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ed in the forerunner of Christ 800 years
after. Such in brief. was Elijah-fear-
less, intolerant of wrong: his nature and
his training fitted him for the work to
which God called him.
1t is probable that he had long brooded
over the condition of Israel. Every form
of the idolatrous worship, every attempt
upon the part of Jezebel to suppress the
worship of Jehovah, every act of perse-
cution upon her part of the prophets of
Jehovah stirred the proud heart OF
Elijah and fired his unframed spirit. At
last the time came for action. One day
God commanded him to go and tell Ahab
of the coming drought. 1t was a strange
message, and to deliver it to the king
in such manner was bold and defiant
act. 1T was startling. He appeared as
the messenger of vengeance and Aha1
knew that Ibis sin had found him out
LAS the Lord God of Israel liveth be-
fore whom ! stand. there shall not be
dew nor rain these years, but according
to my word. 1t was memorable scene
Elijah is said to have been below the
normal height. His long uncut bea nd
flowing down upon his breast or thrown
back over his shoulders like a lions
name: the utter absence of all senIl-
ffeNions. or act of reverence upon the
part of the prophet. his denumciatory
style, all tended to heighten the tragic
interest of the hour. Why was he not
arrested and imprisoned or slain? We dc
not know. Suddenly he appeared and as
suddenly he vanished
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Elijah the Prophet APP
pears in Israel. Kings. y.
Golden Text-They that
seek the Lord shall not want
any good thing. Ps., .,4:Io.
Copyright. 1911. 10y Rev DR. T. $ Linscot,,

Copyright. 1911. 10y Rev. DIR. T. :. Lnscott.t
~ ERSE lis the spirit of prophecy
W a thing of the past? Give your
How did Elijah know of the coming OF
famine?
Why did God send this famineo
Does God in these days ever send fam
inc. or other calamity, to punish the peo-
pie for their sins"
Verses 2-4-What reason is there to be-
lieve that Gods word to Elijah, to so
to the brook Cherith, was any different
from directions true Christians receive
today to move from one place to another?
What, IL any, difference is there be-
tween Gods method of telling a man that
his sins are forgiven. or telling him to
move to another town?
When God answers our prayers for
guidance does he use any different voice
than the one with which he spake to
Elijah?
Verse SIS there any danger OF true
man mistaking the voice of God. or is II
always safe to follow without doubt?
Verse 6-What reason is there to believe
that literal ravens fed Elijah?
Did the ravens bring the food direct to
him. or did they deposit it where he could
obtain it, and all unconscious that they
were feeding Elijah?
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Sudden Appearance of Elijah.

But little is known of the antecedents
of Elijah. He appears suddenly, unan-
nounced as Elijah the Tishbite of the
inhabitants Of Gilead." Says Farrar:
"Such phenomenon as Jezebel explains
and necessitates such a phenomenon as
Elijah" THE Ioftiest and sternest spirit
of the true faith says Dean Stanley,
"face to face with the proudest and
fiercest spirit of the old Asiatic pagan
ism
The name Elijah, in its fuller Hebrew
form. Elipahn, means Jehovah is my
God Who he was is entirely unknown.
The name "Tishbite' tells us nothing. No
town of Tishbi occurs in Scripture. The
Hebrew may mean 1.-The Tishbite from
Tishbi of Gilead''; or 1.-The sojourner from
the sojourners of Gilead.-' And we know
no more Nor do we need to know more.
Elijah'S grandeur is in himself alone.
Some clue may be found to the mysteri-
BUSINESS of his actions, the suddenness of
I his appearance. and the swiftnesS with
| which he Travelled. in the fact that he
| was Gileadite. The name Giiead implies
| barren ruggedness. Like the Druses they
were fierce. hardy. proud. in conscious
| freedom bold"
The Gileadites. though of ISraelitish orr
| gin, were like the Bedouin. swift. strong
| and fond of the great soltitudes of ma
| ture. They were haters of cities. ard
| scorners of the softnesses of civilization.
| These chara cteristics of Elijah reappear-
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:. SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
: On the Sunday School Lesson By Rev. DR..
: T. S. Linscott for the International News
paper Bible Study Club.

