New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
Y III.
LESSONS FROM ELIJAIS LIFE.
PRACTICAL THOUGHTS FROM THE REV. Dr.
CHARLIE II. PARKHURsT, OF THE MADISON

The crowds which fill the Madison square Presby-
terrain Church sunday after sunday testify to the pop
ularty of the Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst the pas
tor OF the church. Th, Is largely due to the untrng
efforts of the pastor well preacher. for Dr.
Parklurst'S name Is n household word rs well "a
pulpit power. The preacher Is cplgramatc III
language and forcble in his delivery. and his repn-
tation attracts many strangers In this Gty To his
church. They there receive the Gospel message In
simple but striking DISCOURSE and depart well paid for
tcr visit. Dr. Parkhurst took Elijah for his subject
yesterday morning The text And Elijah said
have been very jealous for the Lord God OF Hosts;
for the children OF Israel have orsaken thy covenant,
thrown down thine affairs and slain thy prophets
with the sword and L. even |, only am left and they
seek my life TO take ii away | Kings, xix 10. lie
said In substance:
Elijah was discouraged, clearly good man. but low.
spirited. The narrative before shows him al his worst
When read about the glistening appsrton Of Elijah on
Mount Of TRANSFORMATIONS he stands at such seeming
distance from to be'k all bonds u easy fellowship
He is not in the air but the ground and Nat
the ground too. such spells Of eerthiinoss in the
celestial experience OF the heroes OF the Bible arc In
slculsby precious IL Translate such heroes into
the vocabulary Of living and feeling, and makes
them look much like that able 10 confer
with them without embarrassment.
am the only one left now, he aid, that is any guar
ance for the moral deliyencc Of Israel ard shall not be
left long. the contrary saith the Lord, there six
nine hundred besides you that
And the first man that Elijah
against this interview Of them. People
that unGcmon tratlycly good around good d1l
hlccr than people that seasscrtycy good have
,oFt 81 suspicion o.
If now were 10 handle th, Of Elijah IN the 'Ime
funk that should II the narrative wc not part Of
the Blbc-Ond know why that should at ~
dcerrnt-wc would b.gn by saying that he nced'd 10 b.
differently conditioned physically before he would De in
either happy about the present ,anguine for
the Elijah h,d almot six weeks without
a and that l.. 4s41 In
make any man. pr phci cheerful. There az two
other recorded Instances ia scripture ~ abstinence FOR the
period 81 timcthat of Moses which Issued IN tn
utter To-, Of his sefmastcry his descent fvm the
mountain and Lord in the wilderness, who be-
unlimited the l~~au- OF the deNil BY the occasion
Of the hungcrcd condition precisely that under
which Elijah suffering In the narrative in hand You
choose 10 call that coincidence but coincdenc's az
suggestive.
The direct statement dylnely made him there
hou-and had bowed The kne' % Bas
be- supposed 10 have wrought comfortable anouni
change nj, estimate Of the The circumstances
had impressed certain complexion on his way u looking
matters aud fact though dfvincly alleged was In.
potent wipe out That impression FGct do no count with
tithc much mems assumed r1upntIty "huld
naturally had IT, 10 expect Without Lords ,elling
him. a'dy that hundred prophet, had u't b~cn
saved by obadiah fat uahe' no Kind q difference 70
II h- feeling running In the counter direction
Just easy drop the curtains Of mind TIA.
you viii particular tart n It l. 70 let down tho
in your cvc,.
sTEoKr TRUE TO NATURE
Another embarrassing feature u IJsh'- hat
just their nothing "a u" word hat be could
do Ahab on the rampage. The worship o. HAL
IN ascendant Jclcts. the icitous yok~ follow
Of Ahab was pur,ulng EHlah heF royal di.ple4.-
ure and be was At this no1rat 'uat'" among Tie
mountains There nollng could O. but keep srl
and r.nc,t what All predcauent ding, ln and i
% no. quito touch the ne-'c sSy mat
lr In HAYS
and ,atsG,G isSc The 'trr mater :, DE- taken
Of and disposed u tod 81 best. Pcfhip, h" ought
Ho uy among ~ high p'ses a Tie earth. lie Ind
been admitted intimacy Of Gcds pr~eu'e rni.s.
had made our-'.y, quit. familiar WITH tn a. and
unless Pretty thorough understanding Of
human naturr. could easily hav" suppod that utdss
the ,ircumrlHccs H. .aA's fah would have Leu oquaI
ANYTHING; hc would have had ,lc DIS -ue.eocy
born, upon lin 10 fe"l ult Goi', c2~-u.oa Il
H. purpose only I'D drpld upon ~. nunir
- IA" prophets III. dspfs.l. bu, uat Ne could VIZ.
facility have dispensed WITH all the prophets. and
with human fundamentally 81 every -oft aud description
Elijah should have broken down and his 'Iith
have given way under just thp~' Circumstance "a The
very ptr-.nc- - God. md w,t ur Divine Voice just
NJ his taa; Elijah should have broken
down then. -ay g. oi' = ~" HElst.rs'r"k'- "a the
story. even though YOU looking upon the narrative
purely a. a work ~ tn strOAc j., tue - n,tr'.
And there {, . cA~- % Sew T,sancst f. Just
Ahe IL John the Bapt.t va, '.'aF Ia hs oon'!ctr"
ana distinct Ia his declarations That J-u, va 'he Mes
Th.r. suggestion 81 u" aIulCupu, Of tir
cpLSOtl either n Ia, language In h!A t'ncSlor Now
mat h'd a. phS - h" Wa ont ana among men, anu ia
touch with III m and ~ touch Win N tHF- and with
"a growing lie % christ actu1tng Iowe- Ia TIE
midst q times. WIZ thiS urgent
pioneer and ttumpct->ounding fo'crunn"r u Je-u,
-cIld ly f.rDi and lad on thr shelf <lut ip IA tn,
castle q, Narhacru. AWAY out East. made Law nyurr
q converted iHto q mere citrHr stance. Hover may
need lut It'll, sunshine 70 keep & colo, but viii
b.incl very qu.,rly In a dark filll will
ned but llNl~ ar and t" cN"rci-' Keep . ia
complex VIII born up and blincl IL
4, ~h.k"d. And "a" first thing Of Johns doing
crDd had shut him up hls sending Hessigeis
H. ]. ,us % inquire whether lIo really was the MESSIAH OF
whether tho M,-.ah was ,til 81 come ~. .ndng
,, myers W!.h that Enquiry hn been othorwis. cNpIin.d
thai Vs.. "a, know But the Way 10 IA, lust been c,uli ned