Bible-story book

Preface

Behind every task attempted there lies a purpose. In the writing of the Bible-Story Book the author has endeavored to familiarize herself with the viewpoint of children and to adapt her language accordingly. With vivid recollections of the capacity of the child-mind to grasp and retain Scripture truths, she has labored prayerfully and conscientiously to present these stories in such a simple, direct manner that her youthful readers will have no difficulty in comprehending their teaching.

The thought-life that is early trained to respect and reverence God’s Word becomes a powerful factor in the formation of Christian character. Hence the importance of arresting the attention of children with stories from the Sacred Book. From these stories they may glean their first knowledge of the relationship which exists between God and man, broken by sin but reestablished by faith in the sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ.

The author acknowledges her indebtedness especially to Blaikie’s Manual of Bible History for helpful suggestions as to chronological outlines and historical information.

With a prayer that He who said, 6 Suffer the children to come unto me, ’ may in this book find a medium; to draw them to Himself, I am,

A servant of the Lord,

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STORIES ABOUT THE PATRIARCHS

GENESIS; JOB

Story 1 — How the World Was Made . 23

Story 2— The Story of the First Earth-Home 24

Story 3 — The Story of the First Children , 27

Story 4 — The First Great Ship and Why It Was Built _ 31

Story 5 — The Tower of Babel, and Why It Was Never Finished 35

Story 6 — A Man Who Heard and Obeyed God’s Call 36

Story 7 — How Abram Ended a Quarrel I....... 39

Story 8 — How Lot’s Choice Brought Trouble 40

Story 9 — Things that Happened Inside and Outside Abram’s Tent-Home 43

Story 1*0 — Strange Visitors at Abram’s Tent- Home 44

Story 11 — What Happened to Sodom - 46

Story 12 — The Little Boy Who Became a Great Hunter 48

Story 13 — How Abraham Gave Isaac Back to God * 50

Story 14 — How Abraham Found a Wife for Isaac...; 52

Story 15 — What Two Boys Thought About Their Father’s Blessing 56

Story 16 — Jacob’s Lonely Journey and His Wonderful Dreamt 59

Story 17 — How Jacob Was Deceived by Laban 62

Story 18 — Why Jacob’s Name Was Changed to Israel 64

Story 19 — How Jacob’s Favorite Son Became a Slave 67

Story 20 — Joseph a Prisoner in Egypt ~ : 71

Story 21 — Joseph a Ruler in Egypt .— * 73

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Story 22 — How Joseph’s Dreams Came True 76

