Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-03
TAAMAUE SERMON.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE breaches
ON THE GLORlES OF RELIGION.

Much rs tho Newly Converted Chris- |
ii. Is sure 20 70 Surprised.
BRooklYN. Feb a3.-Tha congregation
Of the I .berndc. this morning listened to
a Glowing de '"i2iian of the magnilicence
of Solomon, which Dr. Tahnagc likened to
the glorie. the Christian religion, which
would, he said, be Il surprise to all who tried
it fol themselves His text w1s Kings, X
Z, Behold, the half was not told me-"
Solsmon LAD resolved that Jerusalem
should be the center Of al sacred, regal
and commercial maGnihccnce lie set
himself to work and monopoiized the sur
rounding desert as a highway for his cara
vans He built the city of Palmyra around
one of the principal wells of the east, so
that all the long trains OF merchandise
from the east were Obliged 10 sop there,
pay toll and leave part Of their wealth. IN
the hands Of Solo.non's merchants. He
manned the fortress Thapsacus at the chief
ford of the Euphrates. and put under
guard everything that passed there
The three great products of Palestine
wine presseu from the richest clusters
and celebrated all the world over; Oil
which in that country is tie entire substl-
tute fer butter and lard, and was pressed
from the olive branches until every tree in
the country became an ell well, and honey
which was the entire substitute for sugar
these three great products of the country
Solomon exported and received in return
fruits and precious woods and the animals
OF every cline.
HE RANsACKED THE KNOWN WORLD.
He went down to Elion-gebcr and or
derel a fleet of Ships TO be constructed,
oversaw the worLmen, and watched the
launching Of the notilla which was to 80
out on more than % years voyage to bring
home the wealth of the then known world.
He heard thnt the Egyptian horses were
LARGE and swift, and long named and round
limbed, and he resolved to purchase them,
giving eighty-hvc dollars apiece for them,
putting the best Of these horses in his own
stall and selling the surplus to foreign po-
tentatus at great pront.
He heard that there WAS the best of tim.
Der on Mount Lebanon, and he sent out one
hundred and eighty thousand men to hew
down the forest and drag the timber
through the mountain gor5es to construct
it into RATS to be noated 10 JOppa, and
from thence to be drawn 10y OK teams
twenty-five miles across the land to Jeru-
salem. He heard that there were beauti-
fuI flowers in other lands. lie sent for
them, planted them in his own gardens,
and to this very day there are flowers found
in the ruins Of that city such as are to be
found in no othcr part of Palestine, the
lineal descendants OF the very flowers that
Solomon r,apte1. He heard that in for
ein, ,ro,.rs tbcre were birds Of richest
voico and most lurrrjant viur. He sent
ont neonle to cntch them and bring them
there. ard he Dut thea into his cages.
stand ha,l NOV. and see this Ions, train
If comols cop,ine, ND 10 the kings gate, and
thc OK trains from. Ery,!t. cold and silver
ond nrocious stones. and bolsts of every
hoof and birds Of every wing. and fish of
evory scale, Sec the pcacocl,s strut under
tbo ccdars. and the Iorseucn run and tho
cLorio+s ,vbooV Uppr the orchestral GAZE
pnon thc Gar,.a, Not stopp;na, to lool, into
tbc wonders Of ,hatemple, step right on tc
tbr calIst. y,a,, and pass an to S5lomon's pal
nee,
JJara we find ourselves amid n collection
Of hrildfras ON which the King had law.
isbnd tho ,yprlth Of many empiras. The
genius of Hiram, ne archit cct, and Of tAt
other artists j.; here seen in the lone, line OF
co,.rido,. ana tla s1.uondrd GALLERY. and
fine aoDro3ch 10 the throne. Traceried win
dow 6bno,i-a tr.eolfcd window. Bronzed
cr-nor1n,,.s hursti1,,s into lot.leaDd lIv and
noInecrana-e CuqDitcrs surrounded by
notIvorl, of lo3yee in VIII ch imitation fruit
seemed su,r,rded as in hanging baskets.
Tbr,a brabcues-so .J,3sephus tells US
three branches sculDtured on the marble
en- film and subtle That even the leave,
seened to o1iver. 4 lavcl- caDable Of hold
inc 1--WE hundred barrels of water ON 81,
hundred bla2en OK heads, which gushet
with ,,arer and filed the whole place Will
coolncss auG crystalline brightness ant
,nusicol ,lash Ton tables chased will
chariot wheel and lion and cherubim. Sol
ONION sot on = throne Of ivory. At Nh,
seotinr Mace OF the throne, on each end O
fbe stems brazen lion.
WI NV friends. in that place the,
trimmed their candles with suffers o
cold and tbev cut thcir fruits with kniyo
of roId and they washed their faces i,
basins of oold. and they scooDad ont fin
ssbee with shovel. Of cold. and tbov stirrc,
4Lo ottor firs,v.it q tou,, Of r0lI Cola re
Aec+ad in the waterl Gold flashing from
+be annornr Cola blazing in the crown
cold rola co,d!
An ruF WORLD wE,;r TO JTf.rsArru.
OF course the news Of the atauencs o
+lo+ nl.ce went ON c,,arvyybera Inv over,