Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-02-10

perintendcnt. or Primo Minister, obadiah,l
Ito WIS Bodly man and, of course, di64i
tressed by tho idolatrous course of n
King and tho Queen. II he was not ~
nciently courageous to protest oponly0 .
was. nevertheless. courageous, for In 4
time whom the servants OF Jehovah woro
being perHccuted TO death by Queon Jeze-
bel. Obadiah hid ono hundred OF them and
supplied them with tho necessities of life
evidently Mt tho risk OF his all. When
Obadiah met elijah and was told to toll
tho King TINT Elijah was there to SEQ
him. Obadiah feared to do no. Ho de-
clnrcd that himself and others had
searched tho entire country over most
carefully to find Elijah and found him
not. He realized TINT tho Lord had hid
den him. Ho protested that II now he
would declare that Elijah wnR ready to
SEQ tho King. the probabilities were that.
by the timo tho King would get thcro,
tho spirit or power OF tho Lord would
somehow carry Elijah away. Then tho
king Infatuated. would causo Obndah's
death: but Elijah rcnssurcd him.
When the King met Elijah his frat word
was. Art thou ho that troubleth Iarnol7"
This IN tho worldly custom. Tho fearless
minister who tells tho Truth and relates
tho Divine prophecy respecting tho re-
wards or ovil-doing Is hold accountable.
as though ho had caused tho trouble But
Elijah wns not intimldatcd. lIo promptly
| answered. have not troubled Israel. but
thou and thy parents house, IN that ye
have forsnken tho commandments OF tho
Lord and followed Bapi. Thrco yonrs bc-
fore the King would have probably Or
dercd the execution OF Elijah; but tho full
nllment or his word md tho pangs OF
hunger Ind humbled him. Ho wns anx-
| ious that the blight should no removed
md responded TO tho demands OF Elijah
| that tho eight hundred and nifty prophets
| of idolatrous BnnlIam should meet ut BIT.
| Cnrme. and that thlther NIL tho people
or Israel represented by thoir chief men.
| should also assemble. Tho design, evil
IDENTIFY, was n contest between Elijah tho
| representative OF God. and these murder
GUS priests OF Bani, protegcs OF Jezebel.
"chooso 70 This Day.
This gathering OF tho priests and OF tho
| prophets required time but was finally
accomplished When the meetIng con-
| voned Elijah declared that It was tlmo to
have testing and showing as to who
| really was God. Jehovah or Baal Tho
test was to DO TINT two affairs wcro TO DO
| built and two bullockB were 60 bo sucri-
Heed The Bnnlitcs were To provide tho
hullocks themselves and to mako choice
| OF tho one fer their own altar. whichever
God would answer by fire and accept tho
offering. would BIO acknowledged ns tho
only true God.
| To them came the first opportunity.
They had tho noontlmo opportunity. when
the fierce hent OF tho sun seemed almost
warm enough to get fire to the fat OF tho
bullock They prayed: they shrielted: they
| cut themselves with knives, entreating
| TINT Baal would answer by fire and prove
himself the mighty god Hour after hour
this proceeded until evening, when they
| were forced TO give over and admit theft
| inability.
Then came Eljahs turn. He command
cd that water no brought and that tho
| altar which he was to uso should DO thor
ouShly flooded with wnter. No one must
have room to say that there was secret
shoulder OF fire beneath. And. since the
sun had gone down. no ono could claim o
spontaneous combustion. Then Elijah
prayed calmly. earnestly, reverently and
tho Divine answer came-a fire from heav-
en- consuming the sacrifice and licking UP
the winter in tho trough OF tho altar.
Then tho people recognized the differ
cncc. They fell on their faces and said,
Jehovah s@The God! A great lesson had
been learned. as
a lesson for lis is that the masses OF
Christendom are deceived today, as were
the masses of Israel then. And when, by
and by. God shall open their eyes of I'M
dcrstanding through tho agency of Mes
siah's Kingdom, every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess. The knowi-
edge OF the Lord will I'll the whole earth.
Complying with the Lords direction
through Elijah. the Israeites slew all the
prophets OF Baal. We are not to UNDER
|, stand this to represent the Divine cnni-
, | mand to us today to
Es>SS& put false teachors
- ~ y to death. We are to
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