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tat PELQUfMANy WEKAIjY. ' rUSftfFWJ, N 0, FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1950 PAGE NINK- 'pw err-" I pern International Sunday School Lesion for August 6th, 1959 " Memory Selection: "How long go ye limping between, the two aides T If the Lord be God, follow him." I Kings 16:21. . ' . . Lesson Text: I Kings 18: 30-39. : Highly dramatic is the lesson for this week. Spectacular are the scenes ; in the- drama enacted from life as they . are retold in living words. ' Approximately seventy-five years had elapsed since the division of the Kingdom of Israel. Judah had been ruled bv several kings and, at this " time, by Jehosaphat Israel had seen several dynasties and seven kings un til Ahab's day and all of her leaders had been false to Jehovah. The start! toward national heresay began with Jeroboam, the first king of Israel, who set up golden calves for political rea , sons and these had led to' idolatry and the abandonment of the worship of Je hovah. Ahab was even more wicked than his predecessors and had for his' mate , the : , Phoenician ? princess, Jezebel, whose name had become synonmous with wickedness. She, at least, was vigorous and arduous in the support of her pagan gods and goddesses. Her influence with the king was such that the priests of Baal were supreme and 7 the priests of Jehovah had been kill ed, scattered, or were in hiding from the royal wrath. Into the scene comes a strange, mystic f igure-that of a rugged priest, emerging out of the wilds east, of Jordan, dressed, in skins and contrast ing sharply with the luxury and vice of the capital. . Before the amazed court of Ahab,- Elijah stalks, repre sentative of the ancient Israelitish Je hovah and, in words which were to be long remembered, foretells the drought of several years:' There shall not be due nor rain these years but accord ing to my word." IFrom then on, the land thirsted for" water. - During! this great suffering, Elijah remained in seclusion. At length the time came for the final act and Elijah went back into Israel. , Encountering Obadiah, a member of the court circle and a faithful, though timid, believer in Jehovah, Elijah sent word to Ahab to meet him. The Wng came, greeting the pro phet with the query: "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" How often do human beings attribute their suffer ings' to unreal causes t How human it is to relieve ourselves from respon sibility for disaster! But Elijah points out the real trouble: "I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy fath er's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments, of the Lord." Then Elijah proposed a contest with the forces of evil. He suggested that the king summon the priests of Baal - to Mount Carmel where a ' contest could demonstrate which god was the greatest The king agreed and, on the appointed day, there gathered 450 priests of Baal - to oppose the lone . 'What a climax this scene . repre sents?' Evil enthroned and in power r but about to be dethroned by. one brave, faithful and daring'spokesman for Jehovah. Elijah placed the issue squarely up to the people assembled: "How long halt ye between opinions,? If the Lord be God, follow him," oth erwise if Baal be god, follow him.' The contest was carried out. Every student of the, Bible .. knows, the de tails. The! priests, of Baal were given every opportunity to. demonstrate the power of their god. They prayed but their prayers were unanswered. Then Elijah took over and," after, preparing his altar and navjng we wood tnereon thoroughly wet he prayed to God and God answered his prayer by sending lightning, from the, akyg to consume ' the offeting.V ;i i , -T't Elijah, was. full of faith. He knew : the righteousness of his cause and did not hesitate to challenge into battle the hostsj of ignorance superstition and idolatry, The .world needs more of this great faith and courage today. Too often the forces of evil go unre- ' ; buked because the representative of - God lack sufficient faith to stage, the ".contest. . ' - 4 '.iK-.', i - -4 : v .'if., , y f BE A CUTTER ciiur.cri , . .i 4 iiirzr r, jay- It' (f l M " si's ..CM jo You would not think of putting children like ll J Att . . . K aui run the Qnnai lsttinf them drift wberror wind and wave chose to carry them, No, you'ro not that kind of a parent ! But let's look at life as your children will face it Ufa ia an open sea upon which today's young people must embark. The winds often will beitroMand.twjBM wibf voyage will be far safe if the, rudder tntlj oars of proper spiritual training have been given them. fifteen million boys and; girts are growing up in homes that pay no attention to and hays no part in the Church or in religious education. These children are drifting I The Church makes life safer for young and old alike. 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