Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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man was gathering sticks, and hecalled to her and asked her to bring him a little water, and some bread. But shesaid that she had only a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse. Elijah saidto her, Fear not; go and bake it, but make a little cake for me first and bring it. And she did as Elijah commanded; and afterward she, and he, and her son, dideat for a whole year, and the Lord made the meal and the oil last all that time. After this the son of the woman grew sick, and his sickness was so great thathe died. When she told Elijah of it, he said, Give me thy son. And he took himout of her arms, and carried him up into his own chamber and laid him on hisbed. And Elijah cried to the Lord, and said, O Lord, hast thou brought evilupon the woman in whose house I stay, by slaying her son? I beseech thee, OLord, let the childs soul come into him again. And the Lord heard Elijahsprayer, and sent the soul of the child into him again, so that he lived. AndElijah gave him to his mother. 148
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THE PROPHET ELIJAH RAISES THE SOX OF THE WIDOW TO LIFE. 149 I Kiv.sXYII.23. Elijah Slats the Pkophets of Baal. THE famine lasted for more than three years, in the land of Israel. Thenthe Lord spoke to Elijah, and said, Go, show thyself to king Ahab, and Iwill send rain on the land. When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, Art thou he that troubleth the people ofIsrael? Elijah answered, I am not the one who troubles Israel, but thou andthy family, because you have forsaken the Lord and have served Baal. Then Elijah told Ahab to send and gather all the people at Mount Carmel,and to bring there also, all the priests, of Baal. And Elijah came there andspoke to the people, saying, How long will you be in deciding whom you willserve? If the Lord be God, obey him; but if Baal be God, then obey him. And Elijah said, Bring two bullocks, and let Baals prophets chopse one ofthem and kill it and lay it on Baals altar, but not put any fire under it. AndI will take the other bullock and kill it, and lay it o

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