A child's story of the Old Testament in words of one syllable; (1900) (14578305420)

Identifier: childsstoryofold00phil (find matches)
Title: A child's story of the Old Testament in words of one syllable;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, H. Altemus company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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them they would have towork hard for their bread, and when they diedtheir bodies should go back to dust. But hesaid, He would send the Son of Man, who wasat the same time the Son of God, the Sa-viour, tosave Ad-am and Eve, and all men, from the guiltof their sin, so that when the body died andwent back to dust whence it came, the soulshould not die, but should go back to live withGod who gave it. Then God made coats of skin for Ad-am andEve, and drove them out of E-den; but he gavethem two sons, Cain and A-bel. Cains workwas to till the fields, to dig the ground, planttrees, and reap the corn and fruit. A-bels workwas to tend the herds and flocks. A-bel was good.Cain was not good, so when they both brought agift to the Lord, God took A-bels gift but wouldnot take Cains. This made Cain angry, so oneday he slew A-bel, and when God said, Where isA-bel ? he said, I know not. This shows how sinleads to sin. Cain slew A-bel and then told a lieto hide the first sin. But God, who can read all
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A Child*s Story of the Old Testament (one syl.)—2. FLEE-ING TO A CITY OF REF-UGE.