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PARTINQ ADVICE OF TOBI.4S TO E19 SON, ETC. 167
ollly of gr:tli£ying their evil passions. l' But thou," h(? continuccl,
" rvhcn thou shalt takc ker, girc thyself for three
c1a.y~ to nothiag olsc but to prayer; tllc~z the devil shall bo
clriven nmny a1lr1 you ellall obtain a l~lcssing."
10. Wnviug ci~tererl into tllc honsc of Itagnt!l, Tobias m:&
llirrlself Irnorvn, and was warmly rcceiveil by Kaguel, :ts tlic
soil of an oltl fricarl ancl of n lnost \\-orthy mail. At the salile
timc Annit, tho ~vifc of Ragacl, n~iil Bnm, I~is ilnngl~ter, wupt
for joy. They then prcpnrccl n repast for thc tmvelers, aid
Rng~iel pmyed them to sit rlorvn to eut. Tobias tolcl Ilim
lllat hc woold ncitl-ier cat no1. clrirll~ till hc promisetl to give
Ilim Sara, his claugI:lltcr, in ~~lnrringe.
11. R:igncl sceiiictl to hc>itntc, Lut the rtngc!l tolcl 1iin1 not
to bc ahnitl to give his d:tughter to the young man, for that
he rc:ircd the Lorcl. Tllel~ Rtignttl consentc?rl, and taking his
cl:rughtcr's rigllt hand, placc(1 it in that of Tobins, sayii~g :
" Thc God of Abrah:~n~, the Clrod of Is~ac, nnd tl~o Gocl of
Jncob be \bit11 you; rnny he join you together, nild fillfil His
blcssing ill you."
12. Tllon they sat doirrn to cat. And Tollias and S:tra spent
tllrac clays i11 prayer, after whioh tl~e rlc:vil 11ncl no power to
hnnn them. Tl~en, at the roqucst of 'I'obins, the angel took
the uote of hand, went to thc co~u~f.ry of llle lledes, collected
lIle rnoncy from C;.zbtlus, and reCur1lcc1 with Gabclus to Le
present at the ~rcdrli~lg.
13. Gal~elns cnlne ~\ritll great joy, ancl mheri hc saw thc
young husband 11e wept and cmbri~ced I~im, saying : " 'l'he
Gocl of' Isrncl blcss thce, boc:nnse tllou art the ~oll of a vary
good :lnd just mnlz, nllri that fenn:th God, LLII~ cloeth dmscleetls.
Anci may n blessing colrle upon thy ivif'c."
QUESTIONS.
1,2 nild 3. What atlvicu did thc older Tobina give to hin on? 4.
Wl~al ditl the 8011 answer? Nlarlt dirl Tobia~ ~crld Itis 6011 to Bngea
to do7 IVllorl-i did Tobins po o ~ 1.0 ~ ficcle? t 5. ~Y\']~oni did 11o n~ect
v11 going out? l\'llo bl~is yuung t~~:itlP Did Tobias lr~iom \vr.ko
he jVqs? \\'hat did he sny to the angel 7 did the angel an-