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Identifier: sweetstoriesofgo00poll (find matches)
Title: Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Pollard, Josephine, 1834-1892. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Bible stories, English
Publisher: New York, Akron, Ohio (etc.) The Werner company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e was to blame for the lack of food, and for thelong drouth. E-li-jah told the king to have all those he ruledmeet in a mass at one place. And when they camethere, E-li-jah cried out to them, How long will yeturn your hearts from God ? And he told them to prove which was the true Elijah, 197 God, Ba-al, or E-li-jahs God. And he told them tobring two young bulls, and to take the flesh of oneand lay it on the wood in front of Ba-al, and he wouldlay the flesh of the oth-er young bull on theLords al-tar. And hesaid, Call ye on yourgods and I will call onmine, and let the Godthat sends down fire bethe God whom we allshall serve. And they said it wasa good plan. So they cried outfrom sun-rise till noon, OBa-al, hear us! Butthere was no voice orsign that their god heardthem. E-li-jah said, Crywith a loud voice, for heis a god. He may beasleep, or lost in thought. And they cried, and made a great noise, and atlast fought with their knives till they drew blood. And E-li-jah said, Come near me.
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THE LIT-TLE CLOUD. 198 History of the Old Testament. And they all came near to him. And E-li-jah took twelve stones, and built an al-tar to the Lord. And he put the flesh and the woodon it, and the wood was wet through and through. Then he cried out, Hear me, O Lord, hear me,and let it be known that thou art the true God. Then fire came down from on high and burnt upthe flesh, and the wood and the stones, and the dust;and the ground that had been made so wet was as dryas it could be. And when the crowd saw this they all boweddown to the ground, and said, The Lord he is God!The Lord he is God ! And they broke up the false gods, and gave theirhearts for a while to the Lord. Then E-li-jah told A-hab that he might eat anddrink, for the rain would soon set in. And he wentto the top of a high mount to pray for rain. Not acloud was in the sky. The sea was calm. But E-li-jah knew that he must watch, and wait, and pray,and the sign would come. At last there rose up out of the sea—that is,whe

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