The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-08-18
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson In the International Series
for August 21, 1e04--"Elijah
on Mount Carmel"
prepared by the Highway and BY
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came near unto him. And he repaired
the altar Of the Lord that was broken
down
81. And Elijah took twelve stones accord
ing to the number Of the tribes Of the sons
or Jacob, unto whom the word OF the Lord
came. saying. Israel shall be thy name:
S2 And with the stones he built an altar
IN the name Of the Lord: and he made a
trench about the altar. as great as would
contain two measures of seed.
80. And he put the wood In order, and cut
the bullock to pieces, and laid him on the
wood and said, Fill four barrels with wa
ter. and pour 1t on the burnt sacrifice. and
on the wood
a. And he ssid Do It the second time.
And he said. Do 1t the third time And
they did IL the third time
30 And the water ran round about the
altar; and he filled the trench also with
water
So And It came to pass at the time of the
offering OF the evening sacrifice, that Elijah
the prophet came near and said, Lord God
OF Abraham, Isaac and of Israel let 1t
be known this day that Thou art God In
Israel, and that | am Thy servant, and
that / have done all these things at Thy
word
81 Hear me, o Lord, hear me, that this
people may know that Thou art the Lord
God, and that Thou hast turned their heart
back again.
3s. And the fire of the Lord fell, and
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood,
and the stones, and the dust, and licked
up the water that was In the trench.
80 And when all the people saw It, they
fell on their faces and they said The
Lord, He Is the God; the LORD He Is the
God
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the
prophets of Baal; let not one Of them es-
cape And they took them: and Elijah
brought them down to the brook Kishon
and slew them there.
A. And Elijah said unto Ahab. Get thee
up, eat and drink; for there is sound OF
abundance of rain.
A. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.
And Elijah went up to the top OF Carmel,
and he cast himself down upon the earth.
, and put his face between his knees,
43. And said to his servant, Go up now,
look toward the sea. And he went up.
and looked, and said There is nothing.
And he said Go again seven times.
A. And 1t came to pass at the seventh
time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth
a little cloud out Of the sea. like a mans
hnd. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab,
Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down.
that the rain stop thee not.
45 And IL came to pass in the meanwhile
! that the heaven was black with clouds and
wind. and there was great rain. And
Ahab rode and went TO Jezreel.
49, And the hand of the Lord was on Eli
Jah; and he girded up his loins, and ran
before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
| GOLDEN TEXT.-"If the Lord be God,
follow him. Kings 1871
TIME-Soon after the events Of last les
son.
PLACE.-Mount Carmel, probably near
it's summit.
Comparing Scripture with Scripture.
Faith That Could Wait.-As We con-
template Elijah's glorious triumph on
Mount Carmel let us not forget the long
three and one-half years of patient wait
ing. The test of success in Gods work
generally comes at this point. David
emphasizes 1t in Ps. 27:13-14, and Paul
says: Having done all, stand" Eli
jah waited and his waiting brought its
glorious triumph. Heb. 1926, Gal. 6:9,
Rev 2:10. The longest night has its
end. Noah waited 100 years for the
food. Abraham waited a lifetime for
the son of promise. Israel waited 400
years for deliverance. David waited
many perilous years for the kingdom,
Faith That Knew No Fear.-Elijah
had fled to the brook and then Zarephath
to escape the foes of God, now he faces
them. True faith sometimes runs from
evil End evils forces And faith made
Elijah bold to command a king to
gather representatives from all over the
nation, and to challenge the $50 false
prophets to decisive test. True faith
never fears in the face of Gods foes
Matt. 10: 26; Ps. 27: Ia; 56:4; 1855.
Faith That Dared the Test.--Elijah
on Mount Carmel with God was mightier
than all of Baal's prophets, and the king
that Elijah was acting for God; at Gods
direction, see verse 36, and for Gods
honor and glory and the salvation Of
Israel, When God plans the test II Is
always safe to risk everything upon it,
Zone with God Is majority" How
rich Gods word Is in examples of the
truth Of this.
Faith to Execute Gods Judgments
The law of the Mosaic dispensation re-
quired that false prophets be slain
Deut 13: Is; 1S: 20; Zech. 1928. To fail
to observe and execute all of Gods word
is disastrous. See examples in / Sam
1852, g. 3, 90; Kings 13:14-19. Paul,
as Gods faithful apostle, performed a
painful duty. Cor. 5: 1-5; Tim. / 20
God has given us the sword OF the Spirit.
which is the Word of God, with which to
fight against the false prophets and the
evil. Let us be bold and fearless in the
welding of that weapon. Heb. 4:12
Faith That Brought the Blessing
Faith that could wait; faith that knew
no fear; faith that dared the test; faith
that executed Gods judgments, was the
kind of faith which could bring the
blessing. Sound of abundance of rain. {"
Elijah's ear was quickened to hear the
sound before there was cloud in sight.
There is always sound of abundance of
rain where faith performs her whole
duty. All the tithes brought into the
storehouse mean the pouring out of the
blessing. Nal. $40, Real faith Is over
coming faith, John 5:4.
THE GOLDEN TEXT.
'If the Lord be God, follow Him"
This is the challenge that comes
to every soul We are ready to cry
with the people on Mount Carmel.
"The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He
is God" But how about following
Him. We should follow Him, because.
"a He invites us. Matt, 1928. (2)
His way Is the only safe way, Ps. 1.
90 He Is the only through Guido.
John 14:6 "a Cross bearing means
crown-wearing Matt. 1910 and James