New Britain herald., 1926-02-22
SOLOMON STUPID,
 PASTOR DECLARES
Sold His Manhood for Things
 Of This Earth

'''s '" 'NNf' W. H. AldeFSonr pastor
 Of the Trinity Methodist church. in
 an address 10 the Everymuns Bible | class yesterday morning.
 Rev. MT Alderson's address in part was as follows:
 'Notico th" way that Solomon
 worked for the forty years of his reign, Solomon was Il great patriot: | no had deep love for his country think there was nothing all the | way through his llfo that loomcd quite SO large as his own country.
 He wanted to hold the two king
 doms together as David had done.
 The only trouble was he was willing 10 stoop to doubtful means and to do it in spite of things.
 Notice some Of the things that
 he did 10 hold them together and herein lies his wisdom. In the first place, hoW about his domestic re- lations? Solomon had 700 wives ] and 800 concuhincs. 1T you want any proof of Solomon's wisdom vou '''' f''' IT i'l q lIlDlh'lll. l1h MAS married for forty years 10 about q | thousand women, and, as far as VIC
 know, he did not have any domestic | trouble. We do not need anything { else 10 mark him as q marvellous man this morning. There is not any hint Of any domestic trouble at all.
 ] nave wondered at his ability 10 pick out the kind of women who ! could live together, thousand of mem, and not get jealous Of each other He was q marvellous mana ger in some way or other. expect
 2 good many men would like 10 dis , cover his secret
 "Ho knew that there was not arv-
 thing that could hold the Kingdom
 together like having some relation. 1 snip 10 their great king, David. ! solomon figured that the very best way to do that was 10 tie the nation ! lp by family ties. establish a blood relationship that would run ifs
 qualifications 10 all parts of tho na- l ton, and he would have a union mat nothing could possibly break.
 So he goes over here and finds some woman and marrics her; and he goes over there and finds another and m3rries her, and so on until he had married a thousand of them. 1 Those lines must have run out in T great many different directions. He
 thought that by establishing those domestic relationships he would
 bind the country together. A wise
 man to see that thing, and q brave man 10 undertake it.
 Look at the commercial side of
 hts rule. He knew that he could bind the nation together by going , TO war with some other nation But ne was q man of peace. He kneH' there is nothing that can hold q 1 country together like having d. com i mon interest, common purpose.
 Civil war would disunito rather than unite the country, so he had to get ! some other plan
 He began 10 send out his ships;
 Le began to carry the producc of
 his own land to other lands and bring back their treusur". lie sent
 out his cargoos, and his ships be- gan to bring back the treasures Of the Far East. Iio bound the nation together hy letting them fight side
 by side in th" industrial battle of
 life. N.n's hearts would not get
 haCl and jcalous; mn would be
 iuunI together in q common uuitj
 in this business of getting a liv.
 ing. His ships and cargoos went 10
 all the trading places he knew any
 thing about. The nation was bound
 together in q great industrial sys- . t.m.
 "TaNo the religious side of hiH ireign, Said h., I don't hnor any .tuiug that will mold thcs> folks to- . l' thor quite SO much as having q common place 0l worship He dc i"idel 10 build Il temple. David had
 wanted to build il, but he Was q ,"arrior. solomon had refused To
 .-' lp N'll t ll'i H' IlI lN IT. l-'. VI tLE t.,'"n him to huill that temple. 1 Solomon had there working over .a p' rin,l of years, scores and thous-
 anJs Of wcrhm"n building that com 'mon pla". Of worship. He knew if .he could unite the religious life Of 'h" land rhcro would bo no danger .tf tho country splitting up and .cJgsiug civil war. Wise man Solo
 mon "Is, to marr" all those differ
 mt women and bind the nation to- 1 -,thcr along domestic lines; 10 send 'oH' his treasures and ships and bring the whole world 70 his doors
 rnl gir4 thosr folks sense 0! un- f''y )'y giving 'h"m q common pur-
 pose to work for; wis" man to know though 10 bind the nation together
 lin its religious life.
 "I wish I might stop h're this Imoruing and leave that word with you: solomon, 'he wise man Of tha I,ast: Solomon the stupid fool solomon the r,su mnn: Solomon th- ] ool in the end. O, how God had richly endowed him with an unl,r- ,>t1nding heart ami everything that he needed. When you look at the nther side Of the record and notice tIhc things that he did-p"rhaps if tHas all right 10 hold the country together; perhaps man ought to 10 anything he can for unity; but . ktLp IlNIKINI, VIDjNEl