Story 23 — Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers 79

Story 24 — Joseph’s Father and Brothers Come to Live) in Egypt 84

Story 25 — The Story of Job 89

Part Second Stories About Moses

EXODUS; LEVITICUS; NUMBERS; DEUTERONOMY

Story 1 — How the Child Moses Came to Live in the King’s Palace 93

Story 2 — Why Moses Lived in the Wilderness ; 96

Story 3 — How God Spoke to Moses from a Burning Bush 98

Story 4 — Moses and Aaron Talk With a Stubborn King 101

Story 5 — Pharaoh Sees God’s Mighty Signs and Miracles 105

Story 6 — When the Death- Angel Visited Pharaoh’s Palace 108

Story 7 — How God Showed His Power at the Red Sea..^/ 112

Story 8 — What Happened in the Wilderness of Shur 116

Story 9 — How God Fed the Hungry People in the Wilderness ... 117

Story 10 — How God Showed His Power at Rephidim . 120

Story 11 — The Voice from a Smoking Mountain 121

Story 12 — The Story of a Golden Calf 1 124

Story 13 — How God Planned to Live Among His People 127

Exodus 34 — 43; Numbers 1 — 5

Story 14 — The Tabernacle, Where the Israelites Worshiped God 129

Story 15 — How the People Worshiped God at the Tabernacle 131

Leviticus 1 — 9

Story 16 — The Israelites Journey from Sinai to the Border of Canaan 133

Story 17 — How Ten Men Spoiled God’s Plan * 135

Story 18 — Why God Caused the Earth to Swallow Some Israelites 139

Story 19 — Things That Happened to the Israelites During the Forty Years They

Lived in the Wilderness 142

Numbers 20; Deut. 2:1-15

Story 20 — Why the Brass Serpent Hung on a Pole in the Israelites’ Camp 144

Story 21 — How God Helped the Israelites When They Trusted in Him. 145

Story 22— What Happened to a Wise Man Who Tried to Disobey God 146

Story 23 — How Balaam Tried to Pleas© the King 149

Story 24 — The Last Journey of Moses _ 150

Num. 27:12-23; Deuteronomy 34

Part Third Stories About Joshua And The Judges Of Israel

JOSHUA; JUDGES; RUTH; 1 SAMUEL 1—9

Story 1 — How a Woman Spoiled the Plan of a Wicked King 153

Story 2 — How the Israelites Crossed Over a Dangerous River 155

Story 3 — What Happened to the Stone Walls of Jericho 157

Story 4 — The Story About a Buried Sin 161

Story 5 — The Altar Where God’s Law Was Written upon Stone , 163

Deuteronomy 27, 28; Josh. 8:30-35

Story 6 — The People Who Fooled Joshua 164

Story 7 — Why Joshua Spoke to the Sun and to the Moon 165

Story 8 — How the Land of Canaan Became the Land of Israel 167

Story 9 — How God Planned to Use Some Cities in the Land of Israel 169

Story 10 — The Story of the Altar Beside the Jordan River 170

Story 11 — Joshua’s Last Meeting with the Israelites 173

Story 12— How God Helped the Israelites Out of Their Troubles. 174

Story 13 — The Left-Handed Man Who Judged Israel 176

Story 14 — Two Brave Women Who Helped the Israelites Out of Trouble 178

Story 15 — How a Brave Man Tore Down an Altar of Baal 180

Story 16 — How the Midianites Were Surprized at Midnight 184

Story 17 — The Man Who Made Himself King over Israel 186

Story 18 — How a Girl Gave Her Life for Her Father’s Sin 188

Story 19 — The Story of a Strong Man Who Judged Israel 191

Story 20 — How Samson Came to His Death '. 194

Story 21 — The Young Woman Who Forsook Idols to Serve God 198

