Guarded and
Kept
Elijah, the Prophet. Crtrrveil During tha
Yer f.l Famine.
STORY nY THE "HIGHWAY AND
BYWAY" PREACHER
(l ijilKlil,li, liy llm Author, W.H. Kil.-cm )
Scripture A 11 Lliorl ty. ! Kings 17
mill I (Mil verso of CMiuptor 18.
X
? SERMONETTE.
Elijah lived In the spirit and ?
H confidence of the One Hundred X
j and Twenty-first Pcalm. During y
all these terrible three years X
J while King Ahab and his cm- t
h issarles scoured the land and sift- X
Jed the nations round about ocek- r
Ing In mad rage for the prophet j.
J that they might kill him as they J
had killed all the priests of the 4.
J Lord upon whom they could lay T
their hands, Elijah rested safe- X
X ly and peacefully under the T
j shelter of the Almighty. No evil X
4. could come to him, for God's
hiding places are beyond man's t?
4 power to find, and God's re-
J sources for supplying the needs 4-
f of the body are Infinite.
X There were only two things 4-
i
the prophet needed to do in
order to bring himself within the 4-
sphere of God's perfect care.
J To OBEY and to WAIT.
Obedience made him the bear- 3.
er of an unwelcome but need
ful message. He dared to speak X
the truth, even to the king. It r
T l not honeyed words the world
X needs, but the burning words of
God's Judgment on sin and his X
J call to righteousness. f
Obedience made for the
prophet powerful enemies who 1
sought his life, but obedience X
Jalso made certain the unfailing
. friendship of God. If
X Obedience made him a fugl-
T tlve and drove him from the fbl-
X lowship of man, but it also won X
for him the fellowship and hos.
pltallty of God. j
J And having obeyed, he waited. &
f Perhaps this is the hardest T
$ test to which the servant of God
can be subjected.
X To push boldly into the pres- ?
T ence of the king and bluntly J
give God's message took cour-
7 . . L.
r age, out to wait, Just wait, dur- T
l. Ing the weeks and months while ?
Cod's word was being fulfilled;
to wait, juot wait, while the do- 4-
vourlng drought wasted the
land; to wait, Just wait, until j
God spoke, even though the
angry king had decreed vour ?
J death and was sending his sol- X
diers to take you; there Is where
the real testing cornea; there is X
where sublime faith is needed T
to keep one steadfast.
To wait on God is to make cer-
tain that you do not miss the J
only door of escape to God's shel- T
tering care. Elijah waited even X
until the king had spoken th? T
sentence of death upon him, ?
even until the shadow of the ex- T
ecutioner had fallen across the
doorway of his humble dwelling, T
and then God bade him go to
the brook Cherlth. j
It pays to obey God and then
to wait, for "He will not suffer i
X thy foot to be moved; he that
S keepeth thee will not slumber."
THE STORY.
FULL three months hud passed and
no mill. The ground was jia rclitl
and dry, and even tho choice pasture
IhiuIh of King Aliuh begun to fall, ho
thut tho herdsmen von anxIoiiHly
questioning whither they should turn
to find good food and water for their
Hocks and bonis.
Only that morning the head keeper
over the sheep had arrived with re
LAW'S STERN GUARDIAN HANDY
"Cop" Feared Statesmen Were on
Verge of Physical Encounter.
A scone that was more than farcical
occurred in the house of commons last
session, according to London M. A. P.
Two of the most respectable menibors
of tho house wore seen with their
coats off, and with a staid old police
man standing between them.
The two hud been downstairs to
wush their hnnds, and by some mis
chance hud changed coats. Thoy
went Into tho .house together. One
of them, putting his hand into his
coat poclce-t, pulled out an old briar pipo
of very strong lluvor. U was not his.
lie looked ut tho cout, also that of his
neighbor, and, turning to his friend,
said .-
"Excuse hie, hut. I think you havp
pit', on my coat."
"I beg your pardon; I have done
nothing or the Rind.'.'
