The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-02-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson W.-First Quarter, For
Feb. 5, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

The nrst sentence OF our lesson tells
MS all we know OF the parentage OF
Elijah. He comes before us rs sud
denly as meteor and disappears
when hls work Ia done in n way that
no one else ever did before or since.
Enoch also was translated without
dying, but we read OF no whirlwlnd or
horses and chariots OF Are. Elijah was
honored to stand with the Lord Jesus
and with Moses on the Mount Of Trans.
fguration, and Jesus said OF him,
Elijah truly shall nrst come aud re-.
store all things" adding that he had
the Baptist, but they knew him not
and 81 treated him (Matt Ivii, 3; ri,
49,. Therefore we conclude that John
the Baptist, who came In the spirit
and power Of Elijah. was TO the nrst
coming OF Christ what the real Elijah
will be to His coming IN glory to set
M His kingdom. when some who
win be more wicked than Ahsb and
Jexebel shall be showing the power OF
the devil, then Elijah and compsn-
ION shall be the Lords two witnesses
in Jerusalem REV. ri. 9-i1.
His name means my God IL Jah."
and one has said that be is the grand
est and most romantic character that
Israel ever produced. His one M =
sion was to bring spostate israel back
| to Jehovah the true God He was
nurtured In lonely communion With
God, away from the pollo,ins court
amidst his native wlids IFausseii'
His 6rst utterance II. THE Lord God
Of Israel nveth. before whom
/ stand verse 1; see also xvt. IS. and u
Kings III. l4l. We think OF Gabriel's
/ testimony, 81 am Gabriel that stands
In the presence OF God" duke I. l9l.
and he II was who said that the sou
Of Zacharlas should 90 In the spirit
and power OF Elijah. Israel had been
faithfully warned that II they turned
aside to serve other gods and worship
them the Lord would shut up the
heaven that there be no rain Deut.
II. 10. Ia, so that Elijah's prayer that
II should not rails Jas. Y. ~ wss
simply n prayer that God would do rs
He said and make good His word aud
show Himself as the living and true
God. for II He failed 10 fulHll His
threat the people would think II an
idle tale.
EHJah could say. "Tn the Lord have
righteousness and strength" ~ rest
on Thee, and in Thy name go" lisa.
xiv. -; II Chrou. xiv. III. Therefore
he was not afraid TO meet Ahab or 10
deliver his message. This being done.
he receives two distinct MESA yes
from the Lord telling him where 10 so
journ for the next three years. and
frst be IL told TO hide himself by the
ravens would feed him there. He did
Just as he was told. and the Lord fed
him with bread and flesh by means OF
the ravens morning and evening. aud
be drank OF the brook so well did the
Lord hide him that he could not be
found by nation or kingdom xviii. l0l.
II we obey Matt. vi, 33. we may count
on Its fulhllment, but we must be In
the place where God wants us Mark
the word there" In verse T. The
word here translated raven" Is used
ten times and IN each place refers TO
bird 80 called. The Lord Jesus In
dorsed The Elijah story Duke ",
25-2dl. and II any part OF II had been
not just ~ recorded He would surely
have told Us. These lonely days al
Cherlth make US think Of Joseph 10
Egypt 1 prisoner, or Moses 10
INDIAN. or John the Baptist 10 the
wilderness, or Paul IN Arabia. Moth.
ing can take the place OF being alone
with God. Then we must learn 10
wait patiently Gods time and nnd our
rest and Joy IN Himself II His gifts
seem 10 fail US. Ike the brook that
dried IN. He has some other way lie
cannot fan; He sbldeth faithful.
He has promised never TO Try us be-
yond our abfifty to bear Il u Cor. I.
49, and 10 due time He ordered His
faithful servant TO another place OF
ssjoura. hut what an unlikely plsce II
was as we see things-tbe home OF a
poor widow whs has ne food In the
house but a haodful OF meal and n lit
tie OIL Elijah found her gathering
sticks with which TO make, as she
thought, her last cake, and then she
expected that she and her sos would
die (yerss ~. But by giving her all
20 the Lords servant. as the lad did
his loaves and fishes. several were fed
for many days. and the meal wasted
not, neither did the cruise OF oil fail
Verse 49,.
FROM our lesson Il would seem that
the prophet was sent TO the widow
that she might sustain him Verse %,
while from the record In Luke Nv. 25. !
20, II appears That Elijah was sent TO
the widow that she might he sustain
ed. Well. Il worked both ways. and |
the widow was sustained by her civ
ing her all TO the Lord. No doub; lie |
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