Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

And whatsoever mine eyes desired |
sept not from them | withheld not my
heart from amy joy, for my heart re-
joiccd IN all my labor. aud this was
the portion of all my labor" Thus,
my friends as the harvcsts began 10
grow In the fields aud the fruits began
{" ripcn IN the orchards and the gold
and silver and the ivory and the pre-.
cious stones and Tie silks were brought
from foreign lands into the Hebrew
capital on account of the wisdom Of
the king can We not feel that all our
temporal prosperity is directly due to
The great Prince of Peace. whom we
call our Saviour. Jesus Christ?
Why do we have our national
Thanksgiving day. when we come to-
gcth"r as n nation t. praise him. nm.
less we feel that Gods wisdom grows
Tor us the wheat and the corn and
gives us the oranges and the apples
and the lemons; Why do we repeat
the Lords prayer and say. Give us
this day our daily bread" unless we
feel tlint. as carpenters and mechanics
and musicians and cooks and clerks
and schooltcachcrs and merchants. he
will give 10 us an opportunity To earn
our food Can n sparrow fly across
the heavens but he guides III Can
Il flower grow IN the garden hut the
chemistry Of his divine laboratories
colors IT. Can the sheep be blanketcd
with heavy wool unless he cares for
them: can the fish live In the acquarl-
ums of the deep unless he watches
over them when they are young? Al.
my friends. the wisdom of King Solo
non did not develop the temporal pros.
pcriiy of the Hebrew nation nearly as
much rs 6 I,l's wisdom provides for the
temporal wants Of his children. lie
feeds the birds Of the air and clothes
tnc lily Of the field. He feeds and
clothes us oh. the infinite wisdom OF
III" Prince of Peace as divine com
mSSary.
Just kinE.
l;ut King solomon not only stands
as the diVin i$pr of Il great and pow
crful king. mi al T. the great aud the
powerful -. his rwlnt. but he Is also
the symhnl Of u Just king. looking after
the rights Of the helpless and the weak
Solomon was not only willing TO take
by the hand the great King Hiram of
Tyre and call him brother. but he was
also willing - put his arm about the
helpless. the fricndicss and the weak
ami say, II am thy friend. | am thy
protector" And 10 man. no woman.
could be So poor and helpless but they
could always come 10 him and find
true justice
You cannot understand what Solo.
monic justice means unless you In i'm
aglnatiun 20 and see one Of the oricn-
tai rulers holding court In the far east
Now. the eastern court was not like
the western courts The kings dli not
appoint certain Judges 10 dispense Jus
tcc. hut on certain days they them
selves went into n large open audience
place as the great moguls Of Delhi
used 10 do Perhaps | can best de-
scribe for you this audience place OF
King solomon by describing for you
the Judgment hall Of Akbar the Great
as | saw il. This audience place, liter
ally speaking. is no hall at all. The
blue dome of. heaven IS its ceiling. The
pillarcd columns of marble. which find
their anchorage In the most exquisite
OF mosaic floors. merely lift themselves
up for adornncnt and not 90 support
any roof. This reception hall was once
one mass of Jewels and precious stones.
These precious stones We're not tossed
together IN heaps rs IN Italian hod car
rlcr tnmblcS bricks into n pile. They
We're arranged In most exquisite dc-
signs with reference 10 size and color.
There In jewels the artist pictured the
plunagc of the birds strutting about
in the gardens and the colorS OF the
flowers lifting up their red lips TO be
kissed 10y the setting sun and Of the
rainhOws playing among the fountains.
There in this wonderland was the pea
cock throne upon which Akbar the
Great sat, which throne alone was sup
posed to he worth $l5.OU0.OOO. Ii was
In such an open hall of justice that
King solomon used To sit. and any one
who wished could come direct TO the
king and yet justice,
Let MS for a little while enter the Je-
rusalcm court today The great He
brew king has been hearing applicant
after applicant. He begins 10 look
weary with his work. No sooner is his
last case finished than he turns sharply
and says. who is next" With that
two women come forward. They are
both immoral or bad women. yet each
laid claim To a little boy as her own.
What did King solomon do; lid he
say. 1T makes no difference how this
jud ymcnt .orS they are only social
Outcasts anyway" oh. no. that was
not Solomon's way. He said TO him
self; Il must help the true mother
must give her back her baby so
must bc sure and make n right decl-
sion. can only do this by Il subter-
fugc."
rhc True Mother.
Then hp turns I'm an Indifferent way