The Raymer enterprise., 1911-02-09
FLIGHT OF
ELIJAH
Sunday School L.,sos for Feb. 10, 1911
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on tle lspIu Ecuc" tIisAt sIcI6Iu.
lisa. 1881.
TIME-The day after the scene on
Mount Carmel. B. c. 500 Cor $50. in tho
wilderness and 20 yeards later on Horeb.
PI.ACE-I. Jezreel, one OF the royal
residences, 20 miles northeast OF Sa-
maria. 2. The wilderness beyond Beer
sheba, 20 miles southwest OF Jerusalem.
100 miles from Jezreel. 3. Horeb. one OF
the mountains Of Sinai.
In our last lesson we left Elijah
running before Ahab's chariot from
Carmel to Jezreel. one OF the royal
residences. while the blessed rain was
refreshing the whole country. an EN-.
blem OF what God would do spiritual.
ly for the nation. Elijah was too wise
to enter the lair OF the tigress. But
Ahab told Jezebel. We can imagine
the bitter obiurgations which she
poured upon her covering husband
for having stood quietly by while her
prophets and Baal's prophets we're be.
ing massacred by rebellious people.
Then Jezebel. scornfully ignoring
her husband, and undefeated. what.
ever may have happened to her proph.
cts. In the intesity Of her rage. bound
herself by an oath like that OF the
forty Jews who bound themselves
that they would not eat or drink TIL
they had slain Paul and sent mes.
senger unto Elijah. She felt that
Elijah was In her power. He fed
and his servant went with him.
Elijah was brave man II ever
there was one. but he was not brag.
Radocio. 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 bade his dis
ciplcs, When ye are prosecuted In
one city fee ye to another" klndle
the divine fires elsewhere. and there
FhAli be two flames instead OF one.
Elijah fies only when re has done
tho mighty work OF God and only
when the life is In deadly peril which
he would fain save for future emer.
gencies OF service"
He went n days tourney into the
wilderness He would be alone. with.
out even his servant. In this Ge'hsem
ane, as Christ when he went in his
agony 10 nray alone. He requested for
himself that he might die He had
honed TO accomplish the deliverance
Of tho people, but he was terribly dis.
"nDon'ed. Jezebel still had power
Heathcnlsm would still flourish All
his efforts had been but trying to dam
Niagara with bulrushps. "All thy bill
lows have gone over me" He lay
down and slept. utterly worn out. and
exhausted
God gave his beloved sleep and
who knows what dreams and visions
Hhonc In the darkness. Rest for mind
rrd body. God sent him friend
PeNold. then an angel touched him
Gods messenger. human or angelic.
More probably The latter. ono Of the
''mlnIsterlng spirits. sent forth 10
minister for them who shall bo heirs
o' ealvntIon.'" Eliiahs loneliness
we broken. He was not forgotten.
Tho outward. visible manifestations
of rover Whether in the natural or
s''~''nn' world while necessary In
iho'~ time and place. nrn but tho
tT"'"r results of the rower that
produced them For instance. In n.
natural world. the storms however
great, eH0ress but the SLIGHTEST oreots
of tho mir, which gives life 10 all llv.
Ing beings men. beasts trees. This
world without air would be as dead
MS the moon
Vow feeble the lightning COMPARED
with n" silnnt invisible work OF cleo.
tr'clty lighting our cities and homes.
driving our machinery. CARRYING our
messages over the wires Il used 10
be thought that the uphnaval OF the
continents and the rearing OF the
great mountains was due tc cata.
clysms and CONGREGATIONS and vast CT.
ulcsIOns Of volcanic force Il has
long been known that they are due
only In part 10 these. but chiefly 10
tho luConceIvably slow notifications
produced hy water. and air and heat.
So long as all real progress In re-
lIgion In reform. in the coming OF
tie Kingdom Of God. llcs always In a
change Of will, OF character, so long
the change must he made by motives.
and moral Influences, not by force.
"Thc lion shall lie down with the
lamb" but only when the lions ma.
ture Is so changed that It loves TO
eat grass Ike the OK. and does no.
wnrt N eat the lamb
Elijah was 10 return. not vet 10
Israel but around II 10 the wilder.
ness Of Damascus. Damascus was on
The borders OF the desert. Here he
would BE- beyond the domInIons o,
Ahab. He was not for the present to
enter into the scene OF danger. but
20 do his work from without. Gradu.
ally better times came; and We find
him in the kingdom. and the schools
Of the prophets fourishIng. AnoInt
i was customary to set apart, by
amounting kings and prophets. II Oft.
on means merely to set apart for
come special service Of God.
lIazael was known as the conf.
dental officer OF Benhadad. king