Destruction of Pharaoh and his Host-The Israelites

murmur for Food-Quails and Manna are sent-

The Ten Commandments

CHAPTER XII.

III

God talks with Moses in Mount Sinai-The Taber-

nacle and Priesthood-The Promised Land is

forfeited by the Murmurers

CHAPTER XIII.

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Israel journeys on and murmurs still-Moses and Aaron

are forbidden to enter the Promised Land-Story

of Balaam.

CHAPTER XIV.

Moses lays his Hands on Joshua-Repeats the Law

of God to Israel-Dies within sight of the Pro-

mised Land-The People cross Jordan

CHAPTER XV.

The Wars of the Children of Israel with the Heathen

Kings-The Sun and Moon stand still-The Land

is divided-Joshua's Death.

CHAPTER XVI.

The Story of Sisera, and of Gideon-The Judges

CHAPTER XVII.

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Israel in the Hands of the Philistines-Story of

Samson, the strong Man, and Judge of Israel

Samuel is vowed to God from his Birth-The Philis-

tines take the Ark of God-Eli's wicked Sons die

CHAPTER XX.

Israel desires a King-Saul is anointed by Samuel-

Saul disobeys God's command

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The Story of the Creation.

OD made this earth so bright and fair;
Grass, trees, and flowers He planted there;
He made the sun to give us light,
The moon and stars, to shine by night.

All cattle, beasts, and creeping things,
All fowls and birds that soar on wings,
The fish that swim through ocean's flood-
God made them all, and saw them good.

Then Adam, last, and Eve his wife,
God formed from dust, and gave them life
On the sixth day; the seventh He blest
And sanctified-a day of rest.

Adam and Eve, a happy pair,
Were placed by God in Eden fair,
With but one law they might not break,
One fruit of all, they might not take.

Too soon they err! and, by their fall,
Bring sorrow,
sin, and death on all.
But, whilst from Eden sadly driven,
One saving hope by God was given.

To Cain and Abel Eve gave birth,
The two first children born on earth;
But Abel, gentler far than Cain,
Was by his envious brother slain.

B

The Creation of the World, the Fall of Man, and the Death of Abel.

N the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God divided the light from the darkness, and He called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And God divided the waters from the dry land, and He called the dry land Earth, and the waters He called Seas. And God made grass and herbs, and fruit-trees, and flowers upon the earth. And God made the Sun and the Moon: the

sun to give light by day, and the moon by night. He made the Stars also.

And God made great whales, and fishes of all kinds, to live and move in the waters. He made birds also to fly above the earth, and beasts and cattle and creeping things to live and move upon the earth. And God saw that all was very good, and He blessed the things which He had made.

Then God made man, in His own image, out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Male and female God created them. And this was on the sixth day.

Six days had God been creating the heaven and the earth, with all that they contain. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made, and He rested on the seventh day, blessing it, and making it holy.

Now, the first man created by God was called Adam, and his wife's name was Eve. And God planted a garden, the Garden of Eden, and there He put Adam and his wife. And God made every tree to grow in this

garden that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. And the tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowls of the air, and to every beast of the field. And the serpent was more artful than any beast of the field. And he said unto the woman Eve, Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat,