September 16

"Hide thyself by the brook¹ Cherith" (1 Kings 17:3)..

God's servants must be taught the value of the hidden life. The man who is to take a high place before his fellows must take a low place before his God. We must not be surprised if sometimes our Father says: "There, child, thou hast had enough of this hurry, and publicity², and excitement; get thee hence, and hide thyself b the brook--hide thyself in the Cherith of the sick chamber³, or in the Cherith of bereavement⁴, or in some solitude⁵ from which the crowds have ebbed⁶ away."

Happy is he who can reply, "This Thy will is also mine; I flee unto Thee to hide me. Hide me in the secret of Thy tabernacle, and beneath the covert⁷ of Thy wings!"

Every saintly soul that would wield⁸ great power with men must win it in some hidden Cherith. The acquisition of spiritual power is impossible, unless we can hide ourselves from men and from ourselves in some deep gorge⁹ where we may absorb the power of the eternal God; as vegetation through long ages absorbed these qualities of sunshine, which it now gives back through burning coal.

Bishop¹⁰ Andrews had his Cherith, in which he spent five hours every day in prayer and devotion. John Welsh had it--who thought the day ill spent which did not witness eight or ten hours of closet communion. David Brainerd had it in the woods of North America. Christmas Evans had it in his long and lonely journeys amid the hills of Wales.

Or, passing back to the blessed age from which we date the centuries: Patmos, the seclusion¹¹ of the Roman prisons, the Arabian desert, the hills and vales of Palestine, are forever memorable¹² as the Cheriths of those who have made our modern world.

Our Lord found His Cherith at Nazareth, and in the wilderness¹³ of Judea; amid the olives of Bethany, and the solitude of Gadara. None of us, therefore, can dispense¹⁴ with some Cherith where the sounds of human voices are exchanged for the waters of quietness which are fed from the throne; and where we may taste the sweets and imbibe¹⁵ the power of a life hidden with Christ.--Elijah, by Meyer.

九月十六日

「你离开这里……藏在……基立溪旁」（王上十七3）

神的仆人应该知隐藏生活的宝贵。我们不必惊奇，如果我们父神对我们说：「孩子，你已经有了足够的忙碌、名誉、刺激了；你离开这里，藏在溪旁━藏在病室里，藏在丧失中，藏在群众已经退去的荒僻。」

我们肯不肯这样回答呢：「父神阿，祢的旨意就是我的，我现在逃到祢这里来，求祢把我藏在帐幕的隐密处，祢翅翼的覆庇下！」

每一个属灵人如果要得着能力，必须到隐藏的基立去。若非离开人们，离开自己，到一个深峡中去吸收，属灵的能力是得不到的。

安得烈主教有他的基立，他每天花五小时在那里专心祷告。韦尔息约翰也有━如果那一天没有八小时在密室中与神交通，他就要以为这一天太浪费了。勃兰纳戴维的基立在北美洲森林里。伊文思的基立在韦尔斯山谷中。

让我们回去看看：拔摩海岛、罗马监狱、亚拉伯旷野、巴勒斯坦山谷，都是先圣永远值得记忆的基立。

主的基立在拿撒勒、犹大地的旷野、伯大尼的橄榄树下、格拉森的荒地里。我们中间没有一个人可以没有基立，因为在基立我们可以得到宝座前的安息，尝到隐藏生活的甘甜，吸取基督耶稣的能力。－－梅尔

1 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

2 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

3 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

4 bereavement   

n.亲人丧亡，丧失亲人，丧亲之痛

参考例句：

• the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement 诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
• I sympathize with you in your bereavement. 我对你痛失亲人表示同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

6 ebbed   

（指潮水）退( ebb的过去式和过去分词 )； 落； 减少； 衰落

参考例句：

• But the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped. 不过这次痛已减退，寒战也停止了。
• But gradually his interest in good causes ebbed away. 不过后来他对这类事业兴趣也逐渐淡薄了。

7 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。

8 wield   

vt.行使，运用，支配；挥，使用(武器等)

参考例句：

• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。
• People may wield the power in a democracy.在民主国家里，人民可以行使权力。

9 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

10 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

11 seclusion   

n.隐遁，隔离

参考例句：

• She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
• I live very much in seclusion these days.这些天我过着几乎与世隔绝的生活。

12 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

13 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

14 dispense   

vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施

参考例句：

• Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
• The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱，可自行适当分配。

15 imbibe   

v.喝，饮；吸入，吸收

参考例句：

• Plants imbibe nourishment usually through their leaves and roots.植物通常经过叶和根吸收养分。
• I always imbibe fresh air in the woods.我经常在树林里呼吸新鲜空气。