Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-09

tiful thing 10 is when social position and
wealth surrender themselves to God.
When religion comes TO n neigh bor-
hood, tho trst To receive IL are the
women. Some men say IL is because
they are weal>-ninded. say IL is boz
cause they have quicker perception OF
what Is right moro ardent affection
and capacity FOR sublimer emotion.
After tho women have received the
Gospel than all the distressed andsthe
proof of both sexes, those who nave no
friends, accept Jesus. Last of all
come thu people of affiuence and. high
social position Alas, that IL is soe'
II there arc those horc to-day who
have hscn favored of fortune. or as /
might better put IL, favored 81. God.
surrender all you havo and all you ex-
pcct 10 be to tho Lord who blessed this
Queen of Shcba Certainly you are
not ashamed to be found in the queens
company. ! am glad that Chris, has
had his imperial friends in AL ages
Elizabeth Christina, queen of PrussinS
Maria Feodorovna queen 81 Russia,
Marie. empress of France; l-clenn, tao
imperial mother of Constantine;
Arcadia, from her great fortunes builds
ing public baths m ConstaDtinoplc and
soiling for the allsviation of.thc masses:
Queen Cloulda, leading her husband
and 5000 of his armed wnrriocs 20
Christian baptism; Elizabeth of Bur
gundy; giving hcr jcwc,ed glove to q
bcggar and scattering great fortunes
among the distressed; Prince Albert
singing ''Rocko of Ages in the Windsor
castle. and Queen Victoria, incognita.
reading the scriptures to n dying pau
per.
l bless God that the day Is coming
when royalty will hring all its thrones,
and music all its harmonics. and paint
ing allits pictures. and sculpture all its
statuary, and architecture all its pill
lars, and conquest all it's scepters, and
the queens of the earth, I'm long line of
advance, franincensc filling the air and
the camels, laden with gold. shall APP
proach Jerusalem. and the gates shall
be hoisted, and the great burden OF
spleudor shall be lifted into the place of
this greater than Solomon.
Again. my subject teaches me what
is carnostness in the search of truth
Do you know where Sheba WASP II
was Abyssina, or some say in the south
IL was great way of from
Jerusalem. To get from there to
Jerusalem she had to GO across n
country infested with bandits,
and go across blistcring deserts.
Why did not tho queen of Shcba stay Mt
home and send committee to inquire
about this new religion, and have the
delegates report in regard TO that re-
ligion and wealth of King Solomon?
She wanted 10 see for herself, and hear
for herself She could not do this by
work of committee. She felt she had
soul worth ten thousand Kingdoms
like Sheba, and she wanted n robe
richer than any woven by Oriental
shuttles and she wanted crown set
with the jewels OF eternity. Bring out
the camcls Put on the spices. Gather
mp the jewels of the throne and put
them on tho caravan. Start now; no
time to be lost Goad on the camels
| When sec that caravan, dust-covercd.
weary and exhausted, trudging on
across the desert and among the ban
dts until IL reaches Jerusalem. say:
There is an earnest seeker after the
| truth"
But there arc n 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 go To it. There are people
who fold their arms and say: al am
ready to become Christian ut any
time; II am to he saved / shall be
saved, and IL am lost l shall be lost.
All! Jerusalem will never come to you;
you must go 10 Jerusalem. The re-
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ will not
come To you; you must go and get re-
ligion.
Bring out the camels; put on all the
sweet spices, all the treasures of tho
hearts affection. Start for the throne.
Go in and hear the waters of salvation
dashing in fountains all around about
the throne. Sit down ut the BANQUET
the wine pressed from the grapes of the
heavenly Eschol, the angels of God the
cup-bcarers. Goad on the camels;
Jerusalem will never come to you;
you must go to Jerusalem The
| Bible declares IL: 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 10 hear the wisdom OF Sol
ONION; aud, bcholdi greater than Sol
ONION is here" God help me 10 break
mp the infatuation of those people who
are sitting down in idleness expecting
TO be saved. "Strive TO enter in at the
strait gate, Ask, and il shall be given
you; seek. and We shall find; knock and
IL shall be opened TO you" Take the
kingdom of Heaven by violence. Urge
on the camels!
Again, my subject impresscs me with
the fact that religion is n surprise TO
any one that gets IT, This story OF the
new religion in Jerusalem and OF the
| glory of King Solomon. who was type
of Christ that story rolls on and on and
Is told by every traveller coming back
from Jerusalem. The news goes on the
wing of every ship and with every car
avan, and You know story enlarges
as IL IS rciold. and, by tho time the
story gets down into the southern part
Of Arabia Felix and tho Queen Of Sheba
hears u, u must Toe a tremendous story.
And yet this Queen declares in regard
20 10, although she had heard so much
and had her nnticipations raised so
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