Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-03-05
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The queen of Sheba alights She
enters the palace She washes at the
bath She sits down at the banquet
The cupbearers bow. The meat
smokes You hear the dash of
waters from the molten sea. Then
she rises from the banquet, and
walks through the conscrvatories,
and gazes on the architecture, and
she asks Solomon many strange ques-
tions. and she learns about the re
ligion 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 she
brought. and all the precious woods
which are intended to he turned into
harps and pSalteries and into ratings
for the causeway between the temple
and the palace, 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 is almost ashamed
that she has brought them, and she
says within herself: Il heard a great
deal about this wonderful religion of
the Hebrews, but find it far beyond
my highest anticipations. l must
add more than fifty per cent. to what
has been related. 1t exceeds every
thing that | could have expected.
The half-the half was not told me-,
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
neighborhood the first to receive IT
are the women. Some men say it is
because they are weak minded.
say it is because they have quicker
perception of what is right. more ar
dent affection and capacity for sub
Inner emotion After the women
have received the Gospel then all the
distressed and the poor of both sexes,
those who have no friends. accept
Jesus Last of all come the people of
affiuence and high social position.
Alas, that it is sol
SURRENDER ALL TO GOD.
If there are those here today who
have been favored 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 he found in this
queens company. | am glad that
Christ has had his imperial friends in
all ages-EliZabeth Christina, queen
of Prussia; Maria Feodorovna, queen
of Russia; Marie. empress of France !;
Helena. the imperial mother of
Constantine; Arcadia, from her great
fortunes building public baths in
Constantinople and toiling for the
alienation of the masses; Queen Clio
tilda, leading her husband and three
thousand 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 the Scriptures to dying
pauper.
bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all lis
thrones. and music all its harmonles.
and painting all its pictures, and
sculpture all its statuary. and aIchi-
lecture all its pillars. and conquest
all its scepters, and the queens of the
earth i'll long line of advance. frank
incense filling the air and the camels
laden with gold shall approach Jeru-
salem. and the gates shall he 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 i'll the search of truth
Do You know where Sheba was. Ii
was III Abyssinia, or some say in the
southern part of the Arabia Felix In
either case it was great way off
from Jerusalem. To get from there
to Jerusalem she had To cross IA coun-
try infested with bandits and go
across blistering deserts. Why did
not the Queen of Sheba stay ut home
and send a committee to inquire
about this new religion, and have the
delegates report i'll regard To that re
ligion and wealth of King Solomonl
She wanted to see for herself and
hear for herself. She could not do
this by work of committee. She felt
she had a soul worth ten thousand
kingdoms like Sheba. and she wanted
robe richer than any woven by
oriental shuttles, and she wanted Il
crown set with the jewels of eter
nifty.
Bring ont 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 Ioad
ON the camcls. When | see that
caravan. dust covered. weary and ex-
hausted. trudging on across the des-
ert and among the bandits until it
reaches Jerusalem say. There is
all earnest seeker after the truth"
But there are n great many of you,
my friends, who do not act in that
way. You all want to get the truth,
but you want the truth to come tc
you. You do not want to go to It.
There are people who fold their arms
and say: Il am ready to become a
Christian at any time. If am to he
saved shall be saved, and if am tc
be lost | shall he lost All, Jerusa-
lem 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 camcls; put on all
the sweet spices all the treasures of
the hearts affection. Start for the
throne Go in and hear the waters
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