Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-24
CHRIST BRINGS joy.
DR.. Talmage corrects Some False
Notions About Religion.
sersaon Drawn from the story of
King Solomon and the Queen OF
shesa-Reiisica- Ways Are
Ways OF pfeasantncss.


religion and represents il as being
Joy inspiring instead OF dolorouS'
text. Chronicles. go: "Of spices
great abundance; neither was there
any such spice as the queen of Sheoa
gave King solomon"
What is that building out yonder |
Elittering in the sun2 Have you not |
heard? II is the house of the forest |
OF Lebanon. King Solomon has just |
taken TO IL 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 tho tower-5oo OF the
shields Of gold manufactured at sol
| omon's order. 500 were captured 10y
David HIS father. In battle. See how
/ they blaze in the MONDAY SUM-
Solomon goes up the ivory stairs
OF his throne between u lions m
statuary and sits down on the back
OF the golden bun. the head OF the
huge beast turned toward the people
The family and the attendants OF the
king are so many that the caterers OF
the palace have to provide every day
100 sheep and I3 oxen. besides the
birds and the venison. ! hear the
| horses I'm 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 20 take
n ride ont at daybreek. and when. in
his white apparel. behind the swiftest
horses OF an the realm and followed
hy mounted urchcrs in purple. "a the
cavalcsde dashed through tho streets
Of Jerusalem. I suppose IL was some
| thing worth getting up NJ FIVE o'clock
I'm the morning 20 look az.
Solomon was not like some OF the
kings Of the present day-crowned
imbecility All the splendors OF his
palace and rctinue were eclipscd 10y
his intellectual power. Why. he
seemed 70 know everything. lie was
the first great naturalist the world
ever sow. pcacocks from India strut
ted the basaltic walk. and apes chat
7 tered In the trees. and deer Etaikcc
3 the parks and there were aquarium
y with foreign fsh and aviaries viii
% foreign birds. and tradition say
g. these birds were so we'll tanned tina
B Solomon might walk clear across th'
q city under tho shadow % their wing
D. rs they lowered and fitted about him
More than this He had great rsp
y utation for the conundrums and rid
10 dies that he made and guessed. II
-f and King Hiram hts neigh Dor. use
20 sit by the hour and ask riddles
. each one paying iE money IL he coul
y, not anewer OF guess the riddle. III
BE- | Solomonic navy visited all tho work
I, and the sailors. Of course. talke
about the wealth Of their king an
about the riddles aud enigmas tha
be made and solved. and the new
spread until Queen Balks, away o.
south, heard OF IL and sent mcssei
gers with few riddles that sA
would like 20 have solomon solve an
few puzzles shat she would like
n5 have him End out. She sent. anon
other things. 20 King solomon di
r, mond with hole 40 small that
,,- needle could not penetrate IL, aslSiT
80 him 10 thread that diamond. and So
ONION took worm and put IL az u
-,. opening in the diamond, and q
p. worm crawled through. leaving u
,,t thread in the diamond. The que'
-. also sent goblet 20 Solomon. aslCii
- him 20 FL II with water that did n
b. pour from tho sky and that did n
rush out from the earth. and imm
"a diately solomon put slave on q
back OF a swift horse and gallOp
him around and around the park n
til the horse was nigh exhausts
and from the Precipitation Of {
horse the goblet was hlled She al
sent 10 King Solomon 500 boy
girls dress and 500 girls IN DO
~ dress. wondering ~ he would be ACT
enough 10 find out the deception. I
me medlstely Solomon. when he 81
~" them wash their faces. knew fr,
the way they applied the water n
II was all a cheat
hen Queen Ball1is was so pleased W
'ail the acuteness Of Solomon that
e<e SAID. I'm just go and sc him
myself" Yonder 81 comes-the cay
10y, cade-horSes and dromedaries CHI;
God OTIS and characters, jinglin0 harm
hair and Gathering hoofs and biaz
ust shields and Aying ensigns and cl
him ping cymbals. The place IS satura
bni with the perfume. She brings
rub namon and saffron and calamus
AXE franklucense and all manner OF sw
spices. a. the retinue sweeps throl
HE'D the gate the armed guard iDhales
Jag | aroma Haiti" cry tho charlotte
the as the wheels grind the gravel
him front Of the pill0red portico OF
onQ | king. Queen Balb<is aiights in an
son nosphers bswitehed with PERU
the AZ the dromedariea are driven uI
the kings storehouses, and the I
rbca dles of camphoT are unloaded.
srge the sacks OF cinnamon and the be