Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-11

ehhlI oe iIOel INTO Tue palacs OF tnlS BreaJer
than Solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is
earnestness in the search OF truth Do you
know where Shsba wasI II was in Asvs-
sinla, or some say in the southern part OF
Arabia Felix. In either case it was a great
] way Off from Jerusalem. To go from there
| to Jerusalem she hal to cross a country ir-
tested with bandits and go a"-oss blisterin9
deserts. Why did not the Queen Of Sheba
stay at home and SEMI a committee to inquire
about this new religion, AMI have the dele
gates report in rsgar! to that religion md
wealth of King Solo nol?
She wanted to see for herself an hear FOR
| herself. She could nos do this by work
Of committee She felt she had a soul worth
ten thousand kingdoms ike Shshl, ani sue
wanted a robe richer than any woven by
oriental shuttles. AMI she wantel a crown
set with the jewels OF eternity. Bring out
the camels. Put on the spices Gather up
the jewels OF the throne anl put them on the
caravan. Start now. No tine TO DO lost.
Goad on the camels. When | soc that cara
van, dust covered, weary AMI exhausted,
trulgtng on across thu desert AMI anOlg
the bandits until it reaches Jsrusalen. say
"Hhere is an earn st seeker after the TRUTH
But there are u great many or you, my
friends, VINO do not act IN that way. You
all want to get the truth, bit you want tis
truth to cone to you; you do not want TO 20
to il. There are peoole wac folt their arms
and say Il am ready TO bscOms Christian
at any time. II an TO DO sayel shall b5
saved, and am 70 b3 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 C)me u you; you
must go and get religion. Bring out the
camels. Put on all thu sweet spices all the
treasures OF the hearts affection. Start for
the throne. Go in aul hear ths waters Of
salvation dashius in fountains all around
about the throne. Sit down at ths banquet
the wine pressed from the grapes Of the
heavenly Eschol, the angels Of ODD tho cup
bearers.
Goad on the cames: jerusalem will never
come 70 you; You must 90 To Jerusalem.
The Bible declares ii: THE queen OF the
south that Is, this very woman am speak.
Ing of-''the queen OF the south shall rise up
in Judgment against this generation aud
condemn 1t, for she came from tbs uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom OF
Solomon; AMI behold greater than Solo
mon Is here God help me 10 break up the
intatuation of those people who are sitting
down in idIeneSs expecting TO DO saved .
strive TO enter In at the straight gate
Ask, and 1t shall be given you; seek, and y'
shall find, knock, ani 1t shall be opened x
YOU Take the kingdom OF heaven by VIC
Ience. Urge on the camelsl
Again, my subject imHr .Sses me with tht
fact that religion Is sIrpris, tO any one
that gets It. This cory OF the new religion
in Jerlsaiem, anu % the glory of King Solo
mon. VINO was typo OF Chrlst-shlt story
rolls on ani on AMI is toll by even traveller
coming back from JsrusHlen. The news
goes on this wing Of every ship ani with
every caravan, AMI you know story en.
| larges as 1t is ratold, AMI by the time that
story gets down into the slut .erl part OF
E,.liv nj = h. ~ ,b,
1t, it must be tremendous story. Aud yes
| this queen declares in regard to it, although
| she had heard 50 much aud had her antiCi-
| pations raised 50 high, the half-the half was
not told her.
SO religion Is always a surprise 10 any one
that gets it. The story of grace-ln old
story. Apostles preached 1t with rattle OF
chain; martyrs declare it with arm OF fire;
deathbeds have affirmed it with visions OF
| glory and ministers OF religion have sounded
! It through the lanes AMI the highways and
! the chapels and the catle1ralS. 1t has been
cut into stone with clIsel anl sprcai on the
canvas with pencil, auI it has been rected
in the doxo!ogy OF great congregations
! And yet when a man first comes 10 look on
the palace OF Gods mere aul TO see the
royalty OF Christ, and tho wealth of this
| banquet, au the luxurlauce OF His attend
ants, and the lpvilnes3 OF His fach, an tho
| JOY OF His service, h eysl}ims with prayers,
with toars, with sInS with trlu nplS The
halt-the half was not toll me-
l appeal TO those in this mouse who are
Christians. Co npars the idea YOU had OF
the JOY OF the Christian life before you be-
came Christian with the appreciation of
that JOY you have nov since YOU have be-
| come Christian, ami you are willing TO at
test before an gels and men tIat you never in
the DAYS Of your spiritual bondage had any
appreciation OF wnat was to come. You are
ixyf lavr . ~ I
an opportunity in the midst Of this assem-
blage you would speak out AMI say in re-
| gard to the discoveries YOU have made OF tho
| mercy and the grace AMI tue goodness OF
God, "E.:5 ilan-the half was not told meN
Well, We bear great deal about the good
time that is coming to this worll, when it is
to be girdei with salvation. Holiness ON tbs
bells o. the horses. The lions name patted
by the hani OF a babe. Ships OF Tarshisl
bringing cargOes for Jesus, and the hard,
dry, barren, winter bleachei, storm SCARED,
thunder split rock breaking into hoois of
bright water. Deserts into which drome-
1aries thrust their nOstrllS because they
were afraid OF the simoom- lessrts bloom.
ing into carnation roses AMI silver tipped
lilies.
1t III the old story. Every body tells it.
Isaiah told it, joan told it. Paul told it. Eze-
kial told it. Luther told it, CALVIN told it.
John Milton told it-evoryboly tells 1t, and
yet-ani yet when the midnight shall fly the
hills AID Christ shall marshal His great
army, ard China dasniny her idols into the
dust, shall hear the voice OF God and wheel
into line: and India, destroying her jugger,
naut and snatchinS up her little children
from tho Gauges, snail hear tho voice OF
God and wheel into line AMI vine covered
Italy, and all the nations of the eartn snail
hear the voice OF God aud fall iuUo line; then
the church which mas usen toiliug and strug
ia t~ia Al nd
lan1el like a bride adorned for her husband,
shall put aside her vail an / look W into the
face of her Lord aud King, and say, The
half.-the halt was not told me"
Well there is coming greater surprise to
every Christlan-a greater surprise than
anything | have depicteI. Heaven is an
old story. Everybody talks about it. There
is hardly a hymn in the hymn book that
does not refer TO it. Children read about it
in their Sabb ath-school book Aged men
put on their spectacIes to study it. We say
IL il a harbor from tho storm Wa call
1t our homes We say 1t is tho house Of
many mansions. We weave together all
sweet beautiful, delicate, exnilarauJ words;
we weave them into letters, and then We
spell it out in ross and lily and anafanth.
And yet that place is gong TO b3 surprise
to the most intelligent Christian.
Like the Queen OF Sheba, the report has
come to us from the far country, and many
of us have started 1t is desert march, but
we urge on the cameis What though our
feet be- blisterel with the wayG We are
Fastening to the palace. We take all our
loves and hopes and Christian ambitions as
frankincense aud myrrh AMI cassla to the
great King. We must not rest. We must
not halt. The night is coming on, aud it is
not safe out here in the desert. Urge on the
cameIs see the domes against the sky,
and tho houses of Lebanon, AMI the TEN.
pies and the gardens. See the fountains
dance in the sun, and the gates flash US they
open to let in the poor pilgrims.
Send the word up TO the palace that we
are coming, aud that we are weary Of the
march of the desert. The King, will come