'' think," replied the other pnrlla-
ports of the growing soverliy of the
drought, and Obndlah, the governor of
the royal household, had takon the
king word, Ahab llHtenod wit h trou
bled heart to the disquieting reports.
The lumen skies and, the parching
ground had not escaped his eyes even
In the beautiful palace grounds at
.Jozroet, and tho laugh of- scorn with
which ho had dismissed the prophet
KIIJ11I1 three months before had given
place lo one of apprehension and fear.
No rain had fallen since then. Would
the word of this "crazy Tlshhltn," as
he called him, really come true.'
What, would three years bring forth,
when already hut. three months had
passed ami the land was even then
beginning to feel the lack of rain?
Ahab asked himself these questions
as ho sal alone after dismissing his
servant, and then rising Impatiently
he went to I lie window and looked out.
How cruel the sun seemed as he
poured IiIh withering heat upon the
earth. Mow brazen and empty tho
sky. Me searched Its blue, clear
depths from horizon to zenith In a
sort or desperate hope that he might
discover some vagrant, cloud which
would give promise or the needed
rain.
"Can the word of this uncouth (Jlleud
Ite shut up the heavens that, thoy give
no rain?" he angrily exclaimed.
"And Is my lord tho king content
to suffer such u low-horn fellow to
trouble him?" spoke a voice behind
him. There was a cruel, harsh con
temptuous ring to the words as they
fell with accentuated Intensity, and
Ahab turned suddenly to look Into
the beautiful face of his wife Jezebel.
"Let Dual our god drink the blood
of this pestilential fellow," she con
tinued, with an air of decision, and
then as though the only question
which remained to be settled was the
manner ol cariylug out her decree of
death, she added:
"Let the servants of the king he dis
patched at once to seize the prophel,
and I will see that the prophets of
Maal are prepared to receive him. it
will he a great day for Israel, and
Israel shall know that Maal Is god,
indeed, and that he knoweth how to
destroy those who are his enomleii."
"Hut suppose the God of lOIIJah had
shut up the heavens and was mightier
than the god UaalV" questioned Ahab,
a rising fear taking possession of his
hearh-
"Woulsl thoy leave the worship of
Haul to serve the Clod of this wander
lug Tlsliblte?" contemptuously de
manded Jezahei. "Are not the gods
angry with us because such a pesti
lential fellow is suffered to trouble the
land, and will not ndn come when tho
affront to Maal Is wiped out with his
blood?"
"Perhaps," admitted Ahab.
"Nay, not 'perhaps,' but Tor a truth.
Wilt thou not send and search for
this fellow?" Jezebel pleaded In soft
er, quieter mood, and by way of re
enforcing her appeal she threw her
beautiful arms about . his neck and
looking Into his eyes, she whispered,
softly: "Where Is there more glorl
ous king limn thou? Me king Indeed
In thine own land, lie who dares to
spoak curses upon the land let him
reel the king's displeasure."
"Thou hast spoken well, I verily be
Hove," exclaimed Ahab, yielding him
seir to the charm or those eyes and
that, face, for long since had this beau
tirttl hut wicked woman gained com
plete ascendancy over him and she
knew how by her wiles to cosnpletelv
dominate both tho political and the
religious atmosphere or Israel. It was
her Intlttonce which had established
tho worship of Maal so completely
upon Israol, and It was she who was
now ready to boldly and fearlesslv
take Issue with the prophet or the
Lord and bring hint to an accounting.
And so it came to pass that day ere
the sun hud set that messengers of tho
king were speeding here and there In
search of the prophet till jab. They
had traced his movements rrom the
time or his meeting with Ahab through
tho various places he had visited since
then and came at last to the dwell
ing In a little village where it was
mentarlan. "this Is your pipe; and If
you put your hand Into the right
hand pocket of tho coat you are wear
ing you will find a 0Kttl. cn80
"Dear mo!" was the reply, "you
certainly are right. What shall
we do?"
"We cannot change in the house,"
observed the first, member. "Let us
go Into the division lobby."
