We venture, in conclusion, to hope this volume will be the means, with God's blessing, of endearing to many young hearts "the sweet story of old," making them to love from childhood that book which in after years will truly be a lamp unto their feet and a light unto their path.
ADAM AND EVE DRIVEN OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN 23
RETURN OF THE DOVE WITH THE OLIVE BRANCH 27
ABRAHAM'S SERVANT MEETING REBEKAH AT THE WELL 40
JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN 61
THE ISRAELITES MADE TO WORK HARD IN EGYPT 67
PHARAOH'S HOST DESTROYED IN THE RED SEA 79
AARON AND HUR HOLDING UP THE HANDS OF MOSES 82
MOSES RECEIVING THE TABLES OF THE LAW 101
MOSES BRINGING THE NEW TABLES OF THE LAW 107
TABLE OF SHEW BREAD--ARK--GOLDEN CANDLESTICK 110
JOSHUA COMMANDING THE SUN TO STAND STILL 121
GIDEON'S OFFERING BURNT BY FIRE FROM THE ROCK 127
GOD TELLS SAMUEL OF DESTRUCTION OF ELI'S HOUSE 134
A CITY CAPTURED AND THE INHABITANTS LED AWAY CAPTIVE 200
JERUSALEM BESIEGED AND PEOPLE TAKEN CAPTIVE 209
TWO PAGES OF AN ANCIENT SCROLL OF SCRIPTURES 214
DANIEL INTERPRETING THE WRITING ON THE WALL 238
THE JEWISH CAPTIVES CONDUCTED BEFORE DARIUS 245
A SOLEMN FAST AND REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE 254
THE PROPHECY OF ELIZABETH AND OF MARY 257
THE ANGEL ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF JESUS 259
THE BIRTH OF JESUS PROCLAIMED BY THE SHEPHERDS 261
KILLING THE MALE CHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OLD 267
JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS 271
JESUS GIVES SIGHT TO THE TWO BLIND MEN 283
JESUS APPEARS TO TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES 326
THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THEM, BE NOT AFRAID 327
JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES AT THE SEA OF TIBERIAS 329
TONGUES OF FIRE RESTING ON THE DISCIPLES 334
THE CHILD CHRIST, MARY HIS MOTHER AND JOSEPH 345
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."--_Gen. 1:1._
IN the Bible we are told God made the earth we live on. Sunday is the earth's birthday, for on the first day of the week the Creation began.
The world was one mass--dark, empty, and shapeless--till God made the light by His Word, and saw the light was good. Without light we could not live: even the very trees and flowers would die. When we have been in the dark how glad we are to see light come back, even if it be only one grey line beginning in the sky! This shows how blessed is this gift. It was good, too, that we should have quiet dark night for rest and stillness.