The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-02-09
FLIGHT OF
ELIJAH
srndsy School Lesson for Feb. 10, 1911
Specially Auanss I'd for This Paper

TIN I.'Ele NnN nffNf INF NafH" wv
Mount Carmel. 49, q 80 tor S6-O. In the
.'iilsrpesa aud % yrnrds later On Iioreb
PLACE I Jczrect one of tho royal
residences, n miles northeast ~ Sa-
maria 2 The wilderness heyund Be"r-
shcha. ~ mics southwest " jerusalem,
Too rniias from Jezrcol . Horeb. one Of
tie mountains OF Sinai.
In our last lesson We left Elijah
running before Ahab's cf lot from
Carmel 10 Jczrecl. one OF the royal
residences, while the blessed rain was
refreshing the whole country. an en-
blem Of what God would do spiritual.
~ for the nation Elijah was too wise
TO enter the lair OF the ugrcss. But
Ahab told Jezobcl We can imagine
the bitter objurgatlons which she
poured upon her covering husband
for having stood quietly by while her
prophets and Baal's prophets were be-
ing massacred by a rebeliious people.
Then Jezebel. scorufuuy Ignoring
her husband. and indicated. what.
ever may have happened to her proph.
cts. In the intesity Of her rage. bound
herself by an oath like thai Of the
forty Jews who bound themselves
that they would not cat or drink I'll
they had slain Paul and sent mos
senger unto Elijah She felt that
Elijah was In her power lie fed
and his servant went with him.
Elijah was brave man II ever
there was one. but he was not brag
gadocio He was brave enough TO let
the ignorant think he was a coward.
HIS going was not a sign Of cowar.
dice. bu, of wisdom and common
sense. Christ himself babe his dis.
ciples. when ye are prosecuted in
one city fee ye TO another" kindls
the divine fires elsewhere and thers
shall be two flames instead OF one.
Elijah files only when he has dons
the mighty work Of God. and only
when tho life Ia in deadly peril which
he would faln save for future emer.
rencies OF service"
He went a DAYS Journey into thu
wilderness He would be alone. with.
out even his servant. IN this Gethsem.
agony TO pray alone Tie requested for
himself that he might die. lie had
hoped 10 ACCOMPLISH the deliverance
Of the people. but he was terribly dis
appointed Jczebel still had power
Heathcnism would sim flourish. All
his efforts had been but trying TO dam
Niagara with bulrushes. An thy hi.
lows have gone over me" lie Law
down and slept. utterly worn out. and
exhausted
God gave his beloved deep and
who knows VIVA. dreams and visions
shone In the darkness Rest for mind
and body. God sent him friend
BEHOLD. then an angel touched him
Gods messenger. human or angelic.
More probably tho latter. one ~ tho
"mlnisiering spirits. sent forth n
minister for them who shall be heirs
OF salvation" Elliab's loneliness
was broken. He was not forgotten.
The outward. visible manifestation,
Of power. whether IN tho natural o.
spiritual world. while necessary IN
their time and place. nre but tho
smaller results ~ tho mower that
produced them. For instance In tho
natural world. the storms however
great express but the SLIGHTEST OBJECTS
OF the air, which gives life to all Nv.
Ing beings, men. beasts. trees This
world without air would be as dead
n the moon
How feeble the lightning comrarod
with the silent Invisible work OF elec.
tricity lighting our cities and home.
driving our machinery, carrying ou-
messages over the wires II used N
be thought that tho upheayal OF tbo
continents and the rearing OF the
great mountains was due 10 cn,a.
clysms and CONGREGATIONS and vast ex.
plosions OF volcanic force. n has
long been known that they nre dus
only In part 10 these. but chiefly "a
the inconcelyably slow modification,
produced by water. and air and heat
SO long ms all real progress IN re.
iigion. In reform. in tho coming a,
tho Kingdom OF God. Hes always IN a
change OF will, OF character. so lona
the change must be made by motives
ana moral Influences. not by force
THE lion shall lie down with tho
lamb" but only when tho lions m.
ture Is so changed that II loves Ia
eat grass Ike the OK. and does not
want 10 eat the lamb.
Elijah was to return. not vet IA
Israel but around II TO the wIlder.
ness OF Damascus Damascus was ON
the borders OF the desert Here ba
would be beyond the domInIons n,
Ahab' lie was not for the present 10
enter into the scene Of danger. but
TO do his work from without. Gradu.
ally better times came; and We find
him In the kingdom, and the schools
OF the prophets nourishing. Anoint
" was customary 10 set apart nv
amounting kings and prophets. II of.
en- means merely 10 SGT spart %,
some special service Of God.
Hazael was known as The cone.
dental officer OF Benhadad. king
Of Syria at that time. lie was set
apart to be the instrument or punish.
Ing Israel for their sins. He was
The storm and the fire that went be.
'ore the voice OF the Lord.
II Is for us TO be cheered by Gods