What reason is there to believe tha
food. raiment and home are guarantee
to the Christian?
Are daily needs ever miraculously pro.
vided for us in these days? Give some
reasons.
Verse when our supplies fail from
one source. what does God say TO us
through that fact?
Is Gods guidance of us through cir
cumstances as real and as profitable At
if He were to speak from the clouds
with an audible voice" Give your rea,
sons.
Verses S-a-What reason is there &c
believe that when all the means we know
fail we can rest with certainty tina,
God knows a way, and will in due time
reveal ii unto u.s.
Our extremities are always Gods OPP
portunties. but does help generally como
to us from the sources which we would
naturally expect or from unlikely sourcesi
Give your reasons.
In extending His kingdom on the earth
which means does God most frequentls
use. the weak or the mighty: Give eN'
amples.
In what sense can God command u
to do a thing without our being consciou.
Of 1t?
Verses 1O-16-How did Elijah recognize
this woman when he met her!
How would il affect the spiritual value
of this story If it should prove that Coo
had directed Elijah to this widow D,
wholly natural means. Elijah having
known her in advance?
What induced this widow to divide nr
her scanty supply OF food and water witt
Elijah?
Is there any way to explain this story
except by Gods miraculous increase OF
the food?
What is the practical import Of this
story to us?
Verses l7-o4-what is the proof that
every trouble to Christian is blessing
in disguise?
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frontage of fifty feet ana oNeriookS 10Th
street 1t is 40 feet deep and the front
age on L street in the rear is twenty feet
a third lot is under consideration. which,
II purchased will give an additional New
Hampshire avenue frontage OF - rect
1t is pronosed to build a handsome church
facing on New Hampshire avenue later
The location of the property assures. II
Is declared an cVer-increaSing value. oW-
ing to the character of 18th street i'm
movements while the new church Will
nc readily accessible from various parts
of the CITY by means of the I street
cars and the 18th street electric buses.
The Epiphany Church chose its name
January Il. 1910 and its first regular pas
tor Rev DR. Charles +. Steck. assumed
charge of the congregation February l.
Just one year ago. relieving Rev Dr. ,.
\. Leech "A Methodist divine, who had
consented to serve the congregation until
a suitable Lutheran clergyman could be
secured During the twelve months now
closing the congregation has more than
doubled and the Sunday school. which or
saniZed with thirty-five members, mas
now about 100 enrolled.
Rev DR.. Steck, who enjoys the disunc-
lion of being the first executive since
1885 10 receive three consecutive elections
10 the presidency of the Maryland Luth-
eran synod. reIinauished the Frederick,
Md. Lutheran congregation to take up
his work here. The success of his effort
here il is said. is attested by the splen-
did results of his first years labors
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Elijah at Zarephath.

The brook is now dry. Some other pro-
vision must be made for this servant or
God Away up in Phoenicia. near the
coast between Tyre and Sidon. was the
village of Zarephath. The people were
heathens. worshipers of Baal 1t was the
homeland of Jezebel, and for this reason
1t was a safe hiding place for Elijah
It may be- too that God would teach
His prophet that even among the heather
might be found goodness. and from them
could be won those who would become
true followers of God.
Leaving his now dried brook and travel
ing probably mostly by night, he appear
ed at the gate of a widow OF
whom he asked water In that land that
is never denied. But the woman was
going for water Elijah asked that she
would bring also morsei OF bread. ms
disclosed the woman's dire poverty. she
had only enough meal to make two small
cakes She was now gathering sticks
with which to bake them that she ana
her son might eat them and die whether
by his appearance or by his speech the
woman perceived that Elijah was Jew.
and SO worshiper of Jehovah. AS the
Lord thy God liveth'' was the solemn
manner in which she declared her poverty.
Elijah now made a great demand upon
her faith go and make me thereof a
little cake first and after make for thee
and thy SON. For thus saith the Lord
God Of Israel. The barrel of meal snail
not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil
fail until the day that the Lord sendeth
rain upon the earth" The woman be
lieved the prophet, and they ate of the
meal many days.
While Elijah was sojourning with the
woman her child became ill and died.
To the mother there could be but one
Interpretation of this dread affection. The
prophet was a messenger of God who had
brought TO the memory of God the fact
of the womau's past sin, and for this
the child was slain. The prophet was
sore distressed. He took the child TO his
own room, stretched himself upon It's
cold form and prayed God to give back its
life His prayer was answered and the
child, restored to life, was given back
to his mother. This remarkable event
convinced the woman that Elijah was IN
deed "a man of Cod and that Jehovah
was the true God.
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great ponlp and spiendor, and $50 proph-
cts of Baal and of the groves ate at
JeZebel'S table
One morning few years ago one OF
the finest houses in the city of Baltimore
was found to be in a state of utter col
lapse. 4 species of ants had noiselessly
attacked the beams and rafters, and they
were utterly destroyed. Suddenly. from
garnet to parlor, they fell with a terrific
crash. And such was the nature OF
| Israel's ruin. 1t had been honeycombed
with idolatry and shameless wickedness
until now but little was left save an outer
weak and powerless form. The condition
was perilous in the exetreme. There was
needed the hand of a merciless surgeon
And he came.
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At Brook Cherith.

