Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-30

said:
Text. Kings IL. ivs2ss rs II well with
thee7 Is II we'll with thy huzband3 IL It
well with thy chndT'
Fifty-threo miles north OF Jerusalem.
eight miles from Tabor and four miles
from Jezreel, there once stood the famous
and unfortunate city Of shunam. situated
in one Of the most beautiful spots on the
globe. surrounded by olive orchards and
fields OF waving grain. with babbling
springs and shaded groves, an ideal
place for an IDEAL homo, and In that city
there was such home, presided over by
one OF the famous women Of antiquity.
Elisha, the prophet. used to pass this
homo on his way 20 Mount Carmel and
back again to the schools OF the prophets
at Jericho, OF which he was the head
and there was something in his actions
that led this woman 10 conclude that he
was a man of God, for she said one day
to her husband;
II perceive that a man OF God is passing
by Us continually"
Women are OF keener perception when
Il comes to things spiritually and NOR
ally than are men
1 perceive that probably her husband
was too busy running the bank. OF the
farm, or 'balled up in politics I per
ceivs he had no time TO think Of bring
ing any influence beneath his roof that
might be a moral or spiritual upiift to
himself or his wife or his children.
Laid Dead BOY Upon EIishA's BED.
There was IN that family an only
child. and can see him out In the field
where his father was with the roapers
and the hot sun Of the Oriental country
beat down on his head and the boy
brew his hands 20 his head and cried:
MY head! Ny head My head"
And the father said {, tho servant:
Carry tho lad 10 his mother"
And they bore min % the house
And then. TO my mind, occurs one OF
The saddcst statements found upon the
pages OF the Old Testament. He sat
upon>his mothers knee until noon, and
then be died.
Broken-hearted she carried him Nd.
stairs and laid him upon the bed OF the
man OF God; then turning TO the young
men. her servants, she said 10 them.
Saddle mo q beast and drive on"
Down yonder 3. Mount Carmel was tho
nan Of God who. she believed. had power
o bring to life the dead child.
But there on the highway was the
mother with her heart breaking: down
there IN the homo at shunam was the
boy lying on tho bed of tho man OF God,
dead-and you have the picture
And they went on and Elisha looked
down the road and saw them coming.
and he said 70 Gehazi. who was sort OF
= private secretary;
"YoDder comes the shunamite. 1 wish
t1Fn snrh ~ ,.s.~ 4
brings her hither."
And oehazi ran down the ROAD and
met her and saluted her I'm the words
OF my text:
rs IL well with thee? Is Il well with
thy husband7 Il II well with thy chiid?''
She answered after the manner OF the
Eastern salutetion:
Tits WE'LL"
She drew near to the man of God. dis
mounted from the beast. fell upon her
knees, throw her arms about him and
went.
dahazi. possibly thinking her insane.
uapao, seized her by the shoulders and by
sheer force was about to drag her away,
when the prophet OF God put out his
hand and stopped him. and said.
DO not 30 rudely use her. The poor
wonan's soul Is vexed and troubled
within her and God has not revealed TO
roe the cause Of her sorrow"
sky-PilOt when Hearts break.
Then he turned 20 the woman and
asked her why she had come and why
she wept. She told him her boy had
died and believed by what she had seen
and learned OF him AZ he had been q guest
In her home. that he walked close with
God, and II there was anybody In all the
nation that she believed had power with
God. Il was that same man. and she
made that trip TO have him help her.
Yes. sir. when your heart Is breaking
the first man you want TO set under
your roof Is the preacher, the man that
walks close 10 God.
You don't want the dancing master
then. nor the saloon keeper. nor the card
prize winner.
When your hearts are breaking you
want somebody that keeps In touch with
God. Then you win send for the sky
pilot.
She said;
My boy is dead and want you 10 go
back and help me and bring him to life
agakl."
And Elisha said to GehaEi;
"Gehazi. here. you take my staff and
20 lay that on the dead child that he
may live
I don't know. but l have always
thought that God told him TO do that,
What We want Is a personal touch
there is too much OF this other business
1 think one OF the curses OF tkc church
today seems 10 be a perpetual sign hang
ing from the pew:
''Wanted--A recipe whereby our work
can be accomplished by proxy"
And they think II they drop a check n
the plate they are realised from any
responsibility and RbsOlved from anS
necessity for doing anything for God.
She said
Il want you TO so with me-
And Elisha said to GehaEi:
Go lay the staff on the dead child
that he may live"
But she chung to him weeping and
said;
AS the Lord God liveth ana az my
sou iiveth will not let thee go"
And she compelled the man Of God
70 accompany her home He pui
everybody out OF the room. out OF the
house. he walked into the chambel
where the dead boy was lying on the
bed. and We ara told he spread him
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