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September temb4th.
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SOLOMVMOW'S WISE CHOICE
1 Kings 3:4-15.
'Golden Text—Happy is the roan that
fincleth wisdom, and the pian that
getteth understanding. -Prov, 3:83.
The Lesson iSetting.
s ttz.n its Set ing.
T ziie -R,C. ao22> Solomon being
about twenty years old,
Mace--,Gibeon, six miles northwest
of eruS le
a to, where the tabernacle
Was at the time.withr z
, the 15aen al-
tar.
The Divine Offer,
Solomon was the sot of Davidrid
tS
Bath -Sheba His mother had become
the wife of David while her hushnd
Uriah was still living ,and continued
to live with the king after David had
murdered Uriah.' She could, not have
been a woman of good character, and,
so, far as she had the training of Sols
omon, it must have been unfortunate.
As to David, the intercourse of the
boy Solomon with his father must
have been intercouse with a gloomy
and saddened than, who wasstill cap-
able indeed of flashes of his old, noble-
ness, but whose recorded deeds show
a mark of deterioration from the.
splendid religious promise of his
youth. The prophet Nathan was Sol-
onto;tt'S teacher, and to hilln we may
ascribe whatever religious training
the boy received.,
,And the king went to Gibeon to
sacrifice there, Gibeon may have
been the Town called, Ll -Jib in our
day. It is in the Benjamin territory,
six miles northwest of Jerusalem.
For that was the great high place.
A thousand birnt-offerings did Solo-
mon offer upon that altar. The He-
brew verb is in a form which means
that, such great sacrifices were cus-
tomary with Solomon, and I Kings
9:25 leads us to think that "a thous
sand" here is not to be taken literal-
ly, but, lileee. the Greek "hecatombs..
(one hundred oxen), means simply a.
large number of sacrifices.
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared, to Sol-
omon in a dream by night., This is
by no means the only place in the
Bible in which God came to His by
dreams and visions: And God said,
Ask what I shall give thee. • This is
equivalent to saying, "I will give
thee whatever thou dost ask," a splen-
didly comprehensive offer;
The Wise Choice.
And Solomon said. He was still,
of course, in his dream, which was
so vivid that he remembered it clear-
ly on awaking, and wrote it down
either at once or afterwards. Thou
hast bestowed upon Thy servant Da-
vid my father great loving kindness.
It was already a fine indication of
Solomon's character that he recog-
nized that his father was a servant
of the Most High, and a distinguish-
ed recipient of God's favor. Accord-
ing as 1 -le walked before thee in truth.
It is noteworthy that Solomon places
first among the characteristics of Da-
vid that had won the Divine favor
his absolute sincerity. And in, right-
eousness. David had been an outlaw,
but he was driven to that course by
Saul's injustice and cruelty, And in
uprighteo'usness : of heart with thee.
The reference here is to God's laws
and the obedience of the heart which
only God can know and which He is
always gladto reward and honor.
And Thou hast kept from him this
great loving kindness. Solomon speaks
as if his father was still living .In
reality, Solomon came to the throne
before the death of David, and .Da-
vid, on his death -bed, rejoic'ed in 'the
accession of his favorite soft to the
throne. That Thou hast given him a
son to sit on his throne, as it is this
day. It is always held to be a spec-
ial blessing when one's life work is
carried on by a worthy successor of
one's own blood.
And now, 0 Jehovah zny God. As
Solomon thinks of his father's work
and its continuance by himself, his
mind turns naturally to Jehovah, with
whom his father's work was so close
ly connected. .Thou hast made Thy
servant king instead of David my fa
they. And I am but a little` child. We
are not to think that Solomon was
literally a child at his acdession
though he felt himself, to be as a child
in the presence of his stupendous and
unwonted task. It is the tradition that
he was actually a mere boy, the Sep
tuagint says a twelve -year-old and
-Josephus makes his age fourteen; but
he was old enough to have a son
Rchoboam, at the time of his acces
sion. I know not, how to go out or
come in. When Joshua was appoint
ed as. Moses... assistant, he was named
as one who should "go out and coins
in tefore" the people, and when Sau
trade David 'a "captain over a thou
sand," it is said that "he went ou
and came in before the people.' '
And thy servant is in the midst of
thy people which thou hast chosen
Solomon's responsibility was the
greater because he was set over God's
chosen people, the nation upon which,
as all its great ,.nen realized from
the beginning of Hebrew history,
rested the Highest welfare of the
world. A great people, that cannot be
numbered nor counted for multitude.
