Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-02-15


do worse .han lie down and take a nap. |
When the world is too much for us.
when 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-
reavement leaves the heart desolate,
heaven guides the afflicted soul to calm
and quiet. and the peace Of submission
80 He giveth His beloved Sleep"
| Next God fed Elijah. IAN angel
! touched him and said: Arise and eat
And behold there was at his head a
| cake baken on the Goals and cruise OF
Water Our depression has at times
an intensely physical basis. Our Lord
! fed the multitude before H instructed
| them. A full stomach is not always
| the sigh of pure heart. but who
doubts that if we could give one good
meal to the wretched creatures infest-
ing the streets of cities we might begin
in some Of them the salvation from sin.
Elijah slept and ate, and slept and
| ate again. The repose was natural, the
| repast supernatural, but the lessons are
universally applicable. Gained and
strengthened, his holy spirit reasserted
itself. He would see Horeb the Mount
Of God s
''And he came thither, unto cave
Notice the parallel with Moses. These
two who were united III a post-mortem
communion on the Mount Of Transfg-
uration, were in life granted the most
inspiring visions of Jehovah in per-
| haps the same identical spot. How Of.
ten in the Old Testament and in the
New, as we'll as in the later history of
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'
quire redoubled sanctity. This church
was rebuilt over the spot where God
had for many years listened to His peo
pies prayers and praises. We see il
again this morning after al interval OF
several months. changed, but the same
not yet in the final form Of beaut.
which we shall see in few weeks ane
which will justify unusual services ant
unusual gladnvss, but already brighter
and fairer than we have ever seen !
before.
We love to apply the term old to ou
churches, and the world has no NOR
Inspiring .,t llities than those areas in
some Of the great cities Of Europe
; where churches have stood since the
. | days of Charlemagne, Of Constantine
and possibly in some cases from the
age Of st. Jonn. Where God had re
: vealed Himself hundreds OF years be
:, fore to Moses He now shows His glory
! 10 Elijah. What dost tnou here. Eli
! jah:" The :nswer illustrates mistak
en-. thoughtless zeal. Fhe TisLbinte is
J seve ION Israel and caref for his OWL
= life, and betrays wrong spirit. Very
good people. even in their religion:
Z opinions, their most pious aspirations
err greatly They show overwhelmin:
:, conceit. or unworthy estimates Of oth
ers. or the most wronGhe"ded cIloic'
q or M cans. or q selfish regard for thei
J. own comfort, and even life. Anons
i the mistakes OF good men think OF th'
miserable narrowness Of those Wh'
$. talk against missions to the heather
D and refuse to contribute; or the cold
le ness of those who discourage unde
l. the term summing efforts by Chris
% tian people to fight the devil in his ow
strongholds Of the brothel and tn
'e rummery. Elijah, though good mar
e made some mistakes. So far has
L. turned aside that we are tempted
+. think his estimate is just that be ca
N henceforth be of 10 service to his Lore
IN But we shall see that heaven can max
~ aOuQOd0I use OF even cECSS-eE0 iIISu q
W argy. so only it have good heart. Sc
N His method with this devout. herol
~ but misguided saint.
OF God showed Elijah the impotence I
OF the Carnal. There is no reproach. &c
ol forth and stand on the mount befo
the Lord" There came sweeping dow
as the granite crags Of Sinai gust al
III | then a blast and then a hurricane tn
le. uprooted the ancient trees, and roll
us the loose fragments of rock against O.
Oh another till they flew in pieces Iii
[e. millstones subjected to too swift rev
er luton. The appalled, saint kn'
De breathless. and as the tornado spent
force he lifted his eyes for a near
y. view Of God. "But the Lord was 4
de in the wind" The earth rumbled.
od crags were silt, the mount its'
at rocked, the ground opened great
~. sures. the day OF the dissolution OF I
ed' ture itself appeared to have come.
dl- looked again. But the Lord was
nd in the esrthqpake:" The ligatnS