The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-12-10
Solomon Dedicates
the Temple
Sunday School Lesson for Dec. I3, 1908
Specially Arranged for This Paper

liiSSON TENT.-l Kings S:l-ll Mem
Dry verses, 10. II.
GOLDEN TENT was glad when
hey said unto me- lot us go into the
HDuse Of the Lord. Psalm i22I.
THE TEMPLE.--The temple was be-
tun in the fourth year 9f Soou'on's
en, Il. c. 1912. and completed seven
Years later, y. e. 1904, according to The
ssyrian Canon about 4j years later. TIC
.rdication was in Soomon's twelf,
year.
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. - The
.ingdom was now at its largest extent.
rom the Lebanon mountains to the ned
sea. from the Mediterranean to the Syri-
IN desert on the east. Tyre nour's'inS
nder King Hiram. The Sabaeau t',s
'og OF Yemen, the queen Of which cane
see Solomon. Commerce extended 10
'urope, Africa and India.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Temple.-The situation was on
the eastern hill of Jerusalem, Cd led
sometimes Mount Moriab oyerloo6.u,
ne valley of the Kidron and the
cunt OF Olives.
Modern authorities are inclined to
Ink that The temple platform Wa
part of Mount Zion; and that Zion
as the name Of the eastern hill OF
,,usalem, and not of the western
liI, as has been the general opinion
The rugged top Of Morah was lev.
I'D with immense labor; its sides,
..ich to the east and south were pre-.
...itOus, were faced with a wall Of
5 lne, built up perpendicular from the
.oJom of the valley so as to appear
10 those who looked down of most
,2rriiy,ng height "a work of pro-
lisioIs skill and labor, as the im
.-Hnse stones We're strongly morlised
tosether and wedged into the rock. -
Mniman.
fhe platform, according to Jose
Eu is, was square, three quarters OF a
nile in circuit WARS, SIS, p, in the
.me of Hcrcd, but he also says that
h,rod doubled the original lnclosure
Probably, therefore, the platform
constructed by Solomon's engineers
was an area Of about 12 acres, or
quadrangle of 800 by 600 feet
gmes Sine
Alone and isolated in its grandeur
stood the Temple Mount Terrace
HlRh NNAiNNN 10 Nbhh 30 lpoNt NllA hAEr "a
.Oove the city, within the inclosule
4 marble cloisters, The temple Itself
TODD out, mass ol snowy marble aGd
Il gold, glitteIing in the sunlight
,-a,nst the half encircling green back
dud of Oiivet Nor has there
l in ancient or modern times
a.led bHlCmg equal to the temple,
a
-1dCrsheim.
The Size and Plan of the Temple
The best model Of the temple has
aFcr seen, declares Dr. +. n. PelouDe;,
IS The one sent from England to Mr..
wight l.. Moody, and placed In his
cnool at Northheld, Mass. 1t is
said to have cost $4,000 A similar
me belonged to Mr.. Thomas New.
berry Alexander villa, Weston-Super.
.dare, England
Counting a cubit as IS inches, the
ain building was as follows: Porch,
20 feet broad, 10 feet deep, 1S0 fee
'igh; holy place, 60 feet long, 80 feet
vide, 30 feet high; holy Of holes, 30
eet long, 30 feet wide, 30 feet high;
chambers, 10 feet wide OH the two
sides and rear.
In front of the porch were two
5reat pillars.
The whole was situated according
the points of the compass, the
'ront entrance being toward the east.
The Courts.-There were two courts
. Chron. $3.50. The outer court was
surrounded by a wall partly of stone,
gartly of cedar; on the eastern bor-
Ter was a cloister or colonnade. This
court was adorned with trees, and
zee to all the people. Within this
quadrangle was a smaller court, the
court of the priests, on the highest
ridge Of the hill inclosing the temple,
md the great brazen altar, and brazen
sea, and the LAYERS.
In the inner court were the great
brazen altar of sacrifice, is feet high
and 30 feet square, in sight Of all the
Yorshipers of the outer court, and the
molten or brazen sea supported by ~
huge oxen, each 7Is feet high.
V. 10. The cloud filled the house OF
the llOTu ut dlllSio bOloio SlOuu
denotes that 1t was the well-known
cloud which betokened the divine
presence. "The cloud was the veil
that hid ". ID the glory of the
Lord" for that glory was too bright to
be seen by mortal eyes. This was tho
same ~ the pillar Of cloud and of fre
that guided the people through the
wilderness, which had rested on the tab
ernacle on the day 1t was dedicated
Tex. 4O;SD, "and had apparently been
specially displayed at certain June
lures in the history OF Israel Mum.
I12:5, 10; 1912; Deut. S1:15). 1t was
thus the acknowledged symbol OF Gods
presence, and as such was a visible
sign that he now accepted the temple,
as he had formerly accepted the tab
ernacle, as his shrine and dwelling
place"
The Dedication Services.
1. Sentences (Vs. IL, 13; Chron.