Hero Is where the policeman cemo
In. Seeing the two facing one an
othor. and, at the same time taking
off their coats, tho policeman feared
tho worst. He rushed up, and placing
a hand on the shoulder of each, said;
"Cent lemon! (lentlemen!. Not here,
Jeans."
How Combination Works.
"Take rum and honey for colds,"
1e a doctor's advice. Tho honey will
kill' the taste of the runt and tho rum
wlJJ kill tho -remembrance of the grip
cold.
said that the prophet had takon lodg
ment. To tho insistent, Imperious knock
of the soUllers the door wob nt Inst
opened, and, in spite of the protests of
the woman who came to the door thoy
pushed their way in and demanded to
know where the prophet Elijah was.
Powerless to resist, the woman led the
way to tho little room whoro tho
prophet had round shelter and pushed
open the door. Eagerly the soldiers
crowded In, but the room wns empty,
and search the house from end to end
as they might no signs of tho prophet
could be round.
"When did ho leave?" demanded the
soldiers. "And whither went he?"
"I know not," fullered the woman,
u light breuklng In upon her puzzled
heart, "save that last night I heard
him speuklng us though In prayer and
then hoard him moving sortly ubout
his room. After Hint I fell usleop
and heard nothing more, and still sup
posed he was resting and meditating
within, as was his wont."
Malfled and disappointed, the mes
sengers of the king reported to him,
and at once Ahab sent, messongors
into all the nations ubout domnndlng
whether the prophet Elijah hud come
thither, und unking that diligent search
bo made for him, Thus was the quest
kept up, man measuring his skill with
Hint of the Almighty God and always
being disappointed and baffled, for who
Is there who can search out tho hid
ing places of God? And who is there
mighty enough to harm when God
holds within the hollow of his hand?
Mnt to the land of tho Zldonlnns the
messengers came not, for Jezebel ex
claimed with lofty scorn:
"There be none in my father's land
who would give shelter to Elijah, for nil
there are worshipers of Maal, even us
are the people of Israel since wo de
stroyed the remaining prophets of the
Lord."
Mitt Jezebel knew not. that within a
stone's throw of tho palace walls in
the caves In the hills 100 prophets of
tho true- God were sheltered, and that
in the very heart of her rather's do
minions, where she supposed tho wor
ship of Mnal ruled supreme, there was
u poor widow woman Into whoso heart
the light of the true God had como and
who was prepared to receive the hunt
ed servant or the Lord and give him
shelter.
SHOWS THE WORLD'S PROGRESS,
Labor-Saving Devices That Would As
tonish Our Forefathers.
When McCornilck built his first hun
dred reupent In 18 4H lie puld V cents
lor bolts. That was in tho mythical
age of hand labor. To-day 130 bolts
are made for a cent. So with guard-
lingers; McCormlck paid 24 cents each
when James K. Polk was In the White
House. Now there is a ferocious ma
chine, which, with the least possible
assistance rrom one man, cuts out
l.UOO guard-lingers In ten hours, at a
labor cost of one cent for six. Also,
while exploring one of the Chicago
factories, I came upon a herd of cud
chewing machines that were crunch
ing out chain links at the rate of 50.-
000,000 a year. Near by were four
smaller and more Irritable automata,
which were lilting off pieces of wire
and chewing them Into linchpins nt a
speed of 100,000 bites a day.
"Take out your watch and time this
man," said Superintendent Mrooks of
the McCornilck plant. "See how long
he Is in boring five holes in that great
casting."
"Exactly six minutes," I answered.
"Well, that's progress," obsorved
Mroolcy. "Mefore wo bought that ma
chine It was a matter of four hours to
bore, those holes."
In one of Us five twine mills a
monstrous bedlam of noise and a wil
derness of fuzz, which Is by far the
largest of its sort in tho world thore
Is enough twlno twisted In a single
dny to make u girdle around the earth.
Everybody's Magazine.
If only men bought things nobody
would ever have Issued trading
stumps.
A Peculiar Name.
