THE HISTORY OF JONAH, FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH; DESIGNED ALSO AS AN AID TO FAMILIAR BIBLICAL EXPOSITION IN FAMILIES Thomas Hopkins BY REV. T. H. GALLAUDET, Late Principal of the American Arylum for the Deaf and Dumb. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW-YORK. D. Fanshaw, Printer. cop. 1833. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, by CROCKER & BREWSTER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Right of publishing transferred to American Tract Society. CONTENTS. CHAP. I.-Omniscience of God. Meaning of the word prophet. Schools of the prophets among the Jews. CHAP. IV.-Jonah tries to flee to Tarshish. A dread- ful storm. The sailors cry to their false gods. They throw their goods overboard to save the ship. Men will part with any thing to save their lives. How much more ought we to be willing to part with any CHAP. V.-Jonah asleep. The captain awakes him, and calls upon him to pray. Sinning makes people leave off praying. Remorse a source of wretched- ness. Casting lots explained. The mariners cast Page. |