The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, nov 20.


1. "And when the queen OF Sheba heard
Of the fame of Solomon concerning tho
name OF the Lord, she came TO prove him
with hard questions" She heard. and
she came, aud she saw 1t was in her own
land that she heard (verse 81, therefore
some one who knew must have told of tho
glory OF Solomon. We know of ga greater
than Solomon" (Math. xii, 42), but what
arc we doing TO make known His great
ness, and His wondrous love, and His sal
walton? Faith oometh by hearing, but how
can they bellows who have never heard?
from. x, H. 1t was not merely the fame
of Solomon that was made known, but tho
name of Jehovah, who gave him all he had.
The exaltation Of any man, however great,
Is not our business, but our motto is, "Je-
hovah alone shall be exalted" lisa. IL, IL,
~. There is only one TO whom God has
| given name that is above every name
| phil. ii, 8, 1O), and we are here to mag
| Nifty Him and make Him known 20 the
| ends of the earth.
2. "And she came to Jerusalem with n
| very great train, with camels that bare
| spices, and very much gold, and precious
stones" When the Son Of David, the true
| Prince of Peace, shall reign in Jerusalem,
for it shall surely be because the Lord hath
spoken it duke 1, 32, 33), then "the kings
of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts-yea,
all kings shall fall down before Him, all
| nations shall serve Him." "They shall
bring gold and incense, and they shall
shew forth the praises Of the Lord" FPS.
lxxii, 10, IL, Is; lisa. TX, O.. This was
foreshadowed not only in the visit of the
queen of Sheba, and Of all the earth seek
ing Solomon To hear his wisdom (verse
24), but also In the visit of the wise men
from the east, who brought Him gifts
gold and frankincense and myrrh (Math.
H. ~.
3. "And Solomon told her all her ques-
tons. There was not anything hid from
the king which he told her not" We are
not told the nature of her hard questions,
but simply that the wisdom of God in Sol
ONION was equal to every one. In Christ
are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge (Col. Ii, 81, and there is nothing
that we need to know that He by His
Spirit through His word is not ready to
tell us. There are many things we ase not
able to bear because of our carnality or
lack of faith John xvi, 10; / Cor. iii, 2;
Heb. v, 12), but If we are teachable and
believing He who is with US and perfect in
knowledge will teach us all things (Jot
xxxvi, A.; John xiv, 26). Some things we
may not know now, but hereafter (Johr
xiii, z; Cor xiii, 12). A friend of mine
has written over 30 helpful questions and
answers from the book, which can be had
In tract form simply for the postage from
l.. & X, Box 216, Harrisburg. 9Th,
Souls Cry and the Saviour's Answer. "
4, 8. "And when the queen of Sheba had
seen 80 there was no more spirit in her. )
| Probably she came with the consciousness
that she herself was some great one, ant
doubtless she was in her own land ant
among her own people, but now she is IL
. Emmanuel land and sees somewhat Of tn
glory which Jehovah can give, and sh
thinks nothing of her own any more
When we in our ignorance of Gods right
eousness think we have of ourselves some
what worth mentioning, it only declare
that we have not seen or known His.
9. "And she said to the king, it was
true report that heard in mine own LIANT
Of thy acts and of thy wisdom" ALTHOUGH
we know that the report we give from tn
book concerning our King Is all true, hoy
often we have to say, who hath believes
our report" lisa. ILL., - As to the las
. book in the Bible, which more than an
!. other tells of the glory of our King, whic
!, has special blessing both at the beginnin
/
. it, and in which 1t is three times writte
' that its words are faithful and true (Rey
1, 8; xxi, z; xix, 8; xxi, 8; xxi, O., hoy
few there are who count it true record
while many turn away from it and tai
against It?
~ z. "Howbeit I believed not the word
= until 1 came and mine eyes had seen il
q and, behold, the half was not told me- Th
! wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fam
| which l heard" We remember that on
}, of the apostles would not believe that I'll
Lord had risen until he saw for himsel
but when He did see and believe our Lor
said to him, blessed are they that hay
l. not seen yet have believed" (John Xxx, 20
Faith in God brings all blessing to the b.
Ia lever and the enjoyment of 1t, but unb
= | lief shuts the door. Contrast Gen. XIV,
. Dan. vi, 23; Luke 1, 45; Acts xvii, q
"a Mark v, So; John XII, 40, with Luke l, p
> 62; Heb. iii, IL; Nv, 1-3. Do we who PR
= fess to believe in Christ Jesus give an
kind of a true report concerning Him, thu
some may be led to come and see for then
selves? We surely cannot tell 1t all
8. "Happy are thy men, happy are the
q thy servants, which stand continually b
n fore thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
"a How happy should those be who arc accep
n ed in Christ and blessed with all spiritu
blessings in Him, who are made partake
of the divine nature and Of the glory to
revealed (Eph. 1, 3, 9, z; l Pet. V, /;
Pet. /, A., who are joint heirs with Chris
laborers together with God, and here
Christ's stead as His ambassadors Il Co
iii, o; III Cor. V, 20). But are we9
O. blessed be the Lord thy God, while
W delighted in thee to set thee on the throl
of Israel because the Lord loved Israel TO
nc ever. Therefore made He the king to {
!, Judgment and Justice" In III Chron. L
= 8. the record Is ''to set thee on His throl
'e TO be king for the Lord thy God" >
III also I Chron. xxx, 90, Solomon sat {
e- the throne of the Lord as king instead
~ David, his father" The only throne {
earth ever called the throne of the Lol
was the throne of the king of Israel, al
Do at Jerusalem shall yet be the throne of q
Lord. and King shall sit on 1t who VI
execute Judgment and justice in the cart
and in those days all the earth shall ser
!, Gifts To that King and shall worship Hi
=, der iii, II, Is; xiii, b, %.
nc 10 "And she gave the king an hundr
y, and twenty talents of gold, and of spic
NJ very great store, and precious stones
er we value a talent of gold at S25, 900, whi'
er- IA probably n low valuation, we have he
~ n Gift of 90, 600, 900 in gold, not TO menti'
oy the spices and precious stones The ne
us verse speaks of gold from Ophir, and yer
eu Ia saws that 666 talents CSC, 900, OOO) can
no every year, besides the wealth OF verse |
ID Let IL all suggest to us the "excecdii
lts abundantly above all we ask or think
gs- the grace and glory of our God. The que'
I'm of Sheba was emptied OF her treasury
oil but went home filed with the royal poun
Il OA oil harA ast