Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23


humble way a little about that divine
wisdom Truly, like King SOlomOn's,
Gods wisdom is a wisdom which pass
eth all understanding.
Wisest of All Men.
King Solomon stands as the symbol
Of the "All Knowing One" He was the
wisest of all men. The Bible distinct
ly declares it. Not only were all the
secrets Of the past ages to him an open
book, but he was the reader Of mems
minds and the prOber Of the innermost
secrets of their hearts before they had
opened their lips to speak to him a
word. You all know how the wisdom
of King Solomon was first tested by
the queen of Sheba before she came to
the Jerusalem capital to visit the wis
est of all men. Legend tells us that
she first sent letter to Solomon by
her ambassadors. Accompanying these
ambassadors she sent 800 youths dress
ed as madens and 800 maidens dress
cd as youths. Then she sent > chalice
and a diamond intricately pierced.
Then, writes DR. Kitto, the letter was
supposed to read thus: 'As a true
prophet thou wilt be able to separate
the maidens from the boys, perforate
the diamond and fill the goblet with
water that hath not dropped from the
clouds nor gushed forth from the earth
beneath" Legend tells us further that
King Solomon told the ambassadors the
contents of the letter before it was
opened. Then he solved the three rid
dies in the following way: First he
placed a basin of water before each
youth and maiden, and by the way
they washed he was able to distinguish
the boys from the girls. Second, he
threaded the intricately pierced dia-
mond by compelling a small worm to
crawl through the crystal labyrinth,
while there was tied to the body of the
worm a small silken thread. Thirdly,
he filed the golden goblet with water
which had not fallen from the heavens
above or gushed up from the waters
around and around until his lathered
nanks were covered with foam and
filed the goblet TO the brim. These eX-
amples Of the wisdom of Solomon may
he only fables; but, whether they are
fables or not, one fact we do know,
and that is that the wisdom Of King
Solomon stands as a type Of the all
knowing wisdom, the wisdom Of an
omniscient, all seeing God.
God Knows Everything.
Is It not a blessed satisfaction to you
that God knows everything? The world
for years may have been misjudging
and condemnlng us, not because 1t IS
an unjust world at heart, but simply
because its knowledge is so meager.
How differently the world would treat
a Washington or a Lincoln If they
could only come back to earth. How
differently we would treat our own
dear ones If we only knew the true
conditions Of their lives. think the
saddest remark | ever heard Of any
one making was by dear member Of
my church. She was lying I'm bed about
to die OF a cancer. One day she looked
UP and said: 81 wonder If God will ever
forgive me for being irritable and fault
finding to my children? l sometimes
think | was not to blame for being
cross. ! sometimes think that this can
has n
dermining my system for years and
years, and | did not know it, and my
irritability was due to my sickness and
not because my nature was naturally
cross" All, yes, the world may not
know the causes of our actions, but
God knows. Is it not a blessed thought
to you that God knows your every
thought and your every deed and does
not misinterpret your actions, as the
world so often does? He knows all.
Yes, all.
King Solomon, in the next place, was
not a man Of blood. He was not the
central figure Of sanguinary battle
fields. His chief musical instinct was
not the bugle to sound forth the clarion
call to arms. He was the prince OF
peace. He was the creator and the de-
velOper of nations industries during
an era when the sword was turned into
a plOwshare and the spear into a prun-
ing hook. He was not like a Napoleon
or Frederick the Great or a Caesar
4 1or. or A
taxerXes, whose greatest claim to fame
was dependent upon the rapidity with
which they could unsheath their
swords and the unerring power with
which they could strike and destroy a
trembling foe. But King SolOmon's
greatest claim to fame rests upon the
fact that he was a builder and not a
destroyer, a creator and not con-
queror.
Rivers of Gold.
Like Moses bringing forth water
from Horeb, King Solomon lifted his
magic wand and struck the hard bowl
ders of national finance, and at once
there gushed forth rivers Of molten
gold. Work, work, work, there seemed
to be plenty Of work in his kingdom.
There was work for everybody and
high wages and prosperity for all AS
we wander today over the hillSides we
find them covered with orchards. The
trees are bending so low under the
weight of the fruit that the branches
have to be propped up. When we go
down into the valleys we find them
covered with the golden headed har-
vests. When we 90 down to the sea-
shore we hear the "YO, heavew Of the
sailors whose ships have come from
Tarshish. The busy marts are crowd
ed with merchantmen. The fat, well
fed cattle are upon a thousand hills.
The long caravans, heavy laden with
gold and silver and ivory and precious
spices and silks and rare treasures of
all sorts, are crossing the deserts from
the east and the south. All, yes, never
was there such an era of prosperity as
n fhn