Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-22
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
subject: A JOY Inspiring Reiirion-Solo'
mons Wisdoin-Sweet Spices of Chris
tianity - 1t Counteracts All Trouble -
No Dolorous Music Needed.
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WASHINGTON, d. Gin this discourse
DR.. Talnage corrects some of the false
notions about religion, and represents IL
as being ioy inspiring instead OF dolorous;
text. III. Chronicles iX, 9, ''Of spices great
abun lance; neither was there any such
spice as the Queen OF sheba gave hing
Solomon" -,
What is that building out yonder. gilt,
tering in the sun? Have You not heard!
1t is in the house of the forest OF LEBANON.
King Solomon has Just taken to 1t his
bride. the Princess of Egypt. You see the
ppdorned ptas y with h 1000 shields of gold, hung
on the outside of the tower, 500 OF the
shields of gold manufactured at solomon S
order; 500 were captured by DAVID, hls
father in battle. See how they blaze IN
The MONDAY sun.
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 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 dav 100 sheep and thirteen oxen,
the stamping and paving OF 4O00 flne
horses in the royal stables. There were
important officials who had charge, OF the
work of gathering the straw and the bar
lev for these horses. King solomon was
an early riser, tradition says and useu 70 10
his white apparel. behind the, swittest
horses of all the realm and followed by
mounted archers in purple, as the caVai-
cade dashed through the streets OF Jern-
salem | suppose 1T was something Worth
letting I'D at o'clock in the morning to
look at.
Solomon was not like some of the kings
.of tbe present dav-crowned imbecilty.
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 World Wd
ever saw. Peacocks from India strutted
the basaltic walk, and apes chattered IN
the trees and deer stalked the parks, and
there were aquarlums with foreign nSh
and aviares with foreign birds, and tradi,,
ton saws these birds were so well tanned
that Solomon might walk clear across the
thew lowered and fitted about him.
More than this, he had great reputa-
lion for the conumdrums and riddles that
he made and guessed. He and King, Hi
ram, his neiehbor, used to sit by the hour
and ask riddles, each one paying IN money
If he could not answer or guess the rlddie.
The Solomonic navy visited all the world,
and the sailors, of course, talked about
the riddles and enigmas that he made and
solved, and the news spread until queen
Balkis. away off south, heard OF 1t, and
sent messengers with Il few riddles that
she would like to have solomon solve and
a few puzzles that she would like to have
him find out. She sent. among other
things, to King Solomon Il diamond with
ahole so small that needle could not pen
citrate it, asking him to thread that dla,
mond And Solomon took worm and
the worm crawled through, leaving the
thread in the diamond. The queen also
sent a goblet to Solomon. asking him to
fill l. with water that did not pour from
the sky and that did not rush out from
the earth, and Immediately Solomon put
a slave on the back OF swift horse and
galloped him around and around the park
Until the horse was nigh exhausted, and
from the perspiration of the horse the
goblet was filled. She also sent to King
Solomon 800 boys in girls dress and 800
girls in boys dress. wondering IT he would
be acute enough to find out the deception.
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
acuteness of Solomon that she said, IN
just 60 and see him for myself" Ionder
it comes-the cavalcade-horses and dro-
rnedaries, chariots and charioteers. iing-
ling harness and Gathering hoofs and baz-
ing shields and flying ensigns and c.apping
cymbals. The place is saturated with the
perfume. She brings cinnamon and SAT
iron and calamus and frankincense and all
manner of sweet spices As the retinue
sweeps through the gate the armed guard
inhales the aroma. Halt" cries the char
ioteers as the wheels grind the gravel in
front of the pillared portco of the king.
Queen Ballls ahghts in an atmosphere be-
witched with perfume. As the dromeda-
houses and the bundles of camphor are
unloaded, and the sacks of cinnamon and
the boxes of spices are opened the pur-
veyors of the palace discover what my text
Announces ''Of spices. great abundance.
Neither was there any such spice as the
Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon
Well, my friends, you know that all the
ologians agree in making Solomon a type
of Christ, and in making the Queen of
Sheba type of every truth seeker, and |
will take the responsibility OF saying that
all the spikenard and cassia and franklin
cense which the Queen of Sheba brought
to King Solomon is nightly suggestive of
the sweet spices of our holy religion.
Christianity is not collection of sharp
technicalities and angular facts and chro-
biological tables and dry statistics.
Our religion is compared to frankincense
and to cassia, but never to nightshade.
1t is bundle of myrrh. 1t is a dash of
holy light. 1t is sparkle of cool foun-
tains. 1t is an opening OF opaline gates.
1t is collection of spices. Would God
that we were as wise in taking spices to
our divine King as Queen Balkis was wise
in taking the spices to the earthly Solo
mon.
The fact is that the duties and cares of
this life. coming to us from time to time
are stupid often and nane and intolerable
Here are men who have been battering
climbing, pounding, hammering for twenty
years, forty years, fifty years. One great
long drudgery has their life been, theil
faces anxious, their feelings benumbed
their days monotonous. What is neces
sary to brighten up that mans life and to
sweeten that acid disposition and to put
sparkle into the mans spirits? The spic
cry of our holy religion. Why, if between
the losses of life there dashed the CLEAN
of an eternal gain, if between the betray
ais of life there came the gleam of the un
dying friendship of Christ, if in dull time.
in business we found ministering spirit,
flying to and fro in our Office and store
and shop, everyday life, instead of bein,
stupid monotone, would be glorious in
spiration, penduluming between calm sat
isfaction and high rapture.
How any woman keeps house withou
the religion of Christ to help her is ,
rnvstpry tn me- To hava to snand ~,