The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-08-09
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE sY The NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; \ JOY Inspiring Reiicion-soio'
mons Misdom-sweet spices OF Chris
tisnity = It Counteracts All Trouble =
No Dolorous Music Needed.
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| rOtiCns about rehglons anu lSlFtschts ~
as being Joy inspiring instead ot do,orous.
text. IL CHRONICLES IA, ?. "Ol spices great
abundance; neither was there any such
| spice as the Queen Of Sheba gave King
solomon"
What is that building oat yonder, gl,t.
tering IN the suny Have you rot heards
I Ii is in the house OF the forest of Lebanon.
/ King solomon has Just taken TO II his
| bride. the Princess of Egypt You see the
| pillars OF the portico and great tower,
| adorned with 1000 shields OF gold, hung
| on the outside of the tower, 900 OF the
! shields OF gold manufactured az Solomon's
order; 500 were captured hv DAVID his
father, IN battle. See how they blaze IN
the MONDAY sun,
solomon goes up the IVORY stairs of his
| throne, between twelve hons IN statuary.
and sits Down on the back of the golden
| bull the head of the huge beast turned to-
ward the people. The family and the at
| tendants OF the king are so many that the
caterers of the palace have to provide
every day 100 sheep and thirteen oxen,
besides the birds and the yenIson. hear
the stamping and paving ot 1000 hne
horses IN the royal stables. There We're
important officials who had charge os the
work OF gathering the straw and the bar
| ley for these horses. King solomon was
| an early riser, tradition saws. and used TO
take a ride out at daybreak. and when IN
his white apparel. behind the swittest
horses of all the realm and followed 10y
mounted archers IN purple. as the caNa'-
! eade dashed through the streets of Jeru-
salem | suppose Il was something worth
getting up at O'Clock IN the morning TO
| look at.
| solomon was not like some of the kings
Of the present dav-crowned imbeclhty.
| All the splendors of his palace and retlnue
were eclipsed by his intellectual power.
Why, he seemed to know everything. lie
was the first great naturalist the word
ever saw. Peacocks from India strntted
the basaltc walk, and apes chattered IN
| the trees. and deer stalked the parks, aud
| there were auuariums with foreign hsh
and aviaries with foreign birds, and tradi.
| tion SAYS these birds were so well tanned
that Solomon might walk Gear across the
city under the shadow of their wings as
/ thev lowered and fitted about him.
More than this. he had great repnta'
/ ton for the conumdrums and riddles thft
| he made and guessed He and King HI.
| ram, his neighbor. used TO sit 10y the hour
and ask riddles each one paying IN money
| II he could not answer or guess the riddle
| The Solomonic navy visited all the world,
| aud the sailors, OF course, talked about
the riddles and enigmas that he made and
solved. and the news spread until Queen
| Balkis away of south. heard OF II. and
sent messengers with n few riddles that
she would like 20 have Solomon solve and
few puzzles that she would like to have
| him find out She sent among other
things, TO King Solomon diamond with
ahole so small that needle could not pen
citrate II, asking him to thread that Ga.
| mond. And Solomon took a worm and
! put 1t at the opening in the diamond. and
the worm crawled through. leaving the
thread in the diamond. The queen also
sent goblet to solomon; asking him TO
| fill II with water that did not Iour from
the sky and that did not rush out from
the earth. and Immediately Solomon pat
a slave on the back OF a swift horse and
galloped him around and around the park
until the horse was nigh exhausted. and
from the persp'ration of the horse the
| goblet was filled She also sent 90 King
Solomon 500 boys in girls dress and 500
girls in boys dress. wondering II he would
be acute enough 20 ind out the deception
/ Immediately Soomon. when he saw them
wash their faces. knew from the wav they
applied the water that It was a. a cheat.
Queen Balkis was 40 pleased with the
acuteness os Solomon that che said. "I'll
Just go and see him for myself" Iondcr
! IL comes--thc cayalcade-horses and dro
medaries. chariots and charioteers. ing.
! ling harness and gathering hoofs and blaZ.
ing shields and flying cnsigns aud c,apping
/ cymbals. The pace is saturate with the
/ perfume She brInys clnnaron ard SAT
] from and calamus and frankincensc and all
sweeps through the cate the armed guard
! inhales the aroma Halt" cries the char.
oteers "a the Wheels grind the gravel in
front OF tho pillared portico o. tne king
! Queen Balkis alights in an atmosphere be
witched with perfume. AZ the dromeda
ries are driven mp 10 the kings store
houses and the bundles OF camphor are
unloaded, and the sacks cf cinnamon and
| the boxes OF sp;ces are opened the par
veyors Of the ralace discover what nv text
announces "Oi spices. great abundance
! Neither was there any such sDice az the
! Queen Of Sheba gave 20 King solomon"
] Well, my friends, Won know that all the
ologans agree in making Solomon n type
| of Christ, and IN making the Queen Of
/ Sheba type Of every trJth seeker. and
I will talte the responsibility of saying that
all the spikenard and cassia and franklin.
cense which the Queen Of Shebh brought
! 10 King Solomon ia nightly suggestive OF
the sweet spices OF our holy religion.
| Christianity Il not a collection Of sharp
technicalities and angular facts and chro-
biological tables and dry statistica.
Our religion II compased % frlnkincensr
! and 10 cassia. but never 20 ng1tsbadc
! II ~ bundle e myrrh. IL il a dash Of
foiy llght. 1t Is a sparkle Of cool foln-
] tatns. IL ~ an opening OF op1llne gates
/ II " 4 collection OF spices. Would Cod
that we were AZ wise IN taking spices 10
| our divine King as Queen Balkis was wise
IN taking the spices 10 the earthly Solo.
| mon
The fact IL thai the duties and cares Of
/ tb ~ life, coming % NJ from time % time
are stupid often lnd name and intolerable
| Here ara men who have been battering
| climbing. pounding, hammering for twenty
years. forty years. fifty years One great
| long drudgery has their life been, their
faces anxious, Their feelings ben1mbed
their days monotonous. What - neces
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sweeten that acid disposition and 20 put
! sparkle into the mans spirltsy The spic-
4 cry OF our holy religion. Why, II between
] the losses Of life there dashed the gieam
| 6 an eternal gain. II bctgeen the betray.
/ ais Of life there came the ziesm of the un.
dying friendship Of Christ. II in dull times
( ~ business we found mlnistcring spirits
! flying u and fro in our cfice and store
and shop. everyday life, Iprtcad Of being
| a stupid monotone. would be a glorious IN
spiration, pcnduluming between calm sat
isfaction and high rapture
How any woman keeps house without
the rel gion of Christ 20 h.lp her is a
4 greater part OF onc's life, &C many women
! 10. m Planning for the meals. al J stitch.
ing garments that will soon te ren, again
! and deplofinz brc-k8ses, and supervising
\ tardy subOfdInates, and driyin; III dust
that soon again will settle. and doing ,he
/ Hah' sni * Jay ~ anu haF Dut ahs year
IA and year out until the hair silyers. and
the back stoops, and the gpectacles ctagl
| . the eyes, and the grave breaks open
under the thin .O.e Of the shOe-oh, u -
a long monotOny' But when Christ come,
| the drawirg room. and comes 10 the
l kitchen. aud comes tO the nursery. and
| comes 10 the dwelling. then how CHEEKY
| becomes al womsny duties, She - never
alone now Martha gets through ffe.ting
and joins Mary 40 the feet 0f Jesus. Al
\ day ions Deborah " happy because she can
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