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

oring the donies Of our cAptt43NS
gold THE frst one that ever ~
history was old solomon. ~ 1m3
! the dome Of his temple with xot&ys
the sun shore on II II rejects
refuigent splendor that Il dax1J&
people for miles away SS
| It's courts and apartments wcUl4
100000 people. twenty-nve tAhorM&
he size Of this. The people cou1M
into Solomon'e temple and eok
the roof and under the poTchAosx3
you think you've got somethin9,s
n.y. -r~S< f-1yx1rxkA,<Ae- ~ s~Ax-4s.
'iohnaE~ OF as,ars fasr f mi nif,afsis. s.ss1 =
listers or columns and tbs bnjIatH
sancording 70 onr ssaodards Of golM
silver, t500. 900
/, He had $4,000. oooo 900 worth az II
and silver on the floor, on the ~
covering the doors, and the lnn&
made to represent doves and all " 4
sort and fruit of all kinds. He hal E@&
hundred targets Of pure gold COO pI n
els OF gold in each target ana 33k8
were valued at 1890. 900. accordfnlS4 %
our standard OF gold M 'aSss M
| He had 3oo targets Of gold and tf2~
we're worth 100000. and when. ~ fN$
completed the iSW Pile. the giaRy w W
God filled 1t SO tie priests could ~ 4
enter to worship there. Then he tnKG1
his talent to wealth and the nsaff&9%
OK besutifuf city OF Jerusalem. ss.ss, sss
and these were all like Fairyland ~
ike tales OF magic, he produced OfUtg
aud vineyards He had 3 great CXE
lection of the rarest trees and N0N4A9
from every Paradise and cline Mlk X
Kept all OF these perpetualIy Srsse
brought the water for rliies md nsff4w'
from the springs and mountains IND
he built great adueducts and caYrteo n I
ae&pss great ravines that stand ffi6FS
To- this day, monuments OF maANn3f
power. II
My friends. ne gathered all o. thai 4
and all OF bis women and his corirtJL
hines aud his horses and his bililYi3A
io' gold and his great temple thai
would shield and cover 100000 pecp}E
All or this. only tickled his fancy fsss
little time and see him strolifna
among the flowers. piucking rose
taking a Whit at II and casting III \
away pulling off an orange or aprs&
or ponnegranate, d cluster Of grapFM
taxing bite and throwing them aSrA4
ana hear his footsteps az he walkS
through the palace over the goIdan
moor, beneath the great flashing dofnx
covered with pure gold and he wItsig
held not his heart from any 10y An;
he cried out, gags
~ is all vanity and vexa,lon 81 I
spirit" 81 81 4
What profit hath a man OF N n
bis labor which he taketh under fha
SUM-
what does man get out OF lifeaf9
ne only lives for what this life car, y
give him? What benefit Is II 10 Ii
man ii he simply lives for the graft
hcation OF his desires in this lifee
Immediately he takes anothar
fancy He had servants born in f5Sa
house. He had great possessions iii
great cattle and he gathered gold ana
silver He had men singers ANA
women singers. the delights OF the
sons of men, musical Instruments 81
Gil kinds and he withheld his heart
not from any JOY. Ii there was ang-
ming he wanted, he got il. He didr9st
restrain himself from any desire Or
ambition in life and he probably be-
came an art collector and he fed On
the beautiful and the artistic and this
esthetic and antique. He had firs
paintings and old china and per-
sian rugs and tapestry. and connoIss~
seurs Of art ransacked and markets
or the world to buy the most coxfiy
brio -a-brac and everything that would 4
tickle the fancy and please the cyr. Y
Maybe he dug up an old Ledstrnd
that Noah had in the ark and had IT
there.
And while his singing men am
singing women werc warbiing ana q
while his musicians were ptsyi,ass- x
and while he is lying yoluptuous U1 \
Il princely couch. he seems TO float Ia y
the air and he drinks to the very fI4s
OF all tho delights and pleasures 4
suddenly he is almost dying from dtD%
appointment, for all OF these dofYt D
crafty, for God never made heart
SO small and weakened as 70 be SAT- \
isfied with the greatest that tho
world could give. God made fOT I
himself place in sour heart and al
the gold and all the silver and an
the honor and glory and all tin \
pleasures and lust and all the gratfQv
cation never win satisfy human
heart IL God Almighty isn't In Il, 1ss. n
Old Solomon went down the linz.
II there was anything he wanted, ~
got 1T and whens he got through hs
says. 1T ia all vanity. IL lis All II
puff Of wind bubble for 4 fsomantlss
What Profit Hath n Man?
What profit hath a man OF nj .h1s
lahors which he taketh under fh@
SUM-" ss
So this wise and honorable ana
great king: ne drinks from one golden III
cup after another and daShes thetn
all away, not one satisfies him. III #
Every man and woman wants ~ U!
be satisfied. Every man or aw05n1h IA
Is more or less hungry for sonlctklUY
the world cannot give Every ifa<fl
and woman Is cropping after ks1tt6 Nd
thing they don't possess but M01cA Y
their nature Graves and calls Nf&eS s.
There are men here tonight, TIL All& N
my life, who have been doing Clint q
all their days. They have tried cvex5-
thing. there is nothing they hAve4
gone TO. for they have climbed u
heights and they have fothomed n N
depths of human thought Of ln&3&
ton, and of indulgence: they h45& 81
fame and they have diyed low; f4
have passed every extreme point 16y1 q
dangers that could be suggeetA4 ~
imagined 10 the mind. e Nsssi II q 4
And SO you are on the verge N8s3&k
grave. All Of 1t has only bseaa
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