The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-25

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/. "And when the queen of Sheba heard
of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of the Lord, she came TO prove him
with hard questions. She heard. and
she came, and she saw 1t was in her own
land that she heard (verse 81, therefore
some one who knew must have told of the
glory of Solomon We know of "a greater
than Solomon" (Math. xii, 42), but what
are we doing TO make known His great
ness, and His wondrous love, and His sal
vationY Faith cometh by hearing, but how
can they believe who have never heardi
(Rom. x, ~ 1t was not merely the fame
of Solomon that was made known, but the
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. ii, IL,
10. There is only one to whom God has
given name that is above every name
(Phil ii, 8, 100, and we are here to mag
Nifty Him and make Him known to the
ends of the earth.
2. And she came to Jerusalem with a
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 IL 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" (Ps.
lxxii, 10, IL, 10; lisa. TX, 81. 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. III.
3. And Solomon told her all her ques-
tions. 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, ~, 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, IL; Cor. i'll, 2;
Heb. V, 12), but if we are teachablc and
believing He who is with us and perfect In
knowledge will teach us all things dob
xxxvi, 4; John xiv, 26). Some things we
may not know now, but hereafter John
xiii, Z; l Cor. xiii, 12) A friend of mine
has written over 80 helpful questions and
answers from the book, which can be had
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4, 5. and when the queen of Sheba had
seen there was no more spirit in her. "
Probably she came with the consciousness
that she herself was some great one, and
doubtless she was in her own land and
among her own people, but now she is in
Emmanuel land and sees somewhat OF the
glory which Jehovah can give, and she
thinks nothing of her own any more.
When we in our ignorance OF God right
eousness think we have of ourselves sonic
what worth mentioning it only declares
that we have not seen or known His.
q. And she said TO the king, it was
true report that heard in mine own land
of thy acts and of thy wisdom Although
we know that the report we give from the
book concerning our King is all true, how
often we have to say, Who hath believed
our report" lisa. lii, 1.) AS to the last
book ~ the Bible, w.ich more than any
other tells of the glory of our King, which
has special blessing both at the beginning
and end of it upon all who read and keep
it, and in which it is three times written
that its words are faithful and true (Rev.
i, 3; xxi, Z; xix, 9; xxi, g. xxi, g., how
few there are who count it a true record
while many turn away from 1t and talk
against ity
Z. "Howbeit l believed not the words
until ] came and mine eyes had seen it,
and, behold, the half was not told me Thy
wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame
which l heard. We remember that one
of the apostles would not believe that the
Lord had risen until he saw for himself
but when He did see and believe our Lord
said to him, Blessed are they that have
not seen yet have believed" John Xxx, 29)
Faith in God brings all blessing to the be-
lever and the enjoyment of it, but unbe-
lief shuts the door. Contrast Gen XIV, g;
Dan. vi, %; Luke 1, 40; Acts xvii, %;
Mark V, &c. John xi, 40, with Luke 1, 90,
62 Heb. iii, l2; iv, ID DO we who pro-
fess to believe in Christ Jesus give any
kind of a true report concerning Him, that
some may be led to come and see for them
selves? We surely cannot tell 1t all
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thy servants which stand continually be-
fore thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 1"
How happy should those be who are accept
ed in Christ and blessed with all spiritual
blessings In Him, who are made partakers
of the divine nature and of the glory to DO
revealed (Eph. l, 8, 8, q; L Pet. v, 1; III
Pet. 1, a., who are joint heirs with Christ,
laborers together with God, and here In
Christ's stead as His ambassadors Il Cor
iii, 8; III Cor v, 20). But are weS
O. Blessed be the Lori thy God, which
delighted in thee to set thee on the throne
of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel for
ever Therefore made He the king to do
Judgment and justice. In III Chron. TX,
s, the record Is Ito set thee on His throne
70 be king for the Lord thy God /" See
also / Chron. xxix, 23, Solomon sat on
the throne of the Lord as king instead of
David, his father. The only throne on
earth ever called the throne Of the Lord
was the throne of the king of Israel, and
at Jerusalem shall yet be the throne of the
Lord, and King shall sit on it who will
execute judgment and justice In the earth,
and in those days all the earth shall send
gifts to that King and shall worship Him
der iii, IL, IS; xiii, 5, g.
10. And she gave the king an hundred
and twenty talents of gold, and of spices
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