Elijah's message was no vain threat.
At once the heavens became as brass.
Soon, very soon, the flowers would wither,
and the pastures would begin to show
the blight of drought. For two reasons
Elijah must go into retirement. 1t was
to be a time of suffering such as the ma
ton had never known, and God would
provide for the needs of His faithful
servant. And then, too Ahab had now
recovered from his surprise. Tainted
perhaps by the naughty Jezebel. he would
wreak vengeance upon the prophet for
his daring affrontery.
And the word Of the Lord came unto
him, saying, Get thee hence. and turn
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Israel's Apostasy and Degradation.

Sixty years is not a long time in the
history of nation Yet i'll this case 1T
was long enough for the iniquity OF
Israel TO ripen. Beginning with Jehoram.
"who taught Israel to SIM. the path OF
the people had been constant decline.
And as in all declines, the momentum
had increased with every revolution I'M
til now it was the opinion of Elijah
that he alone was left of all the Wor-
shippers of Jehovah
The marriage of Ahab with Jezebel, the
daughter of the King of Tyre. was the
final stroke to a religion that seemed to
be universally unpopular and READY TO
die. Steadily for these more than sixty
years, idolatry had been undermining the
Worship of Jehovah. Some authors thlnh
that to the last Ahab nominally. at least
retained his adherence to the God OF ms
fathers But however that may he, after
his marriage the whole influence of the
court was in favor of the worship OF
BaaI Jezebel was jealous. imperious,
tyrannical. She refused to tolerate any
religion but that of Baal. Ahab reared
an altar to Baal and openly worshiped
him. His worship was conducted with
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and hide thyself by the

thee eastward. and hide myself by the
brook Cherith.'
The site of this ravine has never been
identified. 1t was probably one OF the
wadies which run into the deep gnoT
or cleft of the Jordan on the eastern slde;
1t may have belonged to Giiead: ana IL
SO there was but little danger OF ms
being discovered by the spies of Ahap.
The needs Of the wandering ARAB are
few. He has been known to suDslst Ior
long time upon water and a few dates.
The brook Cherith would probably De
one of the last that would succumb TO the
drought. And for food. God COMMANDED
the ravens to bring him morning anu
evening both bread and flesh.
OF course. this passage has been the
cause of much discussion. The nlsner
critics insist that the word should De
translated Arabians instead of ravens.
This is not the place for such a discus
sion. However ii was done. IT was IN
the order of Gods providence. and lie
was the doer of it. He prepared place
where His prophet would be SAFE. anu
He provided for his daily needs.
One thing should be noticed: Zoo
works no miracle to prevent the drying
up of the brook Possibly it was among
the last to continue it's flow. but the time
came when it would cease. We see mere
that the people of God must suffer with
the wicked. Elijah tells of a coming
drought Its terrible consequences I'M
peril the lives of both mali and beast.
but as a dweller in Israel lie must feel
some of the consequences and share some
of the inconyeniences of the punishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
MOVEMENTS.

