I may go in and dress it for me and my
son, that we may eat it, and die."

And Elijah said to her, "Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it to me, and after
make for thee and for thy son.

"For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 'The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the
Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.'"

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and
he, and her house, did eat many days.

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Elijah.

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[Illustration]
ON THE ROAD NEAR TIBERIAS,
WITH THE LAKE OF GALILEE IN THE DISTANCE

From a photograph taken by Mrs. Fontaine Meriwether, and used by her
kind permission.

This interesting picture, with laden camel and group of native
people, shows very well the nature of the country about the lake of
Galilee, the hill rising above the lake and the village nestling on
its shore. In the distance can be seen the waters of the lake and
the shadowy hills upon the farther shore. It is thus that the
country must have looked in the old days when it was the center of
so much active life.
[End illustration]

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And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that
there was no breath left in him.

And she said to Elijah, "What have I to do with thee, O thou man of
God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay
my son?"

And he said to her, "Give me thy son."

And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft,
where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

And he cried to the Lord; and said, "O Lord my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?"

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the
Lord, and said, "O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul
come into him again."

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came
into him again, and he revived.

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber
into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said,
"See, thy son liveth!"

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And the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that thou art a man
of God, and that