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W' 1CIiEl)hTESS OF ACHAR AND JEZABEL, ETC. 151
gcr than t.hc foot of n mall, ancl iL hpread itself gradually over
the I~~n\~ens, :~11(3. rain fell in abu~itlnnce, Thc land of I~rstel,
euff(?ring froin the long drought, was a figure of the great
spiritual droug1:llt from ~11ir:h the whole world ~uffered before
Ule co~ning of Christ. 13lins bidding the henvcns to rain, waa
a figure of Christ opening the fuuntdns of grace to a perishing
world.
10. Thc rain itself, t\fl~ich gave n new Tifc to t.he earth, is a
Qype of the grace of God which rcnews the ~oul of thc converted
sinncr.
QUESTIONS.
1. What did the Lord 8nj7 to Xlins nfter the earth had remained
three gears nild six monlhn ~vi thout rain ? What did Acl.ab :,sap
w11e1~ he saw IIlizis? \That did the prophet answer? 2. Whnt did
Achnb rlo ? Whnt tlid Elir~a say to tl~o people of Isrrtcl? What did
Rliris arid ? 3 and 4. Were the people satisliotl with his proposnl?
5. W hit ditl the priests of Blud then do 7 J\'hnt dicl they
cry out? Did lirc come 10 coztsume thcir szcrilir:e '/ \Vliat did Elias,
11~ocl;ing tlwtn, call out? ti. What did the priests of Haal then do?
\\'lint did Klins then do? 7. This bcing done, what did thc yropllet
~:LJ', raising his llancls n~id eye8 to heaven? 8. Whnt came down
iilstnntly from l~cave~l? What clid tile people exclaim, falling on
their faces? Wkithcr (lid the p~opllct retire? N711at clid he do
illcm S 9. \irllr~t did ~ Ibeseccli C fha Lord to do? What hapl~ened
tllcn? Of w11nt was tilt! lrtnd of Jfirncl, snEi:ri~~g fro111 tlio long
drongllt a figure? Of a'l~om ~vss Eli~n :L figure! 10. Of what wag
the rain that gave new life to the earlh R tpl-re ?
CHAPTER LXIV.
The I,nrd Thy God hatet11 all irrj11stice.-Iht. 25, l(;.
xHAB had a palace at Jczml~el,
and near it was a vine-
y:~rcl owned by n mnn 11a11icd Nabotll. Achab, cow
eting the vincpzrd, saicl one daj7 to Naboth : Give me thy
vineyard, thczt I nrlty rnake me garden, and I will give thee