-" ,.
Learn from this subject what a beautl-
full thing it is when social position ana
wealth surrender themselves to COD
When religion comes to neighborhood'
the first to receive it are the women
Some men say it is because they are
weak-minded. l say it is because they
have quicker perception OF what's rlghI'
more ardent affection and capacity for
sublimer emotion. After the women
have received the Gospel then all the
distressed and 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
yored 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. l am glad that Christ has
had His imperial friends inoall ages
Elizabeth Christina, Queen of Prussia;
Maria Feodorovna, Queen of Russia;
Marie, Empress of Franco; Helena, the
imperial mother of Constantine; Area
dia, from her great fortunes building
public baths in Constantinople and toll
ing for the alleviation of the masses;
Queen Clotilda, leading her husband
and three hundred of his armed warriors
to Christian baptism; Elizabeth Of Bur-
gundy giving her jeweled glove to a
beggar, and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed; Prince Albert,
singing Rock of Ages" in Windsor
Castle, and Queen Victoria, incognita,
reading Scriptures to a dying pauper.
l bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music all its harmonies, and paint
ing all it's pictures, and sculpture all its
statuarY, and conquest all its scepters,
and the Queens Of the earth, in 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
splendOr shall be lifted into the palace
of this greater than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search of truth. Dc
you know where Sheba was? 1t was in
Abyssinia, or some say in the southern
part of Arabia Felix. In either case il
was great way from Jerusalem. TC
get from there to Jerusalem she had tC
cross a country infested with bandits
and to cross blistering deserts. Why
did not the Queen of Sheba stay at home
and send a committee to inquire about
this new religion, and have the dele
gates report in regard to that religion
and wealth of King Solomon? She wanted
to see for herself, and hear for herself
She could not do this by work of com.
mittee. She felt she had soul worth
ten thousand Kingdoms like She5a, and
she wanted a robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted a crown set with the Jewels oi
eternity. Bring out the camels. Put
on the spices. Gather up the Jewels Of
the throne and put them on the caravan.
Start now; no time to be lost. Goad on
the camels. When l see the caravan,
dust-covered, weary and exhausted,
trudging on across the desert and among
the bandits until it reaches Jerusalem,
l say: There is an earnest seeker after
the truth"
But there are great many who dc
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 90
to it. There are people who fold their
arms and say: 81 am ready to become
Christian at any time; if l am to be
saved | shall be saved, and if l am to be
lost l shall be lost" But Jerusalem
will never come to you; you must 90 to
Jerusalem. The religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ will not come to you; YOU
must go and get religion. Bring out
the camels; put on all the sweet
spices, all the treasures of the
hearts affection. Start for the
throne. Go in and hear the waters
of salvation daShing in fountains all
around about the throne Sit down at
the banQuet-the wine pressed from the