Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-02

place OF tbs dramatic contest was Mt
Carmel tsre map and the umc prob
ably T. G. .U6
e ENjahs Preparation w. 3o5s
On Carnsys eFowa now svarrna count
WIN one urtVe ssgul 60 stand far God
'tls. -; millions 10 tNe ~vsUg
.-0votee L Taylor.
Elijah gave tho t5o prophets OF naAl
And the 100 priests Of the groves ~,
49, every advantage possible thai he
Nigh. the more clearly uBmask their
error and make more slEaal taclr dc.
feat Their fTcuslod crlos ard SELF
iajury continued fruttlrsFly uatll 90
=. w. Then Et!Aa ANNOUNCES the De.
tails whlch wvrp To remove all possible
doubt an 10 w 80 champion be waa or
~ao r. 10 susaer his petition. tAt he
calls the people too ether tF 3Ql draw
les hem nigh 10 God ard challenging
taetv gEdgv ,.lrtl Asteat}pu after Ac Goa
fusion produced by the priests and
their CONSIDERATION over thc.r defeat
tbi lie constructs TIE altar trv,
.n4lg Auy trle and lsstlas rriortaA
tiua r@et begin at the a.tArs oG God
EeHtcro oEe tn tho heart. tho home
ard church and there " 10 return In
al unliy and strength Note Ellgahs
tut,sseace 4paa aa undivided nation.
e. suggested ~ tho "iue!sc stoncs
vhte aAy lasting reformation mgs,
s~Eia In the Individual heart, Ft.h &;
81 Is true ard ErHg,ge II Will vcFk Il
Helt cat IL the r.tsnt. Israel shall be
shy aaEs TIE "priaco tAas prevails
vita God. whp had wrousht for thvit
fathers. ~ho answered jacob prayer,
liz uu~ about to saaarr EltIah, This
altar uas rot constructed As a menu.
meat to Departed uEe. nor Tor the or.
HAaeatAtGua ~ the hoase Of God, IL
was ga Gods EFSt cathedral aai tcr
hsa glory aioae Oa tAIa altar Elijah
pa - his sacrifice
Again Israel ts 10 prev sil eveF i.s
eacgaass. this time those RttAia. NOT
lhosss 'rom Wsthc9I So lie covered
tA~ altar IVY - "a &. pourcd "a
Ter atap u TO remove all possible &C,
casatgaa Il fraud or tytc&ary, The
trrG,h as great 40 ~gu.d coatAla t~a
measures Of seed 49,. a. Ia equivalent
to- All gallons, Three t.ases water Nas
tAkeu ggugn the ElylnE. stlA Towing
81 tats place. aal poured ugou th"
altar. tWelyn !Ars IN all again symool.
!x.ES tho tNclSe tribes.
u. Euiahs Prayer. w. 3s.5f The
"a 4
thru4sh prayer his desired blessing
Though lis purpose MAS that this PEG
rls mAy know that thou Lord art God. ."
Ills prayer wae la Addressed to
God ,bi Grounded upua experience,
that u Abraham Isaac and Jacob "
tct II MAS Tor cts purpose. the honor
az that uAmss ga II was 10 sanction
his ayt ia calling forth the drought
ulau Israel as a punishment for the
siEs q princes, priests aad psoplc.
t.4 1t waa founded upon the ~ord OF
JvhaYAh. To corrob0rate and 10 affirm
VAS for the conversion ot the people.
that their hearts might be turned back
Ia Jehovah once mere,
El3iah. the man Of faith. staked his
all apon the Word OF God. liz gave
himself W wholly TO the plans and
purposes Of God. and relied explicitly
upon the ooveEAat.ke keeping God.
~. 6od's Power, w. $40. We are
confident Elijah had never seen IRE
fall and that he must have realized
the awful catastrophe Involved II II
did not fall Yet he fearlessly makes
MS plea aud the Ere fell. Il was not
an accidental stroke OF lightning. God.
the creator. worked upon the laws OF
nature, his servant. and wrought con.
fusion 60 his enemies. 1t would be a
strange God and father who could not
use his own laws and creation to pro
duce a moral effect
The abundance OF proof vas that
not only the Offering. but the water
and the very stones Of the alta. we're
consumed Rlsklng all, all Is won.
What we need everywhere Is men
Who will follow in Ehiahs steps in
order that the FIRE CT Gcd may come
upon US There remained no longer
any doubt. God is God. Baal 10 sham.
SO they fell on their faces" yet in
spite Of the victories Of God men to-
day refuse to render unto him like
obedience and worship.
Compare in this connection the FIRE
az Gods holy spirit which came upon
the apostles and believers at Pentecost
and the resultant convicting power
convincing TIE people Of jerusalem
that the ergciHea Chrift vsa tie son