The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-03-11

Learn from this subject. wha'
beautiful thing il H., when social osi-
to-. and wealth surrender theu9sel YES
81 tod. When religion comes 20 a
,o;,,b Norhood the first TO receive u are
49,. ,-o men. Some men say 1T Is pc
cause tlNey are weai-minded- ss II
= because they have quicker per'eP-
t;o,, of VIII. ut is right, more arden' al
lection and Z opacity for sublime re mo-
t;or After ne women have rece' Vea
he GosDeI. then all the6disA ressed ana
tla moor of both .Nexes. those VINO nave
no friends. accept Jesus Lat OF an
come the people of sflnence a. I'd hlgh
social position. Alas, that it is 10!
If there are those here to-day VINO
have been favored of fortune, or, AS L
might better put it, favored OF Go u
surrender all you have and all you e1'
meet to be. to the Lord who blessed \
This .oueen of SheAs7b Certainly you |
are not ashamed 90 be found i'm this |
Queens company. am glad that
Christ has had His imperial frie~as in
all ages Elizabeth Christina quesn OF
Prussia; Maria Feodorovna, quee-S of
Russia; Marie. empress of FraDsef
Helena. the imperial mother of Corr
| stantine; Arcadia, from her great for
tunes, building public baths in Com
lsfantfnople and toiling for the allevla-
zion of the masses; Queen Clotlida'
eadfBe her husband and three thot-
sand Of his armed warriors to Christian
| baptism; Eifzabet of burgundy, CIV
ing her ieweietf glove 20 beggar. and
scattering great fortunes among the
distressed; Primes Albert singing
Crock of Ages" in Windsor castle. and
kOueen Victoria, incogDIta; reading the
scriptures to dying pauPfr- ~
bless God that the day D coming
when ROYALTY will bring AL its tssones,
and music all its harmonies. and paint
ing all its pictures, and sculpture afbIts
statuary. and architecture all its Pr
lars, ard conquests all its soepters; and
the queens of the earth. in long line OF
advance. frankinecnse filing the air,
and the camcls laden with gold, shall
approach JerusaIem, and the gates
shall be hoisted. and It's great burden
of splendor shall be lifted into the pal
ace of this greater than Solomon
: Again, my subject teaches me what
i ,s earnestness in the search OF truth
no vorl know where Sheba was? 1T was
: in Abyssfnfs, OF some say in the southern
? mart of Arabia Felix In either case II
WIS a great way OF from Jerusalem TIC
GET from there 20 Jerusalem She had tc
cfoss \ country infested with bandits
; and CO. across blistering deserts why
S did not the queen of Sheba stay at home
e and send committee TO inquire about
i this new religion. and Nave the dele
u gates report in regard to that religion
/ and wealth of King Solomon? She want
n ed TO see for herself, and tTear for herself
n She could not do this work BY commit
e 1ee, she felt she had soul worth tel
u tbo4sand kingdoms like Sheba, and sh
na wanted a robe richer than any wovel
5 fsS oriental shuttles, and she wanted
g crotsn set with the jewels of eternity
s Rrino osts the camels. Put on tn
Z, snices.r Gather up the jewels of tn
.. throne and pot them on the caravan
Oh start nov; no time to be lost. Goad o
e! tbe camels. When I see that caravan
e Undiscovered, weary and exhausted
he t,-,,do;no ON across the desert an
s. among the bandits until it reaches ID
p rusalem, / say: There is an earne'
ne seeker after the truth.
- But there are great many OF you
nv friends, who do not act In that wa.
=, Won all want TO get the truth, but 20
e want the truth to come to you; you q
- not want to go to- it. There are Poop
= who fold their arms and say; a.
re readv to become Christian at an
time. if am to be saved / shall
saved. and if am to be lost shall
~ lost" Ali Jerusalem will never con
n to YOU; You must go to Jerusalem. III
- religion of the Lord Jesus Christ WI
not come to you; you must go and g
relipiou, Bring out the cRmels; put c
~ all the sweet spices, alI the treasure
- of the. hearts, affection. Start II
~ the throne. Go in nd hear the waite
of salvation dashing in fountains q
=; around about the throne. Sit down
the banuuet-the wine, pressed fro
"a the grapes of the heavenly Eschoi, u
80 angels of God, the cup-bearers- Coz
81 ON the camels; Jerusalem will new
-, come to you; you must go to Jerus
- lem. The Bible declares it: Ut
"a oueen of the south"-that is, this vel
IS woman am speaking of-'the que'
- of the south shall rise up in Jud
- ment against this generation and co
- denim it; for she came from the utte
: - most parts of the earth TO hear 9
- wisdom of Solomon; and, behold!
- greater than Solomon is here" VI
o1d help me to break up the infatuation
inc those people who are sitting down
tbe idleness expecting to be saved STR
TO enterin at the strait gate. Ask a
n.a il shall be given you; seek and ye shi
"a find; knock and IL shall be opened
Of YOU" Take the kingdom OF Heav
90 by violence. Urge on the cameis!
sity Again. my subject impresses me wi
ion the fact that religion is a surprise
rom anyone that gets it. This story of
atty new religion in Jerusalem, and of I
the glory of King Solomon, who was ty
hts, of Christ--that story rolls on and
ers, and is told by every traveller conf
ran. back from Jerusalem. The news e
ray on the wing of every ship, and w
The every caravan. and you know a SIC
the enlarges as it is retold, and by the IL
-hty that story gets down into the south'
lace port of Arabia Felix, and tine queen
own Sheba hears it, it must be a tremend'
the story. And yet this queen declares
the regard to it, although she had heard
the much and had her anticipations raj:
and so high, the half--the half was not I
'alxe her.
r. in So religion is always surprise
~ anyone that gets it. The story of gr
She IAN old story. Apostles of grace
80 o,l5~etorv Apostles preached it W