Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-15


ship. / Kings rs: 80.
COldsn Tsai-This l. The victory tina
hat overcome the world, even our faitl
John ): 4
Scripture lesson. I Kings ~: s0.39.
So A.hab sen; unto all the children q
l. ael. and gathered the prophets 10
g, Their unto mount Carmel n And ri
Sab came near unto all the people. an,
said. How long you limping betweer
ne two sides? u Jehovah be God. FOL
iov him but 10 Baal then follow him
And the people answered him not a
p0ri 20 Then said Elijah unto the peo
rln ! even ! only avn lott prophet II
Jehovah hu' RAILS prophets are four
ndrrd ma fifty men. % Let them
therefore give rs two hullpCks. and let
Them choose one bullock Tor themselves
ard cut % on pieces and las u on the
od aud pat uo fire under. and I will
dress tho other bullock and lay Il on
rla wo,d and put n1 fro under "a And
,all vc on The name ~ your god and
! win call on the name ~ Jehovah. and
no God thar answered. by fire. let
him De- God Aud all the people answered
and said % ,s well spoken
30 And Elijah Siid unto an the pee.
re. Come near unto me-; and an the
4, ople came near unto him And he
rcnairsd the altar of Jehovah that was
thrown down
% And Il cam" Co PASS IA mo time
q the offering ~ tho evening ohlation
that Elijah the prophet came near and
sald. q Jehovah. The God ~ Abraham. ~
o. .ac. and ~ Israel lot D. De- known
this day that thou art God in Israel ana
hat am thy servant and tnot ! have
done al these things 10 ihy word
90 Hear me Jehovah hear me. that
this people may know that thou. Je
hoyah. art God and that taou hast turn
cd THEN heart back again IS Then the
f.e Of Jehovah fell. ana consumed the
burnt Offering and the wood. and the
stones. and the dust ana licked up the |
water that was IN the trench 80 Aud !
when all the pcopl" SAW It they fell on !
q IN faces. and they said jehovah BE-
s. Cod Jehovah, he is God.
Introduction. Eliuh's denunciation |
concerning the drought was terribly ul. I
filled For three Ing and painful ycars /
"a, land hay waste and iruitl'ss und :
a terrible drouih What Ahab thought |
and suffered during these years can be-
iw aglned what the pcopl, endured ID
al iost beyond thinking God had cared
i1i Elijah u may be- he was s,il az
III house ~ the widow of Zirophath 1
TT. f"'nrd simply siys. u was after
many days, the Implication being that
~ jih had remained az The place where
" lef' him Now The scene changes
God no doubt had intlmntod 20 the
=. ,nhc, that the time 10 end the drouth !
had come Now the effects 81 this chas
'ening upon the people must b, brought /
out. Elijah is ready Tor the new turn .
Ia affairs
!. Eilah and Obadiah a Kings ls:llj .
To the waiting prophet the word /
Ia ncs that rain viii slon Doe sent. and
.hlggs must hc brought 90 an issue
God commands Elijah 20 go 20 the oapI
tai. S,maria. and show himself o. Ahab
The steward over Ahab's household was
a good man. obadiah. who had used
bic position o. protect the prophets of /
Jehovah whom Jczebe had CIVILIZED and /
perhaps treated worse This one man !
lad cared Tor one hundred
As Elijah was coming down from
lc,r Sidon he met this officer ~ King I
lhab Obadiah recognized the prophet
ud did obeisance Elijah promptly tells
obadiah 90 let Ahab know OF his pres
nee. Obadiah knew how Ahlb hated
3.Jlh and feared him H. enraul
lon being i:ie bearer ui su,u iIUurs
,hab had been hooking fnr Elijah -v'N
her, boz order % eill him. and now II
JuadIah should Ten the king whore o.
I'D Elijah aud the prophet should sud
enly disappear. "a, angry king would
robably shay obadiah himself There
Ipon Elijah promises not 90 disappear
90 to show himself 10 the king
n Elijah aud ,hab 1s.l6.sU.
Reassured hy Eljah's statement
badiah took the message to Ahab and
be- King at once came 90 meet Elijah.
nd charge RIM with BEING the troublct
Israel. Elijah promptly and hravcly
.,orts that b was not hc who had
rought trouble upon Israel hut Ahah
.ms't ana his family in that they nd
ned from Jehovah and become wut
iipcrs OF Baal
Elijah proposes 'o 'hc king 20 gather
great assembly OF the whole people
! Nj Carmel and that the prophets
Bsal o. the number of $50 and thu
'uuhets ~ Ashcruh % the number oi
- should hr assembled with the people
Carmel From what Elijah SAYS IN
rise 2. IL is little uncertain wheth
N, 900 prophets ~ Ashcnh actual
came with The $50 prophets ct Baal
These fails" prophets throughout the
nd We're gathered In a great assembly
NJ Carmel u WAS wonderful
ace. The mountainous region jutted
4 into the sea- toward the northwest.
) the suu'heas Day the beautiful vale
Jezreel The group az Balls proph
: were probably assembled together
boz, om W uant th, representatives.
Israel stood 700 great crowd Then
iiah sppos and addressing the mul
ude said o. The people How long
o. Won gning lame between the two
irsf' u was striking figure They
30 no' iclUNiur Jehovah with right
voi.cr M ye' bid they wholly given
over Ca Baal Elijah with the
wcl % "a tru, orator calls attention 90
.nselt a. alou against $50 prophets OF
o. ~ aas au impressive sight. hut
q gland man ~ Cod had prepared him
: iusj what was coming 80 Elijah
opos.s hai M test and decision
ould nos, Boz made Each side should
cparc sacrifice nd ay the bullccks
o1 ihe altar with wood but no fire
The sight Of the King and Of the PEG
: Elijah De- aired that the God VIII
sv red hs Gre. consuming the sacri-
p laid out should hc accepted. Thu
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