The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-11

is In the presence OF God. It was when
Solomon was performing his religious
obligations before the Lord at Gibeon
that the sense Of his human limitations
and his great need of wisdom in admin q
istering the affairs Of his kingdom were
borne in upon his soul. It is only when
one seeks God and comes into His pres
ence that he can get his correct bear
ings and adjust the compass of human
judgment. Solomon, amidst the prince
ly splendors of his court at Jerusalem.
surrounded by his courtiers and great
retinue of officials and servants, i'm
mersed in the intricacies OF the affairs
of state. would never have heard God
speaking to him: Ask what shall
give thee;" and would never have felt
a great need outside of himself and
have asked for Divine wisdom in ad-
ministering the responsibilities of the
kingdom. He must withdraw from the
rush of human activities, he must get
out of the sound of human voices that
he might realize that God was factor
in every human activity and that he
might hear His voice speaking: 1t is SO
always. The king on his throne, and
the humblest peasant in the realm; the
nation, and the most obscure citizen: the |
man in whose hands rest great fnan''
cfal, commercial and industrial inter- !
ests, and the struggling clerk; the |
skilled artisan, and the commOnest la |
borer; the gifted and cultured woman
with her wide social and charitable OBJ
legations and responsibilities, and the
shut-in housewife who bears. single
handed, the burdens of her home: the
business woman, struggling amidst the
trials and temptations OF the business
and industrial world, and the factory
hand whose weary toll keeps her at the
machine in monotonous servitude; the
boy or girl on the playground or In the
schoolroom-all alike have need of that
wisdom which cometh down from the
God of all wisdom. and the realization
of that need is felt only as one with
draws for quiet meditation and prayer.
IT any OF you lack WISDOM" James
says; and we would add: IT you feel
no lack, seek God at Gibeon-the place
of retirement and worship-and In the
midnight watches the voice OF God will
be heard speaking and the soul will cry
out: Lord. am but little child;
give me wisdom for the duties and the
RESPONSIBILITIES which rest upon me-.
G OURCE of Wisdom.-1t is not IN
y man, that is certain. The united
wisdom, skill and energy of the peo-
pie of the world after the food but
plunged them headlong to the disaster
and confusion of the tower of Babel.
: All the learning of the Egyptians. which
in our day appears as marvel or hu-
man achievement. was as nothing be-
fore the faith and the rod of Moses
u who, following God, led the children OF
d Israel in great wisdom and skill out OF
Egypt to the promised land. All the
astrOlOgers and wise men OF the far
L east could not aid the king Of Babylon
in his perplexing dreams and troubled
thoughts, but Daniel who was in touch
u with the all-wise, all-powerful God was
T. not only able to foretel the events OF
IS the future, but to administer the vast
interests of the extensive kingdom In
a manner never before experienced. AL
y the rabbis and scribes and keen-witted
II lawyers of Jesus time, though they
rested neither day nor night in their ef
s forts to frame questions that would en-
n tangle Him and trip Him up, were like
n chaff before the wind, as His God-give1
II wisdom swept them aside and He passet
IL on with undertaking step.
, We are told that the "foOlishness o
Is God is wiser than men," God is calle<
er the "God of all WISDOM" and Paul, II
Is his letter to the Romans, exclaims: 4
" the depth of the wisdom of God!' On
D question which the neighbors and coun
= trymen asked concerning Jesus was
'e whence hath this man this wisdom?
K The united arguments of the scholar
&c and advanced thinkers from every sec
., ton of the world were not able to stan
20 before the wisdom with which Stephe
a. spake. Why? Because man in touc
at with the God of all wisdom is alway
IN more than a match for the wisdom Q
ne the world God is the source of all wis
IN dom, both for temporal as well as spil
LII itual things. Solomon did not scare
e. the world for the wise men who woul
IL be able to help him administer the king
sh dom. he did not trust to human abilities
Is but sought out God alone at oibeol
We whom he knew was the source Of a
wisdom, and obtained from Him tn
wisdom he needed. It must be SO wit
you and me- Human advice, huma
SO counselors and your own human wiz
no dom must not be allowed to crowd Go
cn out, or obscure your sense jofsdepent
.. .' ence upon the God Of all wisdom. NJ
-. "Ask of God, that giyeth to all men III
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=. n EQUEsT for Wisdop:-To my min
'~e X one Of the most chdrmipg picture
we have of Solomon is this where, in th
90 =. attitude of a little child, he is bowed b.
e. fore the Lord. One might prefer th
= = scene Of the matchless splendor an
=. richness Of hfs palace, his throne. an
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