Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-03-10
TALMAGE SERMON.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE breaches
ON THE eLoRlEs OF RELIGION.

Much the Newly Converted Chris
tian Is Sure to Be Surprised.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 2s.-The congregation
OF the Tabernacle this morning listened to
a glowing description of the magnihcence
of Solomon, which DIR. Talmage likened to
the glories OF the Christian religion, which
would, he said. be surprise to all who tried
it for themselves. His text was Kings, K.
z, Behold, the half was not told me-"
Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem
should be the center Of all sacred, regal
and commercial magnifcence. He set
himself to work and monopolized the sur
rounding desert as 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 to stop there,
pay toll and leave part of their wealth in
the hands Of Solomon'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 pressed from the richest clusters
and celebrated all the world over; oil
which in that country is the entire substi-
tute for butter and lard, and was pressed
from the olive branches until every tree in
the country became an oil 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 Ezion-geber and or
n nf IN lAa Pta ad
oversaw the workmen, and watched the
launching of the flotilla which was to go
out on more than years voyage to bring
home the wealth of the then known world
He heard that the Egyptian horses were
large and swift, and long named and round
limbed, and he resolved to purchase them,
giving eighty-fve dollars apiece for them,
putting the best Of these horses in his own
stall and selling the surplus to foreign po-
tentates at great profit.
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 gorges, to construct
it into RATS to be floated to Joppa, and
from thence to By drawn by OK teams
twenty-five miles across the land to Jeru-
full flowers in other lands. He sent for
them, planted them in his own gardens,
and to thisvery day there are flowers found
in the ruins of that city suoh as are to be
found in no other part of Palestine, the
lineal descendants of the very flowers that
Solomon planted He heard that in for
eign groves there were birds of richest
voice and most luxuriant wing He sent
L. A. A.l, - ar,1 hr.sya how.
there, and he put them into his cages.
Stand back now and see this long train
of camels coming up to the kings gate, and
the OK trains from Egypt, gold and silver
and precious stones, and beasts of every
hoof, and birds of every wing, and fish of
every scalel See the peacocks strut under
the cedars, and the horsemen run and the
chariots wheell Hear the orchestra! Gaze
upon the dance! Not stopping to look into
the wonders of the temple, step right on to
the causeway and pass up to Solomon's pal.
ace
Here we find ourselves amid collection
of buildings on which the king had Law
ished the wealth of many empires. The
genius of Hiram, the architect, and of the
other artists is here seen in the long line OF
corridors, and the suspended gallery, and
the approach to the throne. Traceried win
dow opposite traceried window. Bronzed
ornaments bursting into lotus and lily and
pomegranate. Chapters surrounded by
network of leaves in which imitation fruit
seemed suspended as in hanging baskets.
Three branches-so Josephus tells US
three branches sculptured on the marble
so thin and subtle that even the leaves
seemed to quiver A laver capable of hold.
ing five hundred barrels of water on six
hundred brazen OK heads, Which gushed
with water and filled the whole place with
coolness and crystalline brightness and
musical plash Ten tables chased with
chariot wheel and lion and cherubim. Sol
ONION sat on throne of ivory. At the
seating place of the throne, on each end o
the steps, a brazen lion.
Why, my friends, in that place they
trimmed their candles with snuffers oi
gold, and they cut their fruits with knives
of gold, and they washed their faces il
basins of gold, and they scooped out the
ashes with shovels of gold and they stirred
the altar fires with tongs of gold. Gold re
fiected in the waterl Gold flashing fror
the apparel Gold blazing in the crown
Goldl gold! goldl
ALL THE WORLD WENT TO JERUSALEM.
OF course the news of the affluence o.
that place went out everywhere by every
caravan and by wing of every ship, unit
soon the streets of Jerusalem are crowded
with curiosity seekers. What is that long
procession approaching Jerusalem? thinl
from the pomp Of it there must be royalt!
In the train. ! smell the breath Of tn,
spices which are brought as presents, ant
I hear the shout of the drivers, and SCI
the dust covered caravan showing thai
they come from far away. Cry the new,
up to the palace The Queen of Sheba ad
vances Let all the people come out to see
Let the mighty men of the land come ou
on the palace corridors. Let Solomon
come down the stairs of the palace befor,
the queen has alighted. Shake out tn,
cinnamon and the saffron and the calamu
and the frankincense and pass it into tn,
treasure house. Take up the diamond
until they glitter in the sun.
The Queen of Sheba alights. She enter
the palace. She washes at the bath. Sh
sits down at the banquet. The cupbearer
bow The meat smokes. You hear th
dash of waters from the molten sea. Thel
she rises from the banquet, and walk
through the Conservatives, and gazes Oh
the architecture, and she asks Solomon
many strange questions, and she learn
about the religion of the Hebrews, and sh
then and there becomes servant of tn
Lord God.
She is overwhelmed She begins 10 thinl
that all the spices she brought, and all tn
precious woods which are intended to b
turned into harps and psalteries and int
railings for the causeway between tn
temple and the palace. and the one hun