(Tell Story 1 in "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible.")
To the Teacher:
Under the title of each lesson throughout these pages will be seen instructions to tell certain lessons, with numbers. These numbered lessons and parts correspond with the numbered lessons and parts in "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible."
Let the teacher begin by asking, "Who can tell us what is the first verse of the Bible?" When hands are raised, call on three or four children to repeat the verse in turn; then let all the class repeat it in concert. Explain what the verse means, that God made the world, and all the things in it. Tell the story of the creation of the world; of the first man and the first woman; the Garden of Ē´dĕn, and how Ăd´ăm and Ēve lost their home, and were driven out. Then teach the class the answers to the following questions. At the close of the lesson, see that every young pupil is shown just where the questions and answers on the lesson are found. The answers should be reviewed by parents, or older brothers and sisters, until the child can repeat them thoroughly, and can tell in his own language, the story of the lesson.
Questions and Answers.
1. What is the first verse in the Bible? "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
2. What does this mean? That God made all things.
3. In how many days does the Bible tell us that God made the world? In six days.
4. On what day did God rest from his work? On the seventh day.
5. Whom did God make as the first man? Ăd´ăm.