. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . (194) E-LI-JAH FED BY RA-VENS. Elijah. i95 And she said, As the Lord lives, I have no breadin the house, and but a hand-ful of meal, and a few-drops of oil. And I came out to pick up a few sticksthat I might light the fire, and bake a small loaf forme and my son, that wemay eat it and die. E-li-jah said, Fearnot; go and do as thouhast said. But first makeme a small loaf, and thenmake one for thee andthy son. For thus saiththe Lord, The meal shallnot waste, nor the cruseof oil fail till the day t
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . (194) E-LI-JAH FED BY RA-VENS. Elijah. i95 And she said, As the Lord lives, I have no breadin the house, and but a hand-ful of meal, and a few-drops of oil. And I came out to pick up a few sticksthat I might light the fire, and bake a small loaf forme and my son, that wemay eat it and die. E-li-jah said, Fearnot; go and do as thouhast said. But first makeme a small loaf, and thenmake one for thee andthy son. For thus saiththe Lord, The meal shallnot waste, nor the cruseof oil fail till the day theLord sends rain on theearth. So the wo-man wenther way and did as E-li-jah told her, and there wasfrom that time no lack offood in her house. Butone day her son was ill,and he grew worse and worse, and then died. When E-li-jah heard of it, he said, Give me thyson. And he took the child from her arms and borehim to his own room, and laid him on his ELI-JAH AND THE WID-OWS CHILD. 196 History of the Old Testament, And E-li-jah cried to the Lord, and said, O Lord,I pray thee let this childs soul come back to him. And the Lord sent back the soul of the child,and E-li-jah took the boy and brought him to hismoth-er. And she said to E-li-jah, Now by this I knowthat thou art a man of God, and that the word of theLord in thy mouth is truth. For three years there had been no rain in theland, and at the end of that time the Lord said toE-li-jah, Go show thy-self to A-hab, and I will sendrain on the land. So E-li-jah went, and on the way he met withone of A-habs head men, who loved the Lord. Heknew E-li-jah, and bade him turn back, for the kingwould be sure to put him to death. But E-li-jahsaid that he would show him-self to A-hab that the man told the king that E-li-jah was near, andthe king came out to meet him. And he found fault with E-li-jah, for he thoughthe was to blame for the lack of food, and for thelong drouth. E-li-jah to
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