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244 GOD'S CHOSEN PEO E UNDER KINGS
The men of Ninive believed that Jonas was a mes­ senger from God and began a great fast. All the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth and did penance. When God saw their humble hearts and their works of penance, He had mercy and spared
them.
Our blessed Savior used the story of onas when He
foretold His Resurrection. He said, ''As Jonas was in the whale's belly for three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.''
THINGS TO KNOW AND TO DO 1. ELIAS CONIWUNDS THE ALSE PROPHETS
1. Give a oor talk on the courage of Elias. Read "Elijah" in "Old Testament Stories" by Rev. C. C. Martindale.
2. Read the Holy Bible, III Kings, Chapters XII-XXII.
3. Imagine you are Elias, and reprove King Achab for his many sins.
4. Find on the map the new capital of the Kingdom of Israel. 5. Name the ways in which God took care of Elias.
6. On the Feast of Co us Christi every priest must read about
Elias walking forty days in the strength of the Heavenly Food. Why does the Church order this?
7. Use Achab as an example to show that we should all be contented with what God gives us.
8. If you had been present, what would you have been doing while the priests of Baal were begging for re from their god.
2. THE MIRACLES OF ELISEUS IN THE KINGDOM OF JUDA
1. Why did God give Eliseus the power to work miracles?
2. Show from the story of Eliseus that God wants children to respect old people?
3. What story in the life of Eliseus shows how hateful a thing a lie is.
4. Write an essay entitled, "Health Is Better Than Riches." 3. JOB GIVES GL Y GOD AMONG THE EDOMITES
1. Locate the territory of the Edomites.
2. Show in. a oor talk that Job was a man of heroic patience.
3. What was the reward of his patience?
4. Describe the many ways in which everybody can practice
patience.