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Show THE STILL SMALL VOICE. In the days of old, after the prophet Elijah had fled from the wrath of Jezebel Jeze-bel tho Queen of Israel, when she was wroth -with him because he had slain the priests of Baal, he took refuge In a cave on Mount Ilorcb. There the word of the Lord came unto him, to go forth, and stand upon tho mount before the Lord. And the sacred narrative (L Kings, xlx., 11, 12,) proceeds: And behold, tho Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent tho mountains, and brake in pieces tho rocks beforo the Lord; but tho Lord was not in tho wind: and after tho wind an earthquake; but tho Lord was not In tho earthquake. And after the earthquake a lire; but tho Lord was not In tho fire; and after tho lire a still small voice. Elijah knew what that still small voice was; there is no disclaimer as to that voice, no statement that it was not the voice of the Lord; It was the volco of the Lord, and the servant of the Lord knew it at once, and recognized Its authority. au-thority. 1 There is no record that at any time since tho Incident so graphically narrated nar-rated as above, the still small voice has been preceded by any such natural phenomena phe-nomena as are stated to have preceded It on that occasion. So far as the record goes, from thenceforth the still small voice came unheralded, and without notice. no-tice. And so it has been even unto this day. But there Is one thirfg to be noted as invariable with regard to this still small voice. It is invariably heard; it is always al-ways known, and recognized by tho servants ser-vants of the Lord. There is never sufficient suffi-cient clamor to drown it, never any hes- nuijuu iiuuui rcsponuing io us commands. com-mands. Tho servants of the Lord are also servants of this still small voice, always ready and eager to obey 1L This still small voice has had Its most potent effect in modern times in Utah, where in the form of "The Whisperer" It i3 eagerly awaited, its coming being ever sure. This coming is so sure that no important move is taken without first waiting for Its direction. .In all purely church and ecclesiastical affalris this docility to the still small voice is most praiseworthy, and those who wait for it-and listen to it under-standlngly under-standlngly and obediently are tho elect of the Lord. Its effect in all such matters is most potent, and as admirable as sure. It is to be regretted, however, that the walls between the ecclesiastical tent and the political tent are often so very thin that the still small volco that should be the voice of tho Lord only to hlo servants in his service, reaches beyond the ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical partition, and is heard, and as heard, obeyed by tho politician in his domain as from the Lord. "When ouch happens, there is confusion, confu-sion, and some startling things follow. For instance, a man beyond tho partition par-tition may think that he Intends to vote for Wells, let ub say, as a candidate for Governor. But if the still small voice comes to hlrn with directness and power, saying, "Your voto Is for Cutler," what Is left for him to do but to nhiv ti.d. still small volco never falls to get Itself heard, in any age of the world, and it must be obeyed, for what is man, that ho should fight against God? It is often said that for a man to change so as to have tho change real and effectual, the change must come from within. That is where the tjtlll small voice get9 in Its perfect work. It speaks to the within, and" the man who hears it knows that it is true, and the word of tho Lord searching his reins and his marrow. And who shall resist whon it comes to that? "Who shall even think of resisting? Not one, lest he be smitten. None will think of resistance: nono daro think of it, for all aro gentle sheep of the shepherd. They will do as the good man of old did, arise, wrnp their mantles about thorn, and stand still to hoar, that they may the more perfectly comprehend and thus tho more faithfully faithful-ly obey. . |