The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-04
SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY,
TALMAGB PICTURES TIE vIsIT o.
THE QUEEN OF sHEBA.

- "a ~ a. @ANAN-cAAb " LIS
on "aumdrum Abolished" - The
Queens Presents Suggestive of Re-
hgion Religion Necessary to-
Brighten Up the Humdrum of Daily
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BRooKLYN, n. Y. May 3.-The capacity
OF the new Tabernacle was fully tested this
morning by the vast audience which
assembled 10 hear DR.. Talmage in his haud-
some and spacious church. He is now
preaching there morning and evening, and
The ChrIstidn Herald services in New York
have been discontinued. This has caused
much regret 10 many people in that city. A.
memorial was prepared and signed by infiu-
ential citizens asking DR.. Ialmage to cons,
tinue the services. He could not see his way
to comply at the time, but as be was evil
IDENTIFY Impressed by the warmth of thes
welcome given him in the metropolis, and
deeply moved by the good that was done, ID,
Is not improbable that In the near future hs
will again be found duplicating his useful-
ness by ministering to two congregations,
as he has been doing during the past seven
months. His subject this morning was.
"Humdrum Abolished" and his text, IL.
Chron., TX, 0: "of spices great abundance;
neither was there any such spice as the
Queen of sheba gave King Solomon"
What is that building out yonder, glitter
ing in the suns Have you not heard9 IL 10.
the House Of the Forest OF Lebanon. King
Solomon has just taken 10 It lls 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-fve hundred Of
a.. - II. A. % a
mons order, five hundred were captured by
David, his father, in battle. See how they
blaze in the monday sun
Solomon goes up the ivory 'stairsl of his
throne, between twelve lions in statuary.
and sits down on the back Of the golden
bull, the head OF tho bronze beast turned to-
ward the people. The family and attend,
ants OF the king are 80 many that the caters
ers OF the palace have to provide every day
one hundred sheep and thirteen oxen, be-
sides the birds and the venison. hear the
stamping and paving of four thousand fine
horses in the royal stables. There we're
important officials who had charge of the
work OF gathering the straw and the barley
for these horses. King Solomon was an
early riser, tradition says, and used to take
a ride out at aybreak and when, in his
white apparel, behind the swlftest horses OF
all the realm, and followed by mounted
archers in purple, as the caval cade dashed
AhAOHsA bho nhIbcbA VI JbIuhtlbIu. buDDOS3
IL was something worth getting up at 5
O'Clock in the morning TO look at
Solom IN was not like some OF the kings
! Of the present day crowned imbe-
| cility. All the splendor OF his palace and
retinue were eclipsed by his intellectual
| power. Why, he seemed to know every
thing. He was the first great naturalist the
world ever saw. Peaoooks from India
strutted the basaltic walk, and apes chat
tered in the trees, and deer strutted the
parks. and there were aquariums with for
eign fish, and aviaries with foreign birds !;
and tradition says these birds were so welR
tanned, that Solomon might walk clear
across the city under the shadow of their
wings as they lowered and fitted about
him.
More than this, he had great reputation I
for the conundrums and riddles he made 4
and guessed. He and King Hiram, his4
neghbor. used to sit by the hour and ask
riddles, each one paying in money II het
could not answer or guess the riddle. The
Solomonic navy visited all the world, andl
the sailors, Of course. talked about the !
wealth Of their king, and about the riddles
and enigmas that he made and solved and
she news spread until Queen Balkis, awaye
off south heard of it. and sent messengers
| with a few riddles that she would like to-
have Solomon solve, and a few puzzles
| which she would like TO have him
| find out. She sent. among other things,
| to King Solomon. a diamond with
| a hole so small that a needle could not pene-
trate il. asking him to thread that diamond. /
| And Solomon took q worm and put it at the /
opening in the diamond, and the worm /
I crawled through, leaving the thread in the I;
diamond. The queen also sent goblet to I
| Solomon, asking him to I'll it with water I
| that did not pour from the sky, and that 1
| did not rush out from the earth; and i'm !
| mediately Solomon put slave on the back /
| ~ a. axryfff and yalloVad a
and around the park until the horse was
| nigh exhausted, and from the perspiration
| OF the horse the goblet was filed. She also
gent King Solomon five hundred BOYS in
girls dress, and five hundred girls in boys
| dress, wondering il he would be acute
enough TO find out the deception. Immedi-
ntely Solomon, when he saw them wash
their faces, knew from the way they applied !
the water that It was all a cheat
Queen Balkis was SO well pleased with the I
acuteness Of Solomon. that she said: "rIl
just go and see him for myself Yonder
it cones-the cavalcade-horses and drome-
daries, chariots end charioteers, jingling
harness and Gathering hoofs and blazing
| shields, and flying ensigns, and clapping
cymbals. The place is saturated with the
perfume. She brings cinnamon, and
saffron, and calemus, and frankincense. and
all manner of sweet spices. As the retinue
sweeps through thegate the armed guard
charioteers, as the wheels grind the gravel
in front OF the pillared portico of the king.
| Queen Balkis alights in an atmosphere be-
witched with perfume. As the dromedaries
are driven up to the kings storehouse, and :
the bundles Of camphor are unloaded, and
| the sacks Of cinnamon, and the boxes or
spices are opened, the purveyors Of the
| palace discover what my text announces:
| "Of Spices great abundance; neither was
there any such spice as the Queen Of Sheba
! gave 70 King Solomon"
Well, my friends, you know that all the
| ologians agree in making Solomon type
Of Christ, and making the queen OF Sheba
type Of every truth-seeker; and shall
take the responsibility Of saying that all the
spikenard, and cassia. and 1rankinceuse
which the Queen Of Sheba brought TO King
Solomon are nightly suggestive of the
sweet spices of our holy religion. Christi
anity is not collection Of sharp technicali-
ties, and angular facts, and chronological
tables, and dry statistics. Our religion is
| compared TO frankincense and to cassia, but
never to nightshade. 1t is a bundle of
myrrh. Is is dash Of holy light. IL is a
/ sparkle Of cool fountains It is an opening of
| opaline gates 1t Is a collection of spices.
! Would God that we were as wise in taking
spices to our Divine King as Queen Balkis