Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-10
TALMAGE SERMON.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE breaches
ON THE GLoRlES OF RELIGION.

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Magnificence of Solomon, but Not So
Much the Newly Converted Chris
tian Is Sure to BE Surprised.
BROOKLYN. Feb. 2S-The congregation
OF the Tabernacle this morning listened to
a glowing description of the magnificence
Of Solomon. which DR. Talmage likened 20
the glories Of the Chri I'm religion, which
would, he said. be a surprise to all who tried
i lorthemselves, His text was Kings, x,
I, Behold, the half was not told me"
! Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem
should be the scenter of all sacred regal
and commercial magnificence He set
himself to work and monopolized the sur
rounding desert as highway for his cara
vans. He built the city of Palmyra around
one of the principal wells of the east, so
chat 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 everything that passed there.
The three great products OF Palestine
wine pressed from the richest clusters
and celebrated all the world over; oil
which in that country is the entire substi-
tute for butter and lard, and was pressed
from the olive branches until every tree in
the country became an oil well, and honey
which was the entire substitute for sugar
THESE three great products of the country
Solomon exported and received in return
| fruits and precious woods and the animals
of every cline
HE RANsACKED THE KNOWN WORLD.
He went down to Ezion-geber and or
dered a fleet of ships to be constructed.
oversaw the workmen, and watched the
launching Of the flotilla which was TO go
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 named and round
limbed, and he resolved to purchase them,
giving eighty-fve dollars apiece for them
putting the best of these horses in his own
stall and selling the surplus TO foreign pc
tehtates at great profit.
He heard that there was the best Of tim
her on Mount Lebanon, aud he sent out one
hundred and eighty thousand men to hew
down the forest and drag the timber
through the mountain gorges, to construct
ii into RATS to be Heated to Joppa, and
from thence TO be drawn by OK teams
twenty-five miles across the land to Jeru
salem. He heard that there were beauti-
full flowers in other lands He sent for
them, planted them in his own gardens
and 30 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 descendants of the very flowers that
Solomon planted He heard that in for
eign 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 kings gate, and
the OK trains from Egypt gold and silver
and precious stones, and beasts of every
hoof, and birds of every wing, and fish Of
every scalel See the peacocks strut under
the cedars, and the horsemen run and the
chariots WHEEL Hear the orchestral Gaze
upon the dancel Not stopping to look into
the wonders of the temple, step right ON to
the causeway and pass up to Solomon pal
acct
Here we find ourselves amid a collection
of buildings on which the king had Law
ished the wealth Of many empires. The
genius of Hiram, the architect, and of the
other artists is here seen in the long line Of
corridors, and the suspended gallery, and
the approach TO the throne. Traceried win
dow opposite traceried window. Bronzed
ornaments bursting into lotus and lily and
pomegranate. Chapters surrounded by
network of leaves in which imitation fruit
seemed suspended as in hanging baskets.
Three branches-so Josephus tells us
three branches sculptured ON the marble,
so thin and subtle that even the leaves
seemed to culver. A laver capable Of hold
ing five hundred barrels of water on six
hundred brazen OK heads, which gushed
with water and filled the whole place with
GOODNESS and crystalline brightness and
musical plash. Ten tables chased with
chariot wheel and lion and cherubim. Sol
ONION sat on a throne of ivory. At the
seating place of the throne ON each end OF
the steps, q brazen lion.
Why. my friends, in that place they
trimmed their candles with shutters 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 shovels of gold, and they stirred |
the altar fires with tongs of gold. Gold re |
flected in the water. Cold flashing from |
the apparel Gold blazing in the crownl |
Goldl gold goldl
ALL THE WORLD WENT TO JERUSALEM.
OF course the news of the afiiuence of |
that place went out everywhere by every |
caravan and by wing of every ship until /
soon the streets of Jerusalem are crowded |
with curiosity seekers. What is that long
approaching Jerusalem? think
from the pomp of it there must be royalty
in the train. | smell the breath of the
spices which are brought as presents, and
| hear the shout of the drivers, and | see
The dust covered caravan showing that
they come from far away. Crythe news
up to the palace. The Queen of Sheba ad-
pances. Let all the people come out to see.
.et the mighty men of the land come out
On the palace corridors. Let Solomon
come down the stairs of the palace before
he queen has alighted Shake out the
cinnamon and the saffron and the calamus
and the frankincense and pass it into the
treasure house Take up the diamonds
lntil they glitter in the sun.
The Queen Of Sheha alights. She enters
u. Al. n. -lnaat