Identifier: sweetstoriesofgo00poll (find matches)
Title: Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Pollard, Josephine, 1834-1892. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Bible stories, English
Publisher: New York, Akron, Ohio (etc.) The Werner company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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h was caught up as if bya whirl-wind, and E-li-sha cried out as he saw hinpass through the sky, but he was soon out of sightfand E-li-sha saw him no more. CHAPTER XVII. ELISHA. As E-li-jah rose trom the earth he let his cloakfall on E-li-sha. And E-li-sha went down to theJor-dan, and took the cloak and struck the waves, Elisha. 203 and they stood up on each side, so that he wenta-cross dry shod. And it was made known to allthe seers and wise men that E-li-sha had been calledto fill E-li-jahs place,and he gave proofthat the Lord waswith him. As E-li-sha wentfrom Jer-i-cho toBeth-el, some youngfolks ran out andmade fun of him, andcried, Go up, thoubald head! Go up,thou bald head! E-li-sha turnedback, and asked theLord to take them inhand. So the Lordsent two great bearsout of the wood, andthey fell on the chil-dren and tore overtwo-score of them. One day E-li-sha came to Shu-nem, where a richwo-man dwelt. And she bade him come in and eat.And as oft as he went that way, he made it a rule
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THE CHILD-REN OF BETH-EL. 204 History of the Old Testament. to stop and take the food and drink she set outfor him. And she had a room built for him on the side ofher house, and put a bed and a chair in it, that hemight go in and out as he chose, and have a placeto rest in. And one day when he was in this room, he sentfor the wo-man to come to him. And he said toher, What can I do to pay thee for all thy kind careof us? Shall I speak to the king for thee? Shesaid there was no need, that she sought no pay, andthen left the room. E-li-sha said to his man, What is there that I cando for her? And the man said, She has no child. And E-li-sha said, Call her. And she cameback and stood at the door. And when the man ofGod told her that she should have a son, she thoughthe did not speak the truth. And the word of the Lord came true, for in lessthan a year she had a son. And the child grew up, and went out one day tothe field to see the men reap the corn. And whilehe was there he felt sick, and

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