The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03

=, That wae the provision for one day
Just to feed the people.
Solomon, not only came into the
world with a golden spoon In his
mouth. but II had diamond sunburst
: handle TO IL.
/ He had no ambition that was not
achieved, he had no curiosity that was
server of everything. like his father
David. He said. Il have seen all tho
works which are done under the SUM-"
! meaning that the world had nothing
more to show him. meaning there was
nothing more than the world had to
teach that he didn't know. That was
| going soma. believe me-
! AT sometime In our life we have all
ervied great scholarships and great
ability and we have all thought 1t
would be a foretaste Of heaven II we
only had the opportunity to learn all
we'd like to know and we believe that
the greatest joy that could come to a
human being was the Joy of knowing
al, you'd like to know or possessing
al you'd like. to own,
|. Well. Solomon not only drank the
well OF knowledge. dry. but be turned
or the faucet and pulled out the pump
He exhausted all the schools and COL
leges Of hts day. and he gave his teach
ers and professors nervous prostration
,
something he didn't already know.
And. after he drank the fountain OF
knowledge dry. he said. 60 to IL now,
and. win see what ! can get out u
pleasure and mirth.'
And he cut loose on that line and
carried on In such q way that II would
make a baseball Tan at the worlds
clothing store.
:. He climbed into his golden coach with
its diamond set wheels and he went
round the track 10 fast that II would
make Barney Oldfieid look like piker.
Why. he set the bleachers crazy. and
shriektng and screaming out. sir. and
with breakneck speed he swung In
high gear down the rose-lined ave-
nues Of sensual pleasures that opened
up In front OF him in every direction.
just as though they led straight into
paradise instead Of straight into the
Pit Of he'll.
BY and by his shining chariot OF
pleasure lost wheel and he was down
In the mud and the slough Of despond.
crying out to the four .flushers and tho
mixers that arc trying to follow hts
lead.
go back. you fools. 70 hack! There
IL nothing In II. II is all vanity. It 10
nothing but lemon. Go back! Go
back:'
Then he took to hitting theN booze
He had a molten sea that contained
2ss2le Eaalons 81 wine and this molen
sea. rested upon the backs OF twelve
golden oxen. three standing with their
faces to the north.s three 70 the south.
three to the east and three to the west
And he loved strange women. There
II where he struck out. They soon
had him hanging over tho ropes. with
his tongue out. He had seven hum
drcd wives and three hundred concu.
bines. Why. he made old Brigham
Young look like = bushwhacker. And
he laid hold on folly with both hands,
and he found that only an empty bub-
bile and he said. TT II all vapity and
vocation Of spirit"
SOlomon's Temple.
Theu he goes to building great
houses. chief Of which IL his ma9nif-
cent temple which bears HIS name II
took seven years to huifd II. Il took
the combined efforts Of $4,000 strAn-
gers-;yst to build II. II took 10000
men eleven years Just to cut down the
trees ami there were 80 600 fellows that
did nothing but hew ana shape IN
wood, and there were 10000 men VIII
aid nothing but drag timbers ont OF
the woods to the place where they were
going TO build the temple. There wert
so. 900 squared stones. and 1t the ds4l-
catory service they spent seven days In n
festivities and they slew 100000 sheep
and 10000 oxen.
S II was bnilt of marble Al curipusix
hewA and cAreeull1 1elna4 teAea12s - !