~HE District Union will hold its Feb
III ruary meeting Monday evening a
o'clock in ST Pauls Englisf
Lutheran Church. when a successor to for
mer President e. p Gates will be chosen
There will also be a discussion of The
Lookout Committee-its Scope and the
Needs of Its Work: short talks will be
made by Mrs. Eta NJ Rule and Mr.. A.
g. Grinnell, both of whom are chairmen
of lookout committees. and an open dis
cussion of the subject will follow. Miss
Ethel Larimore of Mount Pleasant Con
gregational Young Peoples Society will
give solo.
The Takoma Park Presbyterian Society
VIII have Union Vice President Davis as
speaker at its "Endeavor day" meet
ins Secretary Gilman will visit the
lexington Presbyterian Society Mr.. P
+: Drury Of the extension department
VIII talk to the Young Peoples Society
or the Fourth Presbyterian Church
*
Calvary Baptist Young PEOPLES Society
will celebrate Christian Endeavor day
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Brock
way Will sing and a. most helpful meet
ing is assured. All interested in En-.
deaVor work will be welcomed
Fourth Presbyterian Intermediate So.
c1ety has chosen Mr.. and Mrs L. P
Johnson as superintendent, and they will
meet with the society tomorrow A fea.
ture of last Sundays meeting of this SO.
clety was an address by Mr. o. b. Brown
on the work of Washington missions.
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Attendance Campaign.

First Presbyterian Church worker
have inaugurated a church attendance
campaign. beginning tomorrow and con-
tinuirg until Easter Sunday. An earnest
effort will be made to identify all the
members of the congregation with the
campaign by securing their Endorsement
Of the following pledge:
believing that it is a duty. As well - a
privilege, to attend all our regular church
services, / hereby pledge. myself
I'D To attend at least one Sunday serv-
Ice each week and the midweek service
whenever possible until Easter Sunday,
April Is. 1911
..C2) To endeavor to induce other church
members to do the same
"C3) To endeavor by prayer o. any othsr
means to win at least one person Tor
Christ and His church before Apr1l Id
1911
The campaign will be condUcted a1one
similar lines in the Sunday echo0a ana
the Christian Endeavor Society.
The church service tomorrow evou
will be under the direction Of the Chyne
tian Endeavor Society and VIII b -
observance OF the thirtieth auntvers8J
Of the Christian Endeavor movement.
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in Hstless idleness At Cherith he may
have wandered at will through its deep
ravines, and at Zarephath he may. at
least by night, have haunted the glades
and heights Of beautiful and deserted
Carmel, which were at no great distance.
Rut while he knew that time was neces-
sary for the drought to do it's work. the
fiery spirit of the prophet must often have
cha fed for the conflict that he knew was
impending.
But the waiting was necessary for
Elijah He had lessons to learn of God.
1t is a lesson that God is teaching all
His children; and it is one that we all
find difficult to learn. The time of wait
ing was, and ever is, a time of prepara-
ton. For Israel it was a preparation
for the return to the belief of their ia
theirs in the one true and living God; for
Elijah it was a revelation of the all-suffi-
cheney of God-He is never in hurry.
but the end is sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
DR.. Radcliffe Resumes Lectures.

In the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church tomorrow evening Rev DIR. Rad
cliffe will resume his Sunday evening
course of lectures upon Our Bible" the
special subject for the evenings discourse
being The Father of the English Bible"
He will speak at length of John Wyclif.
These lectures are attracting general
interest, especially among young men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
EPIPHANY LOTHERANS
BUY BUILDING SITE
Congregation of the Epiphany
Chooses Location at New
Hampshire Avenue and U
Street-WiIl Build
Chapel at Once.

~HE Evangelical Lutheran consre-
XII, CATION of the Epiphany has pur-
chased a building lot on New
Hampshire avenue north of L street Tor
about $4,000, and the plan is to erect on
the rear part of the lot, which fronts on
L street, a chapel to cost in the nelSh-
borhood of $1,000. This will contain an
auditorium to seat about 900 and also
Sunday school rooms The lot has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
The Masters Trial.

