...of creeping things, and of fishes,"* we should, at last, be brought to the conclusion of him, whose wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and of Egypt ; that all beneath the sun is vanity and vexation of spirit. I once greatly thirsted after...

...The sacred historian says, " God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding • 2 Tim. iii. 16. much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that...all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men ; and his fame was in all nations round about, and he spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs...

...improved them. In the first Book of the Kings, fourth chapter and thirtieth verse, it is said — " Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children...all the wisdom of Egypt, for he was wiser than all men." The twelfth verse of the third chapter of that Book, tells us what God himself said to him —...

...all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt ....And lasting sea-shore And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. And all the kings...

...fifteen thousand mm. all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east. .In. viii. 10. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the...of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 1 Ki. iv. 30. And Jacob fled into the country of Syria ; and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife...

...sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) eastward, unto the east country. Ge. xxv. 6. fficers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which...the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout the tribes 1 A'i. iv. 30. This man (Job) was the greatest of all the men of the east. .l"ii i. 3. They that dwell...

...Indian Islands. In the Book of Kings it is said, " God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding above all the children of the East country, and all the wisdom of Egypt, for he was wiser than all men. He spake proverbs and songs; he also spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in- Lebanon even...

...out to a greater proficiency? Couldst thou have dived into the secrets of nature; couldst thou have must not be done to satisfy her importunity, but to prosecute the great work of divine desig and all the wisdom of Solomon, who spake of beasts, of fowls, of fishes, of all trees from the cedar...

...character." , Idolatry is cruel as the grave ; but Christian benevolence imparts, as it is said of Solomon, " largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore." " Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace. Our country next, and next the human race." give...

...the com. mendations of Solomon, at a later period, that he excelled in knowledge "all the wisdom of the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt." Astronomy, which proba, bly, like that of the Chaldeans, comprehended also judicial astrology, physics,...