Milford chronicle., 1891-05-08
HUMDRUM ABOLISHED.
SERMON PREACHED SUNDAY, MAY 8,
BY REV. T. DE WITT TALmAGE.

Stirring ExhOrtatiOn to Christians 70
Make Their Religion Lively, Based Upon
the visit Of tho Queen Of sheba to Sol
ONION. the Great King.
BRooKLYN, May 3.-The capacity Of the
New Tabernacle was fully tested this morn
ing by the vast audience which assembled
to hear DR.. Talmage in his handsome and
spacious church. He is now preaching
there morning and evening. and The
Christian Herald services in New YORK
have been discontinued. This has caused
much regret to many people in that eity'
A memorial was prepared and signed by
influential citizens asking DR.. Talmage 70
continue the services. He could not see
his way to comply at the time, but as ne
was evidently impressed by the warmth OF
the welcome given him in the metropolis,
and deeply moved by the good that was
done, it is not improbable that in the near
future he will again be found duplicating
his usefulness by ministering to two con-
gregations, as he has been doing during the
past seven months. His suDiectthis morn
ing was "Humdrum Abolished" and his
text II Chronicles tx, 9; "Of spices great
abundance; neither was there any sueh
spice as the Queen Of Sheba gave KING Sol-
ONION"
A WONDERFUL BUILDING.
What is that building out yonder gilt
tering in the sun? Have you not heardy
It is the house Of the forest OF Lebanon.
King Solomon has just taken to 1t his
bride. the princess of Egypt. You see the
pillars Of the portico, and great tower,
adorned with one thousand shields OF gold,
hung on the outside of the tower-TVe
hundred of the shields Of gold manutaet-
ured at SOlomon's order five hundred
were captured by David, his father, In bat
tie. See how they blaze in the MONDAY
sun!
Solomon goes up the ivory stairs OF his
throne between twelve lions III statuRry,
and sits down on the back OF the golden
bul. the head of the bronze beast turned
toward the people. The family and at
tendants of the king are so many that the
caterers of the place have to provide every
day one hundred sheep and thirteen oxen,
besides the birds and the venison- hear
the stamping and paving Of four thousand
fine horses in the royal stables. There
were important officials who had charge OF
the work of gathering the straw and the
barley for these horses. King Solomon
to take ride out at daybreak; and when
in his white apparel, behind the swiftest
horses of all the realm, and followed by
mounted archers in purple, as the caval-
cade dashed through the streets of Jerusa'
lem I suppose it was something worth get
ting up at five O'Clock in the morning to
look at.
Solomon was not like some Of the kings
of the present day-crowned imbecility.
All the splendor of his palace and retinue
was eclipsed by his intellectual power,
Why, he seemed to know everything. He
was the first great naturalist the world
ever saw. Peacocks from India strutted
the basaltic walk, and apes chartered in
the trees and deer stalked the parks, and
there were aquariums with foreign fish
and aviaries with foreign birds, and tradi-
ton says these birds were so we'll tanned
that Solomon might walk clear across the
city under the shadow of their wings as
they lowered and fitted about him.
SOLOMON AND HIS RIDDLES.