The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-12-19
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Intssnational SUNDAY. .gohoSl Isseoa ~
December ~, 1850.
Especially arranged from g. 8. Quarterly.1
LnssoN TBxT-I Kings 11:00-48.
GOLDEN TExT-Let us hear the conclusion
Of the whole matter: Fear God and keep
His commandments; for this is the whole
duty Of man.-Eccl. 1918.
CENTRAL TRUTH-For God shall bring
every work into Judgment with every
secret thing, whether II be good or whether
IL be evil.
TMn-solomon died B. O. o7S, after .
feign OF forty years.
PLACE--Jerusalem
soLoMoN's SrN-Q) A wrong heart (1
Pride from worldly prosperity. (0 Poiyg-
amy. az Marrying heather wives. D)
Conserving to and aiding idolatry, which
was almost treason against God. B) Op-
preston of the people.
CONSEQUENCES TO HIMsELF-C The loss Of
Gods peculiar favor. (2) Trouble at home.
8) Enemies without (11:14-25). W Rebel
lion against his rule by Jeroboam. @
The loss of the larger part Of his kingdom
from his family.
CONSCIOUSNESS TO HIS KINaDoM-D All
the evils that came to himself. (2) Moral
deterioration through his bad example. (8
Division of the kingdom.
HELrs OVER HARD PLACEs-26. Ephrathtte:
Ephraimite. Zeredd: an unknown place In
Ephraim. Lifted up his hand: rebelled.
And this pds the cause: this verse, and on to
the Both, contains an explanation Of how and
why Jeroboam "lifted up his hand against
Solomon" Mtlto: probably fortified en-
bankment over the northern end Of the
Tyropean valley, between Mount Zion and
s,n1 snRS L. - LosS
over the forced laborers from the tribe OF
described In Kings 5:13-15. %. Shtlontte:
belonging to Shiloh, in Ephraim, Il
miles north Of Jerusalem. It was the
ancient religious capital. 30 New garment!
belonging to the prophet, and representing
the undivided kingdom Tvclpc pieces: one
for each tribe. 80. Ono tribe: Judah, which
also absorbed and included Benjamin. 83
Ashtorcth, ETC.. 4: see last lesson. 86. David
may haze tight dl,cdy: his house shall al
ways have a representative, and not be ex'
tinguished as "a light Is put out. This was
fulfilled in David's descendant, Jesus
Christ, and in His kingdom; and the new
Jerusalem. 40. Solomon sought TO kin Jero
6odm: because he rebelled against him ",
28), and did not wait for the Lords time al
David did for his.
CoMMENTs-Solomon started In life we'll
He had godly father; for although
David 8 life was not by any means sinless
1t was far above the average mans lives in
those days for uprightness. There was nt
King of the surrounding nations who coulC
DC for moment compared with the Kine
Of Israel, in respect to his morals. More
over, the young King, when he came to the
throne, seems TO have been filed with
q modest spirit and to have sought the
guidance of God for the task that con
fronted him. Let the teacher revive thi!
part Of Solomon's life, briefly, with the
scholars, so as to make the contrast thai
this lesson presents all the stronger. Cox
seems to have given him many advantages
that were denied to his contemporaries
Solomon had this special advantage, tina
God gave him especial wisdom, so that ther,
was none like unto him in all the world
So great was his wisdom, that to this day
we call him the wisest man in thu
history of the world. To far
distant climes the reputation Of thii
monarch travelled, 30 that Queen Of tn,
South came from afar to hear him talk, and
was astonished al his learning. But solo
mons walk was as foolish as his talk wa
wise. As he grew older, he was led astray
% WO hoNO oSChs w biC SAAUVCI 0uu kldTC v
pomp and show, and married wives for tn
sake of political alliances, who led HIM int
dolatries Of the worst kind. Polygamy an,
polytheism were to rule in Jerusalem, an,
the anger Of God was aroused so that, as w
see In our lesson, He determined to punisl
him. Ten parts Of his kingdom were to b
torn away from his successor, and given +
Jeroboam. In the estimate Of Solomon thi
was q great evil, and he tried to prevent IT.
consummation by an attempt to kill tn
man Of whom God had thus spoken. All hi
efforts were vain, for the word of the Lor
was fulfilled, and the kingdom was divides
as soon as the old King passed away.
Impractical application Is simple. II fror
the contemplation Of such q sad failure q
was that Of this sovereign we can learn n
| lesson, we must be dull scholars indeed. Tn
lesson to bo laid to heart Is IA good begin
ming may have bad ending. REV. A.
Schauffier.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
I. God Himself Furnishes sin.
| 2. God has made the world so that sin cor
tains within itself evil for the sinner.
8. Those who show talent and faithful
ness in lesser things are called 10 create
| ones.
4. God always fulhlls His promises, q
completely as those to whom they are mad
fulfill the conditions.
8. Solomon was saved II he repented. q
was treated exactly the same as any othe
sinner Of equal guilt.
6. It is very dangerous thing to sin, 81
pecting to repent in later life.
z. The only way to true success, for th
individual or the nation, 10 through obed
ence to God.
Eject Of Tobacco ON Boys.
An experimental observation Of thirty
eight boys Of all classes of society and {