CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. | |
| God Made the World, | PAGE [33] |
CHAPTER II. | |
| The Great Flood; and a Great Tow-er, | [43] |
CHAPTER III. | |
| A-bra-ham: The Man of Faith, | [52] |
CHAPTER IV. | |
| Ja-cob and E-sau, | [64] |
CHAPTER V. | |
| Ja-cob and Ra-chel, | [71] |
CHAPTER VI. | |
| Jo-seph and his Breth-ren, | [76] |
CHAPTER VII. | |
| Through the Red Sea and the Wil-der-ness, | [91] |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
| How Josh-u-a and Jeph-thah Fought for the Lord, | [112] |
CHAPTER IX. | |
| Sam-son, the Strong Man, | [118] |
CHAPTER X. | |
| Ruth, | [128] |
CHAPTER XI. | |
| Job, | [132] |
CHAPTER XII. | |
| Sam-u-el, the Child of God, | [139] |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Sam-u-el, the Man of God, | [147] |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Da-vid and Saul, | [157] |
CHAPTER XV. | |
| Sol-o-mon, the Wise Man, | [177] |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
| E-li-jah, | [183] |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
| E-li-sha, | [192] |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Jo-nah, the Man who Tried to Hide from God, | [200] |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Dan-i-el, | [204] |
CHAPTER XX. | |
| The Good Queen Es-ther, | [217] |
NEW TESTAMENT. | |
CHAPTER I. | |
| The Birth of Christ, | [235] |
CHAPTER II. | |
| The Star in the East, | [244] |
CHAPTER III. | |
| The Boy-hood of Je-sus, | [251] |
CHAPTER IV. | |
| Je-sus and John the Bap-tist, | [256] |
CHAPTER V. | |
| The Wo-man at the Well.—Je-sus by the Sea, | [267] |
CHAPTER VI. | |
| Je-sus Heals the Sick, and does Good Work on the Day of Rest, | [276] |
CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Ser-mon on the Mount, | [286] |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Good Words and Good Works, | [295] |
CHAPTER IX. | |
| Je-sus at the Sea-shore, | [303] |
CHAPTER X. | |
| Je-sus Brings the Dead to Life.—Feeds Five Thou-sand, | [311] |
CHAPTER XI. | |
| Je-sus Heals the Sick.—His Form Changed on the Mount, | [320] |
CHAPTER XII. | |
| The Good Sa-mar-i-tan.—Mar-tha and Ma-ry.—The Man Born Blind, | [327] |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Je-sus the Good Shep-herd.—Laz-a-rus Brought to Life.—The Feast and those who were bid to it, | [337] |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
| The Prod-i-gal Son.—The Phar-i-see and the Pub-li-can.—Babes Brought to Je-sus.—Zac-che-us Climbs a Tree, | [346] |
CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Feast of the Pass-o-ver.—The Sup-per at Beth-a-ny, | [353] |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Par-a-bles of our Lord, | [362] |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
| The Lord's Sup-per.—Je-sus in Geth-sem-a-ne.—The Ju-das Kiss.—Pe-ter De-nies Je-sus, | [375] |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Christ Be-fore Pi-late.—Christ on the Cross, | [382] |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Je-sus Leaves the Grave.—Ap-pears to Ma-ry.—Ste-phen Stoned.—Paul's Life, Ship-wreck and Death, | [395] |
CHAPTER XX. | |
| What John saw while on the Isle of Pat-mos.—The Great White Throne.—The Land of Light, | [412] |
History of the Old Testament.
CHAPTER I.
GOD MADE THE WORLD.
Far back in the past, more years than you could think or count, God made the world. It did not look at first as it does now, for there was no live thing on it, no men, beasts, or birds, not a bush, tree or plant, but all was dark and drear.