The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-08-18

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have been the son of the Sareptan
widow and also the Prophet Jonah,
kept running to scan the horizon for
signs of tain, and back to report to
his master.
The whole spirited scene closes APP
proDriately. The king rides in his
chariot at top of speed to cross the
water-brooks before they shall become
foaming torrents. The victorious
prophet periodically condescends to
be the defeated kings forerunner,
As his herald he cries, Prepare the
way of the king" No doubt his mo-
tive is the desire to strengthen Ahab's
good resolves.
The Teachers Lantern.
The lessons of Carmel are as clear.
cut as the skyline of the mountain
itself.
Carmel matches Sinai. Elijah
matches Moses.
The nonentity of an idol was meyer
more strikingly illustrated. The
scene on Carmel is a striking com
mentary on Paurs words, IAN idol is
nothing in the world. Not for six
hours on the mountain had Baal been
appealed to but probably for the
whole three years OF famine. Not a
whisper came in response.
The moral courage and grandeur of
Elijah challenges admiration. He was
oblivious of self. The honor of Jeho-
yah, the welfare of the people impell-
ed him to fearless action.
The base character of Ahab pre-
sents a marked contrast. He was
more concerned for the royal stud
(horses and nules) than he was for
the faminestricken people. He at
tempted to "bulldoze" Elijah when
he cried blusteringly, "Ah! at length
have found you, you troubler of
lsraelH' He complacently ate while
his priests were being hacked to
pieces. He went from the fire-crown-
ed mountain and the discredited
Baalism to be the truculent slave of
his ,Baalite queen.
The lofty simplicity of Eliiah's
prayer is all the more marked when
contrasted with the frantic cries of
the Baalites
Jehovah gave a sure sign to His
doubling people, but he required a
choice at their hands. He gives light,
but in the ultimate analysis decision
is with the individual.
1t is still do and know If any
man will do His will he shall know of
the doctrine" Many are guilty of the
impiety of asking for truth and yet
Withholding choice, asking for more
light and yet lot obedient to the light
they already have. 1t has been aptly
said, obedience will scatter more
doubt than volumes of treatises.'
The killing of the four hundred and
fifty priests of Baal was a species of
judicial murder. No one need be at
pains to justify it. The deed must be
judged by the standards which then
maintained. If it was right, then the
Inquisition finds in it Scriptural
proof and warrant.
Jesus abrogated the leI tdIi0niS
when he saws, eye have heard an eve
for an eve, but l say love!"
Crude and wild conditions then
maintained. Laws were imperfect;
penalties unduly severe. They were
times of ignorance at which God
winked. This bloody deed must be
measured by the standards then cur
rent, not by the principles of Chris
tian ethics and modern humanitles.
Violence then as now was hateful to
the God of love"
Farrar compares the relation OF
Obadiah to Ahab to that which
maintained between Sebastian and
Diocletian. But the analogy fails at
an important point. Obadiah avoid.
ed an Issue with his royal master,
while Sebastian confronted the en-
peror, reproached him for his impiety,
and Daid the forfeit with his life