The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-17

| ture OF the Phoenician or Assyriar
type of architecture. Its walls were
six cubits in thickness. These wall.
| were surrounded by series of thirty
| chambers five cubits square for the
| Leyites. Around these chambers there
was an outside wall five cuhits ii
thickness. The interior of the temple
| or sanctuary was sixty cubits Ions
| and twenty cubits wide. 1t was en-
tered through porch or tower, of thu
same width. but only ten cubits long
The building faced the east. At the
entrance of the porch or vestibule
stood two great fiuted Tyrian pillars
of brass Or bronze, surmounted by
chapters Of lily and pomegranate
work. Symbolical names were given
to these pillars signifying strength
and beauty. Between the pillars was
a flight of steps which led to the
porch or vestibule which contained
the gilded shields taken in battle by
King David from Hadadezer's sol
dfers. Beyond the porch was the
sanctuary which was entered through
folding doors of cypress wood with
posts of olive wood. The walls of the
sanctuary were covered with cedar
overlaid with gold and the floors were
covered with cypress overlaid with
gold.
Something Of the Interior.
The sanctuary consisted of two
apartments, the first of which was
the holy place, twenty by sixty subits
Windows are mentioned, but these
were not windows in the ordinary
sense, but rather aperatures for ad-
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the :. seven-branched golden candle
stick by which it was lighted. the
table Of show bread, and the altar Of
incense. The priests only were ad-
mitted to the holy place. Beyond the
holy place and separated from it by
doors and heavy veil was the holy
of holes in the form of a perfect
cube, twenty cubits long, twenty wide
and twenty in height. It contained
only the famous ark of the covenant
overshadowed by the cherubim; this
ark had been carried through the will
derness by the children Of Israel and
contained the pot Of mama, Aaron's
rod that budded, and the tables of
stone upon which the commandments
had been inscribed by the finger Of
God. The holy of holes was lighted
by the Shekinah or glory of God No
one might enter this sacred apart
ment save the high priest, and he
only once year on the great day Of
atonement when he offered up atone
ment for his own sins and those of
the people.
Outside of the temple and fifty
cubits to the east of it stood the
altar OF burnt offering, on either side
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in which the sacrifices were cleansed
before they were placed upon the
altar Between the altar and temple
to the south stood the brazen sea, con-
sisting of a great brass basin in the
shape of a lotus flower, five cubits
high. ten cubits in diameter. and
hand-breadth in thickness. This great
basin, which contained water for the
additions OF the priests, rested upon
twelve great brazen oxen, three of
which faced the east, three the west,
three the north and three the south.
The outer court OF the temple is sup
posed to have been surrounded by a
wall, with gates or entrances on the
east, north and south.
Idea was His Fathers.
While the chief instrument in the
building of the temple was Solomon,
King of Israel. the idea originated
with David, his father. Up to this
time the Israelites worshipped in the
portable sanctuary
which their fathers had carried
through the wilderness. After David
had become well settled in his king
dom and had erected for himself a
splendid palace it did not seem appro-
pirate to him that his people should
continue to worship in the torn and
tabernacle. So he proposed
10 erect a temple that was suitable
FOR the worship of the most high God.
This purpose was approved at first
BY the prophet Nathan. but he was
instructed of God that
since David was warrior it was not
itting that he should build the temple
which should be erected by his son.
However, David gathered together a
great quantity of materials, gold, sill
rer, brass. iron, onyx, and precious |,
stones to facilitate the work of build |
ng when his son came to the throne. |
In the erection of the temple King |
Solomon had TIE cooperation and as
,istance of Hiram, king OF Tyre, with
whom his father David had formed an |
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