But to-day I am not sure that the feeding of Elijah was a mere fable, embodied into the history of a desert nomadic tribe. My son, looking over my shoulder as I write, informs me that the ravens ...

“The word of the LORD came to Elijah: ‘Leave here…and hide in the Kerith Ravine…. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.’” – 1 Kings 17:2-4 ...