THE Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer S
Viewpoint" will be discussed by Repre-
sentative T. r. Ansberry at the Y. NJ.
C. A. meeting for men in the New Ma
tional Theater tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

To a restless spirit like Elijah the three
years and a half of waiting must have
seemed we'll nigh interminable. True, we
cannot suppose that the time was spent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

SchO1aT. tt Is a stUfV OF tHe cU111I1ct
between the true religion and the false.
ON the one side are the king and queen
and apparently an undivided people. On
the other side. one man seemed to stand
alone. The contest was of Gods choos-
ing. and the victory was one that should
ring down the centuries to the end of
time. 1t demonstrated the truth of the
old adage that 'One with God is always
q majority"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
Missionary Worker Coming.

J. T. Henderson, secretary of the lay
mans missionary movement of the
Southern Baptist convention. will be the
principal speaker at the monthly meet
ing of the Mems League of the Fifth
Baptist Church next Wednesday even
ing. His subject is THE Layman's OPP
portunity.'' Representatives from the
other Baptist brotherhoods of the city
will be present All men are welcome
Mr. Henderson will remain in Washing
ton for a short time and Thursday even
ing he will address a mass meeting III
the Fifth Church..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

, mediately previous at IL o'clock i'm the
Little Sd nctuary. The house when mn
ished will be the gift of Mrs. Susan T.
MURRAY and is given In memory OF hei
daughter Miss Mabel Murray.
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5unAuu
By the Late Rev. DR.. Joseph Ed
mund Smith,

American Society Of Religious Education.
oNl6A + enter with this lesson upon
kDltDH{ study of absorbing interest.
~ 1t should receive the undivided
attention of both teacher and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
King Honors Swedenborg-Its Sig.

King Honors Swedenborg-Its Sig
nificance.
King Gustav Of Sweden at the IN
yelling Of Swedenborg's Monument in Up
sala Cathedral, November 10, 191O-Its
Significance will be the subject of Rev.
DR.. Frank SewalI in the New Church,
18th and Corcoran streets northwest, to-
morrow evening.
Ground-Breaking Ceremony.
The ground breaking, ceremony for the
new house of the Bishop of Washington
is to be held at St Adams Tuesday.
Holy communion will be celebrated inn
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co1ored cut-out dolls will be issued
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-25
SAND GLASS COMES
INTO ITS OWN AGAIN
washington News Letter.)


They have snuff boxes on the sem
ate side, they have quill pens and
sand for blotting In the supreme
court room, and now the house of
representatives has fallen back on
the ancient sand-glass as a means for
telling time.
The sand-glass Is not exclusively
used to tell time in the house; 1t is
only utilized as an aid to the presid-
ing officer in apportiontng time for
speeches under the so-called five
minute rule of the house.
The glass was made to order by
specifications furnished by Asher c.
Kinds, whose real job as parliament
tartan is concealed under the title OF
"clerk at the speakers table" II
consists of two long glass tubes, near
ly foot and a half in length, each
one Of which is five minute glass
They are on opposite sides of brass
standard and may be reversed wher
the sand has run into one end, by
turning a knob in the center. The
sand which runs from one end Of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-25
HEALTH CERTIFICATE
MARRIAGES OPPOSED

Lycurgus and his laws for conserv-
ing the physical pre-eminence of
Sparta were all right for that ancient
Greek citadel wherein the congenial-
ly weak were slaughtered, but it would
never do nowadays according to some
OF Gotham's representative club wo-
men. The suggestion of DR.. David
Walsh, scientist of some note on
the other side, made recently to the
Royal Divorce Commission, that mar
riages be regulated by law and re-
quiring that all men and women con-
templating matrimony shall be placed
in possession of a certified report of
the physical defects of his or her in
tended life partner and their family
could never be enforced, they say.
Discussing DR.. Walsh's iconoclastic
idea, which threatens to turn Dan
Cupid into an automatic vending ma
chine for the distribution of health
certificates, Mrs. Lillian Hasbrouck,
prominent club woman, said yester-
day it was impracticabe.
"It will never CO." she said, "be-
cause it is directly opposed to human
nature, human instincts. You can
hurry the flow of the human tide for
ward, but you cannot swim against
| it. Ahat is what DR.. Walsh with his
suggestions would be trying to do