Ruth 1 — 4

Story 22— The Little Boy Whose Mother Lent Him to the Lord > 202

Story 23 — The Story of the Stolen Ark - 2*05

Story 24 — How the Ark of God Troubled Dagon and His Worshipers — - 207

Story 25 — How Samuel Judged the Israelites 209

Part Fourth Stories About The Three Kings Of United Israel

1 AND 2 SAMUEL; 1 KINGS 1—12; 1 AND 2 CHRONICLES 1—11

Story 1 — The Tall Man Whom God Chose to Become Israel's First King.. 211

Story 2 — How the Eyes of Some of Saul’s People Were Saved 216

Story 3 — King Saul and His People in Trouble 218

Story 4 — How the Faith of a Brave Young Prince Brought a Great Victory 220

Story 5 — How Sin Robbed Saul of His Kingdom 222

Story 6 — Why God Sent Samuel to Bethlehem 224

Story 7 — Why Jesse Sent David to Visit King Saul 227

Story 8 — How David Killed the Giant Goliath _ 228

Story 9 — How Saul Became David’s Enemy _ 234

Story 10 — How Jonathan and Michal Saved David’s Life 236

Story 11 — Why a Little Boy Picked Up Arrows for a Prince 238

Story 12 — Things That Happened While David Had no Home .... 240

Story 13 — How a Wicked Servant Obeyed a Wicked King 242

Story 14 — How David Spared Saul’s Life 244

Story 15 — The Unhappy Ending of Saul’s Life 248

Story 16 — What Happened to David’s Home at Ziklag 250

Story 17 — When the Shepherd-Boy Became the King of Israel.... .. / 252

Story 18 — What Happened to a Little Lame Prince When He Grew Up 254

Story 19 — David’s Sin and His Punishment 2 Sam. 11:1—12:26

Story 20— The Wicked Prince Who Tried to Steal His Father’s Kingdom 257

Story 21 — How the Wicked Prince Was Hung in the Boughs of a Great Oak-Tree 259

Story 22 — Why the Death-Angel Visited Jerusalem. 261

2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21

Story 23 — Why Solomon Rode Upon the King’s Mule 263

Story 24 — How God Spoke in a Dream to Solomon _ . 265

Story 25— The Temple of the Lord, Which Solomon Built on Mount Moriah 268

Story 26 — The Last Days of King Solomon 270

Part Fifth Stories About The Divided Kingdom

1 AND 2 KINGS; 1 AND 2 CHRONICLES; JONAH; JEREMIAH

Story 1 — The Foolish Young Prince Who Lost His Father’s Kingdom 273

Story 2 — The Story About Two Golden Calves 275

Story 3 — Why a Prophet Was Killed by a Lion 278

Story 4 — What the Blind Prophet Told the Queen of Israel 280

Story 5 — The Story of a King Who Tried to Destroy Idol-Worship 281

Story 6 — Why Birds Fed a Prophet by a Brook Near Jordan 283

Story 7 — How God Showed His Great Power on Mount Carmel ,.. 287

Story 8 — The Little Cloud That Brought a Great Rain 291

Story 9 — What an Angel Found Under a Juniper- Tree in the Wilderness 292

Story 10 — Ahab and the Beggar King 295

Story 11 — How a King’s Pout Cost a Man’s Life 297

Story 12 — When Fire Fell from the Sky and Burned Up Some Wicked Men 300

Story 13 — The Story of a Great Whirlwind : 302

Story 14 — Why Two Hungry Bears Killed Some Children from Bethel 304

Story 15 — Elisha’s Miracle That Saved Two Boys from Becoming Slaves... 306

Story 16 — The Story About a Little Boy Who Died and Became Alive Again. 308

Story 17 — Elisha’s Kindness to the Poor 311

Story 18— How a Little Slave-Girl Helped a Heathen Man to Find the True God. 2 Kings 5:1-27

