The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-29

DckkhA aAAA chaNAcAAI ~ cat lOt tunes
the distressed; Prince Albert. singing Rock
Of Ages" in Windsor castle. and Queen
Victoria, incogDito, reading the scriptures
to dying pauper.
l bless God that the day is coming when
royalty wall bring all its thrones, and music
all its hsrmonies, and painting all its plct>
ures, aud sculpture all It's statuary. and
architecture all its pillars. and conquest all
its scepters; and the queens Of the earth, in
long line Of advance, frankincense filling the
air and the camels laden With gold shall ap
proach Jerusalem, and the gates shall be
hoisted. and the great burden Of splendor
shall he lifted ihto 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 wasi 1t was in Abys-
/ sinia. or some say in the southern part of
/ Arabia Felix. In either case it was a great
way of from Jerusalem. To get from there
TO Jerusalem she bad 70 cross a country in
| Tested With bandits, and go across blister
| ing desertA.- Why did not the Queen of
| Sheba staHat home and send committee
TO inquire about this new religion, and have
the delegates report in regard to that
| religion and wealth of King Solomon! She
wanted to see for herself, and hear for her
SELF. She could not do this by work OF
committee. She felt she had soul worth
ten thousand Kingdoms like Sheba, and she
| H6htcu AOOc budu any HOfcU DJ
| Oriental shnttles, and she wanted a crown
set with the jewels of eternity. Bring out
the carnels. 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 l see that
caravan, dust-covered. weary and ex-
hausted, trudging on across the desert and
among the bandits until 1t reaches
Jerusalem, | say: There is an earnest
seeker after the TRUTH
But there are a 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 come to you; you do not want to
go to it. There are people who fold their
arms and say: 81 am ready to become a
Christian at any time; if | am to be saved
shall be saved and il am to be lost | shall
be lost" All. Jerusalem will never come to
you; you must go to Jerusalem. The re-
ligion OF the Lord Jesus Christ will not
come TO you; you must go and get religion
Bring out 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 dashing
in fountains all around about the throne
Sit down at the banquet-the wine
pressed from the grapes OF the heavenly
Escbol. the angel of God the cup-bearers
Goad on the camels; Jerusalem will never
come TO you; you must 90 TO Jerusalem
The Bible declares It: The Queen of the
South"-that ia, this very woman l am
speaking of-"the Queen Of the South shall
rise up in judgment against this generation
and condemn it; 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 infatuation of those people
who ore sitting down in idleness expecting
to be saved. "Strive to enter in at the
strait gate. Ask, and it shall be given
you; seek, and ye shall find knock, and it
shall be opened to you" Take the king
kom OF heaven by violence. Urge on the
camels
Again, my subject impresses me with the
fact that religion is q surprise to any one
that gets it. The 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 Jerusalem. The
news goes on the wing of every ship and
| with every caravan. aud you know a story
enlarges as it is retold, and by the time that
story gets down into the southern part of
| Arabia Felix, and the Queen of Sheba hears
1t. it must be a tremendous story. And yet
| this queen declares in regard to it, although
she had heard so much and had her antici-
pations raised so high, the half-the half
was not told her.
one that gets it. The story. OF grace-an
| old one. Apostles preached it with rattle
| OF chain; martyrs declared it with arm of
fire; death-beds have affirmed it with
| visions of glory, and ministers of religion
have sounded 1t through the lanes and the
| highways and chapels and the cathedrals.
1t has been cut into stone with chisel and
spread on the canvas with pencil, and it
has been rected in the doxoiogy Of great
congregations. And yet when a man first
| comes to look on the palace OF Gods mercy
and to see the royalty Of Christ, and the
wealth OF this banquet. and the luxuriance
OF his attendants and the loneliness of his
face. and the joy Of his service, lie exclaims
with prayers. with tears. with signs, with
| triumphs: "The half-the half was not
| told men
appeal TO those In this house who are
Christians. Compare the idea you had OF
| the JOY of the Christian life before you be-
| came Christian with the appreciation of
that JOY you have now, since you have be-
come Christian, and you are willing to
attest before angels and men that you never
| In the days OF your spiritual bondage had
| any appreciation of what was to come. You
are ready to-day to answer, and il | give
| you an opportunity in the midst OF this as
semblage. you would speak out and say in
regard 60 the discoveries you have made
| of the mercy and the grace and the good
ness of God: The half-tEe half was not
told me!n
Well, we hear great deal about the good
time coming to this world, when it is to be
| girdled with salvation. Holiness on the
bells Of the horses. The lions name patted
by the hand of a babe. Ships of Tarshish
bringing cargoes for Jesus, and the hard
| dry, barren, winter bleached, storm scar
red, thunder>split rock breaking into floods
OF bright water. Deserts into which drom-
edaries thrust their nostrils. because they
were afraid of the simoon-deserts bloom
ing into carnatlon roses and silver-tipped
lilies.
1t the old story. Everybody tells it.
Isaiah told it. John told it, Paul told it,
| Ezekiel told 1t, Luther told it, Calvin told
| it. John Milton told it-every body tells it;
and yst-and yet when the midnight shall
| fly the hills and Christ shall marshal his
great army. and China, dashing her idols
into the dust, shall hear the voice Of God
and wheel into line; and India, destroying
her Juggernaut and snatching up her little
| children from the Ganges, shall hear the
| voice of God and wheel into line; aud vine-
covered Italy and all the nations of the
earth shall hear the voice of God and fall
into line; then the church which has been
toiling and struggling through the cent
uries, robed and garlanded like bride
adorned for her husband, shall put aside her
veil and look Hp into the face of her Lord
aud King and tsay: "The half-the half
was not told mel"
Well there is coming greater surprise
to every Christlan-a greater surprise than
| ANYTHING / have Denoted Heaven ls an