In the first book of Kings we read that Elijah the prophet found lodgment in a cave upon Mount Horeb, the mount of revelation. A great wind rent the mountain, "but the Lord was not in the wind." The wind was followed by an earthquake, and the earthquake by a fire, and God was not to be found in these. After the fire the raging elements ceased, and a still, small voice spoke to Elijah.
The events which led the prophet to Mount Horeb seem at first sight afflictive. He had done his best to turn the people to an understanding of the true God. He had exposed the falsity of Baal worship, and the truth he taught had been acknowledged and acclaimed by the people. The drought which had dried up the land was broken, and the hour of victory seemed at hand, but as soon as the power of God was preached and practiced, idolatry and jealousy raised their weapons to destroy him. Therefore he took refuge in Horeb.
Today the reception given to the true understanding of God and man as presented in Christian Science is not so physically afflictive as it was in the days of Elijah, but it should not be forgotten that our brave Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, had to stand firmly on the Horeb height of revelation in order to establish Christian Science.
