. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . e wideworld. But God took care of No-ah, and those who werewith him, and kept them safe till the floods wentdown. At the end of five months the sea had gonedown so much that the ark stood high and dry on amount known as Ar-a-rat. It stood there for atleast two months, and at the end of that time the The Great Flood; and a Great Tower. 49 sea had gone down so that tops of high hills couldbe seen here and there. And No-ah sent forth a ra-ven, and the bird flewthis way and that,but came not backto
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . e wideworld. But God took care of No-ah, and those who werewith him, and kept them safe till the floods wentdown. At the end of five months the sea had gonedown so much that the ark stood high and dry on amount known as Ar-a-rat. It stood there for atleast two months, and at the end of that time the The Great Flood; and a Great Tower. 49 sea had gone down so that tops of high hills couldbe seen here and there. And No-ah sent forth a ra-ven, and the bird flewthis way and that,but came not backto the ark. Then No-ahsent forth a dove,that he might findout if the ground wasyet dry. And thedove flew here andthere in search ofgreen things, butfound not a tree insight, and naughtbut cold hard rock,and so she flew backto the ark and No-ahput out his hand andtook her in. At the end of aweek No-ah sent outthe dove once more, and at the close of the dayshe came back with a leaf in her mouth. As soon as No-ah saw the leaf he knew that thewaves had gone down or the dove could not have Y. F. B.—4. THE RE-TURN OF THE DOVE. 5° History of the Old Testament, found it. And he knew that God had sent the doveback to him that he might know the ground wouldsoon be dry. In a few days he sent the dove out for the thirdtime, but she did not come back; and No-ah wassure then that the ground was dry, and that Godmeant that for a sign that he should leave the ark inwhich he had been shut up so long. And God spoke to No-ah and told him to comeout of the ark, and to bring out all that had been inthere with him. And No-ah did so, and he builtup a heap of stones as A-bel had done, on which helaid beasts and birds, and burnt them, which was theway in which man gave thanks to God in thosedays. And No-ahs heart was full of praise to God,who had kept him, and those who were near anddear to him, safe from the flood, while all the rest ofthe world was drowned. And God told No-ah and his sons that theysh
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