The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-03-10

more than fifty per cent. to what has
been related. II exceeds everything
that could have expected, Tho half
The half was not told me-"
Learn from this subject what b9au-
titul thing it is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
When religion comes to Il neighborhood.
the first to receive it are the women.
Some mcu say it Is because they are
| say it Is because they |
have quicker perception of what is right,
more ardent affection and capacity for !
sublimer emotion.
1t there are those here today who |
have been favored OF fortune, or, as |
might better put in, favored Of God, sur
render all you have and all you expect
to be To the Lord who blessed THIS
Queen OF Sh"ba. Certainly you are not
ashamed TO be found IN This uuccu's
company. am glad that Christ has
impt rial friends in AL agts- Ellz lbrth
Christina, quccu OF Prussia; Marta Fec.
dOrOvna, queen of Russia. Maria. Em-
pcss Of Franccr Helena. ihc imperial
mother OF Constantine; Arcadia, lr0n
her at fortunes building public baths
in ConstantiDUplC and to;liug lOr thc
l
tllta, lea ling her husband and three
thousand OF his armed warriors to Chris
tian baptism; Elizabeth OF Burgundy.
giViuS her icwcled glove to a bcIyar anu
scattrrluL great fortunes among the ds-
trr.Scd; Prince Albert, singing "RrCli
OF Ages" III Windsor castle, nud Queen
Victoria, lncognita, reading the Scrip.
lures to Il dying paupcr.
| blcss God thai the day is comlny
when royalty will brlny all its thrones,
and music all its harmonics, aud paint
my all its pictures, aud sculpture ali its
statuary, and architecture I'LL its pillars,
and conquest all It's scrptccs; aud the
queens of the earth, in long line Of adj
vance, irankinccnH filling the air and
the camcls laden with gold, Shall ap.
proach Jerusalem, and the gates Shall
bc Eo:stcd, and the great burden OF
splcndor shall he lifted into the palace
oIthis greater than solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what
Is carneStneSS in the search Of truln.
DO YOU know where Shcba was: 1t
was in Abyssinia, or some sly in he
southern part OF Arabia Felix. In cill.cr
case IT was great way on from .Jcrusa
lem. TO 90 from there to Jerusalem
She had to cross Il country infested
with bandits and 90 across blistcring
deserts, Why did not the Queen of
Shcha stay at home aud send a commit
tee to inquire about this new religion,
and have the delegates report IN regard
to that religion and wealth o. Kin, Solo-
moi?
She wanted to see Tor herself and
hear Tor herself. She could not do this |
by work OF committee. She felt she
had Il soul worth ten thousand Klny- |
d"mS Ike Shcha, and she wanted Il robe !
richer than any woven BY oriental shut |
ties, aud she wanted Il crown set " ith |.
the Jewels of eternity. Bring out the |
Games. Pat on the spices. Gather UP !
the jewels OF the throne and mt them |
on the caravan. Start now. No time
to hc lost. Goad on the camcls. When |
| see that caravan, dust covered, weary |
and exhausted, trudynw ON across the
desert and among the bandits until it ,
reaches Jerusalem, | say. "rhcrc is a.. |
earnest seeker after the trulh.'
Bat there arc l great many of vOu, |
my friends, who dD not act in that way. |
y on all want To get the ruth, but You
want the truth to come to you: You do |
not want to 90 to ii. There are people !
who fold their AIMS and say: Il am |
ready TO become Il Christian at any |
time. II am TO be saved shall hu |
SAVED, and II | am 10 be lost shall Dc |!
lost" Ah! Jerusalem Will never come !
to YOU; you must 90 10 Jerusalem. The .
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ Wi. !
not come to YOU; NUu must 20 aul got .
religion. Bring ou; the camclS. I'ul !
on ali The sweet spices. all i!ir treasures ,
OF The hearts All, Ctlun. $tUlt iDr t'c .
throne. Go in and hear I!Ic waters o.
salvation ,laSh.nG IN fountains all around
about the throne. Sit dO"n ut lie ban
Iuct-thc W}nc pressed from tic grape,
oi the heavenly E,chol, the auGcl~ ~
God the Cupbcarcr5.
GoHd on the C.tmclS; Jerusalem vii!
never come to You; YOU must 20 to
jerusalem. The Bible declares it: .i'hc
queen Of the s0ulhn-that is. this vcry
woman | am speaking ot-"thc queen
)i the south stall rise up in iud Imcnt
against this generation and condemn il:
or she came from the uttcrmOst parts
II the earth to hear the wisdom of S)Io-
non; and, behold! Il greater than Solo
non Is here" God help me o break
~ the lnlatuatlOn OF these people who
're slLiln" down i'll ldlcncSs expecting to
DC saved. ''StriVc to enter in at the
straight gate. Ask, and it shall be given
.ou; seek, and shall lind; knock, and it
hail be opened to YOU" Take the
'lnGuom OF heaven by violence. Urge
N the camels!
Again, my subject imprcsscs me with
he lact that religion is IL surprise to any
me that gets it. This story of the now
cl"lon in Jerusalem, and Of the glory
u King Solomon, who was type OF
Jhrlst-that story rolls on and on and is
Old by every traveller coming back from
ctusalcm. The news goes on the wing
i every ship and with every caravan,
nj you know story cnlarGcs as it is
etold, and by the time that story cts
own INTO the southern part of Arabia
'ellX, and the Queen of Shcba hears it,
must be a tremendous story. And {
ct this queen declares III regard to it,
lthOuGh she had heard so much and had {
Ter anticipations raised so high, the hall
the half was not told her.
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