Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

PRAYER and their supp cation In heaven tbs
dwelling place. and maintain their cau'e. And
forgive thy people that have anucd against
thee, and all ihtif trans fcss.ln1 wherein they
have irlntgfciied aglnst thee. and give tem
compassion before ihcn who carried them cap.
live. that they mn, have compassion on ihem'
fof they b. My people. and thine inheritance
which thou hf0uehiusi forth out OF EGYPT from
'hr midt ofthe furnace Of ,fon. that thine eyes
may be open unto ihc duplication OF Thy
servant and unto the alpplieit OF Thy people
Israel o. hrlflcu unto them IN all That thcy
cal Tor unto thee For thou d.dlt separate them
ii9m among all the people 90 us Garth 70 uc
Thine Inheritance o. thou apik'stby ths haud
of Moses Thy servant when thou hioughtrst
our h'hcH ont u gypt o Lord God.
. Kings vili, sl'55.
Then he arose aud blessed tire congre.
cation. a sacrifice followed consisting
Of twenty-five thousand oxen, and a
hundred and twenty thousand sheep.
For seven days the dedication lasted.
On the light day the king dismissed the
people, and they Went home rejoicing
over "lll the goodness the Lord had
done for David, Ills servant, aud Tor
Israel, Ills people,
The further history Of this magnificent
cdiiiCc is ~ the more saddeuiug, when
contrastcd with the glorious dedication
and acceptance Of the Lord. For thirty
four Yeas only did the temple retain rs
original splgndor. AT that time. only
i've years after the death OF Solomon, Il
was pluudefed by an invading foe.
The iirst cause that led TO this pro-
anation and TO total destruction later,
is plainly traceahlc IN the history, and
may De briefly stated for the instruction
IL conveys. Solomon was unQuestiuu-
ably a man possessing superior wisdom.
Yet. this could not keep him from
crfiug, as soon as he relied on his own
prudence alone. The wisest man that
ever lived was as much dependent on
the Lord, rs the man OF ordinary in
tclligcncc Among the foolish things
that Solomon did was To enter iltO
marital relations with foreign pfin-
ccsscs. These exercised their inilu.
orcc over him, causing him to build
affairs to their dcitieS in Canaan, intro.
ducing ido'a,ry In the vicinity Of the
temple. Rchnboim, his son aud sue.
ccssof, grew up Ia this duplicliy NJ re-
ligiou, witnessing un the one hand the
worship Of jehovah and the other the
worship Of Baal. His mother was @
beautiful AmmOnitcss, q race cursed by
Jehovah on account Of their sins.
As soon as he was crowned, his
character became plainly visible. lie
wanted to serve both the Lord and Baal,
aud tho n1tion followed his example.
The condition Of the people five years
after solomon death, brought about
through the king marrying foreign
women, who had no sympathy for the
Jewish religion, Is thus dcscribcd'
and Judah did eva 10 tc light Of thr t.ofd.
and DE, provoked N 90 Jealousy With their
us which they hll committed above 80 ust
iHci- hihCs lad done for they also built
them high places and mirsl and grove. on
every BILL and under every gicsi tree. Md
there were also a.i9m'gs iu thc Land, and hey
d.i according 90 al the denominations u ne
nations which itc Lord cast out before ur
eAi.dfsn Of liUel" 10 Kings S,.. sasi
For this cause the anger OF the Lord
was kindlcd, and he prepared ehas'
! tisgment, An Egyptian ruler, Shishak
invaded The country and plunderod the
temple and carried away much OF is
treasure. God did not care for the
building with rs gold and silver. when
/ His people were lpustltiEing from Him.
Had Israel at this time repentcd, all
would again have become well, but they
/ did not repent. The worship OF God
was more and more neglected, and
/ sacred things were no longer held
sacred. The sons OF a certain woman
named Alfalfa, on one occasion de-
| liberately broke or otherwise damaged
the ornaments OF the walls and the eN.
pcns.yc vessels. e. Chron, xiv, 7l.
/ Later on the king. Ahlz, entered into
an alliance with the Assyiian monarch
agains, Syria and the ten tribes, on
which occasion he sacrilegiou3ly took
whatever gold ard silver he found In the
temple aud sent IL As present to the
heather ruler lie further took the
hra4en altar In the inner court and sent
It to Damascus to be used for idolanous
purposes, aud the great baptismal font
he pulled to pieces.
Once In a while a good king arose In
/ Jerusalem who cudeayored to effect a
reformation and repair the temple, but
| the people were Tar gone In sin. The
first ioolishness Of solomon, In devil
aung from the word OF the Lord In the
matter Of his domestic relations, de-
veloped into disastrous results to the
nation.
During the reign of Jchoiachin
Northumberland robbed the temple ui
all valuables he could find and carried
them away into Babylon, and the follow
ing year, no set ire to u, thus executing
the Judgment OF the Lord on a rebel.
ious people. They had rejected Him.
lie now rejected them. There was no
longer any need OF a temple.