The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-26
"A Lesson From Solomon
Copyright, 1917, BY Wlulam Ashley sunday.

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soon had him hanging oyrr the
rupoa. with tongue out. Ito had
700 wives ana 300 rOucublucs why.
ho mad" old GriYhnm Young look
Iiko o. hushwhHckcr. And he laid
hold ON folly with both hands and
no found that only an empty bubble
and ho FuId 'tt iH all vanity and
vocation ot apirltl'
Thcn he AJoa 10 building groat
. houses chief ~ which is his mag
Uifirout temple which bears his
name. II took seven years to build
10. 30 took the combined efforts of
. $4,000 Strangers just To- build H.
. IL took 10000 men. I years lust to
. cut down tho trees and there wore
/ 10000 fcllowa that did nothing but
how ana saap" tho wood. and there
. were 10000 men who did nothing
. but drag tlmbors ont of the woods
/ tn tho place where they were going
To build tho temple. There we're
/ $4,000 squared stones. and at tho
d"dicaiury service they spent seven
. dn3s iu festivities aud they slow
/ 10000 sheep ana 10000 oxen.
n was huilt OF marble an curious
. ~ hcwn and artful Joined together
/ and tho roof OF n was made NJ pure
gold, Thht ~ whore he got the idea
OF covering the dOmoH ~ our capt
tolls with gold. Tho first ono That
over did II In history was old Solo
| mon. lie covered the domo OF his
! temple with gold, When the sun
shonc on t.. II reflected such rcful-
gent splendor that IL dayyled the
people FOR miles away
it7 courts ana apartments would
! hold 800, 900 people, rs tabcrnaClep
the Hizo OF this. Tho people could
get into Soloman'5 temple ana get
under the roof and under the
porchcH, So you think you've got
something here. but wait a minute.
! II had l,4b3 columns of pure ia
rinn marble. 2,906 balustors or col
umns and the building cost ac-
sogddE SDG 1voS to ,5So SSG oc5 stSnSds OF gold
lie had SS.000,000, 900 worth Of
gold and silver on tho floor, on tho
walls. covering the doors, and tho
imagca made 10 represent doves
and all OF that sort and fruit OF all
kinds Ito had zoe targets Of puro
gold. 500 shekcls uf gold I'm each
target and they were valued at VI
100000, according TO our standard
OF gold.
Ilo had 800 targets of gold and
they were forth 5000, 600, aud when
| he had completed tho temple, tho
glory OF God filled 1t so tho priests
could not enter To- Worship there.
Then ne turned hts talent 10 wealth
and the making OF beautiful city
OF Jerusalem
Tic planted vineyards and gar
douss aud those were al like fairy
land and like tales OF magic. he
! produced orchards and vineyards
| He had "A great collection OF the
rurcAt trees and flowers from every
paradise and Clmc. lie Kept all
OF these pcrpctually green with an
! lrrlgnting system and hc brought
tho water for miles from the springs
and mountains and he built great
aqucducts ana carried 1t across
great ravines that stand there to
this day. monuments OF masonic
power.
My friends. he gathered all OF that
and all of his women ana his coucu-
bines and his horses and his billions
Of gold and his great temple that
would shield and cover 800 poo-
pie, all OF this, only tickled his
fancy for a little time and | see
him strolling among the flowers.
! pmCking rose, taking "a Whit at
1t aud casting II away pulling off
an orange or apple or pomcgruuatc.
"A cluster Of grapes, taking Il bite
and throwing them away and | hear
| his footsteps nH he walks through
! the palace over tho golden floor,
| beneath tho great flashing dome
| covered with pure gold and he with
held not his heart from any joy and
| ho cried out:
1T Is all vanity and vcNatlon OF
spirit"
what profit hath II man OF all
his labor which he takoth under the
SUM-
HAD His Hearts Desire.
What does "a man get out Of llfo
II he only lives Tor what this life
can give him. What benefit Is II To
n man " he simply lives for the
EErraata,fleatioR OF his desire in this
Immediately ho takes another
fancy lie had servants born In
his house lie had great possess
siOus uf great cattle and ne gath
cred gold and silver. lie mad mon
singers and women singers, the uc-
lights ot tho sons of mon, musical
Instruments of all kinds and he
withheld his heart not from any
JOY II there waa anything he
wanted, ho got IT, lIc didn't re-
ambition In life ana ho probably
became an art collector and he fcd
On the beautiful and tho artistic
, aud the osthouu and antique lie
) had fine paintings and old china
: and Persian rugs and tapestry. and
! CunuolsscurS Of art TansaCkVd the
markets OF the world to buy the
= most costly bric-a-brac and every
! thing that would tickle tho fancy
and please the eye. Maybe he dug
up an old bCdstoad that Noah had
IN tho ark and had II there.
, And whilo his singing men aud
; singing women were warbliug and
Z t-whilo his musicians were playing,
: and while ne is lying Noluptuuusly ON
! a prinCely couch. he sooIns TO float
| In the air ana he drinks to the very
fun of all the delights and pleas,
b ures, suddenly he is almost dying
from disappointment, for an OF
: these don't gratify, Tor God never
made a heart so small and wcaz.
oned as 20 bo satisfied with tho
greatest that the world could give.
God made Tor Himself "a place In
. your heart aud all the gold and all
tho silver and all the honor and
glory and all the pleasures and
lust and all tho qualification nCvc'
win satisfy a human heart II God
Almighty isn't In u.
Old Solomon went down the line.
III there was anything ne wanted
he got II and whom he got through
! L., L. al Ia H.. III