, 1876-08-19
Reviow Of tho Bunday.schoo1 Lesson
for To-Morrow.
lilo King OF Israel and Ills Cook
or l'0verby.
The Causes Which Inspired Him
to Write Them.
Inducements Which Are Held Out to
Us to Do Right,

ValCu !cAGH kilAk Ilt bOlNct&HGB Nli FGEJ lbQI-
'sh and very sinful tlltpga. We, therefore, have
come to the concnsun Tint lc WIS wise col,l-
pared with other GLITCH men Of The agc
In tho nursery Of ratllelteba some 600
years before the five wise men Of Greece .le-
e,arcd their sngc sayings, and 100 years before
tlotc noble inen, Socrates, llato and Aristotle,
uttered their higll.toncd sentiments. And now
TINT VIZ have como to consider hls saylngs and
compure them with LIS dnngs, NC feel morc
than eyer that lie was tnau not entitled to
much, II any, credit. God gave him
great intellectual powers, hrElliant
cnrccr, anl 11ia pcru1Iar people,
with the fon hope that he would bless mankind.
God loved Issacl ITO mora than lie did other I'M.
ttnns, and yet he hail "l'cciat work for Ills own
people to do, and lie hopcd Solomon wouid lead
thcln In tho right way.
lie failed to fUlil tho promises Of his enrly life.
Like other men, he WINS mt able 10 resist teinpta-
ton. And when, after nany years Of living,
he found that his lilo wa& a failure, tn felt
that lie ought to Efyu mankind the
hcMe1N of hls own observations. lit was wise in
giving them to MS IN the foru, nf proverbs, raral
I'll structure Of scntcnccF repetition OF tho sane
thought In different words which greatly facilitates
tl1n efforts Of memory.
Solomon was wise. md yet in some reepccts very
bis fathers. lie hutl great deal Of worldly wis
dom, and get he did nnny unw1sc nets, which he
ultimately turned to good account for other men
by telling them the rcsaltS Of his experience. aa
that "thc way Of tho traAgrcssor IL hard, land that
"thc fear OF the Lord Is thu beginning OF wisdom"
lie has given ny in striking why certain warnings,
nOr 10 forget Ills stntutcs. lie scruh to inALcato
that ts advice Ia not theoretIca1 but IL basc.l OIL
actna) knowledge. II VIC make ourselves familiar
will h1R 0f 1}fr, kbn11 nsn TINT In t3Aq
eonla aplroeiate tne folly ,ct % ydoinE.
try tho effects Of Fin uppn !.is own suul that he
might pains in trio and vivid catore t!'u nntural
and tnsya'e results . Of lIety, Injustice, ptsii
strong CONTRAST thc rewards of rcty, obedience,
1a;ies. soltiety anl other yirlns+ which ineyit
aAtnonitsona. Tho rosuo IL familiar with ali the
.hifs md dadgcs Of men Of l.!s profession. ~
iakss rogue To- satcs, & ros'le" So tho ttn Of
colorInr nn hnct, thu pains and snrtuws, Tic tecp
grief end tho Deeper remurse Of a dodlcss aud
Solomon hu1 woalth, often tho means Of great
si,s, end ri tr!e! n many csperi:nenss Ia shining, not
Rrcat obligations to hi Tor thus savlng u tic time
n ssss a%as h. ss nE. nass ss2S t.
ehcl a' o1is': a' ''f'ts% Ss aasanse. @ a"a ea
Nlb PlvAh t0HltG VI 4lGt-Rl luFluS duA unu 4lllt
fcHrinv 10 btca1t Ills commandments, mud tho AaI
results ot wicked cun:sc t,f con!uct and seeking
comfort and evcT Joy, n thnse rinr, thst nevIt.
i' ins sings u an outraged cosccnce. CO. It tusc1y
will bs much peter for NJ I" receive and regard
bis wartngs thn u lie al tho Gust and trunhlu Of
repeating hls experiments, aud rGapng hc reward
solon,a1 suffered SO much in various ways from
tranaFrtsstng the laws Of Als Crchtnr that he wns
lcss earnest than able In enforcing upn1, what
he knew about the eiIccts oi sn non TIC eonl. liz
nss is I'D M :* s ms nsS psy s at 4 s o9 a
lnin!to exalted the 1ntte.
.s .no,ssa sssf BY &c; &c., tss ssthoty Kos nst Ct
grest mensai force enflchc'! ly wealth untold. rn
c!rcsd BY % many motives to obey tho Great King.
#, Grss1 rs nsnsfss!oF & 4, tneoa ti KnEs IT,, IL:
aid, M tt,oa wilt walk n Ny why's. Il keep siy
,tss a AZ csnaan,; VII lsn1s
II tho completion of tile temple. Il. Kings,
t s 70 Sssa svs wi ssoo IT, ,aSss fsasn
.n sn x ss es!s s. s y; Il r.sf, SsS %t Of scg 1ss IT
commitments, keep Ny statueR mud NY judy.
nlsn!s, then the CROWN Of lssael aal! continue in
S SS.s Thy away sny o and s VIII Sst sf" y a ssn ssss
esrfsr es fsr'tt Of 0iss' ss rs.sy E, sssys As nf ] III.
sulou.on went ON; month after 'nontls, unl even
year nftsr year. breaking t'ud's uws, md .titru-
Earlinx lttt statntss, ~ u nc %Gs MnIsr no ohlea
LION ~ INC Ctiet Mas,ht!ats " l.Eh llea'ch ~ u
he wn* mol llni.er ul.hs To keHr inc trHcr nf tbs
universe. aftl a. II !lc oftc!!itc NJ ~ crown nnd
thc aethronehiunt VI h1a 1amy Gould nut possibly
occur.
Waa hta consee % Of If life the iegit1mats result Of
hlH wisdom: When tle inrlelture u h!t crown
and 0l MS fah'lIy tnrY Was announced.
90 raw what ai oErss'ons nsander NC had
n1nur. IL could seek ncTcy uniy on the
ground thai hc would condnct himself IN mora
conlincnlAhio fAnner IN thc tafnfc. l!e would
write proverbs eH1 WnsI hts fcll9w. moraH ngnlnst
taking thu cri'nkca cnlrsc, 1n Which hH had trnv-
eea tos " nay, ysars aud 70 ~ mscs us all to
going, +" exnmiae cxs.y stcp w. takc. md to bs
mires or sin mt! fdily from Which, II We 1nec get
xe,l In, It Wy 30 very ds.lc9,t 70 Get nN,.
su Ibis wlhe md rich aM worry kindly gives ~ The
results o! hlr nwn cxpsFie,cs 4! .hs form q short,
n'th5 sentences, that ws 'hy the n'nre t'lty pack
she'l away In our hearts, and Practice tho" III our
II fHa very saa totc the Ring Of ISRAEL elycA Of
himtslf. aMd still = very fnta Of Instruction 10
the young much more linn Ia the ni', whnnE nj:
teay pretty well hSed in their course Of fc, md
ato nt IL continue tn ihp s;!irectlo fo' Tue scst
Of thr1r eArth1y existence. We Trust. therefore,
thnt 1ur young Eoasus will kindly receive the cx,
ccllcnt a,.yte vi tho wsp King nf larAcl. md not