The Forrest City times., 1892-03-04

ages--Eiizabcth Christina, queen of Prus. sia; Maria Feodorovna, queen of Russia. Marie, empress of France; Helena tho imperial mother of Con. stantine; Arcadia from her erca, fortunes building public baths In Constan. tlnopie and toiiing for the alleviation of the masses; Queen Clotilda, leading her husband and three thousand of his armed warriors to Christian baptism; Elizabeth or Burgundy. giving her jeweled glove to d ocgear, and scattering great fortunes among the distressed; Prince Albert. singing Rock of Ages" in Windsor Castle. and Queen Victoria, incoenita. reading the scriptures to dying pauper.
 bless God that the day is coming when royalty will bring all it's thrones. and music all it's harmoni.s, and painting all US pictures and sculpture all its statu ary, an architecture all it's pillars. and con quest all it's sceptrcs; and the queens of Inc earth, in long line Of advance, frank incense filling the air and the camels laden with gold, shall approach Jerusalem, and the gates shall be hoisted, and the great burden of splcndor shall be lifted into the palace of this greater than Solomon.
 Again my subject teaches tme what is earncstncss in tho search of truth. Do you know where Sheba wasi It was in Abyssinia, or some say in tho southern part of Arabia Felix. In either case if was great way off from Jerusalem. To get from there to Jerusalem she had to cross a country infested with bandits. and go across biistering deserts. Why did not the Queen of Sheba stay at home and send committee to inquire about this new religion. and have the delegates re- port in regard to that religion and wealth of King SoIomoni She wanted to see Tor herself and hear for herself. She could not do this by work of com. nlttce She felt she had a soul wort h ten thousand kingdoms like Sheba. and she wanted robe richer than any wove n oy Oriental shuttles, and she wanted q crown set with the jewels of eternity. Bring out the cameis. Put on the spices. Gather up the jewels of the throne and put them on the caravan. Start now; no tune to be lost. Goad on the camels When l see that caravan, dust covered. weary and exhausted, trudginy on across the desert and among the bandits until 1t reaches Jerusalem, say. .There ia an earnest seeker after tho truth.n
 But there are 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 coms to you; you do not want to go to 1t. There are people who fold their arms and say, ''l am ready to become Christian at any time; if am to be saved shall be saved, and If am to be lost shall bc lost" Ahi Jerusalem will never come to you; you must go to Jeru- salem. The religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ will not come to you; you must go and get religion. Bring out the camels; put on all tho sweet spices, all the treasures of tho hearts af- lection. Start for the throne Go in and hear the waters of salvation dashing in fountains all around about tho throne. Sit down at the banquet-the winc pressed from the grapes of the heavenly Eschol. the angels of God the p-bearcrs Goad on the camels; Jerusalem will never come to you; you must go to Jerusalem. The Bible declares it: "The Queen of the South"-that is, this very woman I am speaking of-'the Queen of the South shail rise up in judgment against this generation and condemn 1t; 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 in- latuation of those people who arc sittin 2 down in idleness expecting to be saved Strive to enter in at the straight gate. Ask. and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall fad; knock. and it shall be opened to you" Take the kingdom of hoaven by violence. Urge on tho camels
 Again. my subject impresses ma with the fact that religion is surprise to any one that gets it. This story of the new religion in Jerusalem, and of the glory of King Solomon, who was type of Christ that story rolls on and on. and is told by every traveller coming back from Jerusa- lem. The news goes On tho wing of every ship and with every caravan, and you know a story cnlarges as it is retold and by the time that story gets down into tho southern part of Arabia Felix and tho Queen of Sheba hears it. 1t must be . tre- mendous story. And yet this queen de- ciares in regard to it, although she had heard SO much and had hcr anticipations raised so high, the half--the half was not told her.
 50 religion is always a surprise to any one that gets it. The story of grace-an old story. Apostles preached it with rattle of chain; martyrs declared 1t with arm of fire. death beds have affirmed 1t with vis- ions of glory, and ministers of religion have sounded it through the lanes, and the highways, and the chapels, and the cathedrals. It has been cut into stone with chisel, and spread on the canvas with pencil; and it has been reclted in the dox- of nd uAf when mau first s.to look on the pal ace of Gods mercy. and to see the royalty of Christ, and the wealth of this ban luet. and the luxuriance of His attend ants, and the lovoliness Of His face, and the joy of His service, he exclaims with prayers, with tears, with signs, with tri- umphs: ..rhe half--the half was not told mcr'
 Send the word up to the palace that we are coming and that we are weary of the m ,rch of the desert The king will come out and say: "Welcome to the palace; bathe in these waters, recline on thcse banks. Take this cinnamon and franklin cense and myrrh and put it upon censer and swing it before the altar" And yet, my friends. when heaven bursts upon us it will be a greater surprise than that-Jesus on the throne, and we made like himi All our Christian friends sur rounding us in glory All our sorrows and tears and sins gone by foreverl The of thousands, the one hundred and forty-and- four thousands. the great multitudes that no man can number, will cry, word without end: "The half--ths half was not told usp'
 
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