_So King Solomon was king over all Israel._ A KINGDOM UNIFIED Charles Albert, we are told, went to help the Milanese. The Austrians, vastly outnumbering, drove him back toward Turin, defeated him at Novara, swayed renewed sceptre over the revolted provinces. The king abdicated in favour of his son,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Solomon’s provisions for one day._ SOLOMON’S FEAST This would seem to be part of the Parable of the Prodigal Son before its time. This typical feast of Solomon’s has no reference to gluttony. We have read of Caligula, who would never eat bread unless it was gilded--had a coating of gold over the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judah and Israel dwelt safely._ PROSPERITY UNDER THE REIGN OF WISDOM The text presents to us a perfect picture of a peaceful and prosperous commonwealth. It is painted with few touches, but they are all full of expression. We have before our eyes a fruitful land. Cities, of different but united t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Solomon’s provisions for one day._ SOLOMON’S FEAST This would seem to be part of the Parable of the Prodigal Son before its time. This typical feast of Solomon’s has no reference to gluttony. We have read of Caligula, who would never eat bread unless it was gilded--had a coating of gold over the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore._ GRAINS OF SAND The image is very expressive. On the coast both of Palestine and Egypt--the regions with which the Bible writers were most familiar--the sand is unusually abundant. All the way from the delta of the Nile to the most nort... [ Continue Reading ]
_Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country._ THE ALONENESS OF JESUS CHRIST Christ towers up above the history of the world and the process of revelation, like Mount Everest among the Himalayas. To that great peak all the country on the one side runs upwards, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he spake of trees _. .. _ he spake also of beasts._ PLANT-LIFE The wise man had a genuine delight in plants, herbs, flowers, and trees. Read the Book of Canticles, and from its pages is caught the very fragrance of spring. He speaks with enthusiasm of the “rose of Sharon,” of “the lily among t... [ Continue Reading ]