Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-17
QUEEN OF 'sHEBA
Was Surprised When She Beheld
the Glory of Solo,
mon.
Great Surprises Are in Store in Heaven
for those Who Serve God
While on Earth.

ed to glowing description OF the
magni6cence of Solomon which DR..
'ralmage likened to the glories of the
Christian religion, which would, he
said, be q surprise to all who tried it
FOR themselves. His text was: Kings
lO:7. "Behold, the half was not told
me-"
Solomon had resolved that Jerusa-
lem should be the center OF all sacred,
regal and commercial magniticence.
He set himself to work and monopo-
lied the surrounding desert as q high
way for his caravans. He built the city
ofPalmyra around one of the principal
wells OF the East, so that all the
long trains OF merchandise from the
East We're obliged to stop there, pay
toll, and leave part of their wealth in
the hands of Solomon's merchants.
He manned the fortress Thapsacus at
the chief ford OF the Euphrates, and
put under guard verything that pass
ed them. The three great products of
Palestine-wine pressed from the rich
est clusters and celebrated all the
world over; oil which in that hot
country is the entire substitute for
butter and lard, and was pressed from
the olive branches until every tree in
the country became an oil well; and
honey was the entire substitute for
S,lgar-these three great products Of
the country Solomon exported, and
received in return fruits and precious
woods and the animals of every cline.
He went down to Ezion -geber and
ordered a fleet of ships to be construc-
ted, oversaw the workmen, and watch
ed
THE LAUNCHING OF THE FLOTILLA
which was to 60 out on more than
YEARS voyage to bring home the wealth
of the then known world. He heard
that the Egyptian horses were large
and swift, and long-maned and round
iimbed. and he resolved to purchase
them, giving $50 apiece for them, put
ting the best of these horses in his own
stall and selling the surplus to foreign
potentates at great profit.
He heard that there was the best of
timber on Mount Lebanon, and he
sent out 100000 men to hew down
the forest and drag the timber through
the mountain gorges, to construct it
into RATS to be tloated to Joppa, and
rom thence to be drawn by OK teams
% miles across the land to Jerusalem
He heard that there were beautiful
flowers in other lands. He sent for
them, planted them in his own gar
dens, and to this very day there are
flowers found in the ruins OF that city
such as are to be found in no other
part OF Palestine, the lineal descend.
ants of the very flowers that Solomon
planted. He heard that in foreign
groves there were birds OF richest voice
and most luxuriant wing. He sent
out people to catch them and bring
them there and he put them into his
cages.
Stand back now and see this long
train of camels coming up to the
Elng's gate, and the oX-trains from
Egypt, gold and silver and precious
stones, and beasts OF every hoof, and
birds of every wing, and fish OF every
the cedars, and the horsemen run, and
the chariots wheel! Hark to the
orchestral! Gaze upon the dance! Not
stopping to look into the wonders OF
The temple, step right on to the
''auseway, and pass up to Solomon
!,alace!
Here we find ourselves amid a col
lection of buildings on which the king
mad lavished
THE WEALTH OF MANY EMPIRES.
The genius OF Hiram, the architect,
md OF the other artists is here seen in
me long line Of corridors and the sus-
pended gallery and the approach to
The throne Traceried window oppo-
site traceried window. Bronzed orna
nents bursting into lotus and lily and
pomegranite. Chapters surrounded
by network of leaves in which im-
-atlon fruit seemed suspended as in
hanging baskets. Three branches-so
Joseph tells us-three branches sculp-
tured on the marble, so thin
and subtle that even theleaves seemed
20 culver. A laver capable of holding
500 barrels of water on 600 brazen
ox-heads, which gushed with water
and filled the whole place with cool
ness and crystalline brightness and
musical plash. Ten tables chased
With chariot wheel and lion the cheru-
BIN. Solomon sat on a throne OF
worry. At the seating place of the
throne, on each end Of the steps, a
nrazen lion. Well, my friends, in that
place they trimmed their candles with
Snuffers of gold, and they cut their
fruits with knives of gold, and they
washed their faces in basins of gold,
and they scooped out the ashes with
:hovels OF gold, and they stirred their
altar fires with tongs of gold. Gold
reflected in the water! Gold flashing
from the apparel! Gold blazing in the
crown! Gold! gold! gold!
OF course the news of the affluence OF
that place went out everywhere by
very Caravan and by wing OF every
ship, until soon the streets of Jerusa-
lem are crowded with curiosity seekers.
What is that long procession APP
n