The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-14
"ilUM DRUM ABULlShkD."
DR.. TALMAGE breaches ABOUT
SPICE IN RELIGION.

Why People DO Not Go to Church--Wor-
ship Should BE Like tho Offerings Queen
Balkis sont Solomon tho Wise Means of
Enlivening Services.
BROOKLYN, May 3.-The capacity of
the new tabernacle was fully tested this
by the vast audience which as
sembled to hear DIR. Talmagc in his
handsome and spacious church. He is
now preaching there morning and even
ing 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
DIR. Talmagc to continue the services.
He could not see his way to comply at
the time, but, as he was evidently i'm
pressed 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 III tho near future
he will agail be found duplicating his
usefulness by ministcring to two con-
gregatlons, as he has been doing during
the past seven months. His subject this
morning was "1Iumdrum Abolished" !"
and his text, III Chronicles iX, 9, "Ol
spices great abundance; neither was there
any such spice Us the Queen of Sheba
gave King Solomon"
What is that building out yondcr, gilt
terlng in the sun? Have you not heard?
1t is the House Of the Forest of Leb-
anon King Solomon has Just taken to
it his bride, the princess of Egypt. You
sec the pillars the portico, and n great
tower, adorned with one thousand
shields Of god, hung on the outside Of
the towcr---ilvc hundred of the shields
Of gold manufactured at SOlOmOn's
order, five hundred were captured by
David, his father, in battle. See how
they blaze iii the MONDAY sun!
Solomon goes up the ivory stairs O
his throne between twelve lions in statu,
arY, and sits down on the back Of the
golden bull, the head of the bronze beast
turned toward the people, The family
and attendants of the king are so many
that the caterers of the place have to
provide every day one hundred sheep
ana thirteen oxen, besides the birds and
the vcnson. | hear the stamping and
paving Of four thousand fine horses III
the royal stables. There were impor-
tant 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 q ride out at daybrcak; and when
in his white apparel behind the Swiitcst
horses Of all the realm, and followed hy
mounted archcrs in purple, as the cav
alcadc dashed through the streets of
Jerusalem, | suppose it was something
worth getting up at ) o'cl )ck in the
morning to look at.
Solomon was not like some of the
kings Of the present ,lay--crowncd inn
bccility. All the splcudor of his palace
and rctinuc were cclipscd by his intel
lectual power. Why, he seemed to know
everything. He was the first great nat
uralist the world ever saw. pcacocks
from India struttcd the Dasaltic walk,
and apes chat;crcd in the trees, and lccrs
stalkcd the parks and there were aqua
RUINS with foreign fish, and aviarics with
foreign brds;.and tradition says these
birds were so well tanned that Solomon
might walk clear across the city under
the shadow of their wings as they hoy
cred and fitted about him.
More than this, he had Il great rcputa-
ton for the conundrums and riddles that
he made and guessed. He and King
Hiram, his ncighbor, used to sit BY the
hour and ask riddles, each one paying
IN money If he could not answer or
guess the riddle. The Solomonic navy
visited all the world, and the sailors, of
course, talked about the wealth of their
kings, and about The riddles and cnig-
mas that he made and solved; and the
news spread until Queen Balkis, away
of south, heard of it and sent mcssen-
gers 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 hole so small that a 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 crawlcd through,
leaving the thread in the diamond. The
queen also sent goblet to solomon
asking him TO fill it with water that did
not pour from the SKY, and that did not
rush out from the earth; and immcdi-
atcly Solomon put slave on the back of
swift horse and gallOpcd hlm around
and around the park until the horse was
nigh exhausted, and from the pcrsplra-
ton OF the horse the goblet was filled,
She also sent King Solomon 500 girls IN
boys dress, wondering if ne would be
acute enough to find out the dcccpt,on
Immediately Solomon, when he saw
them wash their faces, knew from the
way they applied the water that it was
all cheat.
Queen Balkis was so pleased with the
acntcncss OF Solomon, that she said: "Ill
Just 60 and sec him for HIMSELF"
ondcr 1t comcs--thc cavalcadc-hOrscs
ana dromcdarlcs, chariots and chariot
GERS, lnghng harness and clattcrnr
ho"ls, and blazing shields, AMI living
cnsISnS' and rlappirg cymbals. The
place is saturated with the pcr(umc.
she brings cinnamon, and saffron, and
calamus, and franklncnnsc, and all man
ner OF sN Get spices. AS TIC rctinuc
sweeps throu@h tic gate, the armed
guards ilhalc tic aroma. '.IIalu" cry
the characters, as the wecls grind the
Sravcl IN front OF the pillarcd portico of
the king. Queen Balkis aliehts in an
atmosphere bewitchcd with perfume. As
the dromcdaries arc driven m to the