The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-04-18

suddenly awakened to Q conscious
ness OF Gods call. Then had come IN
citation, . consciousness Of self-impor-
lance, and . spirit Of eager. self-confl-
dent purpose In the exalted place God
had called him to all. And he had
been impatient for aggressive service.
But the years Of discipline under the
faithful ministry of Elijah had
chastened his spirit and brought him
low before God, so that God could en-.
alt him. And now Elijah had gone
and his mantle lay at his feet.
"Oh. God" he exclaimed, as the In
fluences of that hour were borne In
upon him, thou God of Elijah. quick.
en- me by that same Spirit in which
Elijah walked, so that people may
know as they see the mantle of Elijah
resting upon me that the God of Eli.
tah still lives and 10 mighty In his
works among men!"
With this prayer upon his lips he
again stopped and this time picked up
the mantle.
TN the spirit and power Of Elijah.
0 Lord" he fervently whispered az
he turned and retraced the pathway
towards the Jordan over which but
30 short time before he had passed
with Elijah. So intent had he been
in watching Elijah lest the Lord
should snatch the prophet from him
ere he knew II, that he had not real.
lied how far they had come, and dur
ing the walk back to the Jordan he
had ample time to recall all the r..
markable Incidents of the long jour.
ney from Gilgal to Bethel. from Bethel
to Jericho and then to the Jordan and
on through it, divided waters. Al
he drew near to the banks Of the
river he suddenly recalled the fact
that the sons Of the prophets from the
school at Jericho had followed him
and his master out AZ far as the high
bluffs overlooking the Jordan, ana he
now lifted his eyes in that direction to
see II they were still there.
Yes. there they were. the group DO.
ing sharply silhouetted against the
western sky which was all aglow with
the red and gold of the setting sun.
and IL was evident from their gesticu.
lations and excitement that they saw
him.
The splash of his feet a. he dipped
into the water at the edge Of the
river suddenly recalled him to q con-
seriousness of his surroundings, and.
lowering his eyes from the excited
group on the bluffs opposite, he looked
upon the surface of the broad river.
which lay seemingly as an insuperable
barrier between him and the continue
ton of his journey. For moment
Elisha paused, but only for moment,
for as he looked out beyond him and
again lifted his eyes to the opposite
bluff he became conscious that hero
was the place of the first testing. The
sons of the prophets were watching
him. The broad Jordan separated
him from them. Would he be able
to go to them? II the power Of
Elijah rested upon him could he do
less than cross upon the dry bed Of
Jordan az the prophet Elijah had
done?
YEA" he exclaimed. looking up to
heaven. and the mantle of Elijah, 10
with me as token that the God Of
Elijah is still present to work his
mighty works in Israel Did not
Elijah smite the waters and did not
they obey his will?"
Even while he was thus speaking
with himself he was carefully folding
the garment which he held in his
hands, and as he finished his solilo-
guy he raised It above his head and
then brought It down upon the waters
before him, exclaiming as he did 20, in
q voice which rang out on the still air
so that 1t was audible to the group Of
men on the blum opposite:
Where II the Lord God Of Elijahr
Hither and thither sprang the
waters az though suddenly imbusd
with life and soon dry lane banked
with water on either side stretched
out from shore to shore. and through
which Elisha passed.
With breathless. intense interest thS
sons of the prophets .beheld the won
derful sight. Their eyes never for an
instant left that majestic figure a. II
moved with such confidence through
those towering waters. 1t was -
though there was being borne in upon
their hearts the consciousness that
though Elijah was not there, the
same mighty God in whom Elijah had
trusted was present to work his mir.
acles. Nearer and nearer came Elisha,
and as his foot pressed the bank Of
the Jordan and the waters returned to
their wonted channels, = cry broke
from their lips. and. springing down
the steep pathway Of the blum. they
shouted as they ran:
Surely. the spirit Of Elijah doth
rest upon Elisha! Surely the spirit
Of Elijah doth rest upon Elisha!"