Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-17


cinnamon, and the saffron, and the
calamus. and the frankincense. and
pass it into the treasure house. Take
up the diamonds until they glitter in
the sun.
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 water
from the molten sea. Then she arises
from the banquet, and walks through
the Conservatives, and gazes on the
architecture. and she asks Solomon
many strange questions, and she
learns about the religion OF the He
brews, 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
psalteres and into ratings for the
causeway between the temple and the
palace, and the S1SO,OOO in money
she begins to think that all these
presents amount to nothing in such Il
place, and she is almost ashamed tina
she has brought them, and she says
within herself: 81 heard II great deaf
about this wonderful religion OF the
Hebrews, out l rnd 1t tar beyond my
highest anticipations. must add
more than so per cent to what has
been related. 1t exceeds everything
that could have expected. The half
the MALT was not told me-
Learn from this subject what q
beautiful thing it is when social
position and wealth
SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO GOD.
When religion comes to q neighbour
hood the first to receive it are the
women. Some men say it is because
they are weak-minded. ! say it is be-
cause they have quicker perception OF
what is right, more ardent affection
and capacity for sublimer 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 affluence and high
social position. Alas, that it is So!
If there are those here today who
have been favored OF fortune, or, as |
might better put it, favored OF God,
surrender all you have and all you
except to beto the Lord WHO blessed
this Queen OF Sheba.
l bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring allits thrones,
and music all it's harmonies, and
paintings all its pictures, and sculp-
ture all it's statuary, and architecture
all its pillars, and conquest all it's
sceptres; and the queens OF the earth,
in long line of advance, frankincense
filling the air and the camels laden
with gold, shall approach Jesusalem,
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 Arabia Felix. In
either case it was a great way off
from Jerusalem. To get from there
to Jerusalem she had to cross coun-
try infested with bandits, and 90
across blistering deserts. Why did
not the Queen OF Sheba stay at home
and send committee to inquire
about
THE NEW RELIGION,
and have the delegates report in re-
gard to that religion and wealth of
King Solomon? She wanted to see
for herself, and hear for herself. She
could not do this by work OF commit
tee. She felt she had soul worth
10000 kingdoms like Sheba, and she
wanted robe richer than any woven
by oriental shuttles, and she wanted
a crown set with the jewels ofeternity.
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 cara
van, dust-covered, weary and eXhaus-
ted, trudging on across the desert and
among the bandits until it reaches
Jerusalem, | say. ''There is an earn
est seeker after the TRUTH
The religion ofthe Lord Jesus Christ
will not cometo you; you must 60 and
get religion. Bring cut 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 dasning in
fountains all around about the
throne. Sit down at the banquet
the wine pressed from the grapes OF
the heavenly Eschol, the angels o.
God the cup-bearers. God help me to
break up the infatuation of those peo-
pie who are sitting down in idleness
expecting to be saved. "Strive to en-
ter in at the strait gate. Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and we shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened to
you" Take the kingdom OF heaven
by violence. Urge on the camels!
Again, my subject impresses me 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 travel
er coming back from Jerusalem. The
news goes on the wing of every ship
and with every caravan, and you
know q story ap1 aroas as il 10 ROT old