Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-03
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all you have and all you expect to 90 IA
the Lord who blessed this queen OF Shoba
Certainly you arc not ashamed 20 DO found
in this queens company. am glnd that
Christ has had his imperial friends In all
ages Elizabeth Christina, queen Of Prus.
sia; Maria Fcodorovna, queen OF Russia;
Marie, empress OF France; Helena,
tho imperial mothos OF Con.
stantino; Arcadia, from her great
fortunes building public baths In Constan.
tinoplo and toiling for tho alienation OF
tho masses; Queen Clotilda leading hor
husband aud three thousand OF his armed
warriors TO Christian baptism; Elizabeth
OF Burgundy, giving her jewoled glove 20
bcggar, and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed; Prince Abort
Singing mock OF Ages" IN windsor Castle,
and Queen Victoria, incognita, reading
tho scriptures TO dying pauper.
l bless God that tho day Is coming when
royalty will bring all its thrones, and
music all It's harmonies, aud painting all
Its pictures aud sculpture all its statu airy,
and architecture all Its pillars. and con.
quest all It's sceptrcs; and the queens OF
tho earth, IN long lino OF advance, frank
incense illlng the air aud tho camels laden
with gold, shall approach Jerusalem, and
tho gates shall be holsted and tho grcat
burden OF spcndor shall be lifted Into tho
palace OF this greater than Solomon,
Again my subject teaches limo what Is
earnostncss In tho search OF truth. DO
you know where Sheba vast IL was In
Abyssinia, or some say In tho southern
part OF Arabia Folk In either case II
was great way or from Jerusalem. To
got from there TO Jerusalem sho had To
cross country Infested with bandits, aud
go across blistering deserts Why did not
tho Queen OF Shoba stay at homo and
send committee to inquire about this
new roligiou and have the delegates re-
port In regard TO that religion and
wealth OF King Solomonl Sho wanted
TO 500 Tor herself aud hear for herself.
Sho could not do this by work OF com.
mittcc. She folt sho had soul worth
ten thousand kingdoms like Shoba and
she wanted robe richor than any woven
by Oriental shuttlos, aud sho wanted u
crown sot with tho jewels OF eternity.
Bring out tho camos, Put on tho spices.
Gather up tho towels OF tho throne and
put them on tho caravan, Start now; no
time 10 DO lost. GOad on tho camels.
When 500 that caravan, dust covered,
tho desert aud among tho bandits until it
reaches Jerusalem, say, "Thoro is an
earnest seeker after tho truth"
But thoro arc great many OF you, my
friends, who do not net IN that way You
all want TO got tho truth, but you want
the truth 20 como 10 you you do not want
To 20 TO IL, There arc people who fold
their arms and say. 81 am ready TO become
n t,hrlatlan nj INV lima ~ I M, 10 Ia
saved shall DO saved, and II Il am TO DO
lost I shalt DO lost" Ali Jerusalem will
never como TO you; you must go to Joru.
salon. Tho religion OF tho Lord
Jesus Christ will not como TO you;
you must 60 aud got religion bring
out tho canals; put on oil the sweet
spices, all tho treasures OF tho hearts af-
fcotlon. Start for the throne Go In aud
boar tho waters OF salvation dashing In
fountains all around about tho throne sit
down at tho banquot--tho vino pressed
from tho grapes OF tho heavenly l3schol,
tho angels OF God tho cup-boarors. Goad
on tho camols; Jerusalem will never como
10 you; you must go 10 Jerusalem The
Bible declares IL; "fho Queen OF tho
South".-that Is, this worry woman | am
speaking of-"tho Queen OF tho South
shall riso up In Judgment against
this generation aud condemn IL, for
sho came from tho uttormost parts of
tho oarth TO hoar tho wisdom Of Solomon;
aud, behold q greater than Solomon Is
horo." God holp mo TO break up tho In
fatuation OF those people who AFRO sittln
down In idlcnoss expecting 10 DO saved.
strive TO entor In ut tho straight quito.
Ask, aud II shall DO given you; seek, aud
20 shall nud, knock aud II shall bo
opened TO YOU TalSo the tingdom of
heaven by violence. Urge on tho camolsi
Again, my subject improssos mo with
tho fact that religion Is surprise TO any.
ono that gets IL. This story Of tho now
religion In Jerusalem, aud OF tho glory OF
King Solomon, who was a type OF Christ
that story rolls on aud on. and Is told by
every traveller coming back from Jorusa-
lon. The nows goes on tho wing OF every
ship aud with every caravan, and you
know n story onlargos as II is rctold, and
by tho time that story gets down Into tho
southern part OF Arabia Folk and tho
Quoon OF ShGba hears II. II must bo tro.
mondous story. Aud yet this queen do.
claros In regard TO II, although sho had
heard so much and had her anticipntions
raised so high, tho haf--tho half was not
told hor.
so religion Is always a surprise TO any
ono that gets II. Tho story OF grace-an
old story Apostles preached IL with ratio
OF chain; martyrs declared II with arm OF
Gro: dcath-bods have affirmed IL with WIS.,
ions OF glory, ami ministers OF religion
have sounded II through tho lanes, and
tho highways, aud tho chapols, and tho
cathodrals. II has boon cut into stone
with chIscl, and spread on the canvas with
poncil and II has b,cn rcctcd In the dox-
ology OF great congregations. And yet
whom a man first comes 10 look on tho pal
AGO OF Gods mercy. and 10 see tho royalty
OF Christ, and tho wealth OF this ban
auet, and the lvxuriance OF His attend
ants, aud tho lovolinoss OF His face, aud
the 10y OF His service, he exclaims with
prayers, with tears, with signs, with tIl-
umphs: 1.-THE half-the half was not told
moi"
Send the word up to the palace that we
are coming aud that VIC are weary OF the
m ,rch OF the desert The king will come
out and say: "Wolcomo TO the palace;
batho In these waters, recline on these
banks. Take this cinnamon and franklin
censo and myrrh and put IL upon censor
and swing II before the altar" And yet,
nv friends when heaven bursts upon
us IL will be greater surprise than
that-Jesus on the throne, and we made
like himi All our Christian friends cur
rounding US In glory All our sorrows
and tears and sins gone by foreveri Tho
thousands Of thousands, the ono hundred
and forty. and-four thousands, tho great
muitltudes that no man can number, will
cry, world without end; ''Tho half--tha
half was not told usr'
No Hope There.
Mr.. De Seiner ION being introduced