Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
Solomon
Amounted King
Ssslay Sekssl Lsssss fer New. u, 1901
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LESSON TEXT Kings 1890; CO.'S.
Memory verses, 80. 40
GOLDEN TExT.-"Know thou the God
Of thy father, and serve him with a per-
feet heart and with a willing mind
Chron. 2S9.
TIME. Solomon began to reign Is. c.
i022. or according TO the Assyrfan rec
ords p. e. 97I. lie reigned 40 years.
PLACE.-The city of Jerusalem. Solo
mon was crowned at Gihon. identified an
the modern fountain OF the virgin.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Solomon's Early Life and Training.
II. He was the first son OF David
and Bathsheba after their legal mar
riage.
2. His name, Solomon, means the
Peaceful, one whose reign was fore.
told to be a reign Of peace and quiet
ness q Chron. 22:9). It may have
also expressed the fact that David
himself had found the peace OF for
%giveness. Nathan called him jedi.
diah: Beloved OF Jehovah"
3. His parental inheritance was re-
markably strong In several directions.
His father, David, was in the maturity
Of his age, and his mother, Bathsheba,
was the granddaughter OF the wise
Ahithophel. whose advice was as IL
a man had inquired at the oracle OF
God"
1. His early environment had sew.
eral advantages over that OF AbsalOm,
the son Of n heather mother. Solo
mon was placed under the care and
training Of the prophet Nathan. a
faithful, pure and wise teacher. He
would be brought up thus in the re-
ligion and learning Of the Jews. lie
developed a great taste for scicnce
and literature Il Kings 1920. He
had the advantages OF being the child
of David's later years and OF being
under the influence OF the subdued
pioty which characterized those years.
His mother, too, doubtless joined with
David in his p%enitential picty, for she
had great influence over him to the
last.
On the other hand, he was born to
the purple" he was brought up in
luxury and wealth, and knew nothing
Of the hardships which developed
much Of the character Of his father.
The Influences Of the court were often
bad. lie came in contact with other
princes and he had to resist all the
temptations Of a beautiful and fiat.
tered youth.
3. He was probably 10 or 20 years
old when he began 10 reign.
There are some very wholesome les
sons from this picture OF Solomon.
% Almost every child porn into a
Christian family has greater opportu.
mites and blessings than even Solo.
mon had, All SOlomon's wisdom and
wealth could not bring him so many
advantages and comforts and bless
ings as a poor child may have In this
age. How much God and your
parents expect Of you. Many a hope
and joy depends on you for fruition.
Whether you shall be the blessing Of
your parents old age or bring their
gray hairs in sorrow to the grave de-
ponds upon your conduct.
t2) IL Is a great advantage in many
ways not to be born and brought up in
the luxury Of riches. The other ex.
treme of deep poverty Is as little 10
be desired. But that condition OF
neither poverty nor riches, where the
child must learn to work, learn self.
denial, learn to do Lis part in the
family, and sees hat only work and
energy can give him real success, Is
the best for all.
CD 1t Is wisdom to put ourselves
under the best and strongest religious
influences. No can escape temp.
tation. Everyone must make a choice
Of the influences around him. And
the influences he chooses out of all
those which are around him will large
ly determine his future life. Com.
pare Burbank's Training OF the HUI
man Plant"
V. 80. And all the people said, God
save King Solomon" They accepted