At this time of year many young men and women are graduating from schools and colleges, starting upon careers for which they have been preparing through years of study.
Those
who are familiar with the Beatitudes as given by Christ Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount will recollect the emphasis which they put upon righteous desire.
One
of the gravest warnings ever uttered against the errors of personal sense and self-pity is to be found in Chapter 19 of the first book of Kings where we read of Elijah, who, after the destruction of the false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, received a malicious message from Jezebel threatening to take his life.
