Elijah the Prophet - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... "And it came to pass, when the Loss would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from GilgaL . . . And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." --2 Kings Ii. I, I I. XII. THE ASCENSION. i K1ngs ii. WE have a false idea of the work of Elijah if we suppose that it was restricted to such public appearances as that which he made on Carmel, or such denunciations of iniquity in high places as those which he uttered in the vineyard of Naboth and the palace of Samaria. In the history of a nation it has often been noted that the periods of its highest prosperity are those which furnish fewest materials for the public annalist; and similarly in the life of a minister of God, the years of his most potent influence and most enduring work are frequently those concerning which his biographer can find least to say. Controversy, like war, is noisy and demonstrative, and forces itself on the attention of the chronicler; but growth is a thing of quietness, and is withal so gradually manifested that it eludes the observation of the historian. I say not this by way of undervaluing controversy, for it has its own place and importance; and he who shrinks from it when the honour of Christ's name, or the purity of Christ's church is concerned, is as much to be condemned as is the man who is an ecclesiastical Ishmaelite, with his hands against every one, and every one's hands against him. After all, however, the benefit of controversy is only temporary. It is an exposure and defeat of error for the time; but unless it be followed up by the adoption of some measures for the...