The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23


ham bar and teacher Of the Cosmopolf-
tan Meme class of the First Baptist
church at the Strand theatre, ITO 'prepare
short Bible talk each Sunday. These
talks are basea ( upon the passages OF
Scripture selected by the International
Sunday school lesson committee for the
current series. SO,
the reign of Solomon The story Of that
interesting period in the history OF Israel
carries the record, forward, to the slev-
enth book Of the Old Testament First
TSis period deals with the centralixaiion
and, placing OF the kingdom upon firm
most ma Enifiesfit king. and his rpie, Of
the NEST splendid kingdom in the an
mails OF .non4rchtes:s 49, a. ~:
\ Thefe is rsoofd9d: in the. opening chap
tets of this book: * az. ..s.f
iSAdonijahs9 attempt to usurp the throne;
Solomon crowned Sing Dayidss charge 70
SOLOMON & Dssta,G Death. here, tn es KS.
greatest men oEA Israe and of history.
The, sweet singer, wrote Psalms that nave
lifted hurfia 2eouls,; anchored thss,f Aith
of believers and (which have been PEI
haps the meet widely read of any other
one section of hthe Scriptures. ~.
soionen's first sets were Gf a. 5Sd ,s
nature 3n4 9hfs StAalinEs with" AdoniJan'
Joab,. ,Abithar and shimei. - .S :
/ The record proceeds; with. the vstcry ior
the plans for the .extinctioa OF solomon
| kingdom and shis fame as a man OF wis
doui;4his pcenstruction and dedication Of
me siorg. ofaIsssel is nearing its zenith.
and nnskiPk.s ready Efor disaolrton ana
= The Wisest Man
Solomon @asf bOrn about "a thousand
years before, Christ; and was crowned
king when be was 10 years old ,s, =
! Solomon was 7Bayid's youngest son.
His mother was Bathsheba, the widow
Of Uriah, and the, woman in the case IN
Dayid's shamees known. Of all men as
the acme of crime. 800 -.
shortly before David died, his Oldest
son, Adoni3ah, I set qab0mt to make him
self successor to the throne. He sue
ceeSaed In interesting Joab, commander
Of the royal guards; and also the head
Of the church, In his conspiracy Of
usurping the crown. He prepared a
great banquet and called many heads
Of the departments Of the government
to take part ialhis pre-coronation cere-
monies.i 81. ~. 80. 6
| Even while his party was in progress,
SolomoD's laotheE4 went to the royal
bedchamber, where David was. ill and
reminded him Of his promise to make
solomon, his successor. She told him
| of the plans which were on foot and
urged that thesroyal decree be pub
lished, so that the conspiracy would be
| thwafted, and Solomon's succession to
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