Article June 2, 1962 Issue

The Test of the Sword

THOMAS R. JOERDER

"There need be no mistaking illusion for reality"

An example of Solomon's proverbial wisdom is recounted in the third chapter of I Kings. Two women appeared before the monarch, each claiming to be the mother of the same child. After listening to their contradictory arguments, Solomon called for a sword and said, "Divide the... child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other." Then one of the women said, "O my lord, give her the...child, and in no wise slay it"; but the other answered, "Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it."

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