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20, Of two men who shall be cast into

20, of two men who shall be cast into
the lake of FIRE without dying.
This lesson story Of the translation
of Elijah and the beautiful devotion
Of Elisha Is one of the most fascinat-
ing In Scripture and intensely prac-
teal. They are more intimately as
ISOLATED here than anywhere else. and
their names, which are mentioned over
twenty times In our less9n and signify
MY God Il jehovah SID my God is
salvation" are SO suggestive Of Him
with whom they beth walked.
Elisha's oft repeated "As the Lord
Hyefh and as thy soul liveth | will
not leave thee verses 2, 4, 81 remind
us of the devotion OF Ruth to Naomi
and OF Ittai to David for the sake of
the God of Israel ruth i. Is, II; II
Sam. XIV, 2I.
The expressions $50 they vent"
$50 they came,s syThey two went on"
'srhey two stood" s'They two went
over" ssThey still went on and talked
verses 2, a, 9, I, 8, IL, suggest to us
the possibility of such a fellowship
with the Lord Jesus Christ Himself,
seeing no one but Jesus only with our
selves and so occupied with Him that
we shall be blind and deaf to all hui
Him Mark TX, 8; Acts xxi, III. The
four places mentioned are easily sug
gestive of different stages of Christian
experience, Gilgal reminding us Of thu
reproach Egypt rolled away, th'
past under a@al Josh. Y, 8, 10,
tering angels, etaafs ~ ~ wher,
the new captain aprsnbe bua
and the thirteenth rountssy. 80 h,
brought down the walls. fc1 4
All this indicates progress In ID
divine. life, but there is always NOR
for us to enjoy, and we will increas
ingly possess ii possessions IL W
whole heartedly follow on (Obad, xvi
Hos. ri, 81.
To Elijah's question, ASK what
shall do for thee" Elisha promptly ~
4 piled, "Let a double portion Of tn
spirit be upon me- {verse 81. Whe
Elijah considered what he had passe
through we do not wonder that he sal
TO the man who wanted a double pc
ton of his spirit, Thou hast asked
hard thing" Few are filled with ii
spirit Just for that reason. 1t is a har
thing-not hard for God to grant, bt
for us to be willing to receive. accor,
ing to Luke xiv, 20, II, 33. Many al
called, but few are chosen, for Il
same reason.
/ have often tried TO picture the'
two men as they walked Oh togethe
We may moi know which way Eliza
looked. but there can he no doul
about Elisha. for his receiving b
i hearts desire depended upon hts Sc
Ing Elijah when he was taken fro
him. How could there be a more stea
fast beholdiBg OF a person? II Y
, looked up as s~teadfastiy into heavt
as Stephen did (Acts vii, So the
would be more of Jesus seen In OF
lives,
Well, the whirlwind came, and u
horses and chariot OF Are. aud ELLIS
was taken, and Elisha saw IT., an
rendtng bis own mantle in two piece
he took up the mantle of Elijah tn
fell from him and went back end stot
by Jordan. elijah Is gone. out n
so the God OF Elijah.
With the mantle of Elijah he ina
tie waters and said. Where Is Il
Lord God of Elijahf'' The waters I
vided, and Elisha went over. and Il
sons OF the prophets who were waite
ing gatd, ssThe spirit OF Elijah dot
rest ON Elisha Some people tot
knowledge Of Peter and John that tht
had been with Jesus. and there Shot
be Il SAVIOR Of HIN In the lives Of .
His people tAets Nv, ID II Con II, ]
I5). To the sons Of the prcphets' pc
sistent plea that they might go az
search for ElilRhs Elisha nnally yiel
ed. They returned after three days
vain searching and confessed that tn
could not Ind hkn. There may !
such searching when the ehssreh u
been taken. We next see EsiljgaA
Aatt xvii alive ans well.