of Elijah one reason at least why he had failed. He had tried taunts and violence in the cause of God; he had seized Heaven’s sword of retribution, and made it red with human blood. He had not learned that violence is hateful to God; he had to be taught that Elijah’s spirit is very different from Christ’s spirit. And when God has taught him this lesson, He then gives him His message and His consolation. The message is “Go, do My work again;” the consolation is “Things are not so bad as to human eyes