The Holt County sentinel., 1911-02-10
E jI;GIAPE
Sunday School Lesson fss fst. a. 1911
Specially Arranged for This tapsr


whom W will srive"--.iosh stis
TfME-Three to three and one. half
years after Ehiah arst warned Ahab. lie.
tween u. e. s20.sD cor SS.1ii
PLACE-The Great meeting was on
Mount Carmel. near Its summit The sit
leave the meeting urnol"-,"d 10y the city
hoodiunis, and Jrz.b"is influence
st James IN his cpistle tells us that
Elijah had prayed earnestly that ut
might not rain because the famine
seemed 10 be the only way by which
people could be- brought 10 repentance,
md that now. ~ the end of three
years and q half he again prayed that
II might rain.
His heart was full Of pity lie saw
sisns of repentance The time was
ripe Tor reform; and Elijah prayed to
God for the blessed rain God saw
100 Eut II was wi<pst and most If
t'ctive Tor al tha, the rain should
'onI" from GHd IN answer tu The proph.
IS PRAYER rur the fact tina, the
relief came from III" tlua Gnj through
lis prophet would complete the work
NJ IN" ariur and draw mon to the
silver at the blessing
EiiiIh s.Uf tur tho hing io some to
jiu Tho prophet wax IN" rrrptrr
md had mug, power That ihIb came
it al. show. that H." recognized the
IW'r g., inr Iuuu' . aud of ~, true
God. Gud i'i hr ti boon Wlrrlrr
hN ir" NuiIu uNu..'.u." Mai. first
words vUrr .trn fhug n 'l# iron
/ h',fh i,T.,i ~, ntd 10 uu.d I'D su,
/ u hi. own iy. nr ,urrui ihr iuuul,N
| at tho uryu, o.. tr" land IN which
/ o. hJU h,Hu fnc u,ido,. H., took uu
nu'" vt ib, hard a. Jehovah IN the cn
'om,,y. "ud spoke COOS Il 'h. wnul" mat
t"r had hr.u m.r" personal dinrr.
enc" between him and ~ ph elijah
! replied 4 hay" ru' trnnh,"d Israel.
| but thou. aud thy fathers huuSr" III
iah then proposed that ~, question ~
4 10 who VAS the true God should be-
| PIT To = lair aud satisfactory test.
They built al altar. placed the yac.
III" undcril Thor" were too man, eye,
upon them for any trirk"ry. and not
knowing what Kind at test Was Ia b,
expected, they had no opu"rtuuiiy ~
prepare Tor an. deceit. II would al
most seem M II tricks moi unlike ihai
pfaciic-d year after year NJ tn"
Greek Easter ~ l"rnsal"m We're IN
miliar 10 that AZ" some nj III" IN
theirs expressly siai" that the idOla
trous priests NJ an earlier time Mere
accustomed 10 sci III. "a the sacn
Nee from hollow places concealed ~.
meath III" altar. aud II WAS an old ira
diiion ihai tn" bAal prophets had con
ccal.d n man for that purpose beneath
their s,iar. but ,hsI nv had died from
snrDcRiion they called On Iiaal ~
mid day, aud yet no answer OF hr'
came. Elijah mock"d them, n. h-,,
up the mirror before them aud pOin,
81 ont 10 the p~Opl. the real situation
They grew rrnz,-d In their excite
m"nt. and cu, themselves with theiI
wepOus Ii-rOdian describes the dance
OF iieliogsbalns round the altar Of tn,
Emesne snngnd. aud Apai.iis Dr.
scribrs at length the fanatic leaning,
and castings uf tn. excc,ab,, Gall
Their feeling WAS that God WAS wei
pleased with such iori,,res and Mains
Tn. only sunrrInrs with which Go,
IN pleased an. tl,o.. which men uud.r
No ,or IN, snk. oI b.luinp and s,y
iur their l.lIow men, .iI,h ss ,'bris,',
su,rrgiugs ou the cross. and patlli
SUFFERING. ,n pi,r m,u TN, ,;u.u.l
The, uruih.. ed and ,rI.d IA viI,
crsrprlrs lILr ihusr Ina ancient Tim,
VIM lhds iu excited frrityi,. ptet,nd
ed 10 A.. filed with the riv,r. uf Incl
drtlics.
Thrr,, WIS uu answer. ihut,ch The,
4 cnu'iuurd lh,ir rN,rIinrs nm The tim,
oi the unrrirr ul the evening nhlaiinn
II And Elijah alId Come urpI uut,
me" 80 thai rA,, could see ana hral
ana cnlld know than thor, Nas no con
coa'm, nr ar lickrry.
tie repaired the altar OF the Tor,
that w.s hIuRru down. On Ibis alta
70 ia. NUud Uud IL. ~t'riii', yer" IHln