The Bossier banner., 1892-05-05

intended to be turned into harps and
psalteries, and into ratings for the
causeway between the temple and the
palace, and one hundred and eighty
thousad dollars in money-she begins
to think that all these presents amount
to nothing in such a place, and she is
almost ashamed that she has brought
them, and she says within herself: Il
heard great deal about this wonder
tdl religion of the Hebrews, but l find
1t far beyond my highest anticipations.
must add more than fifty per cent to
what has been related. 1t exceeds
everything that 1 could have expected.
The half-the half was not told me-"
Learn from this subject, what a
beautiful thing it is, when social posi-
ton and wealth surrender themselves
to God. When religion comes to a
neighborhood the first to receive it are
the women. Some men say it is be-
cause they are weak-minded. say it
is because they have quicker percep-
ton of what is right, more ardent af-
lection and capacity for sublime reno
ton. After the women have received
the Gospel, then all thel distressed and
the poor of both sexes, those who have
no friends, accept Jesus Last of all,
come the people of af1iuence and high
social position. Alas, that it is so!
If there are those here to-day who
have been favored of fortune, or, as
might better put it, favored of God
surrender all you have and all you ex-
pect to be, to the Lord who blessed
this queen of Sheba. Certainly you
are not ashamed to be found in this
queens company. l am glad that
Christ has had His imperial friends in
all ages-Eliza beth Christina, queen of
Prussia; Maria Feodorovna, queen of
Russia; Marie. empress of France;
Helena, the imperial mother of Con-
stantine; Arcadia, from her great for
tunes, building public baths in Con-
stantlnople and toiling for the allevia-
ton of the masses; Queen ClotiIda,
leading her husband and three thou
sand of his armed warriors to Christian
baptism; Elizabeth of Burgundy, Civ
ing her jeweled glove to beggar, and
scattering great fortunes among the
distressed; Prince Albert singing
Rock of Ages" in Windsor CASTLE and
Queen Victoria, incognita, reading the
scriptures to dying pauper
L bless God that the dav is coming
when royalty will bring all it's thrones,
and music all its harmonies, and paint
ing all Its pictures, and sculpture all its
statuary, and architecture all it's pill
lars, and conquests 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
approach Jerusalem, and the gates
shall be hoisted, and the great burden
OF splendor shall be lifted into the pal
ace of this greater than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what
is earnestness in the search of truth.
Do You know where Sheba was? It was
in Abyssinia, or some say in the southern
part of Arabia Felix. In either case it
was great way off from Jerusalem. To
get from there to Jerusalem she had to
cross country infested with bandits.
and go across blistering deserts. Why
did not the queen of Sheba stay at home
and send committee to inquire about
this new religion, and have the dele
gates report in regard to that religion
and wealth of King Solomon? She want
ed to see for herself, and hear for herself.
She could not do this work bv commit
tee. She felt she had soul worth ten
thousand kingdoms like Sheba, and she
wanted robe richer than any woven
by oriental shuttles, and she wanted a
crown set with the jewels of eternity,
Bring out the camels Put on the
specs 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 exhausted,
trudging on across the desert and
among the bandits until it reaches Je-
rusalem, | say: There is an earnest
seeker after the truth"
But there are great many of Won.
my friends, who do not act in that way
You all want to get the truth, but Won
want the truth to come to YOU; Won do
not want to go to it. There are people
who fold their arms and say: II am
ready to become Christian at any
time; if l am to be saved | shall be
saved, and if l am to be lost shall he |
lost" All! Jerusalem will never come
to you; you must go to Jerusalem. 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 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 Eschol, the
angels of God. the cup-bearers. Goad
on the camels; Jerusalem will never
come to you; you must go to Jerusa-
lem. The Bible declares it: 1.-The
queen of the south"-that is, this very
woman am speaking of-'the queen
of the south shall rise up in iudp-
ment against this generation and con-
denim it; for she came from the utter
most parts of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon; and, behold! a
greater than Solomon is here" God
help me to break up the infatuation of
those people who are sitting down in