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170 HISTORY OF TIIE OLD TE8TAhIEST.
&dst pr:l.y wit11 tears, and diclst bug tile deitd, I' ollicl.ed thy
prayer to the Lord.
7. " And bccarlsc thou %vast acceptable to God, it was necessary
that temptation al~ould provc thcc. Tl~o Idorcl liatll
sent rrle to 11cnl thcc, and to deliver Snm, thy son's wife,
from tlie devil. For I nnl the ar~gel Raphnel, one of tlle
seven ~vho staiid before the throw of Gotl." Hearing this,
they were seizctl with fear, and all fell prostrr~te on tlle
ground. Still thc angel tulil them uot to fear, but to bless
and t1i:lnk ihe Lord, who had sent him io do His holy will
in thcir regard.
8. IIaving spoken thus, he vrtnished froin their bight, letxviilg
tl~e little family lost in !reoncler anci ii~ll of gratitude to
d . The cltlor Tobins lived fort;).-t.wo pears after tl~esu
evcntv to sharc in the l~nppiness of his fal~iily, rind died at
the agc of one llunclrcd m?rl two years. Tobias, his son, livrd
to be very old ; lie smv the c11iIdrcn of his children, who rumained
faithful, ru~d were belovcd by God mid mm.
QUESTIONS.
1. Fourteen day8 l~aving pnwwcd sincc his rnarrisgo, whal ditl the
pare~rI.xoITobias think ar~d ikcl? \!-bat did his afllicte~l 111otlier hay ?
IVhnt clid 11iu fallrc.rsay? 2. WJintclitlTobiaxsay to ltagncl? 1Yli;tt
dirl Hsgucl gi~c Iii~n at his del~artare? 8. I\'hcn the tr:~\rcleru hat1
111:tJtt II:LIP the journey ho~rtervnrds, wlw~t tlitl 12al~haol pmposc to
Tobias? JV11i~t did the angel tl~cr~ tell ToLinu to do when hc got
IIOIL~C 't 4. Whnt wtru hnnn, his mother, n~oan~vhilc doing? To
whom didshe tell thc news of his coming? T\'hnt abor~t l11o clog?
Whst did the elder Tobias do? B. llTIlst did yonng Tobias do to
bir~ hthcr ? Ilrilnt clid tlie r~ld man ezc1:tirrr ? TV110 nrrivcd scvcii
dsysafter? l\'knt dld the son relate to his parents ? IVllat dirll~u
n~k his father's pcrmiseion lo do? G and 7. 1VllaL did tho hea~.cnly
messenger say to them n-hen they pressed him fo acrcyrt tl~e monry ?
IVF'hnt did the angel after~vards tcll then1 Y 6. IIow loilg did Tobias,
the older live 7 What is said of Tobias tllc younger?