Chapter XXXV: Seven Heroic Names

376. The Hebrews always looked back to their magnificent king, whom they thought of as the wisest of men. What was his name? Tell the story of his great building. (Sec.79; I Kings 5:2-6.[2])

[2: Very short Scripture references are given, just enough to recall the story. It might be well to read these as well as to look at the section in the textbook.]

377. What great prophet was the champion of pure religion? Tell the story of the test at Mount Carmel. (Sec.82; I Kings 18:20-24.)

378. King Ahab had a fine palace in Jezreel and Naboth had a vineyard near by. Tell the story of the king's covetousness. Why did Elijah interfere? (Sec.84; I Kings 21:17-23.)

379. Who was the prophet that followed Elijah? Why did we call him the healer and counselor? We read a number of stories of his kindly deeds to the people. Tell one of them.

380. One of Israel's heroes was a man who had always lived far away from Jerusalem. He had a high office, and would have found it more profitable not to trouble himself about his countrymen. But he heard of their sad condition and persuaded the king to let him help them. Tell the story of Nehemiah building the wall of Jerusalem. (Sec.91; Neh. 6:15, 16.)

381. Two books in the Old Testament are named after women. One was a foreigner who came into Israel, the other was the beautiful Jewess who married the Persian king. Who was the wicked man that wanted to kill all the Jews? How did the queen risk her life to save her people? (Sec.95; Esther 4:13-17.)

382. We studied about one hero, whose story is not in the Old Testament. What did his surname Maccabaeus mean? How did he deliver his people? (Sec.97.)

383. Sometimes the noblest heroism is just to refuse to be frightened away from doing right. Who was the man who prayed three times a day when the king had commanded that no prayers should be offered except to himself. Tell the story of the den of lions. (Sec.100.)

384. Write down these seven heroic names. Which of them was honored as the kindly helper of the needy and the wise adviser of his nation in days of trouble? Which was the gallant soldier who defeated the tyrant? Who risked life and fortune to save the people? Who started out in his youth to be a good judge and ruler of the people? Who was loyal to his conscience at the risk of his life? Who was the stern rebuker of injustice? Who gave up his ease to work for his troubled people? Note that there are many ways to be a hero.

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Transcribers Note: skekels changed to shekels Sect. 68 A
thuo changed to thou Sect. 68 C
Eljiah changed to Elijah Sect. 82 B
Scripture references have been standardised as
this example (Gen. 21:2, 3; 22:1-19)
Punctuation moved inside end quote on the following
lines:--
"Drink, my lord:" Sect. 9 B
"Lest peradventure the people repent when they
see war, and they return to Egypt:" Sect. 38 A
Word hyphenation has been standardised.

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