ELIJAH'S FLIGHT 1 Kings 19:1 "A still small voice comes through the wild, Like a father consoling his fretful child, Which banisheth bitterness, wrath and fear, Saying, ‘Man is distant, but God is near."' - TEMPLE THE misgiving which, joined to his ascetic dislike of cities, made Elijah stop his... [ Continue Reading ]
ELIJAH'S DESPAIR 1 Kings 19:4 "So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself, My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest." - Samson Agonistes. WHAT are the causes which may driv... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY 1 Kings 19:5 "Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance, and my God." - Psalms 42:11 "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 1 Kings 19:9 "Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance." - Sir 48:7. THROUGHOUT the Scriptures infinite care is taken to preclude every notion that the Most High God can be represented in visible form. He manifested H... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CALL OF ELISHA 1 Kings 19:19 "The one remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light alone remains, earth's shadows flee." - SHELLEY WHETHER Elijah saw or saw not all that God had meant by the revelation at Horeb, much at any rate was abundantly clear to him, and the path of new duties la... [ Continue Reading ]