The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-30

? that a double portion" Of the eide
: mans power was transferred 20 q
. younger when they were so traglcall
: separated by the whirlwlnd | cal
: rot believe that such Is the import Q
the lesson OF Elijahs translation.
II IN accord with our best and highes
. Interpretation OF the phenomenon o
conscious activity both here an
/ hereafter The lesson doubtless II
, tended this: Eisaa villa wond rft
Gifts Of spirituality perhars q
was to accomplish twice the work {
his teacherl The elder man, possibly
, a Bedouin, had lived . turbnlaut life,
he was a rough son Of the hills ba
yond Jordan. whose chief missir
seemed to be that Of Keeping track OF
apostate Ahab and famiYq The
younger man. polished, urbane-his
mission was to preach to city folk "a
admonish and affiliate with the
opulent so We can readily perceive
why he would need double The power
Icl ability, of Elijah.
No, none of the teachers personal
Ety. or power was necessarily trans
ferred to the student. In the climax
of transition. obedient to the call Of
( the charioteer the aged servant Of
/ God lost no part Of that wAich during
I the years OF his earthly pilgrimage
had become a part Of himself idcnti
fed with his s0ul it's very warp aud
woof But he passed into The realm
Iof excainate beings with his persona
identity absolutely intact
The very same Elijah gloriacatien
alone excepted week subsequent
to translation that he was seven days
before. Over nine hundred years
after this, he was still Elijah, sol
recognized BY Peter on the mount Of
TRANSPORTATION
Covet Not the Nantes of the Great.
Often has it been said. OF some
eminent statesmen, scholar or divine
by one in the more humble walks of
life, "Oh. that his mantle might fall
On my shoulders" meaning of
course, that the gifts ana powers Of
the one might be appropriated By the |
other. without time or application. |
Now If such a thing were pcssible
being absolutely variant with auyI
laws Of psychology, or life !
would ii be fair 10 either party IN
golyed in the transaction? No excel
ence without great labor is a time
IGNORED aphorism. To him who delves
nto the mines Of intellectual wealth
through tiresome hours of mental ef /
ort. in due time win come the re
power intellectual pro
iciency. And 1t is also reasonable to
nfer that faculties or powers of the
famed into growth through
aith, prayer, holy aspiration, are not
o barter, nor TO lose. but permanent
these qualities gifts and acquire
rents belong to the individual. Elk
ernal or internal growth comes from
uIture and disciplination, and it
Tould be gross injustice to take from
he aged-even though they be
on the graves brink, men
al moral, or spiritual attainments
c hestow unearned and unappre
lated, upon youth.
Elijah In Heaven must retain memo
les of Elijah on earth, and must be
BE, among other things, to recall
is marvellous triumph over $50
RESTS of Baal and Astarte, on the
ugged slopes of Hermon, in order
hat immortality continuity OF life
sight be a real and significant expert
nee for him. Should he forget his
arth career, or be metamorphosel
ito another being. not able to reccg
lie the brotherprophets with whom
2 cnce walked and labored, where
be pleasure OF treading golden
treets?"
Minds Not Lost.
Superficial thinkers, stepped in ma
erialism, argre that because the
lculty of memory becomes blunted
omeumes lost seemingly, with the
eed--the human personality cannot
u9ive death. Let us examine the
osition they occupy Is the brain
be mind? No. 1t is but the minds
lithful servitor so long as normal. 1t
-the brain-is but matter, and disiu-
agrates. obedient to Dust to Dust.
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