The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-17

Greatness al Solomon and IT'S
Sar.Rssshing ~lnnuencs.
Tho following discourse wa deiiv
cred by Rev. r. Dewitt Tslmsgc In
Vienna, where he spent q Sabbath on
his return trip from the Holy Land. III,
text was:
81.
Appearing before you to-day, my mind
yet agitatcd with the scenery Of tho
Holy Land. from whence wa have Just
arrived, you will expect mo 10 revert IA
some Of tho Genes once enacted there.
Mark o circle around Lake Galilcc, and
another circle around Jerusalem, and
you describe tho two regions in which
cluster memories Of more events than In
any other two circles. Jerusalem was
q spell Of fascination that will hold me
tho rest Of my lifc. Solomon had rc.
solved that that city should bc the con.
ter OF all sacred. regal and commercial
magniflccnce. Ho set himself 70 work.
and m%onopolixcd tho surrounding desert
~ . highway for his aravan He
built the city Of Palmyra around ono Of
the principal wells Of tho East, no that
oil the long trains Of merchandise from
the East were obliged 70 stop thcre, pay
toll and leave part Of their wealth In
tho hands Of Solomon's merchants. He
manned tho Fortress Thapsacus, NJ the
chief ford Of tho Euphratcs, and put un.
der guard cvcry thing that passed there.
Tho three great products Of Palestine
wine pressed from tho richest clusters
and celebrated all the world over; oil,
which In that hot country IL the entire
substitute for butter and lard, and was
pressed from the olive branches until
every trcc In tho country became an oil
we'll; and honey, which W.. tho entire
substitute for s~ugar-thcsc thrco great
products Of the country Solomon export
cd, and received In return fruits and
precious woods and tho animals Of every
cline.
Hc went down ~ Ezion-gebcr and
ordered n fleet Of ships ~ DO construct
ed. ovcrsaw tho workmcn. and watched
tho launching Of the fiotilla which was
to go out on more than q years yag
To bring home tho wealth Of the then
known world. lilo heard that tho Egyp-
tian horses wcrc large and swift, and
long-maned and round. limbcd. and no
resolved To purchase them, giving
e~ighty-lvc dollars apiece for thcm. put
ting tho best Of these horses In his own
stall and selling tho surplus ~ foreign
potcntatcs ut great profit.
llc heard that there was hest Of tim.
bcr on Mount Lebanon, and no sent ono
hundred and eighty thousand mon 70
how down the forests and drag tho tim.
bcr through tho mountain gorges. to
construct II into rats to bc fiOated u
Joppa, and thence to be drawn BY OK
teams twenty-five miles across tho land
To Jerusalem. lie heard that there were
beautiful flowers In other lands. lilo
sent for them, planted thcm In his own
gardens, and To this very day there arc
flowers found In tho ruins Of that city
such ~ are ~ bc found In no other part
Of Palestine, the lincal descendants Of
tho very flowers that Solomon planted.
He heard that In foreign groves therc
were birds NJ richest voice and most
.luxuriant wing. lie scnt out people 70
catch them and bring them there, and
he put them into his cages.
Stand back now and 500 this long
train Of camels coming up TO tho king's
gate, and the OK trains from Egypt, gold
and silver and precious stones. and
beasts Of every hoof. and birds Of Q
wing. and fish Of cvcry scale! Sec the
pcacocks strut under tho ccdars, and tho
horscmcn run, and tho chariots wheel!
HArk Ia tho orchestra! Gaze upon tho
dance! Not stopping to look into tho
wonders Of tho temple, step right on to
tho causcway. and pass up to Solomon's
palacci
Here We find ourselves amid . col.
lection ~ buildings ON which tho King
had lavishcd tho wealth Of many nm.
pircs. Tho genius " Hiram. the archi.
tcct, and tho other artists Is hero soon
In the long line ot corridors and the aus.
pended gallery and approach 70 tho
throne. Traccried window opposite
t~raccricd window. lironxc ornaments
bursting into lotus and lily and pOmc.
granatc. Chapters surrounded by not
work Ut leaves In which imitation fruit
seemed suspended as In hanging baskets.
Three hranchcs-so ~Joscphus tells ia
three branches sculpturcd on tho mar.
bic. 50 thin and subtle that even the
leaves seemed 10 culver. A laver capa-
bic OF holding nvc hundred barrels of
water IN ak hundred hrazcn On heads,
which gushcd with water and filled the
whole place with GOODNESS and crystal.
Inc brightness and musical plash. Ton
tables chased with chariot wheel and
lion and chcrubin. Solomon sat on .
throne Of ivory. A. the seating place
Of tho throne, ON each end 1T the stops,
. brason lion, Why, my. friends, In
that place they trimmed their candles
whh shutters Of gold, aud they cut their
fruits with knives of gold, and they
washed their faces In basins Of gold.
and they scooped out tho ashes with
shovels Of gold. and they stirred tho
altar fires with tongs of gold. Gold
reflected In tho water! Gold flashing
from the apparel! Cold blazing in the
Grown! Gold. gold. gold!
az course the news ot the an ucnce oi
that place ven out everywhere by