The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-09
In the Religious World
A victer With the Blues.

been given He would 80 and fellow
snip IN spirit uith thar other dlsroar
aged servant of God Moses
Leisurely. and vIra mauy ezcar
s.0us Elijah travelled 90 Hore1
spending forty DAYS ln the trip How
De- could enjoy such desoia-e s-
roundiHgs only lovers 90 The cr.e.
know This was his native ar
Here, rather than On palaces was
bis home Ia the wilderness II arr
where, Elijah must SET h.s ucssaEa.
from God To him tbe sparse cau
thorn, the alnty gray desert faa G
tant red rocks. were 5eg-,ul sf
nas a. home 10 tae tastres- N-a
real relief DE took up h.s 'oaseg +.
cave In The holy mountain
All the while. E'ia5 oss sgTe--
Ing with the familiar prophet ua.
ads. loneliness He saw toa r..H o.
himself luErow.ug se.feos. .c-s-
ness had attacked ru i-c rss..t
a newspaper. aud intercourse vts
fellow servants of God Tae prophet
who keeps out ~ touch v'- L.s Poi
lows sins against his cNa soul sam
Jones once said 90 a. OHIO audience.
You sisters are dear old .aiass bur
you are no. posted Thar IS what
allied Elijah. as Z, a.,s myriad ei
lugGer,o4s and p1s-isa % saints ~
our OWL dar he Ras nor posted
He did Ic, know VIA. cod was dc.
INK or what forces ;he Lord had u1-
der Hls banner Ns1v lonely
Christians farm would re re.uye-
mated tv Attendance upon a reltE
ions convention or conference There
can te TOO much q; any good thing
an there wss 700 much ~ tze vii
deruess for E.Uah for BE himself
eulket too large IL The Landscape
An obJee, Lesson Cor Elys-.
There Is implied ren-ae p Che sim
pie fac, that che prophet veo had
himself been given am object lesson
O., Gods greatness. had himself &c
be- taught 81 object lesson For Ell
iah had no sooner settled comfort
ably In his cave than ,ha voice o.
Jehovah came % him. saving I0y
.ngly. as q were Wen how aros,
q, Elijah What uov ,'
Whereupon the unconscious ego
asm OF a strong ua1 enzrosseG IL
himself and III his work burst for'h
Il have been very Jealous for the
Lord God O, hosts for 'he children
o. Israel have torsaken Thy cove
nant, thrown doE1 Thine affairs
and slain Thy prophets with the
sword and I. even Only an -et.
ard they seek ny .te 20 take 80
aRay"
That sounds familiar 7, seems ~
ne ! have often heard that p-iggtsh
phsrisalcal I. even I only am left,
a good many times. There are whole
groups % us Christians who have sa
little sense OF propor,ion-or OF
humor-that we think the Lord
would be in sorry way q 81 rere
not FOR rs We are sure the Church
as well as the times are decadert
and that We few are he saving rem
nant Which means that ne are no.
posted" our ego has got In fro5t
OF our eyesight, hinderinE our vi
sion"
Bidding the sel,-ceutered prophet
stand on the mount. God gave aim
an object lesson. which has passed
into a familiar figure OF speech Tn
succession there passed 5y a mighty
wind an earthquake and a FIRE. but
the Lord was 10, In any % them.
Then came the suil small voice. and
To- that was the voice % God Now.
as then and ever. the ulgh'iest in
fuences are the quie,est--tho
growth % the vegetable kingdom
the shining % The sun, the rise o,
the tides. the development % the
human VIII and mind There are
purposes today forming all unsus-
pected. IN individual human hearts.
which may eventually mean more %
the world than this great war itself
The voice o; God II The spirit OF mar
is unheard By he nearest person.
bat Il Il the greatest force n TIE
universe
The Knight Grants 5lun5sr.
Picturesque beyond most figures
Is that o, the knight srrant, riding
alone 20 champion whatever wrongs
he may encounter Elijah was
sort Of knight errsn, 20 God He
worlded alone A wiitern ess type.
he felt no need % people. Nov, IL
Mount Horeb, he Vas Fvsn lis lee