The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-10
The Temple of Truth


good name Is rather TO be chosen
than great riches Wisdom Is the
principal thing. therefore, get wis
dom
Vow we enter the chapter, called
EccIesiastes. and find il echoing with
the voice OF the Preacher, as ne
speaks of the great experiences or
life and the great conclusions ne
has reached from those experiences.
Charmed with the beauty Of his dis
course, we would willingly hnger
here. but other beauties await us,
and as we pass out we hear him say
Let US hear the conclusion OF the
whole matter: Fear God and keep His .
Commandments, for this Is the whole |
duty OF man"
| Let Us pass out now into that mys-
tarious book called the Song OF Solo |
mon, but which may properly be des-
ignated the Flower Garden Of the
Temple. 1t Ia wonderfully beautiful
and attractive, with the Rose OF
sharon" and The Lily Of the Valley"
charming the eye with their beauty
and filing the air with their frag-
rance. Men have written all sorts OF
fancfful interpretations OF this book
that its inner story does not seem to
warrant For here is written a SIM
pie story. beautiful in its simplicity,
Ito illustrate the dearest passion OF the
human heart. the love Of one honest,
pure woman for one honest, pure
man. In this story the swarthy maid
en- resists the enticements Of the
mighty King and refusing all his Of
fers remains true to her shepherd
! lover who keeps his focks among the
hills Of Lebanon There Is no mys-
teal meaning here, but since love Is
. the dearest bond in life and the most
, important thing In all the human as
+ poets OF life the hook would be in
complete without az least one section
Z devoted exclusively TO this subject.
{ And this seems to be the mission Of
Z the Song Of Solomon
7 Refreshed by our walk in the Flow
} er Garden, We begin now our long.
3 arduOus. climb mp TO the Observatory
> OF the Temple Here We find twelve
t small telescopes and five larger ones
e looking out into the distance Behind
e the twelve small ones We find twelve
= men called Hosea, Joel. Amos, Oba-
diah. Jonah Micah Nahum, Habak-
4 kuk, Ephaniah, Haggai. Zechariah,
' and Malachi, while the larger ones
a are operated by Isaiah. Jeremiah
q Ezekiel, and Daniel Our guide per
d mits US TO look through each one Of
. these telescopes and in doing so pre-
4 sents to us wondrous visions Of things
A that are to be- Many of the prophe
n cies have already been fulfilled, some
d are being fulfilled today, while others
L await the time OF their consumatioE
q 10 the near future Some give us
% dark visions OF a people stepped in
d sin, with the awful judgments OF an
a offended God breaking upon then
r heads. Others present wonderful
n pictures OF the unfolding of Gods
AZ Eternal Purpose as IL Is to be worked
Iout among the children of men. But
e each one with a greater or lesser
q distinctness points to the time wher
II the Sen Of Righteousness shall arise
A with healing in His wings, while
e many Of them look past that greai
"a event, thrue the times in which We
i live now and give US wonderful Wis
ions Of the Age OF Glory that is 5000
u to come, ushered in by the coming Of
h the King.
. Looking back we see that in thi.
!, old division Of the temple Of Truth
Is We have found twelve books OF his
d. tory, five books of Hebrew Poetry anC
a seventeen books of Prophecy, thirty
D. nine in all that make up what We cal
II the Old Testament.
" Now We must cross the bridge o
four hundred years thai separates tn,
Ie old and the new division Of the Ten
d PIE. These four hundred years ar,
d filed with intense interest, bringinl
n to US wonderful stories of the age be
le tween the Testaments, that are vel
al worthy our study. But larger beau
Ie ties await US in the new division o
$. the Temple, and We come first int
It, the four Audnece Chambers Of tn
m King, where our guide, the Holy Spin
e irt. presents to US the life Of the Kin
" in four separate aspects In MAJ
W thew He shows Him to as as th
II Promised Messianic King Of tn
D. Jews, in Mark as the unvearied Sci
II want Of His Father and OF His fe
Ne lowmen. Luke presents Him to u