, 1877-02-04
Trials and Tribulations Of the Rev.
Arthur Tooth Continued,
The 81 interior" Oh the Woman Question
st. Paul's Injunction Must
Stand.
Motes and Personals at Home and
Abroad--.Cnurch Services j.
To-Day.
6TNDAY-SCHOOLS.

The Suudav-school teachers meeting at Far
wcli Hall yesterday noon was largely attended
The proceedings were opened with the hymn
4What fr1and VIC have i'll Jesus" after which
the Rev. Mr.. Youker offered up prayer. The
subject Of the day was - Elijah and Ahab," l..
Kings, xriii., SIS
The Rey.J. Monroe Gibson, the leader, opened
the discussion. Some might haye wondered
why the Lesson Committee had omitted beau
tiful incident In Eijal's life, the rasing OF. the
widows son. The reason was that variety was
desired in the lesson and that they were come
TO another incident similar III its character, aud
vet more ul.-tlcraisingo OF the Shunam-
mites son. he proposed to follow out the plan
iuauguratcd last week, OF inviting questions
from the audience, requesting them to preserve
the following order: First, questions relating
to the expedition Of Abab anu ooaaiah' anu
second, in regard to the neeLln9 o1 En]au auu
Obadiah
4 number Of questions, covering every con-
ctiyablc phase Of the lesson, were then pro
pounded. The substance OF the replies, which
Eere given by tue audience anu tle MINISTER'S
present, is given as follows:
There were twelve Obadiahs In the Bible.
The expression - by himself y should not be
taken Lte.aliy; it was i natural lutesencc that
each was 1T the head of his expedition. The
Hebrew root, however, employed here signlfleu
separation: but this was Aot matter OF great
Importance. Anah had sense enough to take
tlle best man hc could find. and hence it was
that Obadiah was in his scrrice- 1t was an
illustration OF 3 good man in bad
place. Obadiah was Prime Minister in the
Kingdom. Il w2s prrsunabc that Obadiah
knew Elijah. II WAS not literally true that
there was nu 1latsun to which Ahab did not send
il, scarcs, O: Eiial1. The expression was uni
yersaI one, but It's meaning was evidently lilla-
itcsi, the same many expressions used III tue
present day. Alaab would know that Obadiuh
was 9 God-fcaring luan, especially IL the latter
did Lis duty. twas perfectly right 1or Obadiah
to ;,icail his good works before Elijah; If, how
ever, ,1r hci shown any conceit in the recital, It
woaid bc WRONG. When Elijah met Obadiah he
had come IRON the widows house
Thu discussion on miner points and the mean-
tlic most prominent part-was interesting as IL
iustatng the fact that doctors Of divinity differ
as we'll ns of medicine.
The l.cy AIr. Gibson then took practical
view Of the lcssor- The expedition referred to
WIS just picture OF the expedition every one
made 10 ret what he wanted In this world.
There were people seeking Tor water, salts
1altion, wealth, and comfort, and could not
aud seek tile Lord. lie believed Obadiah was Z:
good man, and having prayer i'll his heart he
met Elijah first. The material blessing Ahab
sought came in the shape Of Elijah. and yet lie
give him the living yatc=. The sin had to he
put away: thci. the streams OF water came and
made everything green aga:n. It was SO with
ourselves. II we pit our sins away, the rain
vould in its great fcrtiliz!ng strength, and
then we would learn that the great enemy was
s;1l, and the great blessing the Law.
Short remarks OH the spiritual lessons to be
drawn from the chapter we're then invited.
4 brother said the character Of Elijah Tas Z
noble one-full Of toldness and hun,bleness.
Tie strong spiritual lesson was the blessings to
be derived from standing before the Lord.
The Rey. Mr.. Spencer said water Was often
used In the Bible es the symbol Of the Holy
Spirit The lesson should teach us that there
was sadness in the churches because Of the d.
yided condition Of heart. When by some divine
i1lstru,ncEtalty they obtained the conservation,
then the water freely flowed.
4 Reverend brother remarked that the person.
a! way Of escaping from sin was through Jesus
Christ
Another said they laid great deal Of trouble
to the Lord which properly belonged to them
selves
After some further remarks by other gentle
men, the meeting closed with the bencdiction.