Q.Did the people hear of it?
A.Yes, all Israel heard of it, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

Q.What is meant by all Israel?
A.All the people over whom Solomon was king?
Q.If we want to know any more about Solomon where can we find it?
A.In the third chapter of the first book of Kings.
_Incidental Conversation_.
Q.Now my little children, as we have been talking about king Solomon, suppose we talk about our own king; so let me ask you his name?
A.
King William the Fourth.[A] Q.Why is he called king?
A.Because he is the head man, and the governor of the nation.

Q.What does governor mean?
A.One that governs the people, the same as you govern and manage us.

Q.Why does the king wear a crown on his head?
A.To denote that he governs from a principle of wisdom, proceeding from love.
Q.Why does he hold a sceptre in his hand?
A.To denote that he is powerful, and that he governs from a principle of truth.

Q.What is a crown?
A.A thing made of gold overlaid with a number of diamonds and precious stones, which are very scarce?
Q.What is a sceptre?
A.A thing made of gold, and something like an officer's staff.