And Solomon answered all her questions, and showed her all his work and his riches. When she had seen the house he had built and the food daily spread on his table, and the number of his servants, and the ascent which he had built to go up to the House of the Lord, the queen seemed to have no more strength in her, and she exclaimed: "It was a true report that I heard in mine own country, but the half was not told me!" "Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom." "Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighteth in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel . . . to do judgment and justice." And she gave King Solomon gold, and a very great store of spices and precious stones, which she had brought on her camels from afar. And Solomon gave her whatever she asked of him, besides the royal presents which, as a great king, he bestowed upon her unasked. There is a verse in Isaiah and another in the Psalms which I love to read, which seem to remind us not only of the Queen of Sheba, but of that glorious day which is coming by and by for those who are the children of God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ:— "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him." "Thou wilt show me the path of life; in Thy presence is fullness of joy: at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." [Illustration] XIV. THREE COMMANDMENTS ABOUT EARTHLY THINGS _V. "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee."_ OUR best and most beautiful example of this loving, dutiful obedience is given us in the early days of our Lord's life on earth. We read of it in the second chapter of Luke. Jesus was twelve years old, and He knew that His Heavenly Father had given Him a great work to do here in this world. One day in Jerusalem He had stayed in the Temple talking to the learned Doctors of the Law, and Joseph and His mother missed Him from among the company who were journeying homewards to Nazareth; and when they found Him in the Temple, His mother said, "Thy father and I have sought Thee, sorrowing!" And His gentle answer is a pattern to all of us: "Wist ye not—" (Did you not know)—"that I must be about My Father's business?" He was reminding her then of God, Who had sent Him, His only begotten Son, into the world to save sinners. But with all that in His heart, the Bible goes on to tell us, "Jesus went down with them to Nazareth, and was subject unto them." That means that He was perfectly obedient in His earthly home. Then we have the sweet example of Ruth the Moabitess.