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MONDAY, Pa MAY 17,1915 BEAROSLErS Sv. 6 tD^1,8 **k 1 *1 ,tor of the First Congregational Church Addrewed Members of Order at Special S vi 4 {V4 ON TEMPLE OF SOLOMON KL&i' rv ." Ff•' pastor Speaks Interestingly of This Edifice and Some Lessons Which May be Drawn.. From It. Special services, to which the members of the Masonic orders of this citv were especially Invited, ,-ere conducted in the First Congre ssional church last night, by Dr. Frank G. Beardsley, S. T. D., pastor of the church. Dr. -Beardsley took for his topic. The Building of Solo mon's Temple. This was a subject of particular significance to the mem bers of the Masonic orders, and Dr. Beardsley treated it in a most inter a Special music was prepared for the occasion. Miss Grace Edwards of Warsaw sang a solo at this service, and the choir sang several special numbers. The church was well filled for ausplces of church. ,,-5 Speaker'* Two Texts Dr. Beardsley took for his text the first verse of the twenty-ninth chap ter, First Chronicles, "For the palace i? not for man, but for the Lord God," and First Corinthians, sixteenth verse of Chapter three: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you." His sermon in full follows: Next to David, Solomon was the greatest of Israel's kings, while his reign was the most splendid. When he succeeded his father to the throne, he was young and inexperienced. One of the first acts in his reign was to sacrifice at Gibeon, where the Lord appeared to him in a vision or dream, or 1 J! 1 1)U'~'n8 •J 3881*™- temple ,la,n? or Come, put on a Suit— the service, which was under the overshadowed by the cherubim: this the brotherhood of the" t- KlnS Stood on Brow of H"l.' The temple stood on the brow of Otic. Knitting Co., Mikm. Utic, N. T. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS: IRWIN-PHILLIPS COMPANY ture of the Phoenician or Assyrian' type of architecture. Its walls were six cubits In thickness. These walls were surrounded by a series of thirty •chambers Ave cubits square for the I Levites. Around these chambers there was an outside wall five cubits in thickness. The interior of the temple or sanctuary was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. It was en tered through a porch or tower of the same width, but only ten cubits long. The building faced the east. At the entrance of the porch or vestibule stood two great fluted Tyrlan pillars of brass or bronze, surmounted by chapiters of lily and pomegranate work. Symbolical names were given to these pillars signifying strength and beauty. Between the pillars was a flight of steps which led to the porch or vestibule which contained the gilded shields taken in battle by 'L ... King David from Hadadezer's sol- 7"^ "-Sol diers. Beyond the porch was the •'rs sanctuary which was entered through folding doors of cypress wood with posts of olive wood. The walls of the sanctuary were covered with cedar overlaid with gold and the floors were covered with cypress overlaid with gold. give us some idea In the erection of the tenrple King character of the workmanship Solomon had the co-operation and a3 that^ went into the erection of Solo- sistance of Hiram, king of Tyre, with temple. whom his father David had formed an This building was a massive struc- alliance, and Hiram, a Tyrian half- EAR UNDEI its a pleasure to don light weight fSpringtex. Springtexis cool,elastic, spring needle ribbed underwear. So ideally comfortable, youll for get you have it on. In Union Suits with closed crotch and separate gar ments. At your dealer —$1 up. t..»v ..ufow Jijfc- --V Something, of the Interior. The sanctuary consisted of two apartment^ thev first of which was the holy place, twenty by sixty subits. Windows are mentioned, but these were not windows in the ordinary sense, but rather aperratures for ad mitting air. In the holy place stood the,. seven-branched golden candle stick by which ft was lighted, the table of show-bread, and the altar of incense. The priests only were ad-, mitted to the holy place. Beyond the VC.S*. i.