Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-02-15
LESSONS OF A L|FI
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY sERMOl
DR.. Spencer S. Roche Speaks of the
Work and Life Of Elijah and tn,
Reasons Therefor.

Brooklyn, n. Y.-At st. Marks 2. e.
Church, the Rev. Dr.. Spencer Summer
field Roche. the rector. preached Sun
day on Lessons From Elijah's Life"
The text was from l. Kings, xix:3:
"And he came thither. unto cave"
DR.. Roche said:
The lessons present quite fully the
life of that grand old prophet Elijah
the Nshbite. From sublime scene i'll
his life l shall attempt to draw such
| lessons as may fit the hour. Let US Sc
lect the moment when. his soul yearned
, to be on Horeb. the mount of God.
| Give your thoughts to this statement,
"And he came thither, unto a cave.''
| l shall speak of the coming anu OF
the cavern; of the grief the journey
! brought to view. and the glory the cav
ern revealed. Throughout we must re-
member that we study a typical case
! Of Almighty Gods dealing with His
discouraged servants. What the Lord
! said and did to Elijah. He would have
us believe He says and does to our
| selves.
From one of the most striking situa-
tions in history we are to see Elijah
hurled in an instant. The occasion OF
his fall was one Of the slightest OF in
cidents, as when on avalanche which
carries down the side of q mountain is
started by the waves of the air aroused
BY y tourists halloo. Ahab talked with
his wife. We have seen greatness of
character In reticence, rs when to the
numerous interpogatories of PLATE the
Son Of Man answered him never a
word" SO meanDeSS, coWardice are
! seen often In that easy flow OF words
! which lets out everything. 4 Wife
may tell her husband what be has no
business to know: man may make
himself contemplate blabbing every
thing to his wife. "Ahab told Jezebel
all that Elijah had done and withal
how he had slain the prophets with the
sword" | do not "hcersta~d he spoke
in wrath or male: quite the contrary
he. knew ne had tigress TO deal with.
and used all the tact his lean wit could
summon. He was afraid to tell hel
that he himself had abandoned the
sinking cause of the Baalites. He di
vided his matters. putting the sma!
. things nrst; last of all-her beloved
! ministers of falsehooa and fra Id were
slain. The tigress rolled her angr,
! eyes and showed her cruel teeth. Sht
, | sent this message to Elij"b: The gods
. do so to me and more also if I MAKE
not thy life as the life of one Of then
by tomorrow about s"is time.'' Jeze
bel's blooo was up. "He arse ant
went for his life" The man who hat
confronted the king and his armed re
, tainors fed terrified from woman.
: Thnre is lesson hera for all. Life
victories only lift us to new battlefeids
: One Of Elijah's mistakes was his sup
position that all would so we'll it on
: event resulted favorably. He succeed
ed beyond his wilu st dr -ams only
find his real troubles vet to begin.
d So we regard the office to which "
: ! hope to be elected. the partnership "
| are anxious to form, the fifty Or hui
dred thousand we are striving fol
When the great achievement is wo
we are simply like the army landed O
hostile shore under the guns OF th
feet. Shut up for weeks in narro'
quarters, tossed by the sea, fed Q
J ships fare, the men long for the Ian
] with its fruit and forage. The joy {
? the landing is quickly exchanged II
t. the sense Of insecurity and the fear {
a. sudden attack -
A day or so after Carmel, elijah We
- at Beersheba. Even there he was FIJI
- of alarm He fed into deeper solitud
u The farther he fled the lower sank h
III spirits. See his awful considerable
" in his inconsistency with regard to lif
S. He had run away to save it. Und
d. the juniper tree he begged it might
st taken. So low is Elijah fallen! Nc
b. for the second stage Of tce journe
>, The prophe: is broKe4 down. {
- thinks the end has come. See how G.
* cheered His disconsoIate servaI
First He took care Of Elijah's bod
le The prophet was fatigued. famishe
s. spent. Natural law carrying out
10 vine purpose ca"sed the pining al
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