Evils of the cities : a series of practical and popular discourses delivered in the Brooklyn Tabernacle . hasjust taken to it his bride, the princess of Egypt. Yousee the pillars ot the portico, and a great tower, adorn-ed with one thousand shields of gold, hung on theoutside of the tower—five hundred of the shields of goldmanufactured at Solomons order, five hundred werecaptured by David, his father, in battle. See how theyblaze in the noonday sun. Solomon goes up to the ivory stairs of his throne be-tween twelve lions in statuary, and sits down on theback of the golden bull, the head of the
Evils of the cities : a series of practical and popular discourses delivered in the Brooklyn Tabernacle . hasjust taken to it his bride, the princess of Egypt. Yousee the pillars ot the portico, and a great tower, adorn-ed with one thousand shields of gold, hung on theoutside of the tower—five hundred of the shields of goldmanufactured at Solomons order, five hundred werecaptured by David, his father, in battle. See how theyblaze in the noonday sun. Solomon goes up to the ivory stairs of his throne be-tween twelve lions in statuary, and sits down on theback of the golden bull, the head of the bronze beastturned toward the people. The family and attendantsof the king are so many that the caterers of the placehave to provide every day one hundred sheep and thir-teen oxen, besides the birds and the venison. I hear thestamping and pawing of four thousand fine horses in theroyal stables. They were important officials who hadcharge of the work of gathering the straw and the bar-ley for these horses. King Solomon was an early riser,tradition says, and used to take a ride out at daybreak, [H4]. LUGUBRIOUS CHRISTIANITY. 145 and when in his white apparel, behind the swiftesthorses of all the realm, and followed by mounted archersin purple, as the cavalcade dashed through the streets ofJerusalem I suppose it was something worth getting upat five oclock in the morning to look at. Solomon was not like some of the kings of the presentday—crowned imbecility. All the splendor of his placeand retinue was eclipsed by his intellectual power. Whyhe seemed to know everything. He was the first greatnaturalist the world ever saw. Peacocks from Indiastrutted the basaltic walk, and apes chattered inthe trees and deer stalked the parks, and there wereaquariums with foreign fish and aviaries with foreignbirds, and tradition says these birds were so well tamedthat Solomon might walk clear across the city under theshadow of their wings as they hovered and flitted abouthim. SOLOMON AND HIS R
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