The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-16
FLIGHT OF
ELIJAH
Sunday School Lesson for Feb. 10, 1911
Specially Arranged Tor This Paper

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on the Lord shall renew their strength
isa 40 81
TIME Tho day after the scene on
Mount Carmel II G. 900 COR S5G-O, In the
wilderness. and ~ ycards later on Horcb
pINCE-l Jc2rcel one of the royal
residences. 20 mlos northeast OF Sa-
maria. The wilderness beyond Recr-
shcha 10 miles southwest OF Jerusalem.
lnO miles from Jo2rcel g. Horeb. one of
the mountains Of sinai.
In our last lesson we left Elijah
running before Ahab's chariot from
Carmel to Je2rcel one OF the royal
residences. while the blessed rain was
refreshing the whole country, an EN-.
blcm Of what God would do spiritual.
ly for the nation. Elijah was too wise
to enter the lair of the tigrcss But
Ahab told Je2cbol We can imagine
the bitter objurgations which sho
poured upon her covering husband
for having stood quietly by while her
prophets and Baal's prophets were be.
ing massaCred by a rcbellious people.
Then Je2Cbcl sCornfully ignoring
her husband. and undofeated, 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 n mes
scnrcr 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 a brag.
gadocio llc was brave enough 10 let
the ignorant think he was n coward.
His going was not sign OF cowar.
dice, bu, of wisdom and common
sense. Christ himself bado his dis
ciplos, "When yo are prosecuted in
one city Zee yc TO another" klndlo
the divine fires elsewhere. and there
shall be two flames instead OF ono.
Elijah flies only when he has done
the mighty work Of God. and only
when the life is in deadly peril which
he would faln eavo for future emer.
rcncics OF service"
Ne went DAYS tourney into the
wilderness He would he alone. with.
out even his servant. IN this Gethscm.
ane, as Christ when he went in his
| agony 10 pray alone He requested for
/ himself that he might die. He had
/ honod 70 accomplish the de,iverance
| Of the people, but he was terribly dis.
appointed. lc2chel still had power
/ Ncathenism would still flourish. All
his efforts had been hut trying TO dam
Niagara with bulrushes. "All thv bill
lows havo gone over me" Eo lav
down and slept, utterly worn out. and
exhausted
God gave his beloved slcep and
who knows what dreams and visions
shone In the darkness Rest for mind
md body. God sent him n friend
Behold, then m angel touched him
Gods messenger, human or angelic
More probably tho latter. ono OF the
"m'nlstering spirits. sent forth Ia
minister for them who shall he heirs
OF salvat'on.'" Elljah's loneliness
was broken. He was not forgotten.
The outward, visible manifestations
/ OF power, whether I'm the natural or
/ spiritual world while necessary In
/ their time and place. are but the
smaller results of the mower that
produced thcm, For instance. IN the
natural world tho storms however
great. express but the slightest effects
Of the air, which gives life to all liv.
Ing beings, men. beasts. trees. This
world without air would be as dead
ns the moon.
How feeble the lightning GONNA rcd
with the silent invisible work of cleo
| tricity lighting our cities and homes.
driving our machinery. carrying our
messages over the wires. u used 10
be thought that the upheaval OF the
continents and the rearing OF the
| great mountains was due 10 cata.
clysms and confagrations and vast ex-
! plosions OF volcanic force. II has
long been known that they are due
only In part 10 these but chiefly 10
the inconceivably slow notifications
! produced by water. and air and heat.
So long as all real progress in re-
! ligton, In reform. in the coming of
! the kingdom OF God lies always In a
change Of will Of character, SO long
the cha0go rr"t no made by motives.
and "oral Influences, not by force.
"The lion shall lie down with the
| lamb" but only when the lions ma.
ture Is so changed that It loves 10
eat grass like the OK. and does not
| want to eat the lamb.
Elijah was to return, not yet 10
| Israel, but around It to the wilder.
ness Of Damascus. Damascus was on
| the borders OF the desert. Here he
would be beyond the dominlons of
Ahab, He was not for the present TO
enter into the scene OF danger. but
to 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.
It was customary to set apart, by
amounting kings and prophets. II oft.
en- means merely to set apart for
some special service OF God.
Hazael was known as the conf.
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