Solomon, is not to be understood lit-
erally, for, of course, a 'census could
be made of any nation,however num-
erous; but he was expressing the.
awe he felt when lie realized that on.
his single -person the weal or woe of
so many hundreds of human beings
depended.;
SThe feast was the usual conclusion of
Give thy servant therefore an un- a, sacrifice or series of sacrifices, the
derstanding heart to judge thy people, worshippers eatingportions of the
In time of war the king was to pro- sacrificial animals that were not burn-
tect his people from their foes; but ed upon the altar. Solomon wished to
in time of peace, such as Solomon's
associate Isis entire official houshold
reign 'enjoyed, the sovereign's chief, with him in his consecration and
duty was to see that justice prevailed thanksgiving.
in the land and that the laws were
administered without fear or favor.
That I may, discern between good and
evil. Between good and evil counsel-
lors, between good and evil officers,
And, between righteous and unright'
eous contenders in such disputes as
might come before hini to judge, Per.
who is able to judge this thy great
people? Hebrew, 'heavy people. The
work of an Eastern king inacting as
chief judge for his people is very
heavy. The least of his subjects has
theotretically the right• of appeal to.
his sovereign.
The Abundant Blessing.
And the speech pleased the Lord,
that Solomon had asked this thing.
And God•. said unto hien, Because
thou hast asked this thing, and hast
not 'asked for thyself. long life. Long
life is a great blessing, but a second-
ary one. Neither hast asked riches
for thyself. Wealth is also a great
blessing, but only when it is . wisely
and helpfully used; used selfishly, it
is :a terrible curse, and only increases
the owner's power of mischief. Nor
hast asked for the life of thine en-
emies. Even peace is a secondary
blessing, forif a land is not wisely
ruled it may as well be ruled by a
foreign despot as a d,oniestic tyrant;
and if a man is his own worst en-
emy, it inalces little difference how
many other foes he has. But his ask-
ed for thyself understanding to dis-
cern justice. The mental ability to
decide which is eight and which is
wrong of two disputants appearing
before the king. Soloman, in effect,
asked simply, that he might be able
to do his job well.
Behold, I have done according to
thy word: lo, I have given thee a
wise and understanding heart. Solo
mons' wisdom was shown in his sua-
cessftil reign,- the wide extent and
prosperity of his kingdom, the con-
tentment of his people, the progress
of religion, and the writings in which
his wisdom was preserved for pos-
terity. So that there hath been none
like thee before thee. Solomon's wis-
dom is described in detail in x Kings
4:29-34: it surpassed the wisdom of
Egypt to the south and of the Chat
daeans and Arabians on the east; it
was shown in his proverbs, or pithy
condensations of wisdom in brief sen-
tences or couplets of verse, of which
he composed three thousand, many
of which are preserved for us in the
Book of Proverbs; it was shown also
in his longer poetical compositions,
of which he wrote "one thousand and
five"—perhaps a way of saying "snore
than a thousand." Neither after thee
shall any arise like unto thee. .Cer-
tainly among the kings of judah and
;Israel . that followed Solomon there
was none with, his wisdom, and there
were only two that approximated his
worldly power and wealth.
And I have also given thee that
which thou hast not asked. All that
live close to God know that He is ev-
en better than His glorious promis-
es and far excels our asking. Both
riches and honor. Of both these the
visit of the Queen of Sheba furnishes
a conspicuous illustration. So that
there shall not be any among the
kings like unto thee, all thy days.
This is a repetition, for the sake of.
emphasis, of the promise that pre-
cedes,
And if thou wilt walk in my ways,
to keep my statutes and my com-
mandments, as thy lather David did
walk. The "stat-acss" are God's writ-
ten wotdand the "commandments"
His spoken word, uttered froto time
to time by His prophets like Samuel
and Nathan. Then I will lengthen. thy
days, Long life, throughout the Bi-
ble, is rightly regarded as a gift of
God and an evidence of the divine fa-
vor.
And Solomon awoke;and, behold, it
was a dream. A dream,, and yet pro-
foundly true to Solomon's character,
to God's graciousness, and to the facts
of history. And he came to Jerusa-
lem, and stood before the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah.. Solomon had
gone to Gibeon to sacrifice, but there
was also an altar in Jerusalem before
the ark, and Solomon would regard
that as the most sacred place because
of the Decalogue (the "covenant")
contained in the ark, and the visible
presence of Jehovah shining above
the mercy seat. And offered u'p burnt-
offerings. Sacrifices in which the en-
tire animal was burned upon the al-
tar to signify the worshipper's entire
consecration to Jehovah. And offered
peace -offerings. A peace- offering was
a sacrifice of thanksgiving and of re-
joicing, only a part of which was
burned on the altar, the rest being
eaten by the priests and the offerer.
And made a feast to all his servants.
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LGRA.,V'l
The August meeting of the Bel -
grave Woolen's Institute was` held re-
cently at the home of 'Mrs, Robert
McCreaa, Londesboro, who, though re-
moved from oar midst, still remains
a ,.member and takes active interest in
her home town branch. There was`a
splendid attendance of members and
the meeting opened fn the usual mea-
ner. The roil call was responded to
by giving "salad combinations." A
study of the book on "Laws of On-
tario" was begun and Mrs, Herbert
Wheeler read the first chapter, •An
interesting paper on "Mucic in; the
Home" was given by 112r°s. Dan. Ged-
des,
Miss Nora Vancamp favored the
meeting with a solo and was accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. Dan,
Geddes, A humorous reading given
by Miss Edith Procter was also en-
joyed. A short time was given • to
community singing, after which the
meeting was closed with the singing
of the national anthem.
