The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-17
m. BEARDsLEY's
SERMON TO MAS0NS
a...or Of tho First Congregational
church Addressed Members
of Order at Special
Service.
ON TEMPLE OF SOLOMON
pastor Speaks Interestingly Of This
EdIfice and Some Lessons
Which May be Drawn
From II.

cnocial services, to which the
,embers of the Masonic orders OF
.his citv were especially invited
wore conducted in the First Congre'
sat;onal church last night. by Dr..
Frank G. Beardsley, S. T. D. pastor
of the church. DR.. Beardsiey TOOK
for his topic. The Building Of Solo
mons Temple. This was subject
Of particular significance to the mem
hers of the Masonic orders, and DR..
Peardsley treated 1t in most inter.
esting manner.
Special music was prepared for the
occasion. Miss Grace Edwards OF
warsaw sang a solo at this service,
and the choir sang several special
numbers. The church was we'll filled
for the service, which was under the
auspices Of the brotherhood of the
church.
Speakers Two Texts
DR.. Beardsley took for his text the
first verse of the twenty-ninth chap
ter. First Chronicles, For the palace
i, not for man, but for the Lord God, !"
and First Corinthians. sixteenth verse
of Chapter three: know We not that
We are the temple of God and that
the spirit of God dwelleth in YOU"
His sermon in full follows:
Next to David, Solomon was the
greatest of Israers kings, while his
reign was the most splendid. When
he succeeded his father to the throne,
he was young and inexperienced. One
of the first acts in his reign was to
sacrifice at Gibeon where the Lord
appeared to him in vision or dream,
saying. ASK what shall give thee? ?"
Solomon replied. 20 Lord. thou hast
made thy servant king instead of
David my father; and am but a
little child: know not how to go out
or come in. Give therefore thy ser
want an understanding heart to judge
thy people. that / may discern be-
tween good and bad; for who is able
TO judge so great a people, So
pleased was Jehovah because he had
asked wisdom rather than riches,
honor or long life that h, not only
gave him wisdom but assured him OF
riches, honor and long life. We need
not dwell upon the excuses which
corrupted Solomon's later life, but
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ne became the wisest of kings as well
as one of the richest and most hon.
cred The chief event in his reign
was the building OF the temple at
jerusalem. Since ancient craft ma
sonry additionally traces its origin
TO the building of the temple we have
selected as our theme for this occs-
sion, the building Of King Solomon's
temple.
Stood on 6row Of Hill.
The temple stood on the brow of
Mount Zion which overlooked the city
OF Jerusalem. 1t was constructed of
massive blocks of white limestone
quarrled in the hills few miles dis
tant. This limestone was susceptible
CT taking high polish like marble, in
iactit was species of marble. In
recent years some of the foundation
stones of this ancient temple have
aeen unearthed. One of these finely
nsVelied stones Is s3s1s feet long, z
ieet nigh and weighs more than 100
IONS, which will give us some idea
81 the character Of the workmanship
that went into the erection of Solo,
mons temple.
fhis building was massive struc-,