Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-03
THE GREAT SURPRISE.
DIR. TALMAoE BREACHES IN THE
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
a Glowing Description OF tho Magnin-
esnoe OF soiomon-Likoned. ito the
oleams OF tho Chris tiaa TO
ligton--very Interest ing.

West His tcxt was l. Kings, 10; z. "Be-
hold, tho half was not told mo"
Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem
should DO tho center OF nil sacred, regal,
and commercial magnlAconco. lilo set
himself TO work. aud monopoliIed tho sur
rounding desert as highway for his cara
vans. He built tho city OF Palmyra around
that tho long trains OF merchandise from
the East were Obliged TO step there, pay
toll, and leave part OF their wealth In tho
hands OF Solomons merchants. lie
manned the fortress Thapsacus at the
chIof ford OF the Eupnrates, and put under
guard everything that passed there Tho
throc great products Of Palestino--wino
pressed from the richest clusters aud
celebrated oil tho world over; oil which
In that hot country Is the entire substitute
for butter aud lard, and was pressed from
the olive branches until every troo In tho
country became AN oil we'll, aud honey
which was tho ontiro sub,titutc for sugar
these thrco great products OF tho coun.
try Solomon exported, and received In ro-
turn fruits and precious woods and tho
animals OF ovcry cline,
lie went down TO Ezlon.gebcr and or
dorcd fleet OF SHIPS TO DO constru otcd,
oyorsaw tho worknon, and watched tho
launching OF tho notilla which was to go
out on more than years. voyage, TO bring
home tho wealth OF tho then known world,
lie heard that the Egyptian horses were
largo and swift, aLd long-maned and
round.limbed, and no resolved to purchase
them, giving cighty.nvo dollars apiece for
them, putting tho beat OF these horses In
his own stall, aud selling tho surplus TO
foreign potcntatos ut great profit
lie hoard that there was tho best OF tim
Der on Mount Lebanon, and no sent out
ono hundred and eighty thousand men 10
how down the forest aud drag tho timber
through tho mountain gorgcs. 10 construct
II Into RATS to DO hoatod TO Joppa, aud
from thence TO DO drawn by OK toams
twenty-five miles across tho land 10 Jeru-
salem. lilo heard that thoro were boauti-
full flowers In other lands. lilo sont for
them, planted thom In his own gardens,
aud 10 this worry day thore arc lowers
found IN tho ruins OF that city such as arc
10 DO found In no other part OF Palestine,
the lincal descendants OF tho very flowers
that Soloman planted. lilo hoard that In
foreign groves thoro were birds OF richest
voice and most luxuriant wing. Ho sont
out people 10 catch Thorn and bring thom
there, aud no put them into his cagos.
Stand back now aud 500 this long train
OF camcls coming up 10 tho klng's cato,
and tho OK trains from Egypt, gold aud
silver and precious stones, and beasts OF
every hoof, and birds OF every wing, and
Ash Of every soaloi SEQ tho pcacocks
strut under tho ccdar,, and tho horsemcn
run, aud tho chnrlots whooli Ilark 70 tho
orchestral Gnzo upon the dancol Not
stopping 10 look into tho wonders OF tho
tomplo, stop right on TO tho causoway, and
pass up 10 Solomon's palacot
Hero wo find ourselves amid a collection
OF build ms on which tho king had law
ishod tho wealth OF many empires. Tho
genius OF Hiram, the architect and Of the
other artists Is hero seen IN tho long limo
OF corridors and the suspended gallery and
the approach TO tho throne Trncoriud
window opposite tracorlod window,
Brouzod ornaments bursting into lotus and
lily and pomegranato. Chapitors sur
rounded by network OF leaves In which I'm.
ltatlon fruit seemed suspended as Ia hang
Ing baskets. Three branches 80 Josophus
tolls us--threo branches sculaturod on tho
marble, so thin aud subtle that even tho
leaves seemed TO culver. A layor capable OF
holding tivo hundred barrels OF water on
six hundred bra,en OK. heads. which gushod
with water aud iillcd tho whole place with
GOODNESS and crystalline brightness and
musical plaSh. Ten tables chnsed with
chariot wheel and lion nnd chorubim,
Solomon sat on throne OF ivory. At tho
seating place Of tho throne, on each end OF
the steps, a brayon lion. Why, my friends,
In that place thcy trimmed thoir candles
with snufrors OF gold, and they cut thoir
fruits with knives Of gold. aud thcy
washed their faces In basins OF gold, aud
thcy scoopcd out tho ashes with shovols OF
gold, and thcy stirred tho altar fires with
tongs OF gold Gold reflected In the water !
Gold flashing from tho apparel Gold
blazing In tho crOwnl Gold gold gold
or course tho nows OF tho afIluonco Of
that place went nut everywhere by every
caravan and by wing OF every ship, until
soon the streets Of Jerusalem are crowd
cd with curiosity seekers. What Is that
long procession approaching JerusalerDi
] think from the pomp Of II thoro must
be royalty In tho train. smell tho breath
OF the Spices which arc brought rs pre-
onis, and hear tho shon, OF tho drivers,
and I SOC tho dust-coverod caravan show
ing that they como from far away. Cry
tho news up 10 tho palace. Tho Queen OF
Sheba advances. Let all the people come
out 20 Sec lot the mighty men OF tho
land come out on tho palace corridors. Lot
Solomon como down tho stairs Of the pal
ace before the queen has alighted Shake
out tho cinnamon, and the saffron, and tho
calamus, and tho frankincenso, and pass II
into tho treasure house. Take up tho dia-
monds until they glitter In tho sun.
The Queen OF Sheba alights. She on
tors the palace. She washes Mt tho bath.
Sho sits down at the banquet The cup
bearers bow The meat smokes. You hear
the dash Of waters from tho motion sea.
Then shc rises from the banquet and
walks through tho conseryntortes. and
gaycs on tho architecture, and she asks
Solomon many strange questions, and she
learns about the religion Of tho Hebrews,
and sho then and there becomes servant
Of Tho Lord God.
She Is overwhelmed. Sho begins TO
think that oil the spices she brought ana oil
the precious woods which are intended TO
be turned into harps and psnltcries and In
10 Rulings for the causeway between the
temple and the palace, and the one hun
drcd aud eighty thousand dollars In money
--she begins TO think that all these presents
amount 10 nothing in such place, and she
f. almost ashamed that sho has brought
Thorn, and she says within herself; II
heard great deal about this wonderful
religion OF the Hebrews, but find 1t far
beyond my highest anticipatious. must
add moro than fifty per cont TO what has
been related. IL exceeds everything that
I could have expected. Tho half-tho half
was not told mo-"
Learn from this subject what beauti.
full thing IL Is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves TO God.
When religion comes TO neighborhood,
tho first to receive II are the women.
Some men say 1t Is because they are weak
minded. say 1t Is because they have
quicker perception Of what Is right
more ardent affection and capacity
for sublimer emotion. After tho
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 como tho people OF afiiuence
and high social position. Alas, that II IL
sol
II there are those here to-day who have
been favored Of fortune. or, IS might
better put It. favored OF God, surrender