The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-03-12
QUEEN OF sHEBA
Was Surprised When She. Beheld
| the Glory of Solo,
tsSSs%%ss& mon, EaAJsSs
treat Surprises Are in Store in Heaven
for those Who Serve God
While on Earth.

S~OSSA wv oANS "DCA A1CClO l1SUCI4~
ell to a glowing description of the
magnificence of Solomon which DIR.
Talmage likened to the glories OF the
Christian religion, which would, he
said, be a surprise to all who tried it
for themselves. His text was: / Kings
1O:7. "Behold, the half was no; told
me-"
Solomon had resolved that Jerusa.
lem should be the center of all sacred,
regal and commercial magnificence.
He set himself to work and monopo-
Lied the surrounding desert as a high.
wayfor his caravans. He built the city
o~fPalmyra around one Of the principal
wells of the East. so that all the
long trains OF merchandise from the
East Were 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 pass.
ed them. The three great products OF
Palestine-wine pressed from the rich
est clusters and celebrated all the
world over; oil which in that hot
country is the entire substitute for
butter andlard, and was pressed from
the olive branches until every tree in
the country became an oil we'll; and
honey 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 went down to Ezion -geber and
ordered a fleet OF ships to beconstruc-
ted, oversaw the workmen, and watch
ed
| which was to 90 out on more than a
years voyage to bring home the wealth
of the then known world. He heard
that the Egyptian horses were large
and swift, and long-maned and round
limbed. and he resolved to purchase
them, giving $85 apiece for them, put
I ting the best of these horsesin his own
stall and selling the surplus to foreign
potentates at great profit.
He heard that there was the best OF
timber on Mount Lebanon, and he
sent out 1905 men to hew down
the forest and dragthet timber through
the mountain gorges, to construct it
into RATS to be floated to Joppa, and
from thence to be drawn by OK teams
25 miles across the land to Jerusalem.
He heard that there we're beautiful
flowers in other lands. He sent for
them, planted them in his own gar.
dens, and to 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 descend.
ants of the very flowers that Solomon
planted. He heard that in foreign
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 o%x-trains from
Egypt, gold and silver and precious
stones, and beasts of every hoof, and
birds Of every wing, and fish of every
scale! See the peacocks strut under
the cedars, and the horsemen run, and
the chariots wheel! Hark to the
orchestra! Gaze upon the dance! Not
stopping to look into the wonders Of
the temple, step right on to the
causeway, and pass up to Solomon's
| palace!
Here we find ourselves amid a col
lection of buildings ON which the king
had lavished
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 sus.
pended gallery and the approach to
| the throne. Traceried window oppo'
site traceried window. Bronzed orna,
ments bursting into lotus and lily and
pomeeranite. Chapters surrounded
by network Of leaves in which imi'
tation fruit seemed suspended as in
hanging baskets. Three branches-so
| Joseph tells us-three branches sculp-
| tured ON the marble, so thin
and subtle that even heleaves seemed
to culver. A laver capable Of holding
500 barrels OF water on 600 brazen
ox-heads, which gushed with water
and filled the whole place with cool:
ness and crystalline brightness and
musical plash. Ten tables chased
with chariot wheel and lion the cheru.
BIN. Solomon sat on a throne Of
ivory. At the seating place of the
throne, on each end OF the steps, a
braz4n lion. Well, 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 i'll basins OF gold,
and they scooped out the ashes with
shovels OF gold, and they stirred their
altar fires with tongs OF gold: Gold
reflected in the water! Gold flashing
from the apparel! Gold blazing in the
crown! Gold! gold! gold!
OF course the news of the afluellce OIL
that place went out everywhere by
every caravan and by wing oil every
shin. until soon the streets OF Jertlsa'
lem are crowded with curiosity seekers
What is that long procession ap'
preaching Jerusalem? | think from
the pomp of it there must be royalty
in the train. / smell
THE BREATH OF THE SPICES ~
which are brought as prese ats, and
hear the shout of the drivers, and
see the d~ust-covered caravan shosln9
that they come from far away. Cry
the news up to the palace. The Queer
Of Sheba advances. Let all che PEG
Die come out to see Let the might,
men Of the land come out on the pal,
ace corridors. Let Solomon come
down the stairs of the palace before
the queen has aliphted. Shake QUIT h