The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-19
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Jer m:we notice also the noble spiritof
David, he was willing to pay some money
on his religion, neither did he try to worship
God on credit; on this same mountain
in the year B. G. IoII and eight years
after David bought the threshing floor
from Arannah. Solomon begun to build
his beautiful temple, afterwards known
as "Solomon's Temple"
We read in II Chron. 81 "Then Sol
ONION began to build the house of the
Lord at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah.
where the Lord appeared unto David, his
father, in the place that David had prepar-
ed in the threshing floor of Oman, the
Jebusite."
We will speak of the temple at length
in our letter on "Solomon's Temple, De-
struction and Rebuilding"
Standing on the top of this venerable
mountain. the ancient JebuSite had fine
view and later the Jews could, from its
lofty crest, have view of the surrounding
country, which was extensively pictur-
esque and beautiful, especially when COW
cred by dewdrops, sparkling in the rising
sun, spread out before the delighted eye
as on a great natural canvas is, every
thing needed to complete a landscape
Here are to be seen the homesteads, wind
| ing rivers, Jordanic Valley, Judean Hills,
brewing cattle, azure skies, lofty peaks
green olive groves and star extending
plains" The most memorable spot on
earth, and the only spot honored of God
through long ages as "habitaton of his
holiness is Morah, where, as is generally
believed. Melchizdek, king of Salem,
oficiated as priest of the most high
God" And Solomon in after years
erected the finest temple ever built with
hands for worship of Jehovah, on the
spot, as we learn from Josephus, where
Abraham reared his alter for the sacrifice
of his son.
AS said before, it is one of the four
mountains, on which Jerusalem is situat-
ed, separated from Zion on the west by
the Tyropean Valley. and from Olivet
on the east by the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
and beyond doubt the place of Abraham's
attempted sacrifice of his son.
When we contemplate the past history
of Gods people, and see his miraculous
dealing with them, and preparatory to the
| birth and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and
the establishment of his kingdom on
earth and in the hearts of his people, we
exclaim with the opposite of the Gen
tiles" 20, the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! How
unSearchable are his judgments, and
his ways past finding out! For who hath
known the mind of the Lord, or who hath
been his councillor, or who hath first
given to him and it shall be reoompensed
unto him again, for. of him, and through
him and to him are all things, to whom
be glory forever, amen" Rom. 1890
AS write this letter October 10, 1903,
am thinking over the BITS years since
Abraham offered Isaac on Mount Moriah,
and how God has ever kept his promise
and his threats with the sons and daugh-
tiers of men, the restless ages roll on in
regular succession, the earth remains.
'seed time and harvest, cold and
heat, summer and winter, day and night"
has not ceased. Empires have risen and
fallen, dynasties waxed and waned,
generations have come and gone, and to-
day we are walking upon, and among,
the tombS of past centuries. We look
back, and note with bated breath the
ancient mile stones, we think of the Gin
the beginning God created the heavens
and EARTH" But, oh, when was this
beginning Certainly not just 5000 years
ago. Geology tells US better; six thous-
and years ago, God made the globe
suitable habitaton for men. We think
of old Father Noah and the flood, or
Deluge, the Tower of Babal, the .disper-
sion of the races, the building of the
great pyramids of Egypt, 2I7o B. c., of
Abraham, and destruction of the cities of
the plain" of Isaac B. c. 1896, of Jacob
BIC. 1897, of Joseph B. c. I745, the
going into Egypt, Jacobs prophecy
in Egypt b. G. 1850, Job lived B. c.. 1900,
we think of Moses and the children of
Israel.
AS we come down the ages, we note
the succession of empires, the Chaldean B,
G. 1000 to 1900, the Assyrian B. G.. 1870,
later Chaldean $50 years B. c., then the
Persian empires and Malachie's prophecy.
the last till John the Baptist 400 wears
B. c., then the Greek ruler to be succeed
ed by the Roman 90 B. C. "And in the
days of these kings shall the God of heav-
en- set up a kingdom, which shall never be
DESTROYED, and the kingdom shall not be
left to other people, but shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms and
it shall stand forever Dan. 2:43)
SO the church of Jesus Christ has been
rolling and filling ''the whole earth, as
Hluou dlcu ny TIC Hlllc SlOIe cut out OF
the mountain, without hands,"
God sfulflling his purposes day after
day, as the world rolls on, and time itself
is but a little fragment of eternity cut off
and given to men in order that they might
prepare for more extended existence in
better world. Time is rolling on its pom
derous wheels, never inactive, bearing
away the precious freight of human oppor-
tunities. Oh, could we but endorse in
our hearts and practice in our lives the
beautiful stanzas of Charles Wesley:
Come, let us anew-our journey persue
Roll round with the year,
And never stand still till the master appear.
His adorable will-let US gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve
By the patients of hope and the labor of love
Our life is dream; our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away"
And the fugitive moments refuse to
stay, yes, in thinking over all these things,
feel lonely, so many of my comrades
have passed on, "and others are crossing
now" This world is losing its charms
for me. There is nothing here to live for,