The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-03-10
TALMAGE SERMON.
The BROOKLYN DIVINE breaches
ONTHE GLORIES OF RELIGION.


Magnihcence of Solomon, but Not So
Much as the Newly Copverted Christian
Is Sure to he Surprised.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 2S.-Thc congrc-
CATION Of the Tabernacle this morning
listened TO glowing description Of the
magnltiCence of Solomon, which DR..
Talmage likened to the glories of the
Christian religion, which would, he said,
be a surprise TO all who tried 1t for them
selves. His text was l Kings, X, +,
"Behold, the half was not told me-"
Solomon had resolved that Jerusalem
should be the center Of all sacred, regal
and commercial magnilicencc. He set
himself to work and monopollzed the
surrounding desert as highway for his
caravans. lie built the city of Palmyra
around one OF the principal wells of the
cast, so tlIaL all the long trains OF mer.
chandise from the east were Obliged TO
stop there, pay toll and leave part OF
their wealth in the hands of SOl0man's
merchants. Tie manned the fortress
Thapsacus at the chief ford Of the Eu.
pirates, 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 sub
stltute for butter and lard, ard was
pressed from the olive branches unit
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 export.
cd and received in return fruits and pre-.
cious woods and the animals of every
cline.
lie went down to Ezion-gebcr and Or
dered fleet Of slips to be constructed
oVersaw the workmen, and watched the
launching Of the tlotilla which was to 90
out on more than years voyage to
| ing home the wealth of the then known
world. He heard that the Egyplian
horses were large and swift, and long
named and round limbed, and he re-
solved to purchase them, giving eighty
live dollars apiece for them, putting the
best of these horses III his own stall and
selling the surplus to foreign potcntatcs
at great profit.
lie heard that there was the best O!
timber on Mount Lebanon, and he sent
out one hundred and eighty thousand
men to hew down the forest and drau
the timber through the mountain gorgcs,
to construct it into RATS to be lloatetl to
Joppa, and from thence to bc drawn by
OK teams twenty-five miles across the
land TO Jerusalem. He heard that there
were beautiful flowers In other lands.
lie sent tor them, planted them in his
own gardens, aDd to this very day there
arc flowers found in the RUNS of that
city such as are to be found in no other
part Of Palestine, the lncal descendants
OF the very flowers that Solomon plant
ed. He heard that in foreign groves
there were birds of richest voice and
most luNuriant wing. lie sent out pco.
pie to catch them and bring them there,
and he put them into his cages.
Stand back now and see this lon.
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 hooi, and birds Of every
wing, and fish Of every Scale! See the
pcacocks strut under the ccdars. and the
horscmen run and the chariots wheel!
Hear the orchestra! Gaze upon the
dance! Not stopping to look into Tie
wonders Of the temple, step right on to
the causcway and pass up u Solomon's
palace.
Here we find ourselves amid collcc-
ton OF buildings on which the king lad
lavlshcd 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.
Iraceried window opposite traccrcd
BrOnZed ornaments BURSTING
into lotus and lily and pomcgranatc. |
Chapters surrounded by network of
leaves in which imitation fruit seemed
suspended as in hanging baskets.
Three branches-so Joscphus tells us !
three branches sculpturcd on the mar.
BILE, 80 thin and subtle that even the |
leaves seemed to quiver. A Iaver capa-
bic OF holding five hundred barrels of
water on Six hundred brazen OK heads,
which gusbed with water and flied the
whole place with GOODNESS and crystal
line brightness and musical plash. Ten
tables chased with chariot wheel and
lion and chcrubm. Solomon sat on Il
throne of ivory. AT the seating place
of the throne, on each end of the stems,
l brazcn lion.
Why, my friends, in that place they
their candles with snullers OF
gold, and they cut their fruits with
knives OF gold, and they washed their
'aces in basins OF gold, and they scoopcd
cut the ashes with shOvels of gold, and
they stirred the alter fires with tongs of
gold. Gold reflected in the water! Gold
flashing from the apparel! Gold blazing
n the crown! Gold! gold! gold!
or course the news of the ailucncc ot
hat place went out everywhere by every
caravan and by wing OF every ship, un-
III soon the streets of Jerusalem are
crowded with curiosity seekers. What
Is that long procession approaching Je-
fusalcm? [ think from the pomp of il
there must be royalty in the train.
smell the breath OF the spices which are
brought as presents, and hear the
BID out OF the drivers, and | see the dust
covered caravan showing that they como
f:om lar away. Cry the news up to the
2alace. The Qneen of Shcba advances,
Let all the people come out to sec. Let
the mighty men ofthe land come out on
The palace corridors. Let Solomon come
doWn the stairs of the palace before the