The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-14
miscellaneous.
Rev, 7. Dewitt TALMAGE,
SPICES THAT swEETEN AN ACID
DISPOSITION,
REQUIRED in the Daily Work Of the Christian PeO'
Ple--W Whether In the Prayer Meeting, the Sab
bath School or the Church.
supJKcr-A BUNDLE OF SPICES.


What is that building out yonder gilt
tering in the sum- Have you not heardf
It ia the house of the forest of Lebanon
King Solomon has just taken to it his
bride, the Princess of Egypt. You see
the pillars of the pOrtiCo, snd a great
tower adorned with one thousand shields
of gold hung on the outside of the tower
five hundred of the shields of gold
manufactured at Solomon's order, five
hundred captured by his father, David
in battle. See how they blaze in the
noonoay sun. Solon on goes up the ivory
staircase OF his throne, between twelve
lions in statuary, and sits down ON the
back of the golden bull, the head of the
beast turned toward the people. The
family and attendants of the King are 80
many that the caterers of the palace
have to provide every day one hundred
sheep, thirteen oxen, besides the birds
and venison. l hear the stamping and
paving of four thousand horses in the
royal stables. There were important Of
icials who had charge Of the work of
gathering the straw and the barley for
horses. King Solomon WAS an early RI
Sci, tradition says, and used to take a
ride out at daybreak; and when, in his
white apparel, behind the swiftest hor'
ses of all the realm, and followed by
mounted arChers in purple, as the caval-
Cade dashed through the streets of Jeru'
salem. / suppose it was something worth
getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to
ace. Solomon was not like great many
kings of the present day-Crowned i'm
beCility. All the splendor Of his palace
and retinue were eClipsed by his intel
leCtual power. Why, he seemed to know
everything. He was the first great natu
ralist the world ever saw. PeaCoCks
from India strutted the bassltiC walk.
and apes chartered in the trees, and deer
walked the parks, and squariums with
foreign fish, and svsries with for.
eign birds; and tradition says these birds
were 80 we'll tanned that Solomon might
walk across the city urder the shadow Of
their wings, as they lowered and fitted
about him. More than this, he had q
great reputation for tie conundrums he
made and guessed. He and King Hiram
his neighbor, used to sit by the hour and
ask riddles, each one paying in money
If he could not answer or guess the rid
die. The SolomoniC navy visited all the
world, and the Gailors, of course, talked
about the wealth of their King, and
about the riddles and enigmas he made
and solved; and the news spread until
Queen Balkis, away off South, heard Of
it, and sent messengers with few rid
dies she would like to have Solomon
solve, and few puzzles she would like
to have him find out, She sent, among
other things to Kirg Solomon, diamond
ring with a hole 30 small that needle
could not penetrate it, asking him TO
thread that diamond. And Solomon
took a worm and put it at the opening in
the diamond, and the worm Crawled |
through, leayiDg the thread in the dia-
nond.
The Queen also sent goblet to Solo.
mon, asking him to fill itwith water that
did not pour from the sky, nor come out
Of the earth, and Immediately Solomon
put salve on the back of swift horse
and galloped him around and around |
the park, until the horse was well.nigh |
exhausted, and from the perspiration of
he horse the goblet was filled. She also |
Jent to Solomon 500 boys in girls dress
and 500 girls in boys dress, wondering
I he would be cute enough to find out
he deception. Immediately Solomon,
when he saw them wash their faces knew |
rom the way they applied the water, it |
was all cheat Queen Balkis was so
leased with SOlomon's Cuteness that she
jaid .J'il just 60 and see him for my.
jelf" Yonder it COmes-the CavalCade
horses and dromedaries, Charidts and
,harioteers, jingling harness and clatter
ng hoofs, blazing shields and flying en-
iigns and clapping CymbaIs. The place
6 saturated with the perfume. She brings
cinnamon, and Gs fron, and Calamu' and
and all manner of sweet
piCes. As the retinue sweeps through
he gate the armed guard rnhale the ar
una. Haiti cry the Charioteers, as the
wheels grind the grav in front OF the
1lllared portiCo of the King. Queen Bal.
lis alights in an atmosphere beWitChed
With perfume. As the dromedaries are
lriVen up to the Kings storehouees, and
he bundles of Camphor are unloaded
md the sacks of cinnamon nd the
loxes of spices are opened, the purvey.
,rs of the palace discover VIII my text
InhounCes: "0f spices, great abundance;
neither was there anv such spices as tn,
Queen OF Sheba gave to King Solomon"
Well, my friends, you know all theo'
ogians agree in making Solomon q type |
# Christ, and the Queen of Sb ba tyre |
# every truth seeker, and shall take |
he responsibility of saying that all the
pikena,d. and Cassia. and frRnkincense
which the Queen of Sbeba brought to
King Solomon is nightly suggestive of |
our holy religion. Christianity is not a
collection Of sharp techniCaiifs and an.
sular facts, chronological tables and dry |
statistics. Our religion is comp red to |
and to Cassia, but never to |
AUX vomiCa or nightshade L is bun.
lie of myrrh; it is a fash of holy light; it |
6 sparkle OF cool fountains; 1t is an
opening of opaline gates; 1t Ia q collection
II spices. Would to God we were as
wise in taking spices to our Di Inc King
.s Queen Balkis was wise ia taxing the
spices to the earthly Solomon. The fact
9, the duties and cares Of this life, com
ing to US from time to time. are stupid,
)ffen, inane and intolerabie. dere are
men who have been batteriDg, climbing,
hammering foI twenty, forty
and fifty yesrs. One great long dTudgery
has tht ir life BEEN Their faces anxious,
their feelings benumbed, their DAYS mo