' children;
They perished by the battle of my Lord.

"I will sing unto my God a new song:
O Lord, thou art great and glorious,
Marvelous in strength, invincible.
Let all thy creation serve thee:
For thou didst speak, and they were made,
Thou didst send forth thy spirit, and it builded them.
And there is none that shall resist thy voice.
For the mountains shall be moved from their foundations with the waters,
And the rocks shall melt as wax at thy presence:
But thou art yet merciful to them that fear thee.
For all sacrifice is little for a sweet savor,
And all the fat is very little for a whole burnt offering to thee:
But he that feareth the Lord is great continually.
Woe to the nations that rise up against my race:
The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment,
To put fire and worms in their flesh;
And they shall weep and feel their pain for ever."

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TALES OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA

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ELIJAH AND ELISHA

PERSONS OF THE STORY.

_Elijah, Elisha,. Prophets_.
_Ahab, King of Israel_.
_Jezebel, his wife_.
_Joram, son of Ahab_.
_A widow in Zarephath, her son_.
_Obadiah, an officer of the king_.
_Naboth, a Jezreelite_.
_A woman of Shunem, her husband and son_.
_Naaman, captain of the hosts of Syria_.
_A little Hebrew captive maiden_.
_Gehazi, servant of Elisha_.
_Ben-hadad, King of Syria_.
_A King of Israel_.
_An officer of the King_.
_Jehu, a captain of the Hebrew army, afterward king_.
_Priests of Baal, courtiers, soldiers, servants_.

PLACES OF THE STORY.

_Samaria, the brook Cherith, Zarephath, Mount Carmel, Mount Horeb,
the Jordan, Shunem, Damascus_.

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[Illustration]
Map showing Elijah's Travels,
by E. R. Hooker.
[End illustration]

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ELIJAH AND ELISHA.

STORIES OF THE WONDERFUL DEEDS PERFORMED BY TWO
MEN OF GOD WHO LIVED IN ISRAEL.

_How Elijah Pronounced the Doom of Drouth. How He Was Entertained by a
Poor Widow, and How He Paid for His Hospitality_.

(In the Northern kingdom of Israel, a very wicked king named Ahab came
to the throne. This very wicked king married a woman named Jezebel,
who was even more wicked than himself, and they both did continually
that which was evil in the sight of God. They worshiped idols, and
they cruelly put to death those who worshiped God. Then there arose a
prophet named Elijah, and one day he came to the court of the wi