The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-19
Lesson ia tho International Series
ier August q, l9o4-"EIiiah
on Mount Carmel"
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way" Prcacher)
opSfight 1904 by ]. ". Edsonl
LESSON TEXT

20. ia'n 1870 measures Of seel
=, Anl ne put he wood IN order and cut
'' Nl4oek 90 pieces and laid him on the
"'2+ ANA fai- I'LL four barrels with wa
al- pour II on the burnt sacrifice. and
vn the wood
~ ana De SAID. DO It the second time
ana Do said 10 II the third time And
tL,y l.l 10 ne ;hiTd time
- AAd fhe water ran round about the
altar and he filed the trench also mSth
~ ana f. came 10 pass az the time OF the
OF -iins y The evening sacrifice that Elijah
us prophet came near and said. Lord God
of Abraham. Isaac. and u Israel lex Il
nc known this day that Thou art God In
I israel and that l am Thy servant. and
that l have done all these things at Thy
word
q. Hear me o Lord. hear me. that thi,
people may know that Thou art the Lord
Coo, and that Thou hast turned their heart
back again
% Aae the fire OF the Lord fell. and
consumed The burnt sacrifice. and the wood.
and the stones and the dust. and licked
up tie water that was In the trench.
%. And when all the people saw Il, they
Eel on their faces and they said. Tbs
Lord. lie is he God; the Lord. lie Is ths
l Sod
! 20 And Elijah said unto them. Take the
prophets OF Baai. let not ore OF them es-
/ cape And they took them: and Elijah
brought them down TO the brook Kishon.
ard slew them there
a. And Elijah said unto Ahab. Get thee
up, eat and drink. for there is a sound Of
abundance OF rain.
- So Ahab went up TO eat and 10 drink
And Ehi~a went UP TO the top Of Carmel:
and he cast himself down upon the earth.
ard put his face between his knees,
IS. 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 II came to pass at the seventh
time that he said. Behold. there ariseth
litt.e cloud out OF the sea. ike mans
lind. And he said Go up. say unto Ahab
Prepare thy chariot. and get thee down.
that the rain stop thee not.
~ And IL came 20 pass in tho meanwhile
that the heaven was black wiki clouds and
wind. and there was a great rain. And
Ahab rode and went 20 Jezreel
a. And the hand OF the Lord was en- Eli
Jah: and Re girced up his ioins. and ran
before Ahao TO the entrance OF JezTcei
GOLDEN TEXT.-"If the Lord lie God.
follow him Kings ls.2l
TIME.-soon after the events o. iast ,es-
son
PLACE Mount Carmel. psfbab,y near
rs summit.
Comparing Scripture with Scripture.
Faith That Could Wait-As We con-
template Elijah's glorious triumph OF
Mount Carmel. let US not forget the lons
thiee and one-half years OF patient wait
ing The test Of success in Gods wors
generally comes at this point. Davie
emphasizes il Ia Ps. 27:12-l4, and Pau
SAYS. Having done all. stand Eli.
jah waited and his waiting brought It's
glorious triumph Heb, 1926. Gal So
Rev. 2:l0 The longest night has it,
end. Noah waited 100 years for the
flood. Abraham waited a lifetime for
the son Of promise Israel waited 40C
years for deliverance. David waited
many perilous years for the kingdom
Faith That Knew No Fear.-Elijah
had fled to the brook and then Zarephatt
TO escape the foes Of God. now he faces
them True faith sometimes runs from
evil and evils forces. And faith made
Elijah bold to command king &c
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: &c; Ps 27:1-3; 1914; lls:6.
Faith That Dared the Test Elijah
on Mount Carmel with God was mlghtier
than all of Baal's prophets, and the kine
OF Israel behind them. Bat remembe,
that Elijah was acting for God; at Gods
direction. see verse 2e. and for Gods
honor and glory and the salvation OF
Israel When God plans the test II is
always safe 20 risk everything upon IL
"One with God is a majority How
rich Coo word is in examples Of the
truth Of this.
Path to Execute Gods Judgments
The law OF the Mosaic dispensation re-
ouired that false prophets be slain
Deut. 1915: 1920; Zech. 1872. 3. To faL
IN observe and execute all of Gods WORD
Is disastrous. See examples in Sam
1872 3. 2. %: 2 Kings 13:l4-19. Paul
as Gods faithful apostle. performed :
nainful duty. Cor. s.: 10; Tim. 1:20
God has given us the sword OF the Spirit
which is the Word Of God, with which &c
aeht AGAINST the false prophets and the
Evil Let rs be bold and fearless In the
welding Of that weapon Heb Alp.
Faith That Brought the Blessing
Faith that could wait: faith that knew
ro fear; faith that dared the test; faith
that executed Gods judgments. was the
tind Of faith which could bring the
blessing. Sound Of abundance ofrain. T"
Eliiah's ear was quickened to hear the
eouna before there was cloud in sight
There is always sound Of abundance OF
rain where faith performs her whole
dntv All the tithes brought into the
storehouse mean the pouring out Of the
hlessins. Nal 1910 Real faith Is over
coming faith. John 5:4.
THE GOLDEN TEXT.
81 thy servant fear the Lcrd from m,
,outh." % A tribute to Cody parents
Eye fathers (parents) bring UP
vour children in the nurture and ad-
hamilton OF the Lord What a re-
,ponsibility is that Of parenthood. CD
An argument for early conversion
Youth IS the souls spring time Tor
The sowing Of seeds Of righteousness
suffer little children and forbid them
not 20 come unto Me for OF such Is the
l.inrdom OF Heaven CD A testimony