Joel (A Boy of Galilee)
Annie Fellows Johnston
- BUT
- JESUS
- SAID:
- "Let
- the
- children
- come
- to
- me.
- Don't
- stop
- them!
- For
- the
- Kingdom
- of
- Heaven
- belongs
- to
- those
- who
- are
- like
- these
- children."
- IN
- THIS
- LITTLE
- BOOK,
- 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.
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