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BIBLE STUDIES ! OlDIESIAMENJ ZINES
THE YOUNG MANS ERROR WHICH LOST HIM A KINGDOM.
Kings 12:6-16-January I.

He chat walketli with wise men
shall be- wise; Il companion oil fools
shall be destroyed. prov. $500
"Wherewithal shall Il young man
cleanse his way? BY taking heed
thereto according 10 thy word."-
Psalm 1879.
The opening Of the New Year with
all the possibilities thereof for good
or for evil strongly resembles the
opening of LIES maturity to q young
man or Il yolr1g woman. To tho
thoughtful and experienced there is
something very pathetic in tie life
start OF bright logs and girls Their
hopes and authorizations run s. high,
their ideals are 50 grand, they have so
many air castles. Experience show )
that, alas, the great una jority uf these
result diSaStruusly and usually from
unWisdonL How often would loving
counsclS 1roLa their seniors assist
them and save them from wrecks and
calallities. We may well thank God
that III his Providence the mistakes Of
youth while serious do not necessarily
spell eternal disaster.
King Rehoboam's Unwsdom.
Whor the great king. Solomon, died
lie LETT the kingdom to his son Reno
boanl--a kingdom extending from the
wilderness on the South to the Eu-
pirates on the North, III all nearly as
large as, England and Wales. It was
Gods kfpgdcm as we read. Solomon
sat upon She throne .t the Kingdom OF
the Lord
iiehobon,n vas about tN ctlty ono
years OF &c when he came to the
throne at Tie death Of his father, Solo
mon. hlnE solomon. although rev
erent toward God. was evidently
much less zealsus. much less religious
tnan his father. David His heather
wives, jhn riches of the Kingdom un,;
his political Intercourse with the sur.
rounding nations made him what
might he termed 4 bright )nLndua man
rather than 4 religious one This was
rejected upon hi; son AMI successor
aud also upon the people n: gov
crncG.
The Crisis and the Error.
Besides this Solonons great enter
prises. palntiai buildings, etc, brought
tl:t lcNtiiIt' anu -tiDly W HIS tGIitdi
city, Jcru$aleIn, and lid noe evenly
distribute it throughout tie naticn.
Indeed, following tine custom Of other
kings. wealth was %a1 hcrc0 lal gel
from til" rniur1ecd labor of his sub
Jects, Who were Compelled to labor at
his capital for the ccmlrlon veal with
out Fay. They Were dr"ftcd and put
under task masters. III SolomOn'e day
this vas bCrEC. through sometimes rc-
ScntfullN, hut VIXEN his son cams to
the throne tho northern tribes deter
minod that iEty Nuuld not acklIJwl-
edge linn as king unless he gave them
" nat might oc termed Il bill Of rights
"a Magma Charta.
They sent to Egypt for one Of their
leaders, whom Solomon had cXilcd 70"
his outSpokeE ..tjticlSrlS. g'brough
hi'u the tcn tribes iJld =. gen r;tl con-
ference Of tribe leaders and Informed
Re Iohoa n that they were not salts
fed with the way they had been treat
ed by llinG Solomon.
Rchoboain and All realized that e
crisi; in the affairs Of the kingdom
hid come. The matter was too weigh
~ to be decided hastily. He called for
the secretaries of the Kingdom, his
fathers counsellors, el1eirly men, to
knoIy their ndyicr. Their recommend