The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-08

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~, oar INTO me. And all the peo-
pie w. ,oor INTO him. And no repaired
p0 liar of the Lord that was broken
,n0 In the third year Elijah Is toid
wv" oond show himself to Ahab ana that
70 e. nd will send rain. Ho is as usual
inc - and starts TO seek Ahab, but on
oDeui0n no meets Obadiah, servant OF
the wa! WI commissions him TO go and say
AnaD, easter. "Behold, Elijah Is herel'
10 n,s "a, informs him that he has been
op"Dd for everywhere, and that KING
seai0 ond nations had been caused TO take
uOH's otb thai they could not ma nm.
al o" aaourelv hidden are all whom God
~" How ploriously safe are all whose
nv are hid with Christ in God! (Col. Ill,
n''' On boing assured that Elijah would
o. y. sbow himself to Ahab that day |
suiei1 81 ooes TO Ahab with the news, and
o .'A starts 10 meet Elijah. The result of
hn" snterv,ew is that all Israel, with the |
to .,,ots of Baal and of the groves, are |
Prn,onod to meet Elijah at Carmel They |
a 60 nroyide two bullocks, and the proph- |
a4e 80 Roal i45u) will take one and Elijah |
ho otber and prepare them TO be con- |
'rD Inv the fine that shall come from the |
ea Cod whether Baal or Jehovah, and |
tho God that sends tho fire, Is TO De ac-
tnowledged as the true God
Of "And Elijah took IL stones, accord
,ro IN the number of the tribes of the sons
80 Jacob. unto whom the word OF the Lord
came. saving, Israel shall be thy name.
Il was when Jacob was made helpless by
having his thigh put out OF JOINT that ne
olrng in conscious weakness and obtained
the blessirg and the new name of l. rael.
His descendants were chosen that through
them and their helplessness God might
make Himself name for the benefit of all
nations III Sam. vii, 90; lisa. xiii, IL, l4).
In their deliverance from Egypt, life i'll
the wilderness, crossing the Red sea and
tbe Jordan. it is the Lord alone who is
seen working so marvelously in spite OF
their unworthiness.
20 "And with the stones he built an
altar in the name of the Lord, and he
made q trench about the altar, as great as
would contain two measures OF seed.
Elijah had but one motive-the glory of
God-and but one ,aim-to make Him
name. He knew and believed that he
stood before God and he cared nothing for
the opinions of Ahab or all his people IL
only God was glorified. With great calm
ness therefore and quiet confidence we may
imagine him building this altar in the
name of tho Lord See what wonders
might be wrought through us II only we
were willing to live in the name of the
Lord John xiv, 10, IA; XIV, 16; xvi, 20,
24)
49, "And he put the wood in order and
cut the bullock in pieces and laid him on
the God and said, Fill four barrels with
water and pour it on the burnt sacrifice
and on the wood.' This would entirely
destroy any possibility of deception as to
the source of the fire that was expected.
The wood is suggestive Of the cross and
the bullock of the burnt Offering of Lev. !
and of Him who is the only true Offering
the antitype of all sacrifice, with the TAX
ing of whose life human hands had really
naught to do except as God permitted.
81, 80. "And the water ran round about
the altar, and he filed the trench also with
water" The second and third time was
the sacrifice and altar deluged with water,
until even the trench was filled. How
amazed the prophets of Baal must have
been to see such strange preparationsl Did
you ever try to kindle a fire with wet
woodp If not, you can hardly appreciate
this situation. 1t Is only when things are,
humanity speaking, impossible that God
really has opportunity to show Himself.
When Moses thought that the deliverance
of Israel from the hand of Pharaoh was a
hopeless task, then God said, "Now shalt
thou see what will do (Ex. vi, ~.
81. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and
OF Israel, let it be known this day that
Thou art God in Israel and that am Thy
servant, and that l have done all these
things at Thy word" Having made al
these preparations and the time of the
evening sacrifice having come, the servant
OF the Lord calmly looks up to heaven anc
talks confidently with his God. He say:
that he has done everything as God hac
told him. So the arrangement about thu
water was no thought of Elijah's, but {
command of God. Now he asks that Goo
Will accept and seal 1t all as His, that Hi
great name may be known. 1t Is onl,
when we are walking with Him, self sub
dued and fully agreed with Him about ev
erythlng, that we can expect to SEQ Hi
name magnifed.
~ Hear me, o Lord, hear me, tina
this people may know that Thou art tn
Lord God and that Thou hast turned thei
neart back again." All has been don
mat the people may know that Jehovah !
tne true God. This was the great aim o
all Gods dealings with Israel, that al
people of the earth might know the ham
OF the Lord (Joshua iv, 24). Can we sa.
,hat as far as we know, we arc living da
py day simply that the hand of God ma
oe seen upon us to His glory? Is it on
one aim that, regardless of what 1t ma.
cost us or of how or where He may lea
US we want above all things the life c
Jesus made manifest in usp Oh Cor. iv, IL.
90 Then the fire of the Lord fell an
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and tn
wood, and the stones and the dust, an
ilcked up the water that was in til
trench" Was there ever fire like that
an Lord God, there is nothing too har
ior iheel Water and even stones are .
EASILY consumed by Thy fire as wood G
nesn How quickly the answer came, an
on hiiJah's part there was no striving c
M mtrestiing, but calm and holy confidence
mus the fire came at the dedication {
.ne tabernacle and of the temple and o
1'ner occasions Lev. TX, "a; III Chron. vi
=, Judg. vi, 81; / Chron. xxi, co., And
uouot not but that Abel's sacrifice was az
oep'ed by the sword Of flame touching an