Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-10
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GOD CALLS THE WOMEN FIRST.

Learn from this subject what a beautiful
thing it is when social position and wealth
surrender themselves u God. When re-
| ligion comes to a ncighbOrhood, the first TO
receive it are the women. some men say
it is because they are weakminded. say
it is because they have quicker perception
| of what is right, more ardent affection and
| capacity for sublmer 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 afiluence
and high social position Alas, that II
| is sol
II th.tre are those here today who have
been favored OF fortune, or, AS ! might bet
ter put it, favored Of God, surrender all
you have and all you expect TO be to the
! Lord who blessed this Queen OF Sheba. Ger
tainly 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 Prus
STA; Maria Feodorovna, queen Of Russia.
! Marie, empress of France; Helena, the i'm
| peral mother of Constantine; Arcadia,
| from her great fortunes building public
baths in Constantinople and toiling for the
alienation Of the masses: Queen Clotilda,
| leading her husband and three thousand
of his armed warriors TO Christian BAPTISM;
Elizabeth of Burgundy, giving her jeweled
| glove 10 a beggar and scattering great for
tunes 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 its thrones. and mu
Lett I.., oil IFS
| pictures, and sculpture all its statuary.
and architecture all its pillars and con
quest all its scepters. and the queens of
the earth, in long line of advance, franklin
cense filling the air and the camels laden
with gold, shall approach Jerusalem, and
the gates shall he hoisted, and the great
burden Of splendor shall he lifted into the
palace of this greater thanSolomon.
| EARNEsTNEss IN SEARCHING FOR TRUTH.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search OF truth. Do you
know where Sheba wass IL was in Abys
sinia, or some say in the southern part Of
Arabia Felix In either case it was a great
way off from Jerusalem To 20 from there
to Jerusalem she bad to cross a country in
tested with bandits and 90 across blister
ing deserts. Why did, not the Queen Of
Sheba stay at home and send "A committee
TO inquire about this new religion, aud
have the delegates report in regard To
that religion and wealth Of King Solo
mon?
She wanted to see for herself and hear
for herself She could not do this by work
of committee She felt she had soul
worth ten thousand kingdoms like Sheba,
and she wanted robe richer than any
woven by oriental shuttles, and she wanted
crown set with the Jewels of eternity.
Bring out 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. Goad on the camels.
When ! see that caravan, dust covered,
weary and exhausted, trudging on across
the desert and among the bandits until II
reaches Jerusalem, | say, There is an ear
nest seeker after the truth"
But there are a 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 to you; you do not want to
go TO it, There are people who fold their
arms and say; Il am ready TO become
Christian at any time. II am to be saved
shall be saved, and If ! am to be lost !
shall be lost" Ali Jerusalem will never
come to you: You must 20 to Jerusalem. |
not come to you; You must go and get re
ligion. Bring out the camels. Put on all
the sweet spices. all the treasures Of the
hearts affection. Start for the throne Go
in and hear the waters Of salvation dashing |
in fountains all around about the throne. |
Sit down at the banquet-the wine pressed |
from the grapes Of the heavenly Esehol. |
the angels of God the cupbearers
Goad ON the camels; Jerusalem viii never /
come TO you; you must 20 to Jerusalem
The Bible declares it: "'rhe queen of the |
south''-that is, this very woman | am
speaking of--''the queen of the south shall
rise up in judgment against this genera
ton and condemn il: for she came from the /
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon: and, behold greater
than Solomon is here" God help me to
break up the infatuaton Of those people
who are sitting down in idlencss expecting
to be saved. Strive to enter in at the
straight gate Ask, and it shall be given
you, seek, and We shall find: knock, and il
shall be opened to you" Take the king
dom of heaven by violence. Urge ON the
camelsi
THE GLoRIEs OF RELIGION.
Again, my subject impresses me with the
fact that religion is surprise to any one
lHdb StIS IT, MS StoEA vi tue NEW ltlSioH |
in Jerusalem and OF tue glory of King
Solomon, who was Il type of Christ-that
story rolls on and on and is told by every
traveller coming back from Jerusalem.
The news goes on the wing Of every ship
and with every caravan. and you know a
story enlarges rs il is retold, and by the
time that story gets down into the south
ern part Of Arabia Felix, and the Queen Of
Sheba hears il, it must be "A tremendous
story. And yet this queen declares in re
gard to it, although she had heard so
much and had her anticipations raised so
high, the hals-the half was not told her.
So religion is always a surprise to any
one that gets it. The story of graee-an
old story. Apostles preached it with rat
tie of chain; martyrs declared it with arm
of fire. deathbeds have affirmed it with
visions of glory and ministers Of religion
have sounded it through the lanes and the
highways and the chapels aud the cathe
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