King Solomon, "Happy are thy men; happy are these thy servants which stand always before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.” Then she gave the king many of the handsome presents she had brought with her, the gold, and the silver, and the precious stones; and after this she went back, with her camels and her servants, to her own country.

W. Did King Solomon write any part of the Bible, Mamma ?

Mamma.

Yes he wrote the

Book of Proverbs, which is a part of the Bible full of wisdom and useful knowledge, as well as some other parts.

LESSON X.

THE WOMAN OF SHUNEM.

Mamma. Shall I tell you a story out of the Bible this morning, my dear?

W. Do, if you please, Mamma.

I should like very much to hear

one.

Mamma. There was once a prophet of God, a very good and holy man, whose name was Elisha. He lived near the foot of a mountain, called Mount Carmel, and he sometimes went to a place a few miles off, called Shunem. As he used to go there, he passed the house of a kind rich lady. She was a pious woman. She loved God's people, and she asked the prophet one day to come in, and

have something to eat at her house. He did so, and often after that time, as he passed by, he used to call

upon her. At last, she

said to her husband,

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Behold,

now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth

by us. chamber, I pray thee, on the wall, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.”

Let us make a little

W And did he, Mamma, did he go in to rest himself at that kind lady's house?

Mamma. Yes: and I have no doubt he was much pleased with the little simple room she had fitted up for him; for one day, when he went in as usual, he told his servant to let her know that he wished to speak to her.

W. And did she come, Mamma? Mamma. Yes: she soon stood before him. The prophet then