The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-03-21

way by uniting the country hi'o
nol;ticaI unit. Then it was IN HI:
heart to build a magnificent temple tC
the Lord OF Hosts to whom he attrib
uted all OF his military success. In
Chronicles xxii:8 we have recorded
the reason why he could not build thai
temple. He said to Solomon. his son
The word of the Lord came to me
saving. Thou hast shed blood abun.
dantly. and hast made great wars
thou shalt not build a house unto my
name. because thou hast shed much
blood upon the earth in my sight. Be
hold. a son shalt be born to thee, who
shall be a man OF rest; and | will give
him rest from all his enemies round
about: for his name shall be Solomon
(meaning peacefully. and | will give
peace and quietness unto Israel in his
DAYS: he shall build house for my
name he shall be my son. and ! will
be his father; and | will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel for
ever
Solomon thus becomes a man OF
peace, dedicated to the arts OF peace,
and under his reign his kingdom rank
ed first in splendor and in power
among all the nations of his time.
His fame went to the ends of the
world. What a lesson for world peace
we have here today Read the account
of Solomon's building activities, and
how pleasant to contrast the sound of
a constructive program with the land
filled with happy laborers working to
build the temple of the Lord God, as
against the Glamour of barbaric war
fare that necessarily made David a
man OF blood Which reign appeals
most to your sense of what is best and |
proper for the welfare of mankind?
Forty years of incessant warfare with
The land filed with sorrowing homes
where mothers 'wept for their children
md would not be comforted because
they were not'-David's reign: or,
orty years OF domestic tranquility. a
,atioa full of homes that knew not
he blight of war-Solomon's king
Iom of peacel
Now there is a system OF inter-
'retation of Scripture known as typ II
'logy That is. certain individuals
nd certain events foreshadow some
'reater person or some greater event:
ne is type of the other. Solomon
nd his reign, therefore. is of great
ignihcance. Solomon, man of rest.
ecomes Israels foremost prince of
eace. He foreshadows, and is a type
{ Him who is the Prince of Peace. II
lis reign, an oasis of peace, amid the II
airing nations all about him, fore II
iadows and is type of the reign of III
he Prince of Peace when the science \,
war and destruction is to give way II
} the glad millennium OF a world dedi- HI
tied to the arts of peace and con-
ruction.
Now believe that the reign of
avid was absolutely necessary, with
its warfare. as a preparation for
reign of peace. Today it'll
useless to deplore and lament over
e ravages of the wars of the past. III
ut before God, men, every effort
eds now to be put forth to swing III
IT country into the way of world
de peace. that a real Temple of the II
ord shall be built in our own nation II
d in other nations. The time has
ssed, or ought to be passed. for a iii
OF the fearful havoc of
last world conhagration. Oh that II
It promise to David. the father
uld come home to every modern :
her today, "a son shall be born to =
C who shall be man of restr The
at work of the future is to bring in y
reign OF righteousness as typified
Solomon's magnificent kingdom.
d not until the nations of the world
iicate themselves as sedulouslv 70
arts and commerce of peace as