The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson in the International Series
for September A, 1904-"Eli-
jah Encouraged"
prepared by the Highway and By
way" Preacher.)
Copyright, 1904, by j. NJ Eeson)
LESSON TEXT

MIN, WHAT uUeSL tNOu mere, GiJJdUE
10. And he said. l ! nave been very Jealous
for the Lord God of hosts: for the children
of Israel nave forsaken Thy covenant,
thrown down Thine affairs, and slain Thy
prophets with the sword; and ], even ! only,
am left; and they seek my life, to take it
away.
IL. And he said, Go forth, and stand
upon the mount before the Lord. And,
behold, the Lord passed by, ard a great
and strong wind rent the mountains, and
brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord.
but the Lord was not in the wind: and
after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord
was not in the earthquake:
10. And after the earthquake a fire; but
the Lord was not in the fire. anc after the
fire a still small voice.
10. And It was so. when Elijah heard it.
that he wrapped his face in his mantle,
and went out, and stood in the entering In
of the cave. And. behold, there came a
voice unto him, and said. What doest thou
here. Elijah?
IA. And he said, / have been very Jealous
for the Lord God of hosts: because the
children of Israel have forsaken my Gov
enant, thrown down Thine affairs. and slain
Thy prophets with the sword; and ], even
/ only, am left; and they seek my life. to
take it away.
~. anu AhC ISOih PoAN 49, s
turn on thy way to the wilderness of Da-
mascus: and when thou contest, anoint Ha-
zael to be king over Syria:
16. And Jehu the son Of Nimshi shalt thou
anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha
the son of Shaphat of Abel-mehoIah shaIt
thou anoint to be prophet In thy room.
It And it shall come to pass. that him
that escapeth the sword of HaZael shall
Jehu Stay: and him that escapeth from the
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Is. Yet AVE left Me seven thousand in
Israel. all the knees which have not bowed
unto Baal, and every mouth which hath
not kissed him.
10. So he departed thence, and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowlng
with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and
he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by
him, and cast his mantle upon him.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Fear b not, for
| am with thee."-Isa. 4:10
TIME.-About forty days after last les
son.
PLACE.-Mount Sinai, or, as it is often
called, Mount Horeb.
Comparing Scripture with Scripture.
The Place.-"Came thither unto 3
cave" in the Mount of God, the place
where God appeared TO Moses in the
flaming bush Eek. 3:1-2) and the place
where Israel had received the law (Ex.
l9:1-2) A place hallowed by sacred
memories, and yet not the place tor Eli
iah, as Gods twice repeated question ana
His command: Go. return on tiny way,
prove. Elijah spent over 40 precious
DAYS in getting alone with God, when
he might have found Him in Israel.
Nav not the prophet nave erred as the
Samaritan woman did who sought to en-
gage Jesus in argument about Mount
Gerazim as the only place to IND GOO
and to worship? John 4:20. How many
weary days the discouraged Christian
often spends in getting alone with GOO.
Elijah made up his mind he would go to
Sinai to meet God. and the Christian
often foolishly fixes place and time Tor
meeting God and spends weary days IN
finding Him.-Acts 1927. Ps. 1878.
1t Was the Place Of Heart Searching.
ID God Became the Examiner. Jer.
1910. The prayer of the Psalmist should
be our prayer. Ps. 13S:23-24. But we
must submit. Jas. AT. Then God viii!
reveal true conditions to us. Phil. 3:lo.
What doest thou here, EliJah?' is
the question God often has to ask US.
(2) God Became the Teacher. The
Christian often makes a long journey
of it to Gods school. even as did Elijah.
But it is a blessed place to come. John
1926; 1913; l Cor. 2:12. GOD sought to
turn Elijah's thoughts away from self.
1t took the rock-rending WINDS; the
Notwithstanding earthquake, and the
fierce fire to turn Elijah's thoughts tc
God. Oh, how hard it is to bring the
soul to listen to God. How God has to
almost strip us naked, and affiiot US sore,
before we will urn from self to Him.
It Was the Place of Encouragement.
1t was humiliating to Elijah to realize
that his boast of standing alone for Goo
was 1000 below the true number, but
surely he was rejoiced and encouraged
to know how many faithful ones there
were. Do you ever feel you stand alone
for God? Get away in His school, and
let Him give you the correct census.
Alone. Never, for Jesus is ever present,
Matt. 1920; He is ever working with u.s.
Mark 500; by His Holy Spirit, John
18TH.
1t Was the Place of Fresh Commission.
When Elijah fed from Jezebel he lost
his commission. He needed ii re-
newed. The runaway servant of God
generally loses his commission, and it is
only as we get alone with God that we
may receive reappointment in the Lords
work. Gods first word to Elijah was:
go. return on thy way" Elijah must
be % submissive to Gods will. (2)
Obedient to His command; God made
Elijah retrace his steps, and many a
Christian has to do this very thing be-
fore he can do Gods work. Ittakes sub
mission and conservation and obedience
to do this. And when Elijah was ready
to go. back; when his spirit of self i'm
portance had been subdued; when he
vas wholly given to Coos will; when
he was eager to obey, then God revealed
His plans for him.
THE GOLDEN TEXT.
Fear thou not, for l am with thee
Immanuel-"God with u.s. Matt. 1928.
Marvellous truth. The angels said to
the frightened shepherds, Pear not"
for Jesus is come. Jesus said to His
trembling troubled disciples, Fear
rot,, for II is 7 vo,1r rjcen Lord And