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49, -. February o. 1872.
unto death and will give thee
crown Of INSTRUMENTATION H. 10.
fiijnh Taken Up Into Heaven.
!" IN" events OF Eiijah's carcc, =.
Few and Isolated. one was now added
Ii,at surpassed them all. lie was
ceht upon conserving his reforms be-
Tore leaving the world. This could
pest be done by confirming the faith
"i Young prophets. So he Undertakes
Il Iast Visit Ia the prophct--communi :
,ies There Is something touching
IN the firm adhesion OF Elishu In
Elijah !, reminds one OF Rmth's
,nntrea' me not to leave thee" 4.
~ Is instructive with the dying to
wish TO bestow Il gift the value Of
which Is increased by the circum-
sane, SO Elijah said: Ask what I
requests only what would III him to
be the prophets SUCCESSOR, a double
portion OF Elijah's spirit. No, thrice
Will f.lJah had. that would be in
"raGruo'S. i II as IL Elisha had said
IL Is TO be parting gift, token
~ once OF your love aud helm
!ul 10 me IN my Office. then give me
the double portion of an elder son.
twice as much of the prophetic shirt
as any of the younger prophets"
Elijah answered: You have asked "A
nara ,iard thing. for do not know what
the Lords will is But let's mt /,
in the Lords own hands in this
way: Now. | do not know how am
20 icaNc the world, whether vislbIy or
III an unseen manner. II IN the for
mcr manner so that YOU ACTUALLY sc,
me when go, then take 1t as the
lords own token that your request
Is GRANTED. Any attempt AT de-
scrlpti"n Of this superlativc event
leads Ia exaggerated rhetoric. The
lhnsuagc or Scripture. brief and
graphic. Is "a chariot of fire and
horses of fire parted them asunI.r
, ana Elilah went up by whirlwind
of Israel! IIorsernan thereof" An
eritaph without u tombstone rho
nrst part expressive of the tender re-
ia'inn between The two men |, is
as II Elisha had said: "Ah. see thee
bE That sign am the eldest Of thy
prophetic sons. SO by the Lords own
token mine Is the double portion"
The second part of the cpitaph
tclls with Oriental picturesgucucss
what the Tishbitc was TO Israel Tho
chariot was the stronger arm Of mill
tnry service in that day. Such II
chariot WAS Elijah. With Irresistible
power he had hurled himself into the
ranks OF idolatry, dycing the Kishon
With the blood az 100 alien priests
IN" guards at the palace OF .Iezrcel
lowered their arms as this chario, OF
wrath swept into the thron"-roum TO
announce To guilty royalty the judg-
ments Of God. ON Carmcl's top. In
Nah"ih's vineyard. in Ahaziah's sick
'IhUi 'h'' where, always T.llJln
had hurled himself against evil OF
every form like the chariot Of war
he was,
Under the study Limp.
"Footfails ON the Boundary Of An
other World" was the winning title
OF book Of the last generation. /,
proved def collection OF alrcady
tam!lihrly known phenomena The
Bible FAR better deserves tina, title
Among the many incidents witch IL
contains none brings us closer to the
nonndhry than tho translation Of
Elijah. II was the most glorious.
significant. JOYOUS event which the
world bcfOr" tn" time of Christ had
seen The dying. out Of consider
alton for their watchers, often. en-
treat them TO leave them and sakc
som" needed rest. Just az often the
watchers In terms like Elisha's re-
spond Ms the Lord livcth will not
leave thee" and so 10 the very boun-
dnrT oi The other world the living 20
with the diving. =. The heart err vcs
evidence Of the world beyond. The
Of courS" but these are found insuni-
Client cicero reasoned we'll OF i'm
mortality. hut all his arguments
could not assuhgc his grief when his
looking at the long line Of sepulch-al
inscriptions in the Vatican Museum
on" IS ready 10 cry ''Mournfu' mar
nlcS II reveals the blank despnir
OF Elijah breaks In upon the natural
and impcnctrablc gloom stipcriu-
du"cd h% the greatest mystery and sor-
row OF human experience. n vivid. ire
"iStlhI" argument for the existence OF
another world " This ascension
stresses also the value OF the human
nody. IN" tendency To deprcciatc
me Importance Of the physical frame
Thea then" doctrine that evil inhcrits
IN matter. Th" Inference 10 that tho
spirits separation from the body is OF
me nature of an emancipation. The
tendency now is - assert the imrne-
date rccloth!ng Of tho spirit with
new body suited to the sphere In
which 1t ~ To move. over against
me morbid depreciation OF the body
there is II late and heaithful dlsposi-
tl"n TO assert the Wilderness OF man
ana Ia appreciate the body as an in
tecral part of that Wilderness The
rcciprocal influence of mind and body
hISo ~ better understood. Physical
culture, l'elSarte. calcsthenics. die
tcticS, sanity in Ventilation. slcep
dress and recreation. the tabooing of
sickness and kindred subjects ms mat.
consider morhidiy symptoms and
petty ailments. all tends 10 the re-
a.u''ion 81 discas" and the promo
T r,%m t Of ,longsyity and happiness.
Moses, Elijah and Jesus as entering
heaven with their bodies puts strong
accent ur"n the dignity. Importance
ana worth "f the human body.
Analysts and Key.
Climactcric Event. E,iiah's Trans
lation.
Elishas Firm Adhesion
E!!Jah.s Question: Parting Gift.
Elisha's Wise Choice.
Double Portion oE Eldest Sons.
question Left to Divine Decision.
rest Favorable: Prophet Seen.
Father" wy
II Thy Eldest Son: Double Portion
Mine"
Chariot! liorscman Of Israeli"
Epitaph Without IL Tombstone.
Present-Day Applications.
Does death end all?" "If a man
die, shall he live ugain?" still the i'm
pcrativc question The world war
mas taken such n toll Of life and LETT
Sach a host of bcrcaved that the prob
lem OF future life is more insistcnt
man ever The lOpinu nf