1 Kings 11:40-43

Solomon's End.

There is peculiar interest attaching to the earlier and later days of men who have made a figure in history. Here we have the brief record of the end of a character famed for wisdom above all mere men, upon which we have sadly to meditate that—

I. HE SANK UNDER A DENSE CLOUD .

1 . His morning was very bright .

2 . But his evening was very black .

II. BUT IS THERE NO SUNSHINE IN THE CLOUD ? Some think they see it—

1 . In the promise of God to David .

2 . In the Divine approval of the reign of Solomon .

3 . In his authorship of the Ecclesiastes .

HOMILIES BY J. URQUHART