Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-05-14
[HUMDRUM ABOLISHED.
SERMON PREACHED SUNDAY, MAY 3,
BY REV. 7. De WITT TALMAeE.


Make Their Religion Lively, Based Upon
the visit Of the Queen of sheba to Sol
omon, the Great King.
BROOKLYN, May 8-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 city.
A memorial was prepared and signed by
influential citizens asking DR.. Talmage to
continue the services. He could not see
his way to comply at the time, but, as he
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 subject this morn
ing was "Humdrum Abolished" and his
text II Chronicles TX, o: "Of spices great
abundance; neither was there any sucn
spice as the Queen of Sheba gave King Sol
omon." ..fr
WONDERFUL BUILDING.
What is that building out yonder gilt
terinR in the sum- Have you not heardf
tits 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, and great tower,
adorned with one thousand shields OF gold,
hung on the outside Of the tower-five
hundred of the shields of gold manufact-
ured at Solomon's order, five hundred
were captured by David, his father, in bat
tie. See how they blaze in the MONDAY
suni
Solomon goes up the ivory stairs OF his
throne between twelve lions in statuary,
and sits down on the back of the golden
bull, 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
was an early riser, tradition says, and used
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 suppose twas 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 Ht
was the first great naturalist the worlc
ever saw. Peacocks from India struttec
the basaltic walk, and apes chartered IL
the trees and deer stalked the parks, ant
there were aquariums with foreign fsl
and aviaries with foreign birds, and tradi
tion says these birds were so well tame'
that Solomon might walk clear across tn
city under the shadow of their wings a
they hovered and fitted about him.
SOLOMON AND HIS RIDDLES.
More than this, he had great reputa
tion for the conundrums and riddles tina
he made and guessed. He and King Il
ram, his neighbor, used to sit by the hou
and ask riddles, each one paying in none
If he could not answer or guess the riddi'
The Solomonic navy visited all the worlt
and the sailors, of course, talked about tE
wealth of their king, and about the riddle
and enigmas that he made and solved an
the news spread until Queen Balkis, ava
off south, heard Of it, and sent messenger
with few riddles that she would like
have Solomon solve, and few puzzl
which she would like to have him find on
She sent among other things to King Sc
omon diamond with hole SO small th
a needle could mot penetrate it, asking hi
to thread that diamond. And Solomc
took a worm and put it at the opening
the diamond, and the worm crawl'
through, leaving the thread In the dl
mond.
The queen also sent goblet to Solomo
asking him to fll it with water chat d
not pour from the sky, and that did n
rush out from the earth, and immediate
Solomon put a slave on the back OF swi
horse and galloped him around and aroul
the park until the horse was nigh exhau'
ed. and from the perspiration of the hor
the goblet was filled. She also sent Xii
Solomon five hundred boys in girls dre'
and five hundred girls in boys dress, VIC
dering il he would be acute enough TO fl
ont the deception. Immediately Solomo
when he saw them wash their faces, knt
from the way they applied the water tt
it was all q cheat.
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN.
Queen Balkis was so pleased with
acuteness of Solomon that she said, "
lust go and see him for myself" Yont
it comes-the cavalcade--horses and dro
edaries, chariots and charioteers, jingli
harness and clattering hoofs, and blazi
shields, and flying ensigns, and clappi
cymbals. The place is saturated with
nerfume. She brings cinnamon and s
from and calanus and frankslcense a
all manner Of sweet spices AS the r
nue. sweeps through the gate the arm
guard inhale the aroma. "Halt" cry
charioteers, as the wheels grind the gra
in front of the pillared portico OF the XII
Queen Balkis alights in an atmosphere
witched with perfume. AS the drol
diaries are driven up to the kings ste
houses. and the bundles of camphor
unloaded, and the sacks of cinnamon, q
the boxes Of spices are opened, the purv
ors of the palace discover what my T.
announces, "Of spices. great abundar
neither was there any such spices as
Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Well. my friends, you know that all I
ologians agree in making Solomon =
of Christ, and making the Queen of Sh
q type of every truth seeker, and 81
take the responsibility Of saying that
the spikenard and cassia and frankince
which the Queen of Sheba brought to
Solomon are nightly suggestive OF