This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...to Jezebel's threat to take the prophet's life in Samaria: "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as one of them by to-morrow about this time. And Elijah rose and went for his life." II. The circumstances of Elijah's flight and his despondency. Elijah fled. That was necessary. He fled into the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...to Jezebel's threat to take the prophet's life in Samaria: "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as one of them by to-morrow about this time. And Elijah rose and went for his life." II. The circumstances of Elijah's flight and his despondency. Elijah fled. That was necessary. He fled into the wilderness, not to Sidon as he had done before, not to any of the neighbouring peoples, nor beyond Jordan--but to the wilderness. That is where you expect him to flee to. In any moment of his life the wilderness was congenial to him. Its bleakness and isolation were but the counterparts of his own mind. His favourite abode was by the brook Cherith, with only the monotonous rush of waters in his ear, among the silent hills. For company he preferred the ravens to men. Among men he seemed alone. His greatness made him solitary. There are some men solitary for other reasons, just as there are some mountains. Some hills stand alone, though they are not great. The forces of nature and time have carried away what surrounded and touched them, and have left them solitary. And circumstances sometimes alienate or remove men's associates from them; and they stand apart, not possessing, whether they seek it or not, the confidence of others. But some mountains stand alone because of their grandeur. Giant hills crowd about the foot of Mont Blanc; yet, in the midst of them, he is alone. They cannot reach the same altitude as he; they go with him but a little way. Into the regions of cloud and sky into which he towers, they cannot rise. And thus it is with the highest minds. In common things others can accompany them. They can be followed to a certain height, but then other men and they part company. In those lofty regions where only heaven is aroun...
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