Passaic City record., 1896-10-17
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER 49,
Lesson Text: "SoIomon's Wealth and
Wtsdom," 1 Kings, fv., 20
34-Golden Text: 1 Sam.
H., 3O-Commentary.

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days of Solomon" For a little while he
seems to have reigped peacefully over all
the territory promised to Abraham. Com
pare verse 81 with Gen. XIV, IL. 1t was a
faint foresha ewing of Jer. xiii, s, 6, when
, the Lord shall raise unto David a righteous
! Branch, and King shall reign and prosper
and shall execute judgment and justice in
the earth. In His days judah shall be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely. and this is His
name, whereby He shall be called "the Lord,
our Righteousness" Then there shall be
war no more, and Israel shall walk In the
name of the Lord their God forever and
ever.
26. "And Solomon had 10000 stalls of
horses tor his chariots and IL, 900 horsemen. I"
Compare chapters X, 26-29; XII, 1-6, with
Deut. xviii, 1911, and In the light of those
passages this verse of our lesson will make
that 90 down to Egypt for help and stay on
horses and trust in chariots because they are
many and in horsemen because they are
strong. but they look not unto the Holy One
of Israel, neither seek the Lord" Elsa. XXX,
y. Better to say, "Some trust in chariots,
and some In horses. but we will remember
the name of the Lord our God" (Ps. Xxx, y.
Israel was chosen to be separate from and
unlike all other Nations, the great dstin-
gushing feature OF their National life being
the presence In their midst of the living and
true God rs their King and Lawgiyer, Pro-
tector and Deliverer, In whom alone they
were to trust.
81. And those officers provided victual
for King Solomon, and for all that came unto
King Solomon's table, every man in his
month. They lacked nothing" 1t must
have been q great company to provide for
and must have required much wisdom and
forethought to have sufficient for all. But
the God OF Israel fed millions supernaturally
for forty years, and they lacked nothing.
The Lord Jesus feed more than 5000 one af-
ternoon in an emergency, and He had only a
few loaves and fishes to do it with, but all
were filled and an abundance over. When
He sent the disciples, without purse or script,
they testified that they lacked nothing CLuke
xii, 35).
%. Charley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they unto the place
where the officers were, every man accord
ing to his charge" This also must have
been great care. but our God careth for all
creatures which He has made. "The eyes of
all wait upon Thee, and Thou givest them
hand end satisf1est the desire of every living
thing" Cps. cxlv., 15. 16). Even Darius or
dered from his royal bounty all that Israel
had need OF day by day without fail (Ez. vi,
81. How much more will our God supply
all the need OF all His creatures (Phil. w., 49,
20. "And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much and largeness
of heart, even as the sand that Is on the sea-
shore" This compared with verse 20, as
mentioned In last weeks notes, indicates
wisdom sufficient for every difficulty that
might arise in all the Nation. God careth
for each individual, and no child OF God
should hesitate to say, "He careth for me-"
'He thinketh upon me-" The wisdom and
understanding OF Solomon were the gift of
God He could take no credit to himself for
1t, and 1t was that God, the God Of Israel,
might be honored, and not Solomon.
80. "And Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of the east coan-
try and all the wisdom of Egypt" because 1t
was the wisdom Of God and not Of men. So
was it also with Joseph in Egypt and Daniel
In Babylon, for each was filed with the wis.,
dom CT God. The apostle Paul Is careful to
tell us that his speech and preaching were
not with enticing words of mans wisdom,
but in demonstration OF the Spirit and OF
power, that their faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but In the power of God
q Cor. H., 4, 81. He also tells us that Christ
Is the wisdom Of God, and the power Of God
Il Cor. l., 24). A study Of these two chap
ters is bracing to the simple minded.
81. For he was wiser than all men, and
his fame was in all Nations round about"
wisdom excelled all others, and the fame
that spread abroad was "the fame Of Solo
mon concerning the name OF the Lord"
(chapter K, y. The most interesting part
Of this record Is the fact that He who gave
Solomon such wisdom Is also made unto US
wisdom Il Cor. L., 80. 81, not, however that
we might glory In ourselves, but in the Lord,
our wisdom, His thoughts and ways are rs
far above ours as heaven is above the earth.
Therefore 1t is surely wisdom to let all our
thoughts be brought into captivity to Him
elsa. iv., 8, o; II Cor. K, 81.
so. "And he spake three thousand prov
fbs, and his songs were thousand and
flve." Many Of his proverbs we have and
will have study therein next week. OF all
his songs we have the one called "The Song
Of Songs" whlch Is all concerning Him who
ia altogether lovely. And yet some of the
wise people of Chicago decided that 1t was
not fit to form part Of new Bible which
has been especially prepa.ed for the youth
OF that city. True the wisdom OF men Is
foolishness with God. David said that his
psalms were spoken by the Spirit Of God (II
Sam. kill, p, and doubtless Solomon would
acknowledge the same, for 1t II written very
plainly that his wisdom was the gift Of God.
98. "And he spake oftrees, from the cedar
tree that is IN Lebanon even unto the hyssop
that springeth out OF the wall. He spake
also of beasts and OF fowl and Of creep
ing things ana Of fishes" Thus he would
seem to have been great student, and next
to the law OF &c what could he study with
more profit than tho works Of GodP Al!
study must, however, be to the glory OF
God, and thar We may the better know Him,
for all must be subject to Him who In oil
things must have the pre-emlnenco (Col. l.,
,o).
81. "And there came OF all people to hear
the wisdom OF Solomon, from all kings OF
the earth which had heard OF bis wisdom"
50 it WIS with "a greater than Solomon"
and so 1t will be In the coming days when
Jerusalem shall again be the throne Of the
Lord and all the Nations shall ba gathered
unto II, to the name OF the Lord, 70 JeruHa-
lns,n Mas1i In dsA itxhk 70 o. af