Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. [Illustration: THE FINDING OF MOSES.] THE PROMISED LAND BIBLE STORIES RETOLD BY CATHARINE SHAW Author of "Suffer Little Children," "Long Ago in Bible Lands," "Stories from the Book of Books," Etc. JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO. LTD. 3, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C.4. BRITISH MANUFACTURE. CONTENTS. I. THE SLAVE BOY II. JOSEPH AS A VICTOR III. THE GOOD LITTLE SISTER IV. SAMSON V. THE CHARIOT OF FIRE VI. IN THE CAVE VII. MOSES IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN VIII. A GOOD REPORT OF THE LAND IX. MOSES HIDDEN IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK X. AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED XI. TO THE CITY OF REFUGE XII. THE LETTER THAT WAS LAID BEFORE THE LORD, AND THE LORD'S ANSWER XIII. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA XIV. THREE COMMANDMENTS ABOUT EARTHLY THINGS XV. THREE COMMANDMENTS ABOUT OUR HANDS—OUR TONGUES—AND OUR HEARTS XVI. TAKEN FROM THE BROOK XVII. THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS: AND HOW THEY WERE BROKEN XVIII. THE NEXT TWO COMMANDMENTS: AND HOW THEY MAY BE KEPT XIX. THE POTTER'S VESSEL XX. JEHOSHEBA, THE GOOD AUNT XXI. GOD FEEDS ELIJAH XXII. RUTH XXIII. ON MOUNT GILBOA XXIV. ABSALOM XXV. THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET XXVI. THE LORD ANSWERS ELIJAH BY FIRE XXVII. JOSHUA'S COURAGE XXVIII. THE FIERY FURNACE XXIX. QUEEN ESTHER'S REQUEST XXX. A GREAT RAIN, AND A TIRED PROPHET XXXI. SOLOMON'S WISDOM AND SOLOMON'S TEMPLE XXXII. JEHU—THE ELEVENTH KING OF ISRAEL XXXIII. A STORY OF VICTORY XXXIV. THE GREAT FEAST XXXV. DANIEL IS A CAPTIVE XXXVI. THE SECRET IS REVEALED TO DANIEL THE PROMISED LAND [Illustration] I. THE SLAVE BOY GENESIS, CHAPTERS 39 TO 50 GOD prepares wonderful things for those who love Him! Some of the things we see now, in this life. Some of them we must be content to wait for, till we go to be with God in Heaven. God says in Isaiah 64 that "Since the beginning of the world, men have not heard . . . neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him." But even in this life, if we love God, and watch to see the answers to our prayers, we shall see numbers of things which God our Heavenly Father helps us in—numbers of pleasures which He puts in our lives; numbers of dangers that He saves us from; numbers of times when He brings good out of what seemed to us to be only disappointment and trial. Well! That was how it was with Joseph! You remember about his dreams and the jealousy of his brothers? You remember how he was sent by his father Jacob, quite a long journey, to carry messages to his brothers, and to bring back word whether they and their flocks were well and in safety.