You have a very good picture of one of the pools in the engraving, and when looking at it just think that ancient Jerusalem was partly supplied with water which had been stored away in it, and that probably the gardens, the orchards, and the trees of all kinds of fruits, which Solomon speaks of having planted, were watered by them, for we read, “I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees.” There was so much to be seen in and around Jerusalem. We scarcely knew what place to visit first, but the guide settled the matter for us by taking the party to a Mohammedan church, the Mosque of Omar, as it is called. I wonder how many of you know anything about Solomon. Well, I’ll tell you. Solomon was the son of David, and a very wise man. “And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt, and he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.” He was such a wise man that the people and the kings went to hear him. The Lord had said to David one time, “Thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name.” Well, Solomon decided to build the house, and it proved to be a wonderfully fine building. Its foundation was of costly stone, and there was a great deal of brass used; and when the inside of the building was finished it was overlaid with pure gold. After the temple was finished it was dedicated to the Lord, and Solomon prayed a long, long prayer. Well, the Lord heard the prayer of Solomon, and said, “If thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever. But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them; then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them: and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people.” Years rolled on, Solomon served the Lord faithfully; but by and by he grew weak, sinned against the Lord, and worshiped gods made by hand. He did just what the Lord forbade him to do, and the result was the utter destruction of the temple. Not one stone was left upon another; and the Mohammedan church—the Mosque of Omar—now stands on the site where once stood Solomon’s Temple. The Lord was kind to Solomon after all, for the kingdom was not taken from him, but was taken from the hand of his son. Remember that punishment is always sure to follow evil-doing.