Story 19 — A Little Boy Who Became King, and How He Ruled in Judah

Story 20 — How Elisha Led His Enemies Into a Trap.—w -

Story 21 — Where Four Lepers Found Food for a Starving City •

Story 22 — The Prophet Who Tried to Run Away from God

Jonah 1 — 1

Story 23 — The Sad Ending of the Kingdom of Israel

Story 24 — The Good King Hezekiah - -

2 Kings 18 — 20; 2 Chronicles 29 — 32

Story 25 — The Story About a Forgotten Book

2 Chronicles 34, 35

Story 26 — The Weeping Prophet, and His Great Work

Jeremiah 1 — 52

Part Sixth Stories About The Jews

DANIEL; NEHEMIAH; HAGGAI; EZRA; ESTHER; MALACHI

Story 1 — How the People of Judah Lived in a Strange Land 339

Story 2 — Four Brave Boys Who Stood Before a Great King ...... 340

Story 3 — How Daniel Became a Great Man in Babylon 342

Story 4 — What the King Saw in the Fiery Furnace 345

Story 5 — How God Humbled the Proud Heart of Nebuchadnezzar 347

Story 6 — The Strange Handwriting on the Wall of the Palace 350

Story 7 — Daniel in the Lions’ Den 354

Story 8 — Daniel’s Angel Visitor 356

Story 9 — The Home-Coming of the Jews 358

Story 10 — How the New Temple Was Built in Jerusalem 359

Story 11 — The Beautiful Girl Who Became a Queen 4 382

Story 12 — Why a Proud Man Planned to Destroy AH the Jews 364

Story 13 — How Queen Esther Saved the Lives of Her People 366

Story 14 — Ezra the Good Man Who Taught God’s Law to the Jews 371

Ezra 7 — 10; Nehemiah 8

Story 15 — The Bong’s Cupbearer and His Story... ;..... 373

Story 16 — How the Walls of Jerusalem Were Rebuilt 375

STORIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

STORIES ABOUT JESUS

MATTHEW; MARK; LUKE; JOHN Acts 1:1-15

What Happened Between the Old and the New Testament 379

Story 1 — An Angel Visitor in the Temple .-. 383

Story 2 — The Heavenly Messenger in Galilee .. 385

Story 3 — How the Dumb Priest and His Wife Named Their Child 388

Story 4 — The Story of a Wonderful Baby’s Birth .. 390

Story 5 — The Wise Men Who Followed a Star 394

Matthew 2

Story 6 — When Jesus Was a Boy Twelve Years Old 397

Story 7 — The Strange Preacher in the Wilderness. _.... 401

Story 8 — The Temptations of Jesus . . 403

Story 9 — How Five Men Became Acquainted with Jesus 405

Story 10 — The Wedding-Feast Where Jesus Showed His Power 4)08

Story 11— The Great Teacher in Jerusalem 411

Story 12 — The Tired Stranger Who Rested by a Well 414

Story 13 — The Story of a Man Who Had Great Faith in Jesus’ Power 416

Story 14 — The Angry Mob on the Hill-Top of Nazareth 418

Story 15 — Four Fishermen Who Left Their Nets to Follow Jesus 420

Matt. 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-34; Luke 4:33—5:11 Story 16 — How Matthew the Publican Became a Disciple of Jesus .. 424

Story 17 — How Jesus Healed a Cripple and a Man Whose Hand Was Withered 427

Story 18 — The Twelve Men Who Were Apostles . 430

Story 19 — The Sermon on the Mountain-Side 431

Matthew 5 — 7; Luke 6:17-49

Story 20 — How Jesus Healed a Man Who Was a Leper 433

Story 21 — How a Roman Captain Showed His Great Faith in Jesus 435

Story 22 — Why Four Men Tore Up the Roof of a Crowded House 436

Story 23 — When a Widow’s Sorrow Was Changed into Joy 438

Story 24 — A Pharisee, a Sinful Woman, and the Savior. 441

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Story 25 — Story-Sermons by the Sea 1 - 442

Story 26 — The Flooded Ship That Did Not Sink, and the Wild Man Made Well 445

Story 27 — The Little Girl Who Died and Became Alive Again 448

Story 28 — A Boy’s Lunch-Basket, and a Great Miracle 450

Story 29 — The Man Who Walked on the Water and Became Afrlaid. 452

Story 30 — How Jesus Answered a Mother’s Prayer 454

Story 31 — What a Multitude Learned About! Jesus 455

Story 32 — The Blind Man of Bethsaida; How Peter Answered a Great Question 457

Story 33 — The Glorified Master on the Mountain-Side 458

Story 34 — A Suffering Child, an Anxious Father, and Jesus 460

Story 35 — Jesus and His Disciples in Capernaum 461

Matt. 17:22—18:14; Mark 9:30-43; Luke 9:43-50 Story 36 — Jesus Teaches Peter a Lesson on Forgiveness 462

Story 37 — The Unfriendly Samaritans; The Ten Lepers 464

Story 38 — Jesus at the Great Feast in Jerusalem _ 465

Story 39 — How Jesus Answered His Enemies’ Question 467

John 8

Story 40 — What Happened to the Blind Man Whom Jesus Healed 469

John 9

Story 41 — Little Children Are Brought to Jesus; A Young Man Goes Away Sad 472

Story 42 — Seventy Other Disciples Sent Out; The Good Samaritan 473

Story 43 — Lazarus, the Dead Man Whom Jesus Called Out of the Grave 476

Story 44 — Jesus Heals the Sick, and Teaches in a Pharisee’s House 478

Story 45 — A Crooked Woman Healed; The Pharisees Try to Frighten Jesus; Parables

by the Way 480

Story 46 — Four Short Story-Sermons Which Jesus Preached 483

Story 47 — Happenings on the Way to Jerusalem 486

Story 48 — The Little Man Who Climbed into a Tree to See Jesus 488

Story 49 — How Mary Showed Her Love for Jesus 490

Story 50 — How Jesus Rode into Jerusalem as a King : 493

Story 51 — The Teachings of Jesus in the Temple 497

Story 52 — Jesus’ Last Days in the Temple 499

Story 53 — Jesus’ Teaching on the Mount of Olives .. 502

Story 54 — The Last Supper Jesus Ate with the Twelve 504

Story 55 — How an Untrue Disciple Sold His Lord 507

Story 56— The Darkest Day in All the World 1 511

Matt. 27:1-54; Mark 15:1-39; Luke 23:1-47; John 18:28—19:31 Story 57 — The Watchers at the Tomb of Jesus 515

