Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-10-13
TIE MAN WHO HELPED

The strong man is he who dares to
DE hinlself, even when that self is
INFERIOR to pnother whom he might
initiate. We are we'll on toward an
understanding Of the secret of serene
i!Ving when we have graSped the ruth
tnat God makes no limitations, but only
eo!lginatss and that each is to live out
ms lndiVfdual life. achieve his own per-
Sonality and fulfill his own destiny,
whatever the cost.
Q many Elishas are spoiled by try
Ing to be Elijah. Fortunately the real
Elisha was not. He was no prophet of
nre and he knew it, Nor was he a
fable gentleman of the He grew
up win people, instead of in solitude;
which fact. while it detracted from his
made him easier TO get along
with. For the every day of life most
OF us would prefer Elisha to Elijah
He was a comfortable man to live with,
naving those Quieter virtues which
make a good companion for a long
journey.
WHAT KIND OF MAN DOES THE
WORLD NEED?
Not that elisha could not be as bold
as ms teacher, when occasion required.
Normally, however, he exemplifed
tnose Secondary virtues which make up
me bdlk of the worlds excellence.
OH.y occasionally does the world need
a fiery prophet of denunciation: but
every day calls for the oil of healing.
elisha was the same type of man as
the distinguished Frenchman who is
nov visiting this country, Charles
Wagner, author of 1.-The Simple Life
the sure refuge for persons seeking
sympathy and counsel; a~pproachable
to all, quick to lend his aid to the least.
Like he unsung pastors whose long
lives of quiet ministry endear them to
people so hat they WELD n power far
greater h that of nan more brilli-
ant men. Elisha fulfilled a half century
OF quiet, constructive ministry. He was
n head of the schools of the prophets,
the counsellor Of kings, and the alder
OF the oppressed and distressed.
Throughout his long mission he stood
for the silent forces of righteousness,
even as mob men and women and
churches and schools today are the
most potent factors in u land today.
although attracting less attention to
themselves than the noisier agencies
OF crime n disorder.
TEACHER AND PUPIL.
Despite the diversity of nature in the
two prophets there are many points of
Similarity. Bishop Hall has pointed out
some of these:
How true an heir is Elisha of his
master. not In his graces only. but also
in his actions. Both of them divided he
waters Of Jordon, the one as his last
act, the other as his first. Elijah's
curse was the death of the captains ant
their troops; Elisha's curse was th<
death of the children. Elijah rebuked
iAhab to his face; Elisha. Jehoram.
Elijah supplied the draught of Israel
iby rain from heaven; Elisha supplied
the draught of the three kings by wa
tiers gushing from the earth. Elijah
increased the oil of the Sareptan: Eli
h increased the oil of the prophets
widow. Elijah raised from death the
'Sareptan's son; Elisha the Shunam-
mites. Both of them had II mantle.
one spirit; both of them climbed up
'One Carmel, one heaven"
THE EVER PRESENT MONEY
QUESTION.
Politicians make much of national
problems and issues: but there is none
OF these so important, so pressing. so
personal or so interesting as the prob
lem OF human suffering within the
borders Of the nation. The plight of
the widow who came to Elisha is a pic
,,ture of the distress which is to be
found In every community. She needed
money: needed 1t so sorely that slavery
faced her son. who would be seized in
lieu OF the payment of her debt.
Now preachers do not have much to
say about money troubles; neither do
books of philosophy. They deal with
ell manner of abstract and spiritual
'~difficulties. when. as a matter of fact,
financial worries lead to more suicide,
more crimes. more falls from integrity,
more suffering. spiritual, mental and
physical. than perhaps any other half
dozen causes combined. We are living
In a world where money is essential;
1t Is the purchase price of all material
necessities. No mount of spiritual ec-
stacy can deliver one from the need of
dollars and cents. The most real
rouol OF many a person today, and
the one which most severely tests his
Faith In God. is that of a debt, properly
incurred. which cannot be met.
"a GOOD MANS HOUSE IN
TROUBLE.
This Hebrew. woman was a good
woman. Her husband had peer one
lof the son of the prophets. But he
had given himself to the service of Je-
.hovah and %foregone opportunities to
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