96 NO WVANT TO THEA! THAT FEAR 11H."

too if she would bring him a morsel of bread in her hand.
That does not seem much, does it? to give to a tired old
man! No, not much in a time of plenty, but the poor
woman answered, I have not a cake; only a handful of
meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse, and I am gath-
ering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and
my son, that we may cat it and die."
 Elijah said, Fear not, make me a little cake first
and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy
son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The barrel
of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail,
until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth."
The woman believed him ; she did as he said ; the prophet,
the widow, and her son, were all fed from that handful of
meal which never grew less, and the unfailing oil, until
the famine was ended.
 God cared for his servant: he was fed by the ravens,
the widow and the angel, all in times of want and trou-
ble. Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell
in the land and verily thou shalt be fed."