-:'£•, tvi. holy place and separated from it by doors and a heavy veil was the holy of holies in the form of a perfect cube, twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty in height. It contained only the famous ark of the covenant ark had been carried through the wil derness by the children of Israel and contained the pot of manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables or stone upon which the commandments had been inscribed by the finger of God. The holy of holies was lighted by the Sfcelcinah or glory of God. No one might enter this sacred apart-, ment save the high priest, and he only once a year on the great day of atonement when he offered up atone-1 ment for bis own sins and those of the people. Outside of the temple and fifty cubits to the east of it stood the altar of burnt offering, on either side of which were five lavers or cauldrons in which the sacrifices were cleansed before they were placed upon the altar. Between the altar and temple saying, "Ask what I shall give thee?" to the south stotid the brazen sea, con Solomon replied. "O Lord, thou hast 1 sistlng of a great brass basin in the made thy servant kin? instead of shape of a lotus flower, five cubits David my father and am but a high, ten cubits in diameter, and a l'.ttle child I know not how to go out| hand-breadth in thickness. This great or -come in. Give therefore thy ser- basin, which contained water for the vant an understanding heart to judge ablutions of the priests, rested upon thy people, that I may discern be-j twelve great brazen oxen, three of twecn good and bad for who is able which faced the east, three thg west, to judre so great a people." So: three the north and three the south, pleased was Jehovah because he had, The outer court of the temple is sup asked wisdom rather than riches, posed to have been surorunded bv a' honor or long life that he not onlyj wall, with gates or entrances on the ?ave him wisdom but assured him of east, north and south riches, honor and long life. We need not dwell upon the erxcesses which |dea was His Father's. corrupted Solomons later life, but1 While the chief Instrument in the un the blessing of Almighty God building of the temple was Solomon, became the wisest of kings as well King of Israel, the Idea originated ?ne the richest and most hon-|wjth David, his father. Up to this ."*.5ll evei,t *n his reign time the Israelites worshipped in the the temple ati tabernacle, a portable sanctuary Since ancient craft ma-'which their fathers had carried! nry traditionally trace? its origin through the wilderness. .. .... v...UUEU „...uowioo. After David! occf"j 1 Good To the Last lice Wfien Made Witli Calumet pastry is good to look at, good to eat. Always light, fluffy, tender and whole some. Calumet is the one baking powder that is high in quality and moderate in price. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS Wotm'PirtF«m rpWtortU °f the temple we have I had become well settled in his king- caste, whose mother was a Hebrewess for time hut for all eternity. sion thpahi,fi!iL .etr«f°r Lh',3 priate to him that his people should tattered taberqficle. So he proposed _.,to erect a temple that was suitable Mount Zion which overlooked the city! for the worship of the most high God. of Jerusalem. It was constructed of This purpose was approved at first massive blocks of white limestone by the prophet Nathan, but he was quarried in the hills a few miles dis- afterwards instructed of God that ft tant. This limestone was .susceptible since David was a warrior it was not cr taking a high polish like marble, in fitting that ho should build the temple "act it was a species of marble. In! which should he crerted by his son. recent years some of the foundation! However, David gathered together a stones of this ancient temple have great quantity of materials, gold, sll been unearthed. One of these finely I rer, brass, iron, onyx, and precious revelled stones is.38% feet long, 7j stones to facilitate the work of build feet high and weighs more than 100! Ing when his son came to the throne, Eip—itloa, Clilofo, HL Parte FfptiiHn, Fraacc, Marcfe, 1912 4 pCfW dom and had erected for himself a! of the tribe of Naphtali. He is some-1 in the building of character we Solomon splendid palace.it did not seem appro- times spoken of as Hiram, the widow's I should be careful of the materials with SOn, continue to worship in the torn and King of Tyre, supplied the timber for rugged roads, a distance of thirty-five miles, to Jerusalem. Hiram, the widow's son, was really the master overseer, who had entire supervision of the construction of the temple Under him were 36,000 free-born Israelites, who performed the lighter! work, 70,000 hewers of wood and haulers of water, and 80,000 crafts men who wrought in the quarries, The materials of the temple were all shaped at a distance so that as th»' scriptures record "there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." Kach beam and stone was carefully prepared to be fitted Into Its pla-ce before conveyed to the temple hill. Seven years were occu pied in the erection of the temple and Its