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still dead. When they arrived at the house, and the prophet went up into the chamber, he found it was indeed true. the dear child on his own bed, just as his mother had left him, looking as though he were sweetly asleep. He went in, therefore, and shut the door, and knelt down, and prayed to God. No one else was in the room. Then he went to the little boy's bed, and laid himself down close to the child, and put his mouth upon

his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands, and stretched himself upon the child-and soon the child began to get warm. Then he left him for a few minutes, and walked backwards and forwards in the room, and went up and stretched himself upon him again, and the little boy sneezed seven times, and at last he opened his eyes.

W. Oh, Mamma, how glad I am to hear that! What joy it must have been to his poor Mamma. I

know what grief you would be in if your own little baby were to die; and I dare say that little boy's mother was just as sorry when her little boy died as you would be to lose either of us. Do go on, dear Mamma.

Mamma. As soon as the little boy was come to life again, the prophet told his servant to call his mother, and when she was come into the room, he said to her, "Take up thy son." Then she went in and fell down at his

feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her dear child and went out. How happy she must have felt! How glad she must have been that she had showed kindness to the good prophet in making that little room for him on the wall; and now, I have no doubt, she felt not only thankful to him as the means of raising her child to life again, but also thankful to that God, who had given His servant power to do so, and in whom alone we

live, and move, and have have our

being.

LESSON XI.

NAAMAN.

Mamma. You liked the last Bible story I told you, about the good prophet Elisha, my dear. Perhaps you would like to hear another about him.

W. Oh, yes, Mamma, I should like it very much.

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