. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . lodged at their house. Where was their house ? asked the boy. At Bethany, a pretty little village among the hills, some two mileseast of Jerusalem. A small ruin is now shown at this place as thehouse where Lazarus lived and Jesus lodged so long acre Once,when Jesus was far away, Lazarus became very sick. They sent atonce, but before He reached Bethany, Lazarus had died and hadbeen buried four days. His sisters were in the deepest felt sure that had Jesus reached there sooner, Lazarus wouldnot have died. He came, h
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . lodged at their house. Where was their house ? asked the boy. At Bethany, a pretty little village among the hills, some two mileseast of Jerusalem. A small ruin is now shown at this place as thehouse where Lazarus lived and Jesus lodged so long acre Once,when Jesus was far away, Lazarus became very sick. They sent atonce, but before He reached Bethany, Lazarus had died and hadbeen buried four days. His sisters were in the deepest felt sure that had Jesus reached there sooner, Lazarus wouldnot have died. He came, however, and after some talk with themJesus started to the grave, the sisters and a great company follow-ing. The grave was a vault hewn in a rock, and a great stone lay CALLED BACK FROM THE GRAVE. 367 upon the opening. In the rocks along the roadside such graves arecommon there to-day, and one is pointed out as that of reached the place and stood about it weeping. Jesus wept,as the shortest verse in the Bible tells us in this very account Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid dead -came forth.—John xi, 41, 44. And he that was I know that verse, Grandpa ; it is John xi, 35. Yes, Carrie, and that chapter tells all about the raising of Laz-arus. When they had stood and wept awhile, Jesus said, Take yeaway the stone. Martha did not favor that, however. Her brother 3G8 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES had been dead so long that his body would not be fit to see. Itsodor, too, would by this time be sickening. But they did as Jesuscommanded. Inside the tomb could be seen the dead body wrappedin grave-clothes. Pouring out from the open door came the disgust-ing smell of putrefaction. But Jesus prayed, and then called with aloud voice, Lazarus, come forth! It was broad daylight; everybodycould see clearly; and lo ! the dead man, bound as he was in thegrave-clothes, rose up and came out of the tomb. Ugh! shuddered Carrie, I could not have
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