. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . MOUNT CALVARY The Bible lets us know that the Hill of Calvary was near a great thoroughfare,the people passing by wagging their heads. This hill was then, as it is now,beside a great thoroughfare In pamphlets and books those arguments are now appearing, and allintelligent people will yet agree upon this Place of a skull as the centre fromwhich continents have been touched and from which all the world will yet be 4 T- DE WITT TALMAGE-HIS LIFE AND WORK> new chore w buildinsr Amenca i,s a memorial stone for. ^sants o, THB ENVIR0N
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . MOUNT CALVARY The Bible lets us know that the Hill of Calvary was near a great thoroughfare,the people passing by wagging their heads. This hill was then, as it is now,beside a great thoroughfare In pamphlets and books those arguments are now appearing, and allintelligent people will yet agree upon this Place of a skull as the centre fromwhich continents have been touched and from which all the world will yet be 4 T- DE WITT TALMAGE-HIS LIFE AND WORK> new chore w buildinsr Amenca i,s a memorial stone for. ^sants o, THB ENVIR0NS op GAZA pREpARiNG i;KK IN THE HOLY LAND 141 What a place of interest is Jerusalem, whichever way we look! It is themost sacred city of our planet. There is much squalor here now, but the presentis, in my mind, overwhelmed with the past. The procession of kings, conquerors,poets and immortal men and women pass before me as I stand here. Among thethrong are Solomon, David and Christ. Yes, through these streets and amidthese surroundings rode Solomon, that wonder of splendor and wretchedness. Itseemed as if the world exhausted itself on that man. To say that Solomon wasa millionaire gives but a very imperfect idea of the property he inherited from1 )a\ id, his father. He had at his command gold and silver in amounts thatstagger all arithmetic. About his exact wealth authors have differed, but allagree that it was far ahead of any other mans possessions, beyond all modernmillionairedom. The Queen of Sheba made him a nice little present of sevenhundred and twenty tho
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