. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Food For The Spiri i^ by Robert L. Clingan Sometimes, when those of us who share the Christian faith attend the church of our choice and see how few are there, we are afraid. We feel as though we are a hopeless minority of a lost cause. How can the church make its full contribu- tion to the world, we ask, when there is so little evidence of how many we are and how strong we can be? This visible evidence is greatly needed. In the Bible story about Elijah, this prophet also felt himself to be in a hopeless minority as he fled for his
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Food For The Spiri i^ by Robert L. Clingan Sometimes, when those of us who share the Christian faith attend the church of our choice and see how few are there, we are afraid. We feel as though we are a hopeless minority of a lost cause. How can the church make its full contribu- tion to the world, we ask, when there is so little evidence of how many we are and how strong we can be? This visible evidence is greatly needed. In the Bible story about Elijah, this prophet also felt himself to be in a hopeless minority as he fled for his life after the threats of Queen Jezebel. Leaving his servant at Beersheba, he went into the desert and headed for Mt. Horeb, the mount of God .. earlier called Sinai, where Moses had received the Ten Commandments. There on Mt. Horeb, Elijah experienced a great wind, but did not find God in the wind. There was an earthquake, but he did not find God in the earthquake. Then there was a fire, and neither did he find God in the fire. Finally, there came a still small voice, or has sometimes been translated, "the sound of gentle ; Then Elijah heard God speak, and learned of his new assignments. Earlier, when Elijah had taken shelter in a cave on the desert, God had asked, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" And Elijah had described all the destruction the forces of the Lord had experienced. "Only I am left," he had said, "and they seek my life to take it ; On Mt. Horeb, God told Elijah there were still 7,000 who had not bent their knees to the worship of Baal. If Elijah had only known how many people there were who wor- shipped his God, how much more courage he would have had! One day, an older man in my community confided to me that he ofeiruarcy JOHN C. HARJU John Christian Harju, 71, of Meadow St., Carver, Mass. died unexpectedly on January 14 at his home. He was the husband of Vieno V. (Kaski) Harju. Mr. Harju was born in War
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