Sharp County record., 1891-05-21
IDRUNI ABOLISHED"
On Delivered by Rev. T. De-
Titt Talmage in Brooklyn.
,it of the Queen of sheba to King
,mon Typical of the Christians
search After the Truth-The
Half was Not Told.

Hall was NOT Iolu'
following sermon was delivered
v. T. Dewitt Talmage in the new
lyn tabernacle on the subject of
dru1n Abolished" the text being:
pices great abundance; neither was
my such spice as the queen of sheDa
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix.,
1t is that building out yonder,
ing in the sun? Have you not
/? 1t is the house of the forest OF
ION. King Solomon has just taken
lis bride, the princess of Egypt.
&c the pillars of the portico, and a
tower, adorned with one thousand
S of gold hung on the outside of
rwer-f five hundred of the shields
Id manufactured at Solomon's or
i've hundred were captured by
[, his father, in battle. See how
blaze in the MONDAY sun.
omon goes up the ivory stairs OF
hrone, between twelve lions in
ary, and sits down on the back of
olden bull, the head of the bronze
turned toward the people. The
v and attendants of the king are
inv that the caterers of the palace
to provide every day one hundred
and thirteen oxen, besides the
and the venison. | hear the
ping and the paving of fonr thou
fine horses in the royal stables.
were important officials who had
re of the work of gathering the
and the barley for these horses.
Solomon was an early riser, ira
q says, and used to take ride out
ybreak; and when, in his white
rel, behind the swiftest horses of
le realm, and followed by mounted
ers IN purple, as the cavalcade
ed through the streets of Jerusa-
l suppose it was something worth
ng up at five o'clock in the morn
o look at.
lomon was not like some of the
s Of the present day-crowned i'm.
lity. All the splendor of his palace
retinue were eclipsed by his intel
lal power. Why, he seemed to know
ything. He was the first great nat
list the world ever saw. Peacocks
India strutted the basaltic walk,
apes chartered in the trees, and
stalked the parks and there were
ariums with foreign fish, and avia-
with foreign birds; and tradition
these birds were so well tanned
Solomon might walk clear across
city under the shadow of their
gs as they hovered and fitted about
ore than this, he had a great repu-
on for the conundrums and riddles
/ he made guessed. He and King
am, his neighbor, used to sit by the
r and ask riddles, each one paying
money if he could not answer or
IS the riddle. The Solomonic navy
ted all the world, and the sailors, of
rse, talked about the wealth of their
&, and about the riddles and enig-
8 that he made and solved; and the
VS. spread until Queen BallIis, away
south, heard of it, and sent messen-
s with few riddles that she would
. to have Solomon solve, and few
,zles which she would like to have
4 find out. She sent among other
ngs, to King Solomon, a diamond
h a hole so small that a needle could
penetrate it, asking him to thread
It diamond. And Solomon took a
rm and put it at the opening of
diamond, and the worm cravled
ough, leaving the thread in the dia-
nd. The queen also sent goblet to
omon, asking him to fill it with
ter that did not pour from the sky,
l that did not rush out from the
tn, and Immediately Solomon put a
We on the back Of a swift horse and
loped him around and around the
TX until the horse was nigh exhaust
and from the perspiration of the
rse the goblet was filed, She also
It King Solomon five hundred boys
girls dresses, wondering if he would
acute enough to find out the decep-
n. Immediately Solomon, when he
V them wash their faces, knew from
} way they applied the water that il
s all a cheat
queen Ballsis was so pleased with the
lteness Of Solomon that she said
II just go and see for myself" Yon-
! it tcomcs-thc cavalcade.-horses and
,medaries, chariots and charioteers,
Cling harness and gathering hoofs,
| blaaing shields, and flying ensigns,
I clapplng cymbals. The place is
urated with the perfume. She brings
namon, and saffron, and calamus,
1 frankincense, and all manner of
eet spices, As the retinue sweeps
'ough the gate, the armed guards in
10 the aroma. "lIaltw cried the
sroteers, as the wheels grind the
vel in front Of the pillared portico
the king, Queen Balbis alights In an
bewitched with perfume,
the dromedaries are driven up to the
lgs storehouses, and the bundles OF
nphor are unloaded, and the boxes OF
ces are opened the purveyors Of
palace discover what my text an
unces: "Of spices, great abundance;
lthcr was there any such spices rs the
cen Of Sheba gave to King Solomon
Well, my friends, you know that ali
sologians agree making Solomon q
Do Of Chrigt and making thp Ouppr