cost has been variously estimated at from five hundred million to five billion dollars. Some Lessons to Be Drawn. From the building of King Solo mon's temple some valuable and pro fitable lessons may be drawn. The purpose of a building determines its character. In building a barn, utilty is the chief consideration, hut In building a home we take account of beauty and proportion as well as utility. Of course a man in building a barn aims to have it correspond with his house. But even if he shouH build a barn of brick or stone he would not. plaster and frescoe the walls or put in polished wood work and hard-wood floors. That would be a needless erpense and would simply mean money thrown away. On the other hand, if It were a house or home he would look at these matters In an entirely different light. A* a olace for worship, the temple of King Solomon was built to endure for ages and but for the devastating wars In wlr-oh the Israelites became, involved, it might be standing today. In the building of character we should con sider the purpose of the building. St. Paul says, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God. and that the spirit of God dwelleth in yon? If any man dfflle the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God 's holy, which temp'e ye are." As the f.eurples of God we should keep our selves from defilement. We should seek to keep ourselves "rce from the defilement of evil thoughts. Back of every evil deed THE DAILY GATE there is an evil thought, for "as a man thinketh in his heart so is ho." No man ever did a wrong thing with out first thinking wrong thoughts. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covet ousness, wickedness, deceit, lascivi ousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness all these evil things come from within, and defile the man." We should therefore heed the admonition of the scriptures, "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of It are the issues of life." Shun Evil Habits. We should seek to keep ourselves free from the defilement of evil habits. Habits are easily formed, but when once formed they are not easily broken. The story is told of a black smith to whom a stranger came one day with the request to make a chain of a certain size and length. But when it was completed the man said, "It is not quite long enough, I wish you would make it longer." When this was done he was not satisfied but de manded that It should'he made still longer. At last the blacksmith had used up his materials and exhausted his strength, but the stranger said "It is not quite long enough for the purpose. I think you have the mean of adding a few more links." So he gathered together some scraps and with his remaining strength he forged the additional links. "Now," said the stranger to his servants, "the •chain is completed, entwine Its links about the workman, for he shall be no long er free." That is only a story and yet it points a moral—the man who forms evil habits forges his own fetters by which he is enslaved at last. We should keep ourselves free from evil companions. It is our duty to be courteous, kind and considerate to all even the most depraved and degraded, but it is one thing to be courteous, kind and considerate, to evil-minded men and quite another to make boon companions of them. If a man is known by the company he keeps it is simply impossible to escape contami nation if he consorts with the vicious and evil-minded. Foundations for Character. In the building of character we should look well to the foundation. The temple at Jerusalem was built on Mount Zlon, a veritably symbol of strength and security. As the Psalm-1 ist says, "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount.Zion. which cannot be removed, but abideth forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even forever." A building cannot be stronger than the foundation upon which -it rests. If the foundation is unstable, the building no matter how beautiful or substantial will be inse cure. In the .sermon on the mount we are told of two men, one of whom built upon the rock, so that when the storm came, the winds 'blew and the rains descended, the house, because it was founded upon the rock, with stood the floods and the tempest. But the other built his house upon the sand: it may have been just as beau-j tiful and Just as costly, but when the rains descended and the floods came, because it was founded upon the sands it fell and great was the fall of it. My friends, can we build our characters upon a better or firmer foundation than this oid, old book, which we call the Holy "Bible, the book which we as Masons have ac cepted as the rule and guide to faith. Tf our characters are founded upon this grand old book we shall rear a structure which shall stand «ot only |!su uuuc ..m-wi ot-.u his father being dead. Hiram, which we build. With what infinite pa the temple. The trees were felled in Solomon's temple were hewn and pre the forests of Lebanon, skidded down pared in the forests of I^ebanon and the mountain side, formed into rafts the rocks shaped and polished in the and conveyed a hundred miles along quarries some miles distant! 