Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Leave it all in His dear hand;
In His love for thee He planned,
Think of Him.

Think OF Him.
Think Of Him.
Lest thy inmost soul it vexes,
Think of Him.
Bring thy care and thou shalt see,
He will bear it all for thee;
He would nl have thee peaceful be-,
III.
with Elijah. First. he was alone. In
| verse 3 we read that he left his servant
at Beersheba, and he himself went into
the wilderness. It is a great mistake to
be alone when trouble comes. Bear ye
one another's burdens, and so fulfill the
law Of God,' gives US picture @ Of human
| fellowship, while the verse, Take my
| yoke upon you and learn of Me" gives us
| an idea Of that fellowship which we may
have with Him.
John Mcneil, the great Scotch preacher,
! has fine illustration of this point in his
chapter and the first verse, "And David
! said in his heart, shall now perish one
| day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing
| better for me than that [ should speedily
escape into the land of the -Philistines,
and Saul shall despair Of me, to seek me
escape out of his hand" David said in
his heart and John Mcneil says it
would have been well if instead of saying
| it in his heart he would have said it out
loud. It is the thing we say in our heart
! that grows to such great proportion and
verge of despair Without question the
passage is true, and Mr.. Mcneil suggests
! three cures.
First-Why didn't David say it aloud
to his servant and let his servant argue
him out of his position, for there are many
/ 6aro IN
| say to our dearest friends.
Second-Why didn't David pray it., He
was a master in prayer, and il he had but
fallen on his knees and said it to God, at
least have tried to say it, he would have
| found that his very tongue would have
are things we think that we would blush
# we dared to say them to God.
Third-Why didn't he sing it. He was
much OF a singer, was David, and if he had
but put it in a song his face would have
grown hot, and he would have ended with
Mr. Mcneil, 'tWhy rnav we net follow
this rule, and when we have difficulty,
| imaginary Or real, let us say it, or pray it,
or sing it, and if VIE cannot say it, and it
won't pray, and viii not sing there is
nothing in it. It is but the devils de.u-
sion to plunge us into despair.
/ Fourth-He sat Gown. That was a great
mistake. He never should have given up.
II he had only kept going he would have
found victory. There are, so many people
in the church to-day who have done just
exactly what Elijah Cd. They have sat
day-school class is now doing nothing and
fast slipping away from Christ. The mem
Der of the church who used to be faithful
at the prayer meeting is now absent and
sitting down in his homo hc is of all men
most miserable. That man who was once
in the church and loved the church has
sat, down in the world, and he questions
if he ever knew Christ, SO let US keep
going. It is when man is idle that Satan
} trirs hin up.
Fifth-Hc wanted to dictate. to God
!. when he said to Him ''Let me die" 1t IS
a good thing that God did not take him at
E his word, for he would have died under a
cloud, and would have been buried in the
desert. What a mercy it is that God Goes
not give us all we ask for. And my own
ev,erience [ doubt not is yours, the things
that God has refused to me have been my
greatest blessings. Then let us remember
that ss.no'' is just as much of an answer as
eyes" and your experience in your home
! has been that no for your children usually
is the better answer But how gracious
God is in His dealings with those who are
out Of the way. He calls Adam in tender:
ness when He says, "Where art thou?'
He woos David back again to virtue in
picture of Himself in the seeking love OF
!, the father of the prodigal for his boy, lets
> us understand something of His forgive
ness when He sends in the person of His
Son to write upon the sand His disposition
:. to remember no more the sin of guilty
= he is under the juniper tree in still
small voice. and continues to whisper un
I Ill at last Elijah is on his feet and feeine
for his life back again into the light. Oh
? let us come out from under the juniper
: tree. It is sad place to find Christian