The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-01-14


sovereign even where iniqu
pant. Elijah flashes upon ~ Fand
the incidents OF his marvePus career ana
those of his successor Elisha stand out
against the background OF Israels SHINING
like tho clear shining Of torches against a
black night. IL is a good opportunity To
enforce the prevalence or Gods grace Ia
lad times.
WHAT THE l. EssoN SAYS
Elijah-From two Hebrew words FL and
Jah, God and Jehovah, the Intervening n
being possessive-My God Jehovah. Oilead
across the Jordan, the root of the word inhab-
itants, means TO reside (Revision, soyourn),
and Is the same word weed OF Jeropoam
when he .dwelt In Egypt az: ~ Asnot In
the Hebrew but implied; literally IL Is:
Liveth the Lord God OF Israel ana there
shall not be- as Israel, 1t might be added,
had forgotten she had a God. Before whom
or in whose presence (See Douay). Inc at
titude of "a messenger or slave attendant.
Word AS interpreting the "word' " 10
same expression, dayar.
Get thee hence. "A quiet spoken work
like out Of this! III lad spoken boldly and
must now &c war1sShs life. Eastward,
or toward the CT (Douayl, the mere direc
ton being give 1T first Hide myself Th;
word means sIcovert, l. c., find hidins
place in. ID or torrent Douay).
mere wady-sflk am such as might be found
in any glen or lily. Before Jordan. This
side OF Jordan. Al
The ravens. smo1A word is quite similar to
that from whicn. todes an Arab the same
consonants bel kvide1ent. But there Is no
more reason 10 HrinDSe11&rpret III mere IMAM
there Is to say where the same
word is used, I'd nth Int forth an Arao
from the ark. stM
Dwell. Same slated in another
form, inhabitants n o., he look up MS
residence in the IA just rs before it had
been I'm Gilead
Bread and flesh. 4sDaily bread.n or the
brook God using Natural means.
WHAT THELfEssoS TEACHES.
And Elijah the 't'shbite. This is the first
we hear of him. e,e stalks with startling
suddenness upon lie stage of Israels life.
Dean Stanley remtrds us of the saying OF
the astute Frenchkcin. @The great events OF
history, like tha mysterious personages
in old romances tpme through door In
the wall which np one has noticed" In
fact it is God aef not man that con-
fronts us here. Il sere Is no great herald
ing of the human k,istrumentality. Whence
he comes no one lJows, and no matter. He
Is Gods man. Wdhship God.
Before whom I.revand. Some one points
our attention to byfact that In those olden
days OF loyalty toarle king there were GER
tain ones who Up TO Test tib iddfehrr ""
and, by their alecdl rtad Use in the village OF
nited that they stAe aforesaid. sfhst heip,x
feet shod, to ne nEuit< snrtI
summons and
| he might bid = nto
that the Que, DO
says to softa
"happyse 2nN
was ware these
CndsSiaIiy bcfore
al, Euch n servan
-, waiting TO do
Is Bicrity. over in
~ true angels intro
am Gabriel that ST
God and am sent.-
as the angels do I'll!
earth as IL is done II
And the word OF Il
All, then we under
before: "There sha
these years but acc
That would sound
be a rank presumpfTSs
which follows: SAND
came unto him. II
The word he declar
pitiful worm that Ia
the Lord Jehovah. al
lofty trust he may pro
fault nor fall When<
comes to have that sor
do what it will-rat
"Master," cries Peter
were a strange thing
thou cursedst Is withe
looks at him. and there
rebuke in his word as h
faith in Cod The faith
margin, following tho Gre
we have Gods faith we
works.
So he went and did. I'm
Over in verse 10, we rea
went" That is very good,
great many of us get abon
No, we just arise, that is all, We
Some OF us go In, perhaps, but It'd
We manage TO reach Cherith, but
arrangements for us. There is
sight, and as for drink there Isl
cool waters, only running6
pretty situation of affairs,
go. back the ways We eame
Elijah. ale went and did
the word OF tho Lord.n The III
him TO do.wasito go. So he wen
came. TO Cherith aud there he st6ppI
matter how il looked The next thi
him To do was To wait. So he waited
did not find the table set. Never
Presently food came along with the
ing and the morning. Even ravens I
angels for Gods servants. Preseq
was thirsty enough to drink Of tn,
and he was refreshed. The fact u
living by faith, not by sight. And
he was told, "he went and ~
did the widow OF Zarephath.f
faith to-day!
The barrel of meal shall not -
knew whereof he spoke. He
matter to the test there at Chen
makes the same experiment OF tfe
Zarephath, for the Lord has bi
The God that brought food ~
mouths could replenish the meal,
who sends the brooks of water sc
the streams OF oil. His hidden fount
refreshing who can fathom, or indcet
Trust God. Is the lesson. Plainly /,
path OF Gods requirement.. lean on God
go forward. ale is waiting for some be-
business to offer itself.- SAYS one brotl
regarding another engaged In unchristig
traffic: "lf he only would have faith
enough to come right out and trust God"
IL Is the trouble with us ALL We want to
experience first. and then afterward we viii
believe; we will not launch forth, taking
God at His word. "Martn,n said Satan,
ado you feel that you are a child of Godgn
"No," answered Luther. "but 1 am sure
of it!n
BoGes-That was very restful SER
mon this morning. Trotter-Restful
was nearly tired to death. 1t was
fully an hour long. Boggs-That's