constant ascription unto Him of all goodness, truth, and excellence. O may we reflect that the Wisdom which came from above, and dwelt among us, has left in His gospel such stores as the ages of eternity can never exhaust!
September Sixth.
HIRAM'S DISPLEASURE WITH SOLOMON.
"And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? and he caled them the land of Cabul unto this day."—1 Kings ix. 12, 13.
HOW very differently the Scriptures are viewed and studied, may be inferred from the fact, that each man wishes to find in them such subjects as may best please himself, and feels them to be uninteresting because he is disappointed. One would be more diligent in the study of the Scriptures than he is, if he could find in them more instruction to enable him to gratify his selfhood; another would study them more diligently, if they possessed more scientific information. These persons, however, may read the Scriptures with an appearance of respect; but it can scarcely be doubted, that they hold them in very low esteem. The man who really desires wisdom, avails himself of every opportunity to acquire it, and is careful to look through the medium by which it is offered, to Him in whom all wisdom has its origin. He will avail himself of every opportunity to acquire knowledge, and he will apply the knowledge he acquires to improve and beautify his own mind.
