Christian herald and signs of our times . and the flesh of thechild waxed warm. But death was not yetconquered, the prophet left the death chamber,paced to and fro in the house, but spoke tonone. He had not prevailed, but his God. Itwas victory now, he went up, and stretchedhimself upon him, and life returned ! It is apicture of the Church of Christ in face of thepowers of death, which Christ has conquered bydying (Heb. 11 : 14); we are living in days when,if ever, there are signs of Christs return, whenthe dead in Christ shall rise, and the livingsaints be caught up alive to meet him. (1. The
Christian herald and signs of our times . and the flesh of thechild waxed warm. But death was not yetconquered, the prophet left the death chamber,paced to and fro in the house, but spoke tonone. He had not prevailed, but his God. Itwas victory now, he went up, and stretchedhimself upon him, and life returned ! It is apicture of the Church of Christ in face of thepowers of death, which Christ has conquered bydying (Heb. 11 : 14); we are living in days when,if ever, there are signs of Christs return, whenthe dead in Christ shall rise, and the livingsaints be caught up alive to meet him. (1. :17.) But there need to be Elishas in thesedays, with life enough to conquer the prevail-ing death. And the Shunammite ? Was it not agreater gift to have her son restored to herfrom death than if she had never gone throughsuch a trial of her faith? She now knew IsraelsGod as never before. The God of the resurrec-tion should be that mothers stay for time andfor eternity. 104 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Feb. i 8, OFFICES, BIBLE HOUSE, NEW YORK. Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., asSecond-Class Matter. EDITOR. ff Published Weekly. Subscription price in the United States,Canada, and Mexico, $ a year; Si eight months ; 75 centssix months : will be sent two months for 25 cents, postagefree ; in Europe and in all countries in the Postal Union, 50cents extra postage ; subscriptions always payable in ad-vance. Single copies, price 5 cents. Any newsdealer willfurnish the paper weekly when ordered. All P. O. money orders should be made payableto The Christian Herald. Station D. New Fork. ADMIRAL PORTER, IT stuns me as though I had been struck ablow between the eyes the announcementthat our friend, Admiral Porter, has was one oi the most gracious and splendidmen I ever knew. When a few moths ago hetook me through his great house and showedme the trophies of many naval battles, and thepresents he had received from all parts of theworld, it
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