There is a post hamlet In Cass
county, Missouri, with nothing pe
culiar about it except its name, and
that is Peculiar. Its origin, accord
ing to local tradition, was as follows:
When the settlement had become
sufficiently populous to need a post
office, one of tho prominent citizens
sent a petition to Washington to
have one established. In due course
the petition was grunted, und ho wns
asked to suggest n nnmo that would
please the people. Ho replied: "The
l.eople are not particular so long ua
the name is peculiar."
Thereupon the post office was chris
tened Peculiar, and the namo has
never been changed. Stindny Mng.
uziue.
Might Guess, Otherwise.
l)iigsby-"Do you know whoro I urn
going next month?" Wursworth "Not
ir you live." Soniorvlllo Jourunl.
Persecution.
Persecution Is not wrong becuuso it
is cruel, but cruel because It Is wrong.
Whutoly.
HER GOOD FORTUNE.
After Years Spent In Vain Effort.
Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse, of Cam
bridge, N. Y says: "Five years ago
I had a bad fall and
it affected my kid
neys. Severe pains
in my buck und hips
became constant, and
sharp twinges fol
lowed any exertion.
The kidney secre
tions were badly dis
colored. I lost flesh
and grew too weak to work. Though
constantly using medicine I despaired
of being cured until I began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. Then relief enmo
quickly, and in a short timo I was
completely cured. I am now In ex
cellent health."
Sold by all deulers. 50 cents a box.
Fostor-Milburu Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
HIS LECTURE ON JOB.
Brother Dickey Thinks He Was Over
rated as Patient Man.
"I dunno what dey call Job a patient
tnan for," said Brother Dickey, "kaze
of all do growlers I ever hearn tell on
ho sho' wuz do growllnest. But he
sho did havo enough ter make him
growl dat ho did. De devil say:
'Looky yore, Job, you in my power,
now, an' I gwine ter 'flict you wid a
few biles.' An' Job say: 'All right;
I kin stun' it of you kin.' But do biles
commence ter break out so thick an'
fas' dat Job say: 'Looky yere, man,
dese ain't no biles dls de smallpox,
eho' ez you bo'n.' An' he eetch and
eetch so dat he had ter scratch his
se'f wid a goat's head. Don de devil
git in u high win' and blow down Job's
house; an' dat wuz too much. So ol"
Job Hf up his voice an' ho say:
'Looky yere, I bargain fer biles, but I
didn't want no harrlcane th'owed in
fer good measure."' Atlanta Consti
tution. CURED HER CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.
"Some years ago my three little
girls had a very bad form of eczema.
Itching eruptions formed on the backs
of their heads which were simply cov
ered. I tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. I washed mv
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful oint
ment, Cuticura. I did this four or five
times and I can say that they have
been entirely cured. I have another
baby who is so nlumn that tho folds of
skin on his 'neck were broken and even
bled. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Mme.
Napoleon Duceppe, 41 Duluth St.,
Montreal, Que., May 21, 1907."
Cause for Alarm.
A young man had been courting a
girl for nine years. "Jennie," he said,
one evening, "I read the other day that
in 50,000 years Niagara falls would
dry up.v
Jennie clutched his arm excitedly.
"Why, what's the matter?" he
asked.
"Why, you promised to take me
there on our bridal trip. Don't you
think you had better be a little care
ful that it does not dry up before wo
get there?"
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local appllcatloni, as thoy cannot reach the dt
eased portion of the car. There la only one way to
cure deafness, and that I by constitutional remadles.
Deafne-is In cuunod by au Inflamed condition of the
inucouD lining of the Eustachian Tube. When tut
tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im
perfect heurlDR, and when It Is ontlrely closed. Deaf
new Is tho result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and tills to bo restored to Its normal condi
tion, heurlDK will be destroyed forever; nluo cases
out of ten uro caused by Catarrh, which Is uothlog
but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfucea.
Wo will Klvo One Hundred Dollars for any cuso of
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by llall'it Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. .1. CHENEY it CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by DrilKKlstsSc.
