SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORIES: 77, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS; AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. SHORT SCRIPTURE READINGS, WITH PRACTICAL COMMENTS. JONAH, CHAPTERS I. & II. Verses 1-3. "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” THE story of the prophet Jonah is full of interest, and contains many deep as well as striking lessons, and I think if we give our attention to it, and to the account of Jonah's conduct as related here, we find in it much that will instruct and help us. Jonah was a true servant of God, and a prophet of Israel; and he had, up to the period upon B |