The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-07
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q Scholarly Discourse by /.
Rev. DR.. ). 5. Roche :

Brooklyn. \. Y.--At St Marks z. f..
Church. the Rev Dr Spencer Summer
field Roche, the rector. preached sun
day on Lessons From Eljah's Life"
The text was from |. Kings. XiX:9:
And he came thither. uuto cave"
DIR. Roche said.
The lessons present quite fully the
life of that grand old prophet Elijah
the IiShoite. From sublime scene i'm
his life | shall attempt to draw snch
lessons as may fit the hour Lei MS So
lect the moment when his soul yearned
To be on HOreb. the mount OF God.
Give your thoughts to this statement.
And he came thther unto cave"
shall speak of the coming and of
the cavern: of the grief the journey
brought 10 view and the glory the cav
ern revealed. Throughout we must re
member that we study q typical case
Of Almighty Gods dealing with His
discouraged servants What the Lord
said and did 10 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 ono Of the slightest of in
cidents. as when an avalanche which
carries Gown the side of a mountain is
started by the waves of the air aroused
by tourists halloo. Ahab talked with
his wife. We have seen greatness of
character IN reticence. as when to the
numerous intprrogatOries of PLATE the
Son of Man answered him never
word So meanness. cOwardice are
seen often in that easy flow of words
which lets out everything \ wife
may tell her husband what he has no
business 10 know; man may make
himself contemplate hlabblng every
thing to his wife. "Ahab told JCzebel
all that Elijah had done and withal
how he had slain the prophets with the
sword. | do not understand he spoke
in wrath or male: quite the contrary:
lie knew Ne had q tigrtSS to deal with.
and used all the tact his lean wit could
summon He was afraid to tell her
that he himself had abandoned the
sinking cause of the Baalites He di.
vided his matters putting the email
things nrst; last of all-her beloved
ministers of falsehool and fraId were
slain. The tigresS rolled her angry
eyes and showed her cruel teeth. She
sent this message to Elii"h: "The gods
do so to me and more also If / make
not thy life rs the life of one of them
by tomorrow about jriS time" .Tezp-
Dels blooQ wac up. He ar.s and
went for his life" The man who had
confronted the king and his armed re-
tainors fled terrified from Il woman.
Ih're IS 4 lesson her" for all LIES
victories only lift us to new hattlehelds.
one of Eliiah's mistakes was his sup
position that all would 80 well II one
event resulted faVOrably. H succeed
ed beyond his wild st dr. ANS only to
find his real troubles yer to begin.
so we regard the Office 10 which we
hope to be elected the partnership we
are anxious to form. the fifty or hun
dred thousand we are striving for.
When the great achievement is won
We are simply like the army landed Oh
hostile shore under the guns of the
heet. Shut up for weeks in narrow
quarters. tossed by the sea. fed on
ships fare. the men long for the land
with its fruit and forage The ioy of
the landing is quickly exchanged for
The sense Of Insecurity and the fear OF
sudden attack.
A day or so after Carmel. Elijah was
at Beersheba. Even there he was full
Of alarm. He ded into deeper solitude
The farther he fed the lower sank his
spirits See his awful CONSERVATION
IN his Inconsistency with regard TO life
lie had run away 10 save Ct. Under
the juniper tree he begged II might be
taken. So low is Elijah falen NJ
Tor the second stage OF tEa Journey.
Ihe' proph, is bro6e down. He
thinks the end has come. See how God
cheered His discOnsoiate servant
First He look care of Elijah's body
The prophet was fatiGHed. furnished.
spent Natural law CARRYING ont di-
vine purpose caused the pining ana
signing to bring slumber
The discouraged Christian can often
90 worse ,han lie down and take a nap.
Nheh the world is too much for Us.
MAeh the strain and worry seem as If
they would never cease when the dis
appointment is bitter when the letter
comes destroying our hopes. when be-
IeaVfment leaves the heart desOlatp.
heaven guides the afflicted soul TO calm
ana an qulet: ana the peace Of submission.
so He giyeth His beloved sleep"
Next God fed Elijah An angel
touched him and said. Arise and eat
And behold there was at his haad n
cake baken on the Goals aud q cruise OF
water Our depression has at fines
an intensely physical basis. Our Lord
fed the multitude before He instructed
them. A fun stomach is not alwavs
the sigh OF pure heart but who
Doubts that five could give one GOOD
meal 10 the Wretchcd creatures infest-
Ing the streets Of cities We might beglu
IN some OF them the salvation from Sin
ELIJAH slept aud ate. and slept ana
ate again. The reposo was natural. the
repaSt supernatural bul THE lessons are
universally applicable Gained and
strengthened. his holy spirit reassprted
ltseli. He would see H0rpb the Mount
OF God
And he came thltlpr unto a cave"
Notice the parallel with Moses These
tWo who were united I'm a p0st.mortem !
communion ON the Mount OF Trausfc
uratloh. were in life granted the most
inspiring visions OF Jehovah in per-
maps The same identical spot How Of !
len in the Old Testament and in the 1
New. as well MS In the later history of I
Redemption. we are reminded that God
grants additional fayors and mercies
in the place where prayer is wont TO be /
made. Places IN the lapse of time ac- /
qulre redoubled sanctily This church /
was rebuilt over the spot where God /
had FOR many years listened 10 His peo- I
pies prayers and praises We see II |
again this morning after an interval OF
several months. changed. but the same;
not yet in the hnal form Of beauty