The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-10-26
NO. 3

win neayy wool unIess ne cares Ior
them7 Can the fish live In the acquari-
dms Of the deep unless he watches
over them when they are youngf All.
my friends, the wisdom Of King Solo
mon did not develop the temporal pros.
Iperity Of the Hebrew nation nearly as
much as Gods wisdom provides for the
temporal wants OF his children. He
feeds the birds OF the air and clothes
the lily Of the field. He feeds and
clothes us. Oh, the infinite wisdom OF
the Prince Of Peace as a divine COM
missary!
But King Solomon not only stands
as the divine type Of a great and pow.
erful king, a friend to the great and the
powerful OF his realm, but he Ia also
the symbol Of Just king, looking after
she 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 10 put his arm about the
helpless, the friendless and the weak
and say: Il am thy friend. am thy
protector" And no man, no woman,
could be so poor and helpless but they
could always come 10 him and end
true Justice.
You cannot understand what Solo
monte Justice means unless you In I'm
aglnatIon 80 and see one Of the orien-
tai rulers holding court IN the far east.
Now, the eastern court was not like
the western courts. The kings did not
appoint certain judges TO dispense Jus.
tIce, but on certain days they them
selves went into a large open audience
place as the great moguls OF Delhi
used TO do. Perhaps l can best de.
scribe for you this audience place OF
King Solomon by describing for you
the judgment hall OF Akbar the Great
as l saw Il. This audience place, liter
ally speaking, IS no hall at all. The
blue dome Of heaven Is ifs ceiling. The
piilared columns OF marble, which find
their anchorage In the most exquisite
Of mosaic floors, merely lift themselves
mp for adornment and not 10 support
any roof. This reception hall was once
one mass Of jewels and precious stones.
These precious stones were not tossed
together IN heaps as an Italian hod car
rier tumbes bricks into a pile. They
were arranged in most exquisite de-
signs with reference TO size and color.
There in jewels the artist pictured the
pumage OF the birds strutting about
In the gardens and the colors OF the
flowers lifting up their red lips TO be
kissed by the setting sun and OF the
rainbows 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 be worth Sl5.OOO,OO0 II was
I'm such an open hall Of justice that
King solomon used to sit, and any one
who wished could come direct 10 ths
king and get justice.
Let ms for a little while enter the Je-
rusalem court today. The great He
brew king has been hearing applicant
after applicant He begins to look
weary with his work. No sooner is bis
last case finished than he turns sharply
and says, "Who Is nextp With that
two women come forward. They are
both immoral or bad women, yet each
laid claim 10 a little boy as her own.
What did King Solomon do7 Did he
say. ut makes no difference how this
judgment goes; they are only social
outc8sts anywayT Oh, no. that was
not Solomon's way. lie said TO him
self. "I must help the true mother.
must give her back her baby. So
must be sure and make a right deci-
sion. / can only do this by a subter-
fuge."
Then he turns In an Indifferent way
and says 10 the executloner: Don't let
rs bo bothered any more about this
matter. Let US compromise the case.
Cut the baby IN two and give each.
a half" The true mother at
once falls on her knees and begins to
beg for the life OF her child. "0h, my
king, my king. my good kingr' she
said. "Saye the life Of my baby. Let
this woman have the child II necessary,
but save my baby alive" The other
woman uttered not one word OF pro
test. She merely turned and said: "Alll
right. Let the king XII the child, that
it be neither thine OF mlne." No sooner
dld she say this than az once In that
open court Solomon, with flashing eyes,
said: "Glve tho baby TO the weeping
woman. She Is the true mother" Was
Judgment ever better rendered. Could
a better Illustration be presented 10
show how Christ Is always the friend
OF tho weak and the helplessf
Christ Is such a Saviour that though
we may come 10 him without a friend
and reeklng with sin as social lepers.
though we may have slnned not only
seven times. but seventy times seven.
yet II we will only come in his dear
name pleading for forgiveness at the
cross he viii forgive and he will save
us. lie will not only save one vhe
comes pleading for mercy, but be Will
save all.