Take Hall't Family I'llla for constipation.
Sophistry.
"Dear, I only play poker for fun."
"But you bet, don't you?"
"Well, there wouldn't bo any fun
without a little betting." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Every Lover of Good Music
should tnkc ndvnntnKc of the offer the
Jeromo II. Rcmick Co. of New York ninkc
in tho advertising columns of this paper
to fiend for 25 cents the words and music
of nine of the best pieces of the Merry
Widow Opera, all the rage at present in
London, Paris and New York.
The best acting at an amateur per
formance Is always done by the people
who sit down in front and act as
though thoy enjoyed it.
Dilutive Difficulties? Headache? Pal
low complexion ? The remedy is Uarficld
Tea, thu Herb Laxative. Write for Ham
pies, flarlield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
If a young man sits half the timo on
a hot stovo and tho other hnlf on a
cako of Ice It's just llko being In love.
Lewis' Stuglo Hinder costs more than
other fio cigar. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
The average man's Idea of a good
sermon is 0110 that goes over his head
and hits oue of his acquaintances.
,JiiL
Hem the Ends of a Veil.
As a rule it is no easy matter to
hem a veil, as the flimsy ends havo
a most provoking way of slipping out
of tho fingers and from under tho
needle. It is really ensy, however, if
done In this munner: Baste an inch
hem in each end of tho veil and then
baste a piece of paper under the hems.
When this is done, stitch the hems on
the sowing machine through the pa
per. Tho paper then may be carefully
torn off. Tho veil should be pressed
.with a warm iron and special atten
tion givtm to tho hems.
Hot Ham 8andwiches.
A housewife who was tired of serv
ing colu sliced ham advises other peo
ple to try hot ham sandwiches.
"Cut thin sllcea of white bread and
spread half or them with soft butter
and the remaining half with finely
chopped ham," said she. J'Press th
slices together and remove tho crust.
Beat one egg slightly, ndd one-half
cup milk and strain over tho sand
wiches. When moistened place thorn
in a hot frying pan with two level
tablespoons of butter. Brown on
both sides and Berve at once." .
Open Peach Pie.
Lino a rather deep pie plate with a
layer of good crust, made in the pro
portion of one-half cup shortening to
one cup pastry flour, a saltspoonful of
salt and a third or less of a cup of
ice water. Bake the crust as for a
lemon pie. Fill with fresh peaches,
sweetened and cover thickly with
whipped sweetened cream. Some good
cooks advlso tho addition of a little
apple marmalade to the peaches, hold
ing that tho combination of flavors la
pleasing.
"Kitchen 'Minded."
"Kitchen minded" is an epithet ap
plied to women who are too much en
grossed with domestic affairs. Th
word is evidently meant as a reproach.
No doubt there are women who givo
too much time to tho kitchen, as thero
arc others who give too little. Who
will undertake to decide just how
much time is enough? Thut a woman
should grow to like the place in which
she passes most of her timo is not
strange. She might become parlor
minded; but many, like George Eliot,
enjoy a clean kitchen best of all.
Apple Ketchup.
Stow the apples and strain them,
use them instead of tomatoes with tho
same spices, onions, celery, cinna
mon, red pepper, cloves, salt and vine
gar. In making ketchup make use of
every bit of jelly or preserves of any
kind.
Prevent Chipped China.
Cut about one inch of ordinary rub
ber garden hose and slip over the
end of the faucets In the kitchen sink.
It will prevent many a nick in be
loved china.
Filling for Fancy Pin Cushions.
Always a now wrinkle from the
young woman of "faculty" who knows
how to do everything the nicest and
euslest way. Rice, she says, makes
the best possible filling for u fancy
pin cushion, as it holds its . shape well
and takes the pins easily.
Boiled Cider Sauce.
Boat one egf yolk in sauce pan over
boiling water, add one tablespoon of
brown sugar, beat, then add three-.
fourthB cup of nice boiled cider. Coin
tlnue beating until smooth and foamy.
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