Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-08
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR TODAY

reach Of Israel. In giving him this
direction God assures him that BE-
would there be cared FOR by a widow
Again Elijah promptly and uuhesitat'
Ingly ohcSs the divine command When
be- came otho city. as directed he oh.
served just outside the gate. q widow
gathering sticks he doubtless per.
o,.vcd from her girh That she was
widow. aIi inferred that she was lind
ing fuel fur cooking Thus. he rrcog
ulzcd tu, funlluni o.. Gods promise.
and speaking Go al, woman whose
mousse WIs near The fate. ho asked lor
drink ~ water. o. seems that there
was water in this region. bot q scarcity
Of food. Tho droulh had cat off sup
plies from Israel A. The woman was
-uiug @. bring him the water Elijah
sk,d ALSO fur murscl Uf bread She
must have recognized him. fur ~ 3u.
NcIs As Jehovah thN Gud iy,th "
nus dc,lariug upon oath that shn had
uh e handful ol meal Boo her iut and
little uil in the Crus, SIN, i- n.pkur
% two sticks. for handful Of fuel will
office Tor the little cooking needed
She SAYS in hcr distress that This is
hc last. She aud her son would tfu
sty Ca die Elijah bids her not fear
90 80 ON and make Cor him utll.
cake and bring 10 out. He was perhaps
worse off than she aud God meant tu
uk. care both ot herself and him Up
PROMISES that there viii Doe mo- failure
hat thu meal should not waste nor %,
10 fail until the drouth should come
to au end and the usual natural
sources az supply should again become
active The Wumans faith and Elijah
obedience were hunorcd Tho prophet
remained under her roof some days
/ md los miracle of divine care, tn,
uoal and the oil ,ufiio,d to feed th,
three.
Strange are tho headings of proV
hence. The prophet and thc widow au,
her som were feed. hut the child of 90,
! NUuau got sick The child died. The
mother iu her distress appealed tn th,
uuph,t She booked upou the death of
/ lrr child CO.'S visitation AZ God. ns
I pcraltN fur her sims u was very COM
! non among tho Hebrews and others .,
! .uh upon sickness and death as al
! inc punishment l.iHh doses not stuI
/ Ia explain or argue that point II,
| avs to M, woman. civ, my thy SON
! ~, tuuk th, booty ct the child boz hf
arms and carried him zap into his owi
hlmh,r q seems the widow had pro
,idrd this runm t.r him BOO tho Wpr
! part ui the huus, Elijah laid thl
! hld's body unDn his own bed and thoi
| unurcd out his soul boo prayer H.
| stretched himself upon the Dhild's bod,
ls II Ia impart his own warmth and hf'
w contact with the corpse but hy con
tinucd 20 cry unto God 90 bring hacl
the spark ~ life to the child's fran,
Jehovah heard and granted the .,
quest. The soul NJ the child came hao
again 20 his body. Relieved and rejoi,
ing. Elijah comes down from his room
with the living child In his arms an
presented him to his mother.
OF course. we remember here sever,
other striking instances Of the rcstur
ton of the dead boy divine miracle. Onl
comparatively few such miracles are u
corded Recall those performed D.
Elisha and by Peter. Leaving out ~
own resurrection We think 81 thr,
which Jesus performed Tho htt
daughter Of lairus. the widows sur
md Lazarus. the hro,he. of Maru
and Nuu. were called la.k from doa-
md restored Co. tho.r lowed ONES W
simply accept tho facts JOS th,N 1907. OF
lated They were stUucudous miucl,
, performed ly tho power uf God. %
Creator and granted 90 lls grace
Borrowing ones They served 1~ powr
iul tokens &C tho divine presence tn,
strengthened the faith .f those Vl
Witnessed them. and enabled them
.aar mighty testimony q. thc rwl.'
and ulD, nf Good