Story 58 — When Jesus, the Crucified Savior, Arose from the Dead 518

Matt. 28:2-16; Mark 16:5-14; Luke 24:4-12; John 20:2-18 Story 59 — The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus; Doubting Thomas 520

Story 60 — Jesus’ Last Meeting with His Disciples by the Seashore and on the Mount

of Olives •_ _ 524 part second

STORIES ABOUT THE APOSTLES

THE BOOK OF ACTS; THE EPISTLES; THE BOOK, OF REVELATION

Story 1 — The Sound as of a Rushing Wind, and What It Brought 52S\

Story 2 — The Crippled Beggar Who Received a Wonderful Gift 532

Story 3 — The Story About Two Hypocrites in the Early Church 535

Story 4 — When Prison Doors Swung Open by an Angel’s Touch 538

Story 5 — The Preacher Who Was Stoned to Death 540

Story 6 — A Man Who Tried to Buy the Holy Spirit with Money 543

Story 7 — Philip Preaches to a Stranger on a Lonely Road .... 545

Story 8 — The Wicked Plan that Was Spoiled by a Vision of Jesus 547

Story 9 — How a Basket Was Used to Save a Man’s Life 551

Story 10 — A Sick Man Healed, and a Dead Woman Brought Back to Life 554

Story 11 — The Great Sheet Let Down from Heaven, and What It Taught 555

Story 12 — How Peter’s Coming Broke Up a Midnight Prayer-Meeting 559

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Story 13 — Where Believers in Jesus Were First Called Christians 561

Story 14 — The First Missionaries in the Early Church 563

Story 15 — How Idol-Worshipers in Lystra Treated Barnabas and Paul 565

Story 16— A Puzzling Question, and How It Was Answered 567

Story 17 — A Call for Help From a Far-Off Land * - 569

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Story 18 — The Prayer-Meeting in Prison, and Its Happy Ending 571

Story 19 — How the Gospel Was First Preached in Other Cities of Macedonia 574

Story 20 — Paul Tells the Wise Men of Greece about the Unknown God 576

Story 21 — How a Great Heathen City Received th<* Gospel 578

Story 22 — The Uproar a Covetous Man Caused in a Great City 580

Story 23 — The Faithful Missionary, and His Last Farewell 583

Story 24 — How the Prophet’s Words Came True 587

StOry 25 — How a Young Man Saved His Uncle’s Life 589

Story 26 — A King Listens to Paul’s Story 592

Story 27 — The Story of a Shipwreck 596

Acts 27

Story 28 — How a Chained Prisoner Brought Joy to Islanders 599

Story 29 — The Last of Paul’s Journey, and His Life in Rom© 600

Acts 28:11-31; Philemon; Colossians; 2 Timothy

Story 30 — Things We Learn from the Epistles 604

The Epistles

Story 31 — What God’s Faithful Servant Saw While He Was on a Lonely Island 606

Revelation 1:1 — 22:21

LIST OF PICTURES

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Adam and Eve driven from the garden (frontispiece, colored) 2

