The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-03-11
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Regal Splendors OF the Orient
Graphically Described
The GIories of the Christian Religion Com
pared with Them-The Joyful SUR
prise In store for Those Who
Accept Christ


Behold, the half was not told mel Kings.
H. X
Solomon hadresolved that Jerusalem
should be the center OF all sacred, regal
and commercial magniRcence. he SET
himself to work and monopolized the
surrounding desert as a highway Tor
his caravans. He built the city of Pal
mvra 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 anu
leave part of their wealth in the hands
of Solomon's merchants lie manneo
chs fortress Thapsacus, at the cn.eI
ford of Che Euphrates, ana put nnder
guard everything that passed there
The three great pfofrcts q Palesrne-
wine pressed from the rfcsfsst clusters, |
and celebrated all the wofld Gfefs OH |
which in that hot country Is the e.HeIre
substitute for butter and lard, and vas
pressed from the olive branches until
every tree in the country became an OH
well; and honey. which was the eptire
substitute for sugar-these three great
products of the country, Solomon ex-
ported. and received in return fruits
and precious woods, and the animals OF
every CLINE.
Hs went down to Ezion-geber and
ordered a feet OF ships TO be construct
cd, oversav the workHen and watched
the launching Of The aotilla, which was
20 GO out on more than a gears voyage,
20 bring home the wealth OF Che then
known world. lie heard that the EFyp-
tian horses were large and swift, and
lonr-maned and round-limbed, and ne
resolved to purchase them. giving
eirbtv-five dollars apiece for them, put
ting the best of these horses in his own
stall, and selling the surplus to foreign
potentates at great profit rrgn.
He heard that there was the best Of
timber ON Mount Lebanon, and he sent
ont one hundred and eighty Thousand
men to hew down the forest and drag
the timber through the moHfitain forges'
10 construct il into RATS TO be Aoated to
Joppa. and from thence to be draw by
ox-teams twenty-five miles across trs
land to Jerusalem. lie heard that there
were beautiful flowers in other lands
lie sent for them, planted them in his
own gardens. and to this very day there
are flowers found in the ruins OF thai
eitT eueh as are to he found in no Other
mart of Palestine. the lineal descend
ants of the very floweT5 that Solomon
planted. He heard that m torelFr
groves there were birds of rIcfest v07c'
and most luxuriant wings lie sent on
peopIe to catch them and bring then
there. and he put them into his cages
stand back now, and see this lonl
train of camels coming up to the king
gate, and the OK trains from Egypt
cold and silver and precious stones
and beasts of every hoof, and birds o
every wing, and fish of every scale
See The peacocks strut nnder the &C
dars. and the horsemen run, and tn
ehariots wheelt HarlS to the orche'
+ral Gaze upon the dancei Not stoI
ming to look into the wonders of tn
temple, step right on to the eRusewaJ
and mass up TO Solomon's palace.
Here we find ourselves amid coEe'
ton of buildings, on which the kin
had lavished the wealth Of many en-
hires. The genius of Hiram, the arch
tect. and of the other artists, is heI
seen in the long line of corridors, an
the suspended gallery and the approac
TO the throne Trnceried window o.
posite traceried window. Bronzed
naments bursting into lotus and III
and OOmeQranaIc-
ed bv network of leaves, in which i'm
tation fruit seemed suspended, as
hanging baskets. Three branches
Josephus tells us-three branches seui
tured on the marble, SO thin and subj
that even the leaves seemed to qulve
A laver capable of holding five hundr'
barrels of water. on six hundred braz'
OK heads. which gushed with water th
filed the whole place with coolne
and crystalline brightness and music
pIash. Ten tables chased with char
wheel and lion and cherubim- Solom
sat on a throne of ivory. At the SET
ing place of the throne, on each end
the steps, n brazen hon. Why, 7
friends, in that place they trimm
their candles with shutters Of gold, a
they cut their fruits with knives
gold, and they seooped out the ash
with shovels of gold, and they stir
the altar fires with tongs of gold Gt
reflected in the water! Gold tiashi
from the apparel Gold blazing in
crowni Goldi goldl goldl
OF course the news of the afhuer
of that place went out everywhel
by every caravan, and by wing
every ship, until soon the streets
Jerusalem are crowded with curlos
seekers What is that long precessi
approaching Jeruslem? i think fir
the pomp of it there must be roya
in the train. ] smell the breath of
spices which are brought as preser
and / hear the shout of the drive
and / see the dust-covered carav
showing that they come from far aw
Cry the news up to the palace. I
queen. of Sheba advances Let all
people come out to see. Let the mig
men of the land come ont on the pal
corridors Let Solomon come do
the stairs Of the palace before
queen has alighted. Shake out
cinnamon, and the saffron, and
salamus, and the frankincense,
pass 1t into the treasure house Il
up the diamonds, until they glitter
the sun .G
The queen of Sheba alights.
enters the palace. She washes at
bath. She sits down at the bang
The cupbearers bow. The meat smol
You hear the dash of waters from
molten sea. Then she rises from
banquet and walks through the
servatories and gazes on the archi
ture, and she asks Solomon m
strange Questions, and she learns a.
the religion of the Hebrews, and
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