The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-26
CAPTAIN 3EHAJAH.
by j. II Mills
CHAPTER III.

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2iheele'S '"ll'S''''L5 OHe Ns'u eNeHO
which has called ms together, 1 am
still glad to speak Of my fathers
| friend, my own friend and your friend,
| especially as hiram the widow son,
had 10 De purleo without funeral.
| lbs death was 50 unexpected, ana the
| delay IN finding his body was so great
| that funeral worthy of such man
| was made impossible. Yet, even now,
z few words in his favor will be appro-
| pirate. The father of the widows son
maiF ed Hebrew girl, and thus the
son learned to speak your language.
| His tai.er also allowed him to learn
many arts. lie eNcelled as moulder,
| a blacksmith, a siIFersmlth, gold
smith, marble ca ter stone dresser,
| a dyer, engraYer ard architect. lie
| also invented the keystone on which no
improvement can ever be made. How to
| shape a stone so as to hold up two walls
and at the same time be upheld by
| them, was the great problem. We
could not solve it; but Hiram prepared
| the stone and it now holds the Temple
| i'm Jerusalem. His death was more
| distressing to us than to you; because
we had no one to fill his place.
'But King Hiram was indispensable.
not to us only. but to all mankind.
| You loved him because he was wise
and good Your city resting ON an
island seems to float upon the sea.
| Your navies put the luXuries Of the
world at your door. and your mountain
water invites all mankind to your
| fountains. Your cedars, into which no
worm has ever inserted a tooth are
usefllI i'm an that is made Of wood
v.r-. a,a1f4a never rru7nbIas The
,,arhIa Won hiring from the Nile adorus
s.-erv mart of ,1ur otty your shiDS
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government ana ialf eediilA5' anu li'
tfddIhs lieH S"PPHoa q IS - la''
market LOT ail VINO "IsIig9 - Ply s.
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ana we Pala our illll''s nov NV 'ile -
nor by Ihe year oll accot'l.ls ~ ll's'.
| SKIN, nelee the pG9J "ot"i'lei t"i''I
lot employ Iheht ana were SURF " ni'i
H. lie ana } ietieo hea'S ,'Aes' pu
we spent SO much money at nome lh7
the people We're always apie 20 NEE
all claims and accumulate properly
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rom me i-i,''7lil''l,' i'i} ,t[, - q,
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were uellieat ven 70 L55Sal anu 70 'li0 -
/ sup ~ tIie pun hgil IN 'lin - a.
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ceremonies
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iieI7 silol5d never -
9gitd among our
aose M.lo siaAti9i
Wlthout g'.Nlhs nun d cL5'liee 20 l'eleA"
himseli; those VINO fePoII PilNate coA-
yefsatl9us 70 lhJufe o.Heta' lnose VINO
inquire otnsfs oS e'il 'i ;, mons , "fH
among bne meaAesI % az ihahhi.d,
hing hiram anu my SSL were uii-
l}3nehlng friends. Inc Lord provided
him 10 help me with wood, stones and /
W0rkmen, IN the building OF the leIn-
pie Without his help the work could /
not have been done. 1t rs true that he /
was sorely disappointed in the cities |
which ] had promised him. / couid4
dispose of cities in the lands allottedd
by Joshua to the tribes Of Israel. The
best ] could d2 was to offer him cities
on The outskirts OF Canaan These were
very inferior IN comparison with the |
splendid buildings OF Tyre. You have
the BEST Workmen i'm the world, and |
an abundance OF all the material need !
ed for building. 50 the buildings OF