The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-31

1T H.. would De an iSHoi 49,
5id not know something apou.
wv ,aag+ dramatic figure in h old
- - ,.mant Elijah h Iishblte. lhls
r.o7 x.ilderness ascetic was a mar
- nyetarious appearances AND dlsap-
- r-1ce He suddenly appears on
s,ano Of l~srael's history, and then,
- .n.arvals. he as strangely dlsap-
-. and He is llk one
- his own mountains, whose PEAKS
bf'a in tn sunlight while its base Is
ta+had IN darkness. The everyday
49,. If This wonderful character, those
t~..s which shaped his character,
49,. hidden from sight. We only
@oav. Elijah that whenever he was
,n.d43 he was on the spot. Ihat IS
Ir.,.h to know about anybody.
,rrr s~trength-and roughness-of
,ha solitary places was in this proph-
.t.e character. We are told OF him
he was a s~ojourner in Gilead, on the
I-4.r side Of the Jordan. ! have late
A. been through Gilead, for it is a
center of present news, on cou or
rha war against the Druses which the
Turkish government is Waging. The
s.a-ta places are now occupied by the
tan+s Of he soldiers, who gruInbie
1ot q little at the isolation and other
hardships Of their lot. Part of tia
country is Of a rough, volcanic forma-
ZION. and part is mountainous. 1t was
i'm these valleys, which to this day are
roek-markcd with caves. that the
nrophet was doubtless prepared, learn
ing the majesty and might OF Jeho-
Yah, and those lessons Of fearless
ness which are the heritage Of noun
tain foil
\ Man Unafraid.
II j. important for every man who
IS III any sense d teacher Of the pub
lie that he be first OF all unafraid.
Especially is mis- true Of the preacher.
fe may get along without tact and
social ease, without a good voice or
the wisdom of the schools, but il he
he afraid Of the face of man, then he
is no true prophet Of the Most High
Elijah knew himself TO be d mes
srnger OF the Lord. AS the Arabic
saying has il, The pasha's servant is
the paaha.' We have nothing in the
West that illustrates the power and
authority which belong to the mes
eenger, SO we'll as the case of the
haYasses. of the foreign ~consulates
and embassies in Turkey. These men
are S~orgeously uniformed and they
walk or ride before the officials when
the latter 90 forth in state. In Jeru-
salem they attend the foreign visitors
to the Mosque of Omar, as the en-
bodlment Of the authority of hat Wis
"ors government. These kavasses,
or messengers. are immune from ar
rest or moIeStation; they eInbody the
sovereignty Of Il higher power.
mus Elijah behaved when he APP
Itdrtu before the terrible King Ahab.
ne was 50 hlied with u sense of his
"floaSSadoTial authority that he had
80 room LOT Tears. Ahab was great,
III hls own eyes and in the eyes Of the
people. bili in tho Sirnt Of Goa ,~I
MS prophet he was only a sinful man.
10 "hoHa jehovah was sending a warn
ing. III the Solitudes of Gilead Eli
J'h hdd learned to fear God so great
- 'Hat ne had no room in his bosom
i"F lesser fears. There was state and
>"iFhlnIy, and an absence Of all
i"oISh' "I lear, as he sounded in the
M1"SS ears the dreadful verdict that
mere would be no rain in All the
iano until Elijah himself should an
aoonce II Well might the gnoble
prophet. N7'
sue haNinc and the Ravens.
II g came he word of Elijah thai
ne should hetake himself 70 he Rrook
herith, That word brook" is more
pIopel'N translated "ravine." 1t is a
1t'"f only part of the time. There
was ITO water in it when saw the
u"1l"T. II the traditional site, on the
way [" Jericho from Jerusalem. be
~ t"trect one. There is a monas-
I-. -" I-iiJah nov on the supposed
.~4 %heft the prophet had his cave.
E'U "erfhltS also live in the rayine
.tl'E caves half way up the rocky
.L me depth and desolation OF
f~al ~ a gorge can scarcely be mag
".H me sides fall precipitatelv for
g.,i OF leet; | narrowly escaped
-"9 thrown into it one evening
~ ~ my horse stumbled on the edge
1'' pFtclpice. There is rea, gran
I.u[ 10 ne spot. and it has ALWAYS.
sjhf1i+1 VI IFS subilmity and ~inacces-
tI'9' peeh "a favorite resort Wit.
seeking retreat from the world
rtll5'eF Elijah was sent to spend 2
ny[1od Of waiting. So LONG as wata 9
h .1Ia'''fd in the brook, he could abide
senaers ravens being Gods mes
'"e huge black ravens whicb - 49,