1 Kings 18:1-6

The Cry for Life.

For three years and six months the heavens were as brass. Throughout the summers the sun glared and flamed in a cloudless sky, and the temperature, even at night, never sank to the dew-point. Throughout the winters, if the temperature reached that point, the elements were so boisterous that no dew could settle upon the herbage, and the winds carried the aqueous vapour away to other lands. In the absence of dew and rain, vegetation, excepting only that near rivers or fringing streams fed from the deepest springs, was scorched and blasted. The mortality, therefore, amongst animals was frightful, and men suffered incredible things. The agony of distress had now risen to such a pitch that throughout the land there was one earnest, plaintive cry for life.

I. SOME CRIED FOR LIFE TO NATURE .

1 . Such was the case with Ahab .

2. He was a specimen of a class

II. OTHERS CRIED FOR LIFE TO GOD .

1 . Of this number was Elijah .

2 . Obadiah also was of this number .

3 . There were many more who cried to God .

God is the source of life, not only to the body, but also to the soul. Let us seek to Him for life.—J.A.M.