Adam and Eve leaving beautiful Eden (full page) 26

The sad result of Cain’s quarrel .. 29

God talking to Cain .. 30

The animals going into the big ark (full page)...'. 32

The tower of Babel....'. * 36

Abram listening to God : 38

Abram talking with King Melchisedec (full page) : 41

Lot and his daughters fleeing from Sodom 47

Abraham about to -offer up Isaac 52

Eliezer meeting Rebekah at the well 54

Jacob’s, dream (full page, colored) opposite 60

Jacob meeting beautiful Rachel 61

The angel telling Jacob to let him go ..„ 65

Joseph being sold as a slave. 69

A modern picture of where Joseph lived when a boy, also showing his mother’s

grave 70

Joseph telling the meaning of Pharaoh’s dreams 75

Joseph’s brothers bowing before him, in Egypt „ 77

Finding the money in the sacks 78

Joseph kissing his young brother, Benjamin 83

Joseph’s father talking to the king (full page) 86

The servants telling Job of his troubles ,. 90

The Israelites as slaves in Egypt 94

Pharaoh’s daughter finding Moses (full page, colored).... - opposite 95

Moses and the fire in the bush 98

Aaron’s rod swallowing the rods of the magicians 102

A modern picture of the river that became blood (full page) 104

Israelites sprinkling blood on their door-frame 109

The death-angel looking for the blood-stains 110

A modern picture of near where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea (full page) 112

The Israelites safe, and the Egyptians being drowned (full page) 114

Israelites gathering the bread from heaven, manna 118

The place where the< last manna fell, Gilgal (full page) 119

Moses breaking the tablets because of the golden calf 126

The tabernacle, its court, etc. (full page, colored) opposite 130

The ark of the covenant 131

The priest Aaron and his sons 132

The spies gathering fruit in Canaan 136

Korah and his friends being swallowed by the earth 140

Aaron ’s rod was the only one that grew 141

The people looking to Moses’ serpent of brass (full page, colored) opposite 144

Moses looking at the promised land „ 151

The River Jordan 154

Israelites crossing through the Jordan River .. 156

Jericho’s walls falling down 158

Jericho as it is now 159

Achan confessing before Joshua „ 162

Safely reaching a city of refuge - *. 170

Joshua and the great stone... - 174

Gideon and his fleece - — 183

Gideon’s army blowing their trumpets - .. 185

Samson killing a lion — - 192

Samson killing the Philistines with a dry bone 193

Samson pulling down the Philistine temple 197

Boaz talking to Ruth 200

Harvesting grain in Palestine, where Ruth lived (full page) 201

Hannah bringing little Samuel to Eli r.,....r....... g03

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The death of Eli - - - 206

Bethlehem, the place where David once lived (full page) C 225

David killing the lion — . - - - 230

David gathering stones from the brook (full page) 232

David cutting off the giant’s head 233

King Saul throwing his spear at David - 235

David and Jonathan - 239

King Saul in David’s cave 245

David and Abishai enter Saul’s camp 247

King Saul falling upon his own sword 249

The prophet speaking to King David . . — ~ 256

King David sorrowing (full page, colored) opposite 260

Wonderful pools Solomon made - - 267

The beautiful temple Solomon built - 269

A picture of modern Shechem, the city where Rehoboam met the people., 272

Rehoboam refusing the old men’s counsel 274

One of the golden calves - 276

Bethel, where Jeroboam placed a golden calf (full page) 277

Arabs camping near where Elijah stayed (full page) 284

Elijah being fed by the birds 286

Mount Carmel, where the priests and prophets met (full page) 289

Elijah praying down fire from heaven (full page, colored) opposite 290

The angel finding Elijah ... 293

Naboth refusing to sell his vineyard - 298

Elijah meeting wicked Ahab .. 299

Ruins of the beautiful palace at Samaria 300

Elijah going to heaven in the chariot of fire 303

The two bears and the wicked children 306

The boy who was dead, and his mother 310

The captive maid tells of Elisha (full page, colored) : opposite 313

Elisha’s servant speaking to Naaman (full page) 314

Naaman in the River Jordan .. 316

Crowning the boy Joash 318

The great fish throwing Jonah onto the land..:.— : 325

Jonah preaching in Nineveh 326

Hezekiah spreading the letter1 before God (full page) 331

Jeremiah being lowered into the dungeon (full page) .. 336

Daniel refusing the king’s food 341

The three who refused to worship the image 345

The fiery furnace (full page, colored) opposite 346

Nebuchadnezzar in the fields : ^ 349

The strange handwriting on the palace wall (full page) 351

The men watching Daniel pray (full page). 353

Daniel among the hungry lions .r 355

Building the new temple ' 360

Esther, the beautiful queen 363

Haman leading Mordecai through the city 369

Nehemiah examining the walls by night _ 374

How they built the walls of Jerusalem... 376

The hill-country of Judah, where Zacharias’ home once was (full page) 384

Nazareth as it is today. It was in this city that the angel visited Mary, and where

