The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
ELIJAH At HOREB.


ELIJAH At HOREB.
International sund.y-school Lessen for
February 1, 1891.
Especially Arranged from s. s. QUARTERLY,
LESSON TEXT Kings 10:11S.
GOLDEN TKxT-Fear not for am with thee,
and will bless thee.-Gen. 1904.
CENTRAL TRuTH-God visits and comforts
His people In their hours Of darkness.
TIME-B. G. oO6. Immediately following the
last lesson.
PLACE-Wilderness south of Beersheba; and
the Mt. Horeb, 1. e., Sinai
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-a "Beersheba;"
town south OF Judah, ninety.flve miles from
Jezreel. 4. "A days journey into the wilder.
ness" Beersheba was on the borders Of tho
wilderness OF Israel's forty years wanderings.
He did not feel safe In the Kingdom OF Judah,
for its King had made alliance with Ahab I'm.
der juniper tree" rather, species Of broom
abundant in the desert. II am not BETTER"
etc.: no more able to do this reforming work
than others who had failed. Eliiah's despond.
ency grew out Of a. reaction after his great ex.
element; (2) bodily and nervous exhaustion;
(3) loneliness and want Of sympathy; ~
troubled conscience for running away; C) en-.
forced inactivity; ~ disappointed hopes. s.
Slept" his first need was rest. arise and
eat:" bis next was refreshment g "Horeb;"
the same Us Sinai. 1.-THE mount of God:" so
called because the law was given there. 10.
"Jealous:" jealous: earnest for His cause.
''Thy covenant" Gods law, and His promise
to bless them If they would keep It, II. 1.-THE
Lord was not in the wind" here was not His
great manifestation Of power. 12. "A still
small voice." God works most in nature by the
silent forces OF life, gravitation heat, chemical
S,, x{ut%,
results are from love- from character, from silent
influences Of the Spirit, etc. ID. go, return"
work was one Of the best means Of curing his
! dependency 'Hazael" an officer who after.
wards became King, and was Gods instrument
for furnishing Israel. IS. 'Jehu;" he became
| King in place Of Ahab, and destroyed his whole
family II. "Shall Elisha slay:" not as the
! others but by the powerful words he spoke.
! He was the still small voice, and did much to
reprove and reform his country. IS. Hath not
kissed him:" or. kissed to him.
LESSON COMMENTS.
The wicked Queen. She was worse
than Ahab. When she heard Of the af-
fair on Mount Carmel, instead of being
impressed with the power Of Jehovah
and the falsity Of her own gods, she was
filled with rage, and determined to kill
Elijah. She was so,sure Of being able
to accomplish this object, that she even
ventured to send Elijah word Of her pur-
pose. But he took time by the fore
lock-" and escaped to the wilderness
south Of the Dead Sea. So her plans
were frustrated, and she was left alone
to nurse her anger.
What Jezebel ought to have done was
to repent Of all her iniquities in dust
and ashes, and ask for pardon. But her
heart was as hard as the neither mill
stone, and she never felt any hesitation
in her evil course. There are always a
few people living likeu 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 If any one dares to reprove them
they hate him. Such men were the
Pharisees and chief priests in Christ's
time and in those Of Paul. They are
given over to do evil.
The discouraged prophet. He ran
and he not only ran, but his heart wal
sad and discouraged, SO that he actual.
asked God to let him die. Why was h,
so disheartened? Probably because h
expected greater results from the dis
play of Gods power on Mount Carme
than were produced; and when he fount
that one chief result was the increases
anger Of the Queen, he felt bitterly dis
!, appointed. Even prophets are onl..
men, subject to like temptations witt
ourselves. The great spiritual results
: were not apparent Immediately, as h
. /. had hoped they would be, so he los
heart. No wonder.
! 1t often happens that when we do GU
best, we become discouraged beoaus
the results are not what we had ex
, pected. Many young convert, VIII
exects that all will go smoothly witt
her after her conversion, finds out tina
Satan Qike JezebeD will not leave he
any peace. In fact, temptations seen
. to be more numerous after than the,
were before she gave her heart to tn
Lord. Every thing seems to 60 wroni
for awhile; and then the temptation
assails her to give all up. She is thor
oughly disheartened. So all along in GU
individual and our collective Christian
: experiences, there come times Of grea
conflict and self-denial. They are, per
. haps, grandly endured. But after the
are over and we still do not meet witt
that success that we had hoped for, W
are in great danger Of being discou,
!, aged. 1t was this danger that led tn
apostle to write to the Hebrews mot t
! be wearied and faint in their minds
I Heb. 1888, but to look to Jesus, VIII
in this matter set them so good an ez
}. ample.
}. The gentle Lord. He was yer
a gentle with Elijah. First he provide
e food for him to revive his weary BODY
g And when the prophet was in Mour
;. Horeb, where Moses had been, God con
a forted him by telling him that he We
a mistaken in thinking that he had bee
!. for years the only true worshiper. Go
y told him that in Israel there had bee
q sevensthousand who had never In a
those years bowed the knee to Baa
!. God also comforted him by giving hi
, more work to do, then sent him on h
y way rejoicing. Rev. A. F. SchaufHe
!. D. D.
N PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. The best Of people have their hou
Of dependency and doubt