A dainty lunch was served by the
hostess, assisted by her sister, Mrs.
M. A. Wheeler, of l3elgrave.
GLENANNAN
Mr. and -Mrs. Alex; Stewart and
children, Mrs. Stewart, sr., also the
Misses Gladys and Edna Rosewell,
of Howick, visited on Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weir,
Miss Nellie Walters, R.N.; of
Winghanr, spent the week -end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ap-
pleby.
Mr. Norman Muir, who attended
summer school at Queen's University,
Kingston, has returned home, and
was accompanied by his mother, who
spent a couple of weeks with friends
in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Breckinridge
and son Cela, of Grey, were recent
visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Breckenridge.
Miss Ella Nickel, of Howlett, spent
the week -end with her 'friend, Miss
Mabel Stokes.
Line
s J engtb Compared
Clew people realize the length of an ocean liner as they see the ship in
port or at sea. The above illustration shows how, if turned ,on end
by some giant hand, a 14,000 -ton Cunart3 Canadian :Service .liner woilld
top by some 150 feet the new 23 -storey Royal Bank of Canada building,
now under 'construction 'in Montreal. The bank towers 305 feet fronx
the street level and is the tallest office building in the British Empire.
The Cunarder Berengaria, one of the world's largest ships, is 810 feet
long.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe area three 1 Mrs. David Breen and son Gordon,
daughters, of Howick, spent Sunday of Grand Rapids, Michigan, are re-
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben newing old acquaintances in these
Stokes.
Trail-
lders to Hold Fourth. Annual Pow -Wow;
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I. Riding through. the 'water at the sandy edge of a lake is a cool relief for the horses. 2. Mount Assin1boine, the
, obieotile of the Trail' Rido. 3. Scene of a 'trail Fide Pow- wow in Yoho Valley.
"TRAIL RIDERS." The very sound of th words
brings the tang ofwoodland fire smoke, the crackling
of burning twigs, the musical running and tumbling
to streams slipping hurriedly down the mountain side
to offer an early morning drink ,to thirsty campers.
Is there anyone' in the world sufficiently prosaic not
to:be7�attracted by;the `fascination of that word
"trail?" It suggests mysteries, an elusive something
lying always round the next bend of the road, be-
yond the next mountain peak.
One part of Canada in particular is threaded with
the world's most faseinating trails, to be followed
through the world's most lovely scenery, day after
day, each to its ultimate termination. That is the
arena indigenous to Banff and Lake Louise, in the
heart of the Canadian Rockies --- a'veritable land of
Heart's Desire for the man er woman with the love
of Nature and the explorer's hot blood in their veins,
where every trail leads to beauty, peace and radiant
hearth.
Off the beaten track of the luxury loving roeking
chair tourist, directly south of Banff is Mount Assini--
boine, theobjective of this year'strail ride. This
majestic mountain towers many thousands of feet
Above the snow -fields, and is clearly reflected in the
atzrfaees of the lakes that Ile at its base. :N'o white
bon reached the base of this noble pyramid until
4893, when 11., L. Barrett, an Ainerzcan rnbutltain
clamber; and Tom Wilson, of Banff, made their -way
to its foot by way of Simpson Pass, the route which
the Trail. Riders will take on their return trip this
summer.
The fourth annual urt n
, i
`n al tia l ride will leave .Banff on
11londay, :eaugust' 4. The Commissioner of Parks has
had cleared an old trail which leads ` through the wild'
canyon of Brewster Creek,, The first night's cartlp
will be by the head of this creek, and in the morning
the riders will cross Assiniboane Pass to the Camp
by the shore of Lake Magog, which holds in its
turquoise depths the reflection of ` this great, stony,
snow -crowned giants The third day will be spent
with the camp a base, allowing the Trail Bidets to
explore the surrounding lakes . and foothills, or to do
some climbing. The fourth day they will ride by way'
of the Valley of the Boeks, Golden Valley, Citadel I
Pass, Alpine Lakes and Meadows on the Great thvaibe
to Sunshine camp, The Grand Pow -Wow will be held
on Simpson Pass on the fifth day, 'anti the party wall
Ade home the fallowing day by way of Healy Creek.
This years ride is tho most' ambitious of any
nndertaltefl by the Trail Riders since the inception,
of the organization aril, from all indications, it will
be one of the most successful. And no matter what;
wonderful pietur+es the imagination of the riders Map,
conlovjuzee up, the beauties of the trip are sire to be•
Erlfei'.