The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-09-24

SS&T V ~ His grace in sup
plying the need Of
the seeking SOUL
And what Il need Is here disclosed!
AS great for the queen as for the low
est of her subjects The poorest out
cast has no greater need Of Christ
than the mightiest king. God SAVE
the king"
Think Of her journey. Sheba was
at the southern end of the desert of
Arabia, 1900 miles from Judea, the
ship of the desert was the slowly
moving camel, and the way was be-
set by perils-perilS Of robbers, perilS
OF sand storms, perilS OF raVenous
beasts. Two and half months OF dis
comfort and WEAKNESS, and yet, she
came. For what? To learn wisdom
III her faraway land she had heard
of the fame of SolOmon's wisdom and
came to see for herself whether the
report were true, putting herself al
his feet to be taught of him, thus max
ing manifest that she was one OF those
whom the Lord designates as wis
d0m's children"
Because Of this shall she rise up to
condemn the men of the Lords gener'
alton and Of every generation since,
who have not earned that title for
themselves for a greater than SOLO,
mon was among them and has been
among men ever since, Offering all,
and more, of what the treasures OF
Solomon were but the fainteSt shadow.
The very wisdom of God Is He and In
Him are hid all the treasures OF wis
dom and knowledge.
What the queen of Sheba found up
| on her visit to Solomon was the shad'
owing forth of the riches that are In
Christ and that wait, even now, tC
| pour themselves out at the feet OF
every seeking sinner, 1t is evident
that the object of her quest was the
knowledge of God, for it was when
she heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the NAME OF JEHOVAH
that she came to learn of him. "AnC
she communed with him of all thai
was in her heart" There was no
anything hid from the King"
No, nothing is hid from the king
"fOr all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of Him with whom WI
have to do" And let there be, on thu
part of any sinner-ruler or rut1an--
such frank and open dealing with Hill
of whom Solomon is the figure, and HI
shall find every question of his hear
answered. If you have heard Of Hi
wisdom and His grace-and you have
and would come to prove these TO
Yourself, it must be to take the plac
of a sinner before Him. You wit
your folly and He with His wisdom
YOU with your sins and He with hi
grace. The same old terms! 1t
! the fad today to run to the philosophe
with the hearts questions and to tur
to every source of knowledge save tn
only infallible one. 0 soul, come t
Christ with your questions.
And not only we're her hard que:
lions answered, but her eyes behel
things Of which she had not heart
When she "had seen all Solomon
wisdom, and the house that he bull
and the meat Of his table, and the 81
ting of his servants, and the attendant
{ Of his ministers, and their appeal, an
his ascent by which he went up int
, the house Of the Lord; there was n
Y spirit in her."
i Think of what she saw. ''The hous
l. that he built" And our Lord, ii
] greater than Solomon" hath built q
L house. It is "the house of God"
which every forgiven sinner belong
"The meat Of his table" How ell
: ouent men become in describing raj
4 menus But think Of what that tab
V of SolOmOn's is, picture, and Il
l. tongue is dumb. Wine and bread
S heaven which the Lord Of life al
d glory provides for all His ownl II
+ whole Christian life feast" vii
;. nothing lacking and all but a lit
= foretaste of heaven
>. "The sitting Of his servants and Il
II attendance of his ministers" Alt
e gether worthy of his own exalted st
n tion, But behold the apparel Of tho
n who wait upon the Lord. He ha
ID clothed them with the garments
a salvation: that best robe" Is up'
- them all. They must be worthy
: Him, and only He can make them {
70 Adorned, every one, by His own han
I 1.-THE ascent by which he went
le into the house of the Lord" It is
p faint figure of the cleaning way
Id which our Lord has gone up into
sanctuary above, leaving its gate al
g and its light streaming out. By til
= way He shall return, and we wait
Him.
n soul, the greater than Solomon