. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . he waves rosehigh, and the storm beat the ship, and it was blownhere and there as if it were a toy. And those onboard of her were in great fear, and cried out to theirgods, and threw all the goods that were in the shipin-to the sea, so that she would not sink. Jo-nah was down in the hold, where he lay andslept, though the storm was so fierce. And the one who had charge of the ship came Jonah, the Man who Tried to Hide from God. 211 to him and said, What does this mean? Rise, andcall on thy God t
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . he waves rosehigh, and the storm beat the ship, and it was blownhere and there as if it were a toy. And those onboard of her were in great fear, and cried out to theirgods, and threw all the goods that were in the shipin-to the sea, so that she would not sink. Jo-nah was down in the hold, where he lay andslept, though the storm was so fierce. And the one who had charge of the ship came Jonah, the Man who Tried to Hide from God. 211 to him and said, What does this mean? Rise, andcall on thy God to save us from ship-wreck. And the rest of the men said, Come, and let uscast lots that wemay know whois to blame forthis. So they castlots, and the lotfell on they saidto him, Tell us,we pray thee,who has broughton us these is thytrade? wheredost thou comefrom? wheredost thou live?and of what tribeart thou? And he said I am a Jew, and have fled from the Lord who madethe sea and sky. And the men were in great fear and said, Whyhast thou done this thing? And what shall we do. JO-NAH IN THE STORM. 212 History of the Old Testament. to thee that the sea may be still for us? For thewaves were rough, and the winds blew a gale. And Jo-nah said to the men, Take me up andcast me in-to the sea; then shall the sea be calm foryou, for I know it is for my sake that this great stormhas come up-on you. The men did not want to drown Jo-nah, so theytried their best to bring the ship to land, but couldnot. Then they cried to the Lord, O Lord, we praythee, count it no sin to us that we take this manslife, for thou, O Lord, hast sent this storm on us forsome of his sins. So they took up Jo-nah, and cast him in-to thesea, and the sea grew still and calm. And when the men saw this they were in greatfear, and brought gifts to the Lord, and made vowsthat they would serve him. Now the Lord had sent a great fish to the sideof the ship to take Jo-nah in-to its mouth as soon ashe was
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