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Identifier: truestoriesforli00rich (find matches)
Title: True stories for little people..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Richmond, E. J. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fill four barrels with water^ and pour it uponthe burnt-sacrifice, and on the wood. This wasdone; and he said, ^^ Do it the second time, andthey did. Then, ^ Do it the third time, and theydid. ^^The water ran about the altar; and hefilled the trench also Avith water. Then Elijah prayed,— Hear me, 0 Lord, hear me, that this peoplemay know that Thou art the Lord God. - Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumedthe burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones,and the dust, and licked up the water that was inthe trench. Xo wonder that the people fell ontheir faces and cried, ^ The Lord He is the God;the Lord He is the God. They were very ready now to slay the falseprophets at the command of the prophet. Elijah said to King Ahab, ^^ Get thee up, eatand drink ; for there is a sound of abundance ofrain. The king with a glad heart went to eat anddrink, and the prophet went up to the top of MountCarmel to pray. He had the promise of One whonever fails, still he prayed. He sent his servant
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Elijahs Prayer Answered. ELIJAH, THE PROPHET. 85 seven times to ^^look toAvard the sea/ Theseventh time he told his master that he saw acloud rise out of the sea like a mans hand. He told his servant to tell Ahab to prepare hischariot and go, lest the rain should stop him. Hehimself ran before Ahab to the entrance ofJezreel. When the wicked Jezebel saw the rainwhich should save the ruined land, was she thank-ful ? No. She was so full of rage against Elijah when sheheard of the death of her priests, that she senthim this message, — So let the gods do to me, and more also, if Imake not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time. Poor foolish woman ! Her gods could no morehelp her revenge than they could answer by lire. The good prophet felt her fierce hatred andprayed to die. But the Lord had more work forhim to do. He went into the wilderness and laydown under a juniper-tree, and angels fed him.This so refreshed him that he went forty days,and came to a cave in

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