Chapter I: Front Matter

JOEL: A BOY OF GALILEE.

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_NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION_

JOEL: A BOY OF GALILEE

By

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother,"
"Ole Mammy's Torment," "Asa Holmes," etc.

With Pictures by L. J. BRIDGMAN

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_Copyright, 1895_
BY ROBERTS BROTHERS

_Copyright, 1904_
BY THE PAGE COMPANY

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Twelfth Impression, March, 1915
Thirteenth Impression, March, 1918

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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE

IN this volume, it has been the purpose of the author to present to children, through "Joel," as accurate a picture of the times of the Christ as has been given to older readers through "Ben Hur." With this in view, the customs of the private and public life of the Jews, the temple service with its sacerdotal rites, and the minute observances of the numerous holidays have been studied so carefully that the descriptions have passed the test of the most critical inspection. An eminent rabbi pronounces them correct in every detail.

While the story is that of an ordinary boy, living among shepherds and fishermen, it touches at every point the gospel narrative, making Joel, in a natural and interesting way, a witness to the miracles, the death, and the resurrection of the Nazarene.

It was with the deepest reverence that the task was undertaken, and the fact that the little book is accomplishing its mission is evinced not only by the approval accorded its first editions by so many, from Bible students to bishops, but by the boys and girls here and in distant lands.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"'THEN TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF MY SIGHT FOR
EVER'" (_See page 96_) _Frontispiece_

"HE LOOKED DOWN AT PHINEAS, AND SMILED
BLISSFULLY" 34

"'I PEEPED OUT 'TWEEN 'E WOSE-VINES'" 82

"NOT A WORD WAS SAID" 104

"'WE TALKED LATE'" 139

"'YOU BUT MOCK ME, BOY'" 184

"A DARK FIGURE WENT SKULKING OUT INTO THE
NIGHT" 203

"'THE STONE IS GONE!'" 233

JOEL: A BOY OF GALILEE.