The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-11


have quicker perception of what's right
nerd ardent Affection and capacity for
snblfuher EMOTION. After the women
A~syssEeceised ne ees8s then sll the
who have no s;Fasd1k &dacept Jesus.
Last OF all come the greatly prospered.
Alas, that 1t Is sol
II there are those who have been IA
vored Of fortune, or, as I might better
put II, 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 innall ages
Elizabeth Christina, Queen Of Prussia;
Maria F~eodorovna, 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 alienation 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 q
beggar, and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed; Prince Albert,
Castle, and Queen Victoria, incognita,
reading Scriptures to . dying pauper.
1 bless God that the day Is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones.
and music all its harmonies, and paint
ing all its pictures, and sculpture all its
s~tatuary, 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
ApprdAeh Jefusa3fms fndthe gates shall
la b1{5teds AND, Aha great burden Of
bplehdpf ehHlt he lifted into the palace
81 this greater tha solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness In the search Of truth. Do
you know where Sheba was? 1t was in
Abyssinia, or some say In the southern
part Of Arabia Felix. In either case 1t
was . great way from Jerusalem. To
get from there TO Jerusalem she had to
cross a country infested with bandits,
and to cross blistering deserts. Why
did not the Queen OF Shebs stay at home
and send q committee 10 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 a soul worth
ten thousand kingdoms like Sheba, and
She wanted q robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted a crown set with the jewels OF
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 I soc the caravan.
d~ust-covered, weary and exhausted.
trudging on across the desert and among
the bandits until 1t reaches Jerusalem,
I say: 'There is an earnest seeker after
the truth"
But there are q great many who do
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 go
to IL. There are people who fold their
arms and say: II am ready to become
. Christian at any time; II I am to be
saved I shall be saved, and II I am to be
lost I shall be lost" But Jerusalem
will never come to you; you must 60 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 OIL 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
grapes OF the heavenly Eschol, the
angels OF God the cup-bearers. Goad
on the camels. The Bible declares it:
1.-THE Queen Of the South"-that Is, this
very woman / am speaking of-''the
Queen Of the South shall rise up in
judgment against CHS generation and
condemn 1t; for she came from the ut
termost parts OF the earth to hear the
wisdom Of solomon; and, behold! q
greater than Solomon is here" What
infatuation the sitting down in idle
ness expecting to be saved! 'tStrive to
enter IN At the straight gate. Ask, and
1t shall be given you; seek, and We shall
ind; knock, and 1t shall be opened unto
you" Take the Kingdom Of Heaven by
violence. Urge on the camels!
Again, my subject impresses me with .
the fact that religion Is q surprise to
any one that gets It. This story Of the
new religion in Jerusalem, and of the
glory OF King Solomon. who was q type
Of Christ-that story rolled on and on,
and was told by every traveller coming
back from Jerusalem. The news goes
on the wing Of every ship and with
every caravan. and you know q story
enlarges as tits retold, and by the time
that story gets down into the southern
part Of Arabia Felix, and the Queen OF
Sheba hears 1t. 1t must be q tremendous
story, And yet this Queen declares In
regard TO It, although she had heard so
much and had her aDticipations raised
30 nigh, the half-the half was not told
her.
So religion 10 always 9 surprise to any
one that gets It, The story Of grace
an old story. Apostles preached 1t with
rattle Of chain; martyrs declared 1t with
arm Of Ere; death-beds have affirmed 1t
With visions Of glory, and ministers Of
religion have sounded 1t through the
lanes, and the highways, and the,
chspels, and the c~athedrafs. 1t has
been cut into stone with chisel and
spread on canvas with pencil; and 1t
has been recited in the ~doxology OF
great congregations. And yet when q
man Hrst comes to look on the palace
Of Gods mercy, and TO see the royalty of
Christ, and the wealth Of this banquet,
and the luxuriance Of His attendants,
and the loneliness OF His face, and the
Joy OF His service, he exclaims, with
prayers, with tears, with signs, with
triumphs: THE half-the halt was not
told mel"
l appeal to those who are Christians.
Compare the idea you had Of the Joy Of
the Christian life before you became Q
Christian with the appreciation OF that
joy you have now since you have be-
come . Christian, and you are willing to
attest before angels and men that you
never,in the days of your spiritual bond
age, had any appreciation Of what was