Scenes from Old Testament History 'THE PROPHETS ON MOUNT CARMEL'
PREVIOUS series of Old Testament readings have illustrated the poetry and the wisdom in which the Bible abounds. The present series (which began with the reading of the ' Queen of Sheba' passage last week) is taken from the second half of the Old Testament, the books of Kings, Esther, Job, Ezekiel, and Daniel. Throughout the series recurs the idea of the God of Israel defending His people against the incursions of the heathen; and the passages that will be read have that epic quality to which the Bible narrative so often soars. This afternoon will be read the story of one of the most striking occasions on which the prophet of Israel was vindicated-the conflict on Mount Carmel between Elijah and the prophets of Baal.