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Onlyj good deeds, kind thoughts, and help- into a consideration of the details of one tramway line, the one running t® ful acts. These should be so planned that dedication, but I am afraid that! and executed thut they may pass in-' I have already overstepped the wa3 in operation. Thousands of per^ srection by the great master builder' bounds of your patience. Our charac-jsons were unable to reach their placea^ ter building is not yet completed, but of employment. at last. incomplete as it is, it ought neverthe- less to be dedicated to the service of the whole matter: Pear God. and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man." It is only with right aa We Tn the -cathedral which was erected by good materials and upon the build wiselv and well, enter thou into the jov IjONDOX, May 17.—Iondon tram way strikers, at several spirited early morning meetings today unanimously voted In favor of a protracted strike surance and an analysis of the kidney secretions showed an excess of Uric Arid. I suffer from backache, and rheu- matism ln 511 ,RB tisked. "That is for you." "But T' poisoning of the system it is alsojintr have lived in a mansion on earth. I!associated with several other poisons cot-, .v Hmbs, but never before that for?" she acked the guide. suspected my kidneys. I recognize this Is best done by a treatment witl* "For your gardener." "But ha lives iJ"0" as an authority on these subjects, "An-Uric" with proper diet and exer in the tinest cottage on earth. wlthjaad wish you would give me this ln-jcjge This prescription has been thor« barely room enough for his family." formation. ewis R. |oughly tested and used by speclalistsi Further on she saw a tiny cottage: Lewis R-, My dear sir: Answer-iat and forms painful Irritants in the iUa rt fa PAGE SEVEN the government the Most High, for Solomon, the PffA fWlBS P^VRT*i builder of the temple at Jerusalem *4 said, "Let us hear the conclusion of r*1,s of the Jo nts, nerves and muscles. reply were full of meaning: The ..veryone has Lric Acid in leading druggists in Keokuk, simply Master Buil?er is doinr His best with tem. but naturally small quantities. Pierce's "An-Uric,* PrroQQiro omnnnt ia pftneaH hv paflnff My friends, what sort of material are too much meat and foods that fer building of our ment in stomach. The kidneys being Take good medical advice, and dd After the temple was completed at worked kidneys fail to do this, hence (-Signed) V. M. Pierce, M. IX Arrived Safely at Glasgow fodv Wltl^ No Interference fPom Submarine*. [United Press Leased Wire S«r*tc«.J| OI.ASGOW, May 17.—The Amehoij liner Transylvania arrived here today^ from New York, having taken that northern route because of warnings^ of the presence of German subma* rines off the south coast of Ireland^ near the spot where the Ijusttanla wasj torpedoed. She brought 859 passengers, most of them destined for Liverpool. Until! she arrived at Greenock at 3 a. m. tv day, the Transylvania had not heea heard from since she left New Yorlft May 7. -Read The Dally Gate Ctty. WHAT IS URIC ACID? Does Urlo A old Cause Backache, Rheumatism and Kidney Troublef Dear Dr. Pierce:—What is Uric [the poisonous TJric Acid and its assm lAcld? Does it cause kidney trouble? [elated poisons contaminate the blood« Not long ago I was examined for in- causing backache, lumbago, rheuma« tism, dropsy, drowsy and tired, worm out feeling, short breath and man^ other symptoms. To overcome the trouble ls only matter your letter. Uric Acid Indicates satisfactory results, and astonish* of toning up the kidneys, and. my institution, in Buffalo, N. Y.« re iief. recenUy put -An-UrIc" 5 •4' -«i j.' ki 3t lit: •3 f- si arsenal at WoolwIck TRANSYLVANIA NH, "'*11 before th« American peoole and it may now b« cbtained fl!om aImost any 0'ne of the in tablet form. the filters of the blood are supposed!110' 'e* deadly Bright's Disease OR to separate and throw the poisons out! Diabetes develop from neglected kid* of the system. Weak, tired and over- neys. 'J* '?S •i -i'%