The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-02-17
FLIGHT OF
ELIJAH
Sunday SeAssl Lsssss t. FL. 10. 1911
Specially Arranged Tor Tsis Paper

LESSON TEXT Kings n:N-iS:si.
Memory Verses it.1a
GOLDEN TExT--"They that walt up
On the lord shaft renew their strength
isa N:ai.
TiME-The day after the scene on
Mount Carmel. n. G.. 50 Tor CAD. In the
wilderness. and ~ yeards later on Horeb.
PLACE. Jesrcci. one OF the royal
residences. ~ miles northeast OF ga
maria Q The wilderness b"yona Reer-
sheba. " miles southwes, of Jerusalem.
ion mile. from Jezteei s. IIor"b. one Vi
the mountains Of Sinai.
In our last lesson We left Elijah
running before Ahab's chariot from
Carmel to Je1recl. one OF the royal
residences. while the Blessed rain was
refreshing the whole country, an en-.
blem OF what God would do spiritual.
Iy for the nation. Elijah was too wise
to enter the lair OF the tigress. but
Ahab told Jezebel. We can imagine
the bitter objurEations which she
poured upon her covering husband
for having stood quietly by while her
prophets and Baal's prophets were be-
ing massacrcd by a rebe,lious people.
Then Jczebc,. scornfully ignoring
her husband. and undefeatcd. what.
ever may have happened TO her proph.
| cts. In the in,esity Of her rage, bound
| herself by an oath like that Of tho
forty Jews who bound themselves
| tina, they would not eat or drink I'll
they had slain Paul and sent mes
scngpr unto Elijah She felt that
| Elijah was IN her power he fcd
and his servant went with him
Elijah VAS u brave man II ever
| there Was one. hut he was not u brng.
| r,doclo lie was brave enough TO lot
| the Ignorant think ". was n coward.
| Ills going was not u sign of cowar.
| dice. hn " Wisdom and common
sense Christ himself hadc his dis.
ciplcs. When yc ar" prosecuted In
one city fco ye To another" kindls
the divine fires elsewhere, and there
shall he t~o flames instead Of one.
Elijah flies only when he has done
tho mighty work NJ God. and only
when IN. life II IN deadly peril which
he would faIn say" Tor future enlsr.
| grnclcs ~ service"
lie went q DAYS Journey Into the
wilderness. lie would be- alone. with.
out even his servant. IN this Ce'hse,n.
| an~. a. Christ when h. went IN his
agony 20 pray alone. ". requested for
himself that he nigh, di~. lie had
hoped 'o accomplish the dcliverance
~ the pcople. but hc Was terribly dis.
appoinied. Ic.b"l sin had power
| TIeaih"nism would stili flourish. All
his efforts had been but irving to la m
Niagara NTH hulruShrs. AN thy bill
lows have zone over me" lie lay
down and slept. utterly worn out. ana
exhausted.
| God gave his b.lov.d sl~cp and
who knows Whist dreams and visions
shOne IN the dark meas Rest for mind
and body. God sent him y friend
BEHOLD. then an angel touched him
Gods messenger. human or angelic
More prohs bly, the latter. one of the
"mlnisierinE spirits. sent forth "a
minister for them who shRl, ne heirs
Of salvation" EliJsh's loneliness
was broken. lie WAS not forgotten.
The out ward. visible nantes, stiOns
Of pswer. whether ~ the natural ~
spiritual world. while necessary In
their time and place. are but the
smaller results ~ the power that
produced them, For instance. In the
natural world, the storms however
great, express hut the slightest effects
Of the air. which gives life to oil Nv
Ing b-inga mon beasts. trees This
| MI hAN nj L.. L.. 4
as the moon
| How feeble the lightning cOmpared
with the silent Invisible work ~ ~l~c
tririty lighting orr cities and homes
driving our machinery. carving on
messages over the wires !, used "a
he Thought that the uph-ayal Of the
continents and III" rearing of the
great mountains was due To caia
clvsms and rOu''agraiions and vast ex
nlo-ions Of yolcanir force u has
long been known that thsN are hui
only IN part to these, but chiefly "a
the incon'"ivnbly slow modincst ions
produced Nv water. aud air aud heat
So long as all real progress IN re
liRlon, IN reform. IN the coming 0
| Wv hiHS'ofIl w ISN always w
change ~ will. ~ character. 70 lOny
the change must he made nv motives
and moral Influences. not by force
"1he lion shall lie down with Tho
lamb" hut only when the lions M
ture Is 80 changed that II loves II
eat grass Ike the OK. and does moi
want to eat the lamb.
, Elijah WAS to return not yet Il
Israel hui around II TO the wilder
ness Of Damascus Damascus was OI
the borders Of the desert. Here h,
would he beyond the dominions o.
Ahsh. He Was not for tho present Il
enter into the scene OF danger, bu
to do his work from without, Grsdi
/. ally better times came: and We FIND
him In the kingdom. and the SCHOOL,
Of the prophets nourisbing. Anoint
! II was customary to vet apart, By
amounting kings and prophets, II Oft