_That the cities._ SOLOMON’S MILITARY ENTERPRISES Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy. I. Cities for stores (1 Kings 9:19). II. Cities for colonisation. III. Cities for pleasure. IV. Cities for defence. Lessons: 1. That those who attend to the spiritual will not negle... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh._ SOLOMON AND PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER We are to see in Solomon’s action the working of a tender conscience; even though he may be appeasing his conscience by some trick or ceremony, yet he is showing us the working of the moral nature within the kingly bre... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord._ SOLOMON’S BURNT OFFERINGS Solomon was great in burnt offerings. Do not men sometimes make up in burnt offerings what they lack in moral consistency? Is not an ostentatious religion sometimes the best proof of internal decay? It ought not to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_As the duty of every day required._ DUTY To some Christians “the sense of duty” and kindred phrases sound unattractive and suspicious. Yet it is dangerous even to minimise the sense of duty. A man who makes no terms with conscience, but does what God commands, will find his love grow stronger. A... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord._ SOLOMON’S BURNT OFFERINGS Solomon was great in burnt offerings. Do not men sometimes make up in burnt offerings what they lack in moral consistency? Is not an ostentatious religion sometimes the best proof of internal decay? It ought not to be... [ Continue Reading ]