The herald., 1893-01-30
YESTERDAY 5 Church SERVICES,
Bishop Goodseli's Eloquent Ser
mon at Simpson Church.
A Powerful Sermon at the First
Presbyterian.
The Bishop Discourses on ChrI stian
Abiding Ia Cave, whiIo Mr..
Howard Talks About Life.
Religious Notes.

Religious Notes.
A fair-sized congregation was presen
In Simpson tabernacle yesterday morn
ing to listen to the sermon of Bishop
Goodsell, the resident Bishop of the Pa
cific coast.
His text was from the ninth verse of
the nineteenth chapter of First Kings,
And he came thither into cave and
lodged there, and behold, the word of
the Lord came to him and He said unto
him, What doest thou here, Eijah?' "
The bishop delivered an able and
comprehensive talk, the practical ap-
plication of the text being that those
persons who have departed from the
Lord after having received scriptural
education, or have formerly been promi
nent workers in the church but have
ceased, are like Elijah. They have re-
tired to their caves and do not know or
enjoy the blessings of holy life. But
still further like Elijah, they should
come forth and again begin the work for
the church.
An extended historical introduction
was made of the events preceding and
following the slaughter of the prophets
of Baal by order OF Elijah. Elijah and
Elisha were two persons frequently con-
founded by biblical readers, and if
close discrimination between them wac
not made they would appear to be al
most identical in name as they are in
their miracles,
Elisha was a man who loved city
and who was pleased with court life,
while in Elijah you found man who
did not like the court and entered the
city only when he had duties to per-
form. He preferred to dwell in the
open air on mountain top where he
could contemplate the great works of
God. He was prophet who was inspired.
He was like grand live oak tree which
withstands the fierce assaults of the
wind although it may afterwards lean
TO one side. Elijah had been partially
influenced by the storms of the people
about him but he still remained child
OF God. A short picture OF the scenes
between Elijah and the prophets of
Baal at the foot Of Mt. Carmel was drawn
when Elijah in his anger caused them to
be slain. What certain thing is there
in our nature that makes us swing to
the extreme after we have gained our
object? Why cannot we remain at the
middle point?
Now, why did Elijah after the fire
from God fell and consumed the altar
cause the people to slay the prophets OF
Baal? Because at the moment of his
triumph he forgot that it was the work
OF God and He alone should be praised,
and that Gods work is done by spiritual
means. And so when JezebeI told him
that she would cause him to
be on the morrow as he had
caused the priests of Baal. he became
afraid and fled. He fed from the woman
in the plain into the wilderness, and
when at the mounts.n n cried to God that
he night die, as he was no better than
his fathers had been. He was not in
his right mind or he would not have
taken 40 days to have accomplished
journey which he could otherwise have
made in three days, neither would he
have selected juniper tree to lie under
for shelter from the SUMS rays.
II we would win men to God we must
show the benevolent hand of assistance
as we'll as the spiritual soul. A person
possessing great mind must suffer
great anguish while in sorrow and ad-
versity. Think what great mind Eli
jah possessed when an earthquake, the
wind and fire all failed to move him and
it was only when the voice of God came
and asked him why he was in the cave
that he came forth from his hiding
place. God allowed all of these elements
to fail to move Elijah and finally came
Himself and spoke to him. The most
glorious and striking time in Elijah's
life was when God blessed him with His
presence On Mt Carmel, and he was
born in glorious and white chariot
aloft to dwell with his Heavenly Father.
Nothing exists in caves except vile,
hideous, creeping reptiles, and it was
with euch companions that Elijah dwelt
while hiding. History shows instances
of men dwelling in caves with animals
over which they held dominion, but
these races were without civilization.
If any one wishes to get rid of God,
simply try to do His works in mater
ial way, and the spirit will take it's
flight.
Thank God for the sunshine. The
man who looks down and goes into
cave sees only darkness, while he who
looks up sees the glorious light. A cave
is place only for sneaks, and not for
him who desires to be worker.
The person who does not care to con-
tinue in life devoted to God, aud re-
tires from self-sacriHce for the church,
goes into q cave and communee with the
baser part of himself.
Everybody who had gone into these
caves by retiring from, their work for
God were urged to return, and strong
plea was made for all to work together
and to abide in the graciousness of God.
Mr.. Harry Reeves sang by special re-
quest Abide With Me-