Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-09-08


Visits Solomon.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
THE Climax OF IsraeEs Greatness,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Tests OF National Greatness.
I. The Queen Of sheba Visits Solo
mon wv. i, p.
Her visit was the result Of Solo
mons widespread fame. That which
made him famous was:
1. The extent of his kingdom (4:21-
25). He ruled over all the kingdoms
from the Euphrates river to the Medl-
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. 1919, 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 "a :29-34). 1t
excelled that of the Chaldeans, Per-
slams and Egyptians wv. 30, 80. None
of his contemporaries approached
unto him in knowledge. He had
singularly comprehensive mind. He
was ID a moral philosopher-spake
5000 proverbs; (2) poet-his songs
were thousand and five; A3) 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) zoologlst-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.
8. 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 Il Chron. % :14-16).
Never before had such costly struc-
ture appeared.
4. Royal palaces adjoining the tenn
pie (ch. 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 (9:2e2s; CT. II
Chron. 9:1O, Ply. His trading ships
went east as far as the Indian ocean
+ perhaps even to India; and west a.
far as Spain.
8. Army and navy (10:20-29; CT.
9:27). Such wealth and greatness
r would at some time provoke opposi-
tion, so he put his nation into state
Of preparedness.
! All this greatness was associated
Z with the name Of the Lord. 1t was
q known that his fame was due to his
relation with the living God. No one
ever had greater missionary oppor
8 tunity than he. Wealth and knowl
4 edge may be powerful factors for thu
= extension Of the cause Of Christ.
n. The queen Of sheba Astonishes
wv. S-9).
After the interview In which SOLO
I mon answered oil her questions. sh'
was overwhelmed with his great wis
n dom. She had piled him with har'
) questions to see II he could measure
' up to his reputation. and found tina
!. the half had not been told her.
a IN. The Queen OF Sheba Give
: cifts to Solomon (vv. 1913.
q AS was the custom, she brough
r. gifts to Solomon, the king, the gold o
which was In value between three an
q four millions of dollars.
v This was large gift for that time
but Solomon more than recompense
" her He gave her all she desired an
t. In addition, of his royal bounty. Will
o. her gift to him was great, his to he
;. was greater, even In keeping with HI
= possessions. God gives unto thel
p, who give their hearts unto him e.
le ceeding abundantly above all the
~ ask or think Eph. 5000.
", All the Earth Sought Sol
~ mon wv. 1926.
q, His fame spread to all the earth
r that the people came to hear the wi
:, dom which God gave to him. Tit
y came with their gifts of silver, gol
1T garments, spices, horses and mules,
s. that silver came to be as common
Jerusalem as stone There is tin
8. coming when the Greater than Sol
mon shall be king over all the cart
lie and then all the people thereof shi
r. come to him with their gifts, and
,ss shall give unto them of his roy
N bounty. Happy, indeed, will all tho
be who recognize him and give the
ollauionpa IN him