The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-11
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Series, GO Obcr II.
.. I'm Gideon the Lord appeared 10 Sol
onion in dream by night, and God said,
Asl. what shall give thee" David was
now dead, having reigncd 40 years at
Hebron and 80 at Jerusalem Il Kings ii,
| 10, IL Solomon was strengthened in his
Kingdom, and the Lord his God was with
/ him ana magnined hin exceedingly. Tho
{ ark OF God was In tho tont which David
I had pitched for II M Jerusalem, but the
/ tabernacle and altar Of burnt Offering, otc.,
/ wero still at Gideon I'll Chron. !, -.
! Thi,her Solomon and many II the people
/ went to offer burnt offerings, token Of
/ whole hearted surrender to God To servo
/ Him only 1t was In that night that the
( Lord appeared to him rs here recorded
Hear the Lo-d saying similar words TO Us
In John xiv. 10, II.
s. David, my father, walked before
thee in truth and in righteousness and in
: uprightncss Of heart with thee solomon
begins his request by speaking Of God 5
great mercy nr bounty 10 his father Tho
mecclcs Of tine Lord are good topic for
every morning for they are new every
morning. HIS compositions fail not. Groat
j., His faithfI!uess CLain til, 20, 23). Ho
is tho Father OF Mcrcics III Cor /, ~.
solomon spoaks ii his father S walk bciorn
tho Lord nnG WITH the Lord. Like Ahrn-
ham. ho walked before God (Gon. xvii,
u. and, Hike Enoch Noah and Low, he
walked with tod (bcn. ', ~, VI, ~ Nal
II, ~.
Z. Il am bnt little child. know not
how t. G1 out OF come III. Acknowledge
lnG his Indebtedness to tho Lore God OF
bis father Tor hi~ position, ho couics-cs ms
hclilo-sncss ead Ignorance. lie Is hut q
child ana Knows not anything. when
Jeremiah long after this was called Of Nui
to be u!s prophet, he also SAID, AN, Lord
God, cannot speak, Tor am child'
hut tho Lord said TO him most comforting
words, which also He is saying to you ana
mo II oAly va hnTo cars to hear them
(,icr. l. ESQ. His fathers words, ny the
Spirit, concerning going ont and coming
IN ops OIL 3d. should haye greatly helped
him, for they hntc helped many
$, Thy servant Is In tho midst OF thy
people, which thou Inst chosen. 20 also
was tho Lord IN tho midst or ms people,
for lilo had chosen them that lie nigh,
dwell in their midst, and thus make them
people different from all other people on
tho elrth and separated from al! other pco
rlo. For that reason tho tabernacle was
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future glory Of Israel shall no Jehovah IL
their midst forevcrmorc tizok. X1xvii, ~
Hoph, iii, Ia. Tho ercntcst fact IN every
gathering OF Gods pcoplc now is tho pres
encc Of the Lord in their midst tMnth
xvii, 2o), md not tho presence Of this Of
that important person.
0. "Give, therefore, thy servant an un'
Outstanding hoart to Jndgo thy people, that
| may discern between good and bad VI
The request is worded little differently
in III Chron. I, 10, give mo now wisdom
and knowledge, that l may go out and
como in before this people, but tho sub
stance Of it Is tho same, that ho may have
wisdom to do right before God in the mat
ter OF tho kingdom and in tho midst Of
this people like the dust of tho earth In
multitude Il Kings iv, 90; III Chron. !, 49,
Great comfor for each of us In tho matter
OF wisdom is found in Jas. }, ., o.
10. And tho speech pleased the Lord
that Solomon had asked this thing. II
is possible to please God and have tho joy
Gus consciousness Of 1t. Our Lord Jesus
said, II do always those things that please
| Him (John viii, 29), and Paul says In