waked; or that he had gone on a journey,
or was talking with somebody, and then they became wild and leaped upon
the altar and cut themselves with knives.

After many hours Elijah called the people to him, and he repaired a
broken altar of the Lord that stood there with twelve stones for the
twelve tribes of Israel, and made a trench all around it. Then he
placed wood on the altar and told the people to pour four barrels of
water over the sacrifice. This they did three times, and the water ran
down and filled the trench around the altar, and the people saw that
Elijah could not by any means make a fire there.

Then, as it was the hour of the evening sacrifice in the temple, Elijah
knelt by his altar with his face toward Jerusalem, and prayed to his
God that He would hear him, and show the people that they were called
from the worship of idols to the service of the living God.

What a wonderful sight was that, when fire fell from heaven and burnt
up the sacrifice, and the wood, and the altar, and even the water in
the trench around the altar!

And the people all fell on their faces at the sight, and cried,

"The Lord He is the God! The Lord He is the God!" Then Elijah told
them to take the prophets of Baal and destroy them, and they did so.

"There is a sound of abundance of rain!" said Elijah to the king, and
then he went to the very top of Carmel, and threw himself upon the
earth, hiding his face between his knees, while he sent his servant to
look toward the sea, and watch for the coming of the rain.

This the servant did seven times, each time coming to his master and
saying, "There is nothing," but the prophet told him to look seven
times more, and when he came back the seventh time he said,

"Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand."

Then he sent his servant to Ahab, saying,

"Prepare thy chariot and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not."

The little cloud grew to be a great one, and filled all the sky until
it was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And as
Ahab rode in his chariot, Elijah, who was strong with the spirit of the
Lord and glad for His great victory over sin, ran before the chariot to
the gates of the city.

Jezebel the queen was furious when she heard that the priests had been
destroyed. She sent word to Elijah that he would be treated the same
way on the morrow, and so Elijah fled for his life, and leaving his
servant in Bee