Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for SoTcIsiber 90,
ISee-The Fame Of soIomoa-I RinKs
ls:I-I0. 10.

fS:l-IO, -.
IArranged from Pelou5ets Notes1
GOLDEN THsXT.-Behold. a greater than
Solomon is here.-AIatt 1872
THE SECTION includes the story Of the
visit Of the queen Of Sheba as tod in l
| Kings l0.l-l0 and Chron. 9.4-12. together
/ with a review Of Solomon's greatness in
the remainder Of these chapters.
TIdE--About p. c. 9g2-gs4 After the
/ twentieth year of Solomon's reigr. Il Kings
s:l0). and ten years after the completion OF
/ the temple.
/ PLACE. Jerusalem, where Solomon
| had his royal palace. 2 Sheba. or Sebaea
q wealthy region in South Arabia. border
miles from Jerusalem
EXPLANATORY
The Seeker After More Lightly. !.
when the queen of Sheba:" "Sheba
was country in Arabia Felix. famous
for its traffic in gold, frankincense and
| precious stones. "-Farrar. II is now
called Yemen, and is situated on the
east Of the Red sea-
10 prove Ito test) him with hard
questions" with the riddles and eng
mas 50 common in the east. Having
tested ms wisdom by these. then she
would bring to him the great religious
and moral questions which will keep
asking themselves in the heart Of every
thinking person.
2. And she came with a yer
great train. with camels that bare
Spices a very great store" we are
told in verse 10.
and very much gold:" According
TO verse 10, 100 talents. As a talent of
gold is worth s26,2s0, her present of
gold would amount 10 over So .000. 600.
"Strabo relates that the Sabaeans were
enormously wealthy, and used gold and
silver il the most lavish manner in
their furniture, their utensils and even
on the walls, doors and roofs OF
their houses" Rawlinson. And
precious stones:" The ONYX. emer-
aid and turquoise are still found
in Arabia, and in former times
the variety was apparently much great
er (Plin. Nat. Hist, 81.
The Finding.-Vs. 80 3. And Sol
omen told her all her ques ions:" her
problems, enigmas and quest ions Of re-
ligion Nothing was too deep for him
in all she asked; he discovered the cor
rect answer and gave it to ner Cam
bridge Bible.
4. "All Solomon's wisdom:" in his
arrangements, the ordering of the
kingdom. architectural inventions, and
everything that required great skill.
But especially his wisdom in answering
hard questions.
s. 1T was a true report:" She nobly
acknowledges the truth. without any
envy or conceit.
Z. Behold, the half was not told
me-" Nor would she have believed it
if il had been told. Much of it could
not be told in such way that she
could really understand it. any more
than native of central tropical Africa
could understand that water could be
changed into ice or comprehend the
workings Of the telephone. telegraph
or The photograph.
$ Happy are thy mem" Not be-
cause Of their fine clothes. or their high
position, Of their splendid possessions.
did the queen regard tire people and
The servants of solomon as blessed and
happy bgt because they could always
listen 60 his wisdom. Pulpit Com. It
is great advantage to be in good fam
lies, and to have opportunity Of fire. /
quent converse with those that are
wise and good-W. Henry
blessed be thy Cod" This shows
that the queen understood solomon to I
recognizes all his wisdom and wealth as
the gift Of Cod. Tie was faithful 10 his /
God, and II is possible, as Jewish writer's (
claim that she was converted to the 1
true God through Solomon's influence |
THE Lord loved Israel forevcr:" with I
love which was 50 strong as never to \
tail Gods love was indeed an everlast-
;ng love We live under It's influence \
TO-DAY. Therefore made He thee king"
This was the highest possible compli-
t.ent 10 solomon.
Royal C'ifts-Vs. 10. 10. The visit end
eti in an interchange Of royal presents.
First. the queen of Sheba gave pres
ents 70 Solomon, as an expression of her
regard for him. according to oriental
custom.
70. ~ hundred and twenty talents
of gold" About 81, 900, 600. See verse ?.
8 40 such abundance ofspices: ""Among
these spices was some of the real
arabian oalSam, and Josephus tells rs
the interesting fact thatin consequence
Of her visit the balsam plant was nat
uraliled in the famous garden at Jericho
(Antiq. VIII. s: 81. which many years
later still continued 10 yield a large in
come to the Herodian princes Farrar.
~. And solomon gave unto the queen
az Sheba all her DESIRE" 4 royal
progress in the east Is always necessar-
lily accompanied by train OF costly
gifts. proportional TO the wealth and
Importance of The soyereiglls who are !
TO he the donors and the recipients.
Work for Christ
IVORY hattle again~t aorrunt nnlitics.