The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30

CENTRAL TNUfu-tnu visits and comforts
HI. people Ia their hours % darkness.
r.ur -R q. w immediately following the
last lesson
ptAcr wilderness south u Bcershcha: ana
~ Mt lIorcb. 4 q. Sinai.
HELPS OvEa lfARp PLArEs-3 ''feershe ha y
town south 81 judah. ninety i've rifles frois
Iexrccl 4 "A days journey into the wilder.
nesssr BcTrsheba was on the borders Of the
widcrncss 81 Israel's forty year wanderinrs
~ ala not feel safe in the Kingdom o. Judah.
~ IN KIM had made alliance with Ahah. TN
ar Ihnipcr tree rather. q species a. broom
abundant in the desert. n am mol lctter;s
.fr. ~ more able 10 do this reforming work
man others who had failed Elilah's dcspond.
enry grew out OF "a reaction after his great cx-
element. % bodily and nervous exhaustion:
q, loneliness AMI want of sympathy: lfD q
troubled conscience for running away; 81 en-
forced inactivity. 90 disappointed hopes &
-Scpf:~ his first need was rest Arise and
cat' his next was rcfrrshment "Horeb:'
the same Is Sinai The mount ~ God.v so
called because tho law was given there 10
~Jralous:' jealous; earnest for His cause
Thy covenant" Gods Law. and His promise
"a bless them II they would keep a. H. sThe
Lord was not in the wind;- here was not His
great manifestation OF power. ~, "A stu
snail voice." God works nost ia nature BY the
silent forces OF life, gravItation heat. chemical
nfanty: and In the spiritual world the greatest
results are from love. from characte r from silent
Influences q the Spirit, etc Is Go. return"
work was one Of tie best means Of curing his
dependency. 'HazaeIs" an oflcer who after
warts became King. ana was Gods instrument
for Furnishing Israel II. "Jchu.' he became
King in place ~ Ahah and destroyed his whole
family II. Shall Elisha STAY not as the
others but BY the powerful wor J. he spoke
III was the stili small voice. ana did much 10
rc2rwe and reform his country. H. Hath not
rir<ed him. or. kissed 70 him.
rrssoS COMMENTS.
The wicked Queen. She was worse
than Ahab. Whom she heard Of the ar
fairon Mount Carmel. instead of being
impressed with the power Of Jehovah
ana the falsify OF her own gods. She was
filled with rage, and determined to kill
Elijah She was so sure of being able
n accomplish this object. that size even
vcntured to send Elijah word Of her pur-
pose. But he took time by the fore
leek.' and escaped to the wilderness
south 81 the Dead sea- 50 her plans
were frustrated. and She was left alone
q nurse her anger.
What Jczcbel ought 10 have done was
70 repent Of all her iniquities in dust
heart was as hard as the neither mill
stone. and She never felt any hesitation
In her evil course. There are always
few people living like, her. Nothing
makes them cease their evil. Sickness
and pains only make them angry with
God, Disaster in temporal affairs only
makes them lie and cheat all the more;
and il any one darrs 10 reproye them.
they hate him. Such men were tho
Pharisecs and chief priests in Christ's
time and in those Of Paul. They are
given over 10 do evil
The discouraged prophet He ran.
and be not only ran. but his heart was
Asad and discouraged. 50 that he actually
asked God 10 let him die. Why was hc
50 dishcartcncd? Probably because no
expected greater results from the dis
play OF Gods power on Mount Carmel
than were produced: and when he found
that one chief result was the increased
anger % the Queen. he felt bitterly dis
appointed. Even prophets are only
men, subject 10 like temptations with |
ourselves. The great spiritual results
were not apparent Immediately as he |
had hoped they would be. so he lost \
heart No wonder.
ltcften happens that when we do our
best We become discouraged because
the results are not what We had ex-
pec'cd- Many a young convert, who
'xec's that all will 80 smoothly with |
h"r after her conversion. finds out that
Satan like JezebcD will not leave her |
any peace. In fact. temptations seem
~ pe moro numerous after than they \
We're before She gave her heart 70 tho
Lord Every thing seems 70 60 wrong
ior awhile; and then the temptation
assails her 70 give all mp. She lis thor
oNgnly disheartened. SO all along in our
individual and our collective Christian
experiences, there come times of great
conflict and self-deniaL They are, per-
haps. grandly endured. But after they
are over. and we still do not meet with
mat success that we had hoped for. We
arc N great danger Of being discour-
aged. 1t was this danger that led tho
apostle 70 write 10 the Hebrews mot to
r. wearied ard faint in their minds"
sh"b l2:3.. but to look 70 Jesus. who
f" s'@tN'A ST. ttlt-ln 30 NNV4 al "a
ample
The gentle Lord. lie was very
gentle With Elijah. First he provided
ipol Tor him TO revive his weary body.
am when the prophet was in Mount
n"rrb. where Moses had been. God CON-
iorted him BY telling him that he was
mistaken in thinking that he had been
1T Years the only true worshiper God
'oia him that in Israel there had been
seven thousand who had never in all
nose years bowed the knee to Baal.
''oa also comforted him BY giving him
more work TO do. then sent him on his
". rejoicing. Rev. A. +. Schaufler.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Y The best ~ people have their hours
y dependency and doubt
= Physical weakness and mental ex-
s"nN'lon are Of ten the occasion OF our
.AfA views OF lifo, 81 the church. and OF
ne world.
N Rycaring for the bodies 81 men. We
pr'parc the way for spiritual in struction
ma help.
= 'od asks us: What docst thou here?
l' You in vour rfrht v1,,o - IT.