I presume every girl and boy knows something about “Tabitha” or “Dorcas.” She also lived in Jaffa; and you know we read she “was full of good works, and almsdeeds.” One day she took sick and died, and her body was prepared for the tomb. Peter was not very many miles away, so he was sent for. Upon his arrival he was taken to the upper room where the lifeless body of Dorcas lay. Can you imagine the great sorrow of the people? “All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.” And then what did Peter do? Why, he performed a great miracle, for he brought the good woman back to life again. That was a happy time, and there was real joy in that house. Everybody in Jaffa heard of Tabitha’s sickness, death and restoration to life, “and many believed in the Lord.” Nineveh was a very wicked city, and the Lord was greatly concerned about it; so he called a man by the name of Jonah to go there and preach to the people. This man did not want to go, for no doubt he thought the work would be too hard; so he started to a place of his own choosing, and went to Jaffa, took ship there for Tarshish, paid the fare, went down in the ship and went to sleep. Do you believe he was altogether happy? We shall see by and by. The Lord knew what Jonah was doing, and what was in his mind too, for you know nothing can be hid from the Lord, no matter how hard one tries. And this man found that out to his sorrow, for pretty soon “the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken,” and the sailors were dreadfully scared; but Jonah knew nothing about it, for he was fast asleep. As the storm grew in strength the seamen became more and more alarmed, and finally they called out, “Arise, call upon thy God.” By this time the poor man was sure he was the cause of the stormy voyage. So Jonah said, “Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea.” But they did not want to treat their passengers so unkindly; so they rowed and rowed, to see if they could possibly get to land with him and all be saved. But there was no use trying; the sea was too wild. Then they tried another plan; they called upon the Lord,—and very pitifully, too,—but that failed. “So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from her raging.” Now poor Jonah was in the water; but the Lord was not going to let him perish, so he prepared a great fish which swallowed him. Still the Lord was with him; and while in the great fish Jonah thought and “prayed unto the Lord his God.” The Lord hears prayers and answers them if he thinks best; so this time poor Jonah’s prayer was answered, and “the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the land.” After that the Lord called him the second time, and this time he obeyed. He went and preached in Nineveh, and “the people of Nineveh believed God.”