Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-09-09

his ways.-Ps. 12S:1
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL Kings O.:
1-2S; 10:142s
PRIMARY ToFIC-A Queen Visits a
King
JUNIOR ToPIc-The Queen of sheba
Visits Solomon.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
! The Climax of IsraePs Greatness
/ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
/ -Tests of National Greatness.
|. The Queen Of Sheba Visits Solo
mon wv. ], y.
| Her visit was the result of Solo
mons widespread fame. That which
made him famous was:
l. The extent Of his kingdom "a 81
/ 25). He ruled over all the kingdoms
from the Enphrates river to the Medi-
/ terranean sea, except the Phoeneci-
ans, but they were in alliance with
! him. This was the nearest to the
realization of the divine promise,
| (Gen. Is :1S), that Israel ever en-
| joyed; but the fulness of the promised
/ possession shall be realized when the
! Greater than Solomon is king.
2. His great wisdom (4:29-34). IL
exceIled that of the Chaldeans, Per-
SLAMS and Egyptians wv. 80, 81. None
of his contemporaries approached
unto him in knowledge. He had
slnguarly comprehensive mind. He
was % a moral philosopher-spake
5000 proverbs; (2) a poet-his songs
were thousand and five; (3) bot
anist-he spake of trees, from the
cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out Of
the wall; (4 zoologst-he spake
of beasts and fowl. and of creeping
things and of fishes. He was SUI
perior in intellect to any of his own
or any other age.
g. The temple (chs. and 81. This
was an exact reproduction of the tab
ernacle. double in size, in marble and
gold The amount of labor. skill and
money expended on the building was
exceedingly great q Chron. % ;14-16).
Never before had such costly. struc-
ture appeared.
4. Royal palaces adjoining the tenn
pie tch. y. Following the erection Of
the temple he began the building of
his own house. He was nearly twice
as long in building this as in building
the Lords house.
8. His commerce (9:26-2S; CT. II
Chron. $40, 2D. His trading ships
went east as far as the Indian ocean,
perhaps even TO India .and west as
far as Spain.
6. Army and navy (10:26-29; Of.
CPD. Such wealth and greatness
would at some time provoke opposi-
ton. so he put his nation into state
of preparedness.
All this greatness was associated
with the name of the Lord 1t was
known that his fame was due to his
relation with the living God. No one
ever had a greater missionary oppor-
tunity than he Wealth and l5nowl-
edge may be powerful fAtors for the
extension of the cause OF Christ
II. The Queen of sheba Astonished
(vv. 800.
After the interview in which Solo
mon answered all her questions, she
was overwhelmed with his great wis
dom She had piled him with hard |
questions to see if he could measure
up to his reputation. and found that !
the half had not been told her
III. The Queen of sheba Gives
Gifts to Solomon (vv 1919.
As was the custom, she brought |
gifts to Solomon, the king, the gold of |
which was in value between three and |
four millions of dollars
This was large gift for that time,
but Solomon more than recompensed |
her. He gave her all she desired and |
in addition. of his royal bounty While
her gift TO him was great. his to her
was greater, even in keeping with his |
possessions God gives unto them
whot give their hearts unto him ex-
ceeding abundantly above all they |
asl; or think (Epn. 3 :20).
Nv. All the Earth Sought Solo, !
mon wv. 23-26).
His fame spread TO an the earth so
that the people came to hear the wis
uom WHICH boa gave 10 MIN lHey
came with their gifts Of silver, gold.
garments spices horses and mules so
that silver came to be as common in
Jerusalem as stone There is time |
coming when the Greater than Solo |
mon shall he king over all the EARTH |
and then I'LL the people thereof shall |
come 10 him with their gifts, and he
shall give untn them of his royal
bounty. Happy. indeed. will all those
be VIII" recognize him and give their
allegiance 10 him
Good Conscienee