, 1877-03-18
STNDAY-SEIiOOLS.

1
Yesterdays noon praycr-uieeting in Farwel
Hall Was devoted tnaiuIy to a review Of the
sunday-scllooi lesson. The exercises were con
Quoted by ]. B. Hobbs, Esq, Superintendent o1
Grace u. f. Church Sunday-school, ami opened
! with the singing Of two nyinns,-'s White US
| Snow" aud s1What !. Friend We, Have In
Jcsus.''
Prayer was offered by Mr.. Chedlow, and the
hymn, II Hear Thy Welcome Voice." was
sung.
Mr.. Hobbs announced the lesson, from II.
Kings, H.. 1926; subject, '.Thc Spirit o,
El;sa II AND it was read III concert by t.le audi
cnrr, after which the leader Introduced the
lesson for today He said there We're four points
to be considered it, the lesson. The first was
The mantle that fell from Elijah upoa
Elisha when the latter stood by the
bank OF Jordan AMI its Usc: the second was
the 1niss:oa Of Elisha; third, the miracle per-
formed BY Elisha in purifying the spring OF
Jericho; aud fourth. the n,,ckery of the children
WHO cried out to Elisha, s'Go up, thou bald
head.' and were slain hy the two ste-bears.
In regard to the first poiut i'll !. Kings, XIX, 70,
it WIS shown that Elijah threw his mantle on
Elisha, and it was received from God by prayer.
The lesson taught them was they should ask
God for everything they needed. Elista rc-
ceived the .:.a1tfe As All emblem to 60 to work,
a,ni the shifting OF the water, whcu ilc parted
the Jordan to gross over. ucslute1 activity The
,nantlc was in ctnblem of Gol's power. There
we're many who received religion aud had
not the spirit Of God: there were many teach
ers il, the Sunday-suhools who did no: slow that
spirit in their work. The parting u the waters
vi the Jordan showed the effect on the people,
ami their o:cdienve TO Elisha, whom they ae-
Inow]edged is their leader. They should let
their works show what they protested. In
proof OF the text showing how the spirit came
down upon Elijah, he pointed to Numbers XII,
17-25: joel H., :52s9, john xviii, I; aud Acts l..
S. He suggested as an appropriate motto tor
their blackboards today: .tElisba received
Elijahs mantle: We received Christ's mantle"
The second point was the nissian OF The
prophet Elisha. 1t might seem strange to the
scholars why Elijah shou1dte 1akcn away 1t
was not the 1ilcarling of the tcxt to take him
bodily, but TO take the spirit v hen the people
asked for the body, and Elisha finally granted
them the privilege TO search for it. aud it was
NOT found, it was Illustrative Of Gods i;;lcE-
lion to show that he waS lral,st'gureu
The third point was tie miracle OF purifying |
the spring or fountain OF Je-icho. and w:ls
the strongest III the lesson. They lad
Jericho about seven miles from the Jordan. |
with its beautiful surroundings. etc., bat no |
from the spring. Elisha purified it, tarou-i, |
Gods power, and the pure wafer was the type |
Of eternal life. The impure water flowed down |
over the hill and killed the land, like sin that
all with whom it remained, and !
Elisha healed the sErin= AMI purified IT with
:A1t, The world waNtel sugar instead vi
salt, and thas sweet stuff was used
10 cover u2 and conceal the poisous OF the
liquors that were hidden behind the glitter Ut
:l4e saloon: Elisha pu: The salt in the water at
lie base OF the mountain. and purified the bitter
spring. So II they would cure sin they must
irst cure the heart The cure Of the water OF
Jericho was permanent, aud the fountains there
sere now as pure as any in the world.
1ymn, ''The Great Physician Now is Sear,'
vas sung, and the discussion OF the lesson FOL
owed.
The Rev. Alexander Youker showed how the
yater was ca1A and the other miracles per-