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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, July 16, 1867

A DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.

THERE is a charming tradition connected with the site on which the Temple of Solomon was erected. It is said to have been owned in common by two brothers, one of whom had a family; the other had none. On the spot was sown a field of wheat. On the evening succeeding the harvest, the wheat having been gathered in separate shocks, the elder brother said unto his wife: “My younger brother is unable to bear the burden and heat of the day; I will arise, take of my shocks and place them with his, without his knowledge.” The younger brother, being actuated by the same benevolent motives, said within himself: “My elder brother has a family, and I have none; I will contribute to their support; I will arise, take of my shocks, and place them with his, without his knowledge.” Judge of their mutual astonishment, when, on the following morning, they found their shocks undiminished. This course of events transpired for several nights, when each resolved in his own mind, to stand guard and solve this mystery. They did so, when, on the following night, they met each other, half-way between their respective shocks, with arms full. Upon ground hallowed with such associations as these was the Temple of Solomon erected—so spacious and magnificent, the admiration and wonder of the world! Alas! in these days how many would sooner steal their brother’s whole shock than add to it a single sheaf!