Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. t9.


Sam. II. 3O-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
Nj. stearns.
%. "And Judah and Israel dwet safely,
every man under his vine and under his
fig trco, from Dan even to Boer-sheba, all
the days Of solomon" For Is little while
he seems to have reignod peacefully over
all the territory promised TO Abraham.
Compare verse 81 with Gen. XIV, is. 1t
was "a faint foreshadowing of .Ier. xiii, b,
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 Right
eousness" Then there shall be war no
moro. and Israel shall walk in the name
of the Lord their God forever and ever.
26. "And solomon had 10000 stalls of
horses for his chariots and 1000 horse
men" Compare chapters X, 26-29; XII,
1-6, with Dout. xvii, 15-17, and in the
light of those passages this verse of our
lesson will make one tremhle for Solomon.
"Wue to- them that 90 down to Egypt for
help and stay on horses and trust in char
lots because they are many and in hGrse
men because they arc strong, but they look
not unto the Holy One OF Israel. neither
seek the Lord lisa. XXI u. Better to
say. some trust in chariuts, and some in
horses, hut we Will remember the name OF
the Lord our God" Cps. XXX, y. Israel was
chosen to be separate from and unlike all
other nations, the great distinguishing
feature Of their national life being tho
presence in their midst of the living and
true God as their King and Lawgiver,
Protector and Deliverer, in whom alone
they were 10 trust
"a. 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 great company to pro
vido for and must have required much
wisdom and OrCthought to have sufficient
for all. Bat tlr' God Of Israel fed millions
supornai urally for 40 years. and they lack
ed nothing. The Lord Jesus fed moro
than 5000 one afternoon in an emergency,
and He had only Il faw loaves and fishes to
10 it with, but all were filled and an
abundance over When He sent the dis
3iples, without purse or scrip, they testi-
fed that they lacked nothing (Luke xii
35).
2S. Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedarics brought they unto the
place whore tho officers were. every man
according to his charge This also must
have been great care, but our God careth
for all creatures which He has made.
The eyes Of ali wait upon thee, and thou
givest them their meat in due season.
Thou opencst thine hand and satisHcst the
desire Of every living thing ops cSlr, 10,
49, Even Darius ordered from his royal
! n inf
day without fail (ltz. vi, 81 How much
more will our cod supply all the need Of
all His creatures (Phil. ", 49,
20. And God gave solomon wisdom
and understanding exceeding much an(
largenoss of heart, even as the sand thai
is on the seashorc.' This compared Will
verse 20, as mentioned in last week 5 notes
indicates wisdom sufficient Tor every dill
Guilty that might arise in all the nation
God carcth for each individual and nj
child Of God should hesitate 10 say, " lit
carcth for me He thinketh upon me-
Tho wisdom and understanding of solo
mon were the gift of God. He could TAX
no credit to himself Tor 1t, and 1t was tina
God, tho God of Israel, might be honored
and not solomon.
30. And Solomon's wisdom excelle'
the wisGom of all tho children of the cas-
! country and all the wisdom OF Egypt
because 1t was'the wisdom of God and no
of men. 80 was 1t also with Joseph Il
Egypt and Daniel in Babylon, for eao
WAS filled with the wisdom of God. Tn
. apostle Paul is careful to tell us that hi
speech and preaching were not with entiC
ing words OF mans wisdom. but in dem
! onstration of the Spirit and Of power
that their faith shclld not stand in tn
wisdom of men, but in the power Of Got
, Il Cor ii. !, D He also tells us tina
Christ is tins wisdom of God, and the powC
of tod q Cor l. Pa \ study of thes
two chapters is bracins to tho simpl
= minded.
= 81. For he vas wiser than all mel
y. and his fame was in all nations roun
= about" For tho reason ;lrendy STATED
. Solomon wisdom exceiled all others, an
v the fame THAT spread abroad was 'tf
fame of solomon concerning the name
the 7 .Qrdf fclnuter Y H. IEe most il