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LESSON
tBy REV. p. 3. FTTZWATER, D. D..
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.)
ttS. 1870. Western Newspaper Unioni
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER Il
THE GLORY OF soLoMoN''
REIGN.

THE GLORY OF soLoMoN's
REIGN.
LESSON TENT Kings l0:l-l3. 1925.
GOLDEN TEXT-Elessed is every one
that feareth the Lord. that walksth In
his ways.-Ps. 1891.
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL Kings .:
rs. lO:l4-@.
PRIMARY ToPIc-A Queen Visits a
King.
JUNIOR ToPlc-Ths Queen Of sheba
Visits Solomon.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
The Climax Of Israel's Greatness
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Tests Of National Greatness
I. The Queen Of sheba Visits Solo
mon tvv. l. y.
Her visit was the result Of Solo
mons widespread fame. That which
made him famous was:
I. The extent Of his kingdom (4:2l.
25). He ruled over oil the kingdoms
from the Euphrates river to the Medl-
terranean sea, except the Ph0enecl.
ans. but they were In alliance with
him. This was the nearest to the
realization Of the divine promise,
(Gen. 1919. that Israel ever en-
ioyed; but the fulness Of the promised
possession shall be realized when the
Greater than Solomon Is king.
2. His great wisdom t4:o9-34). II
excelled that Of the Chaldeans, Per.
slams and Egyptians wv. 80. 81. None
Of his contemporaries approached
unto him In knowledge. He had a
singularly comprehensive mind. He
was ~ moral phIlosopher-spake
3.O0O proverbs: (2) a pOet-his songs
were thousand and five; t3) a 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) zoologist-he spake
Of beasts and fowl. and Of creeping
things. and Of fishes. He was su,
perior In intellect to any Of his own
or any other age. 1.
3. The temple (chs. 8 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 Il Chron. 22:l4-l8),
Never before had such a costly struc
ture appeared.
4. Royal palaces adjoining the tenn
| pie (ch. y. Following the erection Of
the temple he begun the building Of
his own house. He was nearly twice
MS long In building this as In building
the Lords house.
5. His commerce t9:2e-2S: Ct. II
Chron. $40. 2l). His trading ships
went east M far as the Indian ocean
perhaps even to India; and west q.
far as Spain.
8. Army and navy t1O:2829: Ct.
9:27). Such wealth and greatness
would at some time provoke opposl.
rIon. 80 he put his nation into state
Of preparedness.
All this greatness was associated
with the name of the Lord. II was
known that his fame was due TO his
relation with the living God. No one
ever had greater missionary oppor.
tunity than he. Wealth and kn0wI.
edge may he powerful factors for the
extension Of the cause Of Christ.
u. The Queen Of sheba Astonished
tvv. 3-9).
After the Interview In which Solo
mon answered nil her questions. she
was overwhelmed with his great wis.
dom. She had piled him with hard
questions TO see II he could measure
up TO his reputation. and found that
the half had not been told her.
~. The Queen Of sheba Gives
Gifts to Solomon tvv. 1919.
AS was The custom. she brought
gifts to Solomon the king. the gold of
which WIS In value between three and
fo,ir millions Of dollars.
This was large gift for that time.
hut SOLOMON more than recompensed
her He gave her all she desired and
In addition. OF his royal bounty. While
her gift 10 him was great, his n her
was grenfer. even In keeping with his
possessions. God gives unto them
who give their hearts unto him ex.
"eeding ahundanily above oil they
ask or think tEph. %:2O).
". All the Earth Sought Solo.
:ncn wv. 23.26).
His fame spread to all the earth 50
that the people came TO hear the wis
dom which God gave to him. They
came with their gifts OF silver, gold
garments. spices. horses and mules. so
that silver came to be as common In
Jerusalem az stone. There is a time
,oming when the Greater than Solo
ninn shall he king over all the earth,
md then all the people thereof shall
'utne to him with their gifts. and he
shall give unto them Of his royal
hou.ity. Happy. indeed. will all those
he who recognize him and give their
allegiance to hIml
Good Conscjence.
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