Elijah and Elisha: A Comparison

In this writing a comparison is drawn between these two prophets of God as to their task, character, and significance for the church. The two form a class by themselves. They stand alone among the great prophets of the Old Dispensation. They did not, as the school of prophets to which Isaiah belonged, predict the exile of Judah or the permanent dispersion of the ten tribes. This was not their task. Their prophetic labors concerned their present. Speaking generally, their task was to witness...