Jesus played and worked as a boy (full page) 386

A recent picture of the hilly country where John the Baptist was born and where

he preached (full page) , :.. * 389

The angel talking to the shepherds in a field near Bethlehem (full page) 391

The shepherds visiting the baby Jesus 393

Simeon holding Mary’s baby, Jesus.... 394

The visit of the wise men (full page, colored) opposite 396

The well in Nazareth from which Jesus very probably drank water (full page) 398

The boy Jesus in the temple with the wise men (full page) 40*0

Jesus sending Satan away 404

Jesus and the five men ,...— . .... 4Q§

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LIST OF PICTURES

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Cana, where Jesus attended the wedding (full page) .. 409

Jesus making wine out of water 410

Jesus talking to Nicodemus 412

Jesus and the woman at Jacob’s well : 415

Jesus preaching in the synagog at Nazareth „ .-. 418

Fishermen at the Sea of Galilee mending their nets (full page) 421

Euins of ancient Capernaum (full page)... 426

Jesus healing the withered hand , 429

Jesus and the twelve apostles .. 430

Jesus bringing to life the widow’s son (full page) 439

On the stormy sea 445

Jesus feeding the five thousand (full page, colored) opposite 451

Peter beginning to sink . 453

Peter paying the money taken from the fish’s mouth 461

The village of Siloam 470

The little children and Jesus (full page, colored)... opposite 472

The good Samaritan and the wounded man 475

Jesus healing the woman ... 481

Lazarus at the rich man’s gate 484

Jesus calling to Zacchaeus 489

Bethany, where Mary lived (full page) 491

Jesus "triumphantly entering Jenisalem...... : 494

The 11 Golden Gate,” through which Jesus rode. It has been elosed for many years.... 495

The Garden of Gethsemane as seen from Jerusalem (full page) 508

Judas kissing Jesus 509

Pilate with Jesus before the angry Jews . 512

Judas throwing down the money 513

Where Jesus died (full page, colored) opposite 514

The tomb where perhaps Jesus was buried (full page) 516

Angels on the way to Jesus’ tomb : 519

Jesus and Mary . 520

Emmaus, where Jesus ate with the two after his resurrection (full page) 521

Jesus appearing on the shores of Galilee 525

The Mount of Olives, from which Jesus went up to heaven .. 527

The coming of the Holy Spirit .. 530

The crippled beggar walking with Peter and John 533

Bringing their treasures to the apostles 536

The sad death of Ananias ,. 537

Stephen being killed with stones 542

Philip teaching the man from Ethiopia 546

The north gate of Jerusalem, through which Saul no doubt passed. It is called the

Damascus Gate (full page) 548

Saul struck down 550

Saul escaping in the basket 1 - 552

Peter and what he saw 556

Peter telling Cornelius about Jesus : 558

Peter being delivered from prison (full page, colored) ..opposite 560

Old wall of Antioch, where disciples were named * 1 Christians ” 7 562

The jailer with Paul and Silas after the earthquake 573

Mars Hill, where Paul preached 576

Euins of an ancient idol-temple - 581

A theater of Paul’s time 582

Ephesians bidding Paul good-by ~ 584

Tyre, where Paul met with brethren 586

Paul being bound - — * 588

Paul speaking before King Agrippa 1 v- 593

Paul’s ship wrecked in the Mediterranean 597

The Appian Way, which Paul traveled to Eome 601

The ruins of Eome’s ancient forum, where justice was administered 603

John’s vision on the Isle of Patmos (full page, colored) opposite 607

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STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

SIX PARTS

STORIES ABOUT THE PATRIARCHS Part Second

STORIES ABOUT MOSES Part Third

STORIES ABOUT JOSHUA AND THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL