The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-03-02
then and there becomes servant Of .he

then and there becomes a servant OF tho
Lord God
She is overwhelmed. She begins to
think that all the spices she brought
and all the precious woods which are
intended to be turned into harps and
psalteries and into ratings for the
causeway between the temple and the
palace, and the $780, 900 in money-she
begins to think that all these presents
amount to nothing in such place. and
she is almost ashamed that she has
brought them, and she says within her.
self: 81 heard q great deal about
this wonderful religion of the He
brews but l find it far beyond my
highest anticipations / must add moro
than 20 per cent to what has been re-
lated. II exceeds everything that !
could nave expected. The half-the
half was not told me-"
Learn from this subject what beau
titul thing it is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
When religion comes to neighborhood
the first to receive it are the women.
Some men say it is because they have q
quicker perception of what is right,
more ardent affection and capacity for
sublimer emotion. After the women
have received the gospel then all the
distressed and the poor of both sexes,
those who have no friends, accept
Jesus. Last of all come the people of
affluence and high social position. Alas,
that it is sol
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. am glad that Christ has
had His imperial friends in all ages
Elizabeth Christina, Queen of Prussia;
Maria Feodorovna, Queen of Russia;
Marie, Empress Of France; Helena, the
imperial mother Of Constantine; Area
dia, from her great fortunes building
public baths in Constantinople and toll
ing for the alienation Of the masses;
Queen Clotilda, leading her husband
and three thousand of his armed war
riors TO Christian baptism; Elizabeth,
Of Burgundy, giving her jeweled glove
to beggar, and scattering great for
tunes among the distressed; Prince AL
bert, singing "Rock Of Ages" in Wind.
sor Castle, and Queen Victoria, incog-
nita, reading the Scriptures to a dying
pauper.
l bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music, oil its harmonies, and paint
ing, all its pictures, and sculpture, all its
statuary and architecture, all its pill.
lars and conquest, all its scepters; and
the queens of the earth, in long line Of
advance, franl1incense filing 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 palace
Of this greater than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search Of truth. Do
you know where Sheba WASP 1t was in
Abyssinia, or some say in the southern
part Of Arabia Felix In either case 1t
was great way off from Jerusalem.
To get from there to Jerusalem she had
to cross country infested with bandits
and 60 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
wanted to sec for herself, and hear for
herself She could not do this by work OF
committee. She felt she had a soul worth
ten thousand Kingdoms like Sheba and
she wanted robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles, and she
wanted crown set with jewels of
eternity. Bring out the camels Put
on the spices. Gather up the jewels Of
the throne and put them on the cara
van. Start now; no time TO be lost
Goad on the camels When / see that
caravan, dust-covered. weary and ex-
hausted, trudging on across the desert
and among the bandits until it reaches
Jerusalem, say: There is an earnest
seeker after the truth"
But there are great many of you,
my friends, who do not act in that way.
You all want to get the truth, but you
want the truth TO come to you; you do
not want to 60 to IT. There are people
who fold their arms and say: 81 am
ready to become a Christian at any
time; II / am to be saved / shall be
saved, and II am TO be lost / shall be
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 bearera
Goad on the camels; Jerusalem will
never come TO you; you must go TO
Jerusalem The Bible declares II: "The
queen OF the South"-that Is this very
woman am speaking of-'the queen
Of the south shall rise up In Judgment
against this generation and condemn IL;
for she came from the uttermost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom OF
Solomon; and, behold a greater than
Solomon is here" God help me to