Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-29

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sion approaching Jerusalem? I think
from the pomp of it there must be
royalty i'll the train. l smell the
breath CT the spices which are
brought as presents, and l hear the
shout of the drivers. and see the
dust covered caravan showing that
they come from far away
Cry the news up to the palace
The Queen Of Sheba advances. Let
Ill the people come out to see. Let
the mighty men of the land come
out on the palace corridors. Let
Solomon come down the stairs Of the
palace before the queen has aliShted
Shake out the cinnamon, and the
saffron, and the calamus, and the
frankincense, and pass it into the
treasure ho.lse. Take up the dia-
monds until they glitter in the sun.
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA ARRIVES.
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 Conservatives,
and gazeS on the architecture, and
she asks Solomon many strange ques-
tons, and she learns about the re-
igiOn of the Hebrews, and she then
and there becomes a 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 be 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: II heard great
deal about this wonderful religion Of
the Hebrews but find it far beyond
my highest anticipations. I must
add more than fifty per cent. to what
has been related It exceeds every
thing that [ could have expected.
The half-the half was not told mer'
Learn from this subject what a
beautiful thing it is when social posi-
ton and wealth surrender themselves
to God When religion comes to q
neighborhood the first to receive it
are the women. Some men say it is
because they are weak minded I
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
and the poor of both sexes,
those who have no friends, accept
Jesus Last of all come the people Of
aff1uence 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,
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
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;
the imperial mother of
Constantine; Arcadia, from her great
fortunes building public baths in
CCnstantinOple and toiliny for the
Of the masses; Queen Clio
tilda, leading her husband and three
thousand Of Lis armed warriors to
Christian bapt:a,n; Elizabeth OF Bur
gundy, giving her jeweled glove to
beggar and scattering great fortunes
the distressed; Prince Albert,
Rock of Ages in Windsor
castle, and Queen Victoria, incognita,
reading the Scriptures to a dying
pauper.
I bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all It's
thrones, and music all it's ha1monIes,
and painting all it's pictures, and
sculpture all it's statuary, and a1chi-
lecture all its pillars, and conquest
all its scepters, and the queens of the
earth in long line Of advance, frank
incense filling the air and the camels
laden with gold, shall approach Jeru
salem, 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.
Do you know where Sheba was? 1t
was in Abyssinia, or some say in the
southern part of the Arabia Felix. In
either case it was a great way off