HYMN. I sing the almighty power of God, Which made the mountains rise, Which spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained The moon shines full at his command, There's not a plant nor flower below, Creatures, as numerous as they be, There's not a place where we can flee, His hand is my perpetual guard, He keeps me with his eye; Why should I then forget the Lord, Who is for ever nigh? QUESTIONS. Where did Elijah go after the destruction of the false prophets? What did he desire his servant to do? What lessons may we learn from this? Where did Elijah go from Mount Carmel? What was his request to God? Do you think it was a right or a wrong request? Why? How was Elijah comforted in the wilderness? Where did he afterwards go? How long was he there? How did God manifest his power to Elijah on Horeb ? Tell me the different ways in which God speaks to us? Which is the only effectual way? What does God say to us when he thus speaks? What should our answer be? SCENES AT JORDAN AND JERICHO. THE history of the prophet Elijah is full of interesting and beautiful stories, dear children. But we shall not be able to go through them all; and therefore I will pass over several chapters, and talk to you to-day about the last event which we read of in his life. We have read of many holy men who have lived long, and who did much for the service of God during their livės, even to very old age, and were then taken by death to be So it was with with him for ever. Moses, and Aaron, and Joshua, and Samuel; but it was not so with Elijah. God does all things as he pleases; and though he generally acts according to certain rules with his creatures, yet now and then he does something quite different from his usual plan, just to show us that he is all-powerful, and that nothing is too hard, nor too wonderful, for him to perform. Now so he acted with Elijah. God did not choose that he should die like other men; but he determined to take him up by a whirlwind into heaven. Once before, God had taken a holy servant of his to heaven without dying. You know who that wasit was Enoch, of whom we read that he "walked with God, and he was not, for God took him." (Gen. v. 24.) Now, no doubt, God had revealed to Elijah what he was about to do; and when the time drew near for him to be taken up, the good prophet went once more to visit those places in which he had, during his life, been so useful, and where he had laboured so long. So he went with his servant Elisha from Gilgal to Bethel, and from Bethel to Jericho, and from Jericho to Jordan. There were schools for the sons of the prophets both at Bethel and at Jericho; and perhaps Elijah visited them to talk to those young men for the last time, and to give them instructions as to what they should do when he him |