PART FIRST.—FROM ADAM TO MOSES.

Lesson I. The Beautiful Garden.

(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.

6. Who was the first woman? Ēve.

7. What place did God give to Ăd´ăm and Ēve as their home? The garden of Ē´dĕn.

8. How long did Ăd´ăm and Ēve live in the beautiful garden? As long as they did what God told them to do.

9. What became of them when they did not obey God's word? They were driven out of the garden.

Lesson II. The Earliest People.

(Tell Stories 2 and 3.)

To the Teacher:

1. In the story of Cāin and Ā´bĕl, explain carefully what is meant by "an altar"; and how in early times people came to God in prayer. With little children, use the word "praying," rather than "worship," and "gift to God" or "offering," rather than "sacrifice."

2. In the story of "The Great Ship," explain what "an ark" was, properly a chest or box; in this story, a great ship, built not to sail fast, but to float on the water, and to hold a great amount. Perhaps it was made so large, not only to carry many animals and their food, but also very many people, if the people had been willing to be saved by it.

1. Who was the first child of Ăd´ăm and Ēve after they were sent out of the garden of Ē´dĕn? Cāin.

2. What was the name of Cāin's younger brother? Ā´bĕl.

3. What wicked thing did Cāin do when the two boys grew up to be men? He killed his brother Ā´bĕl.

4. What does the Bible tell of the earliest people who were on the earth? They lived to be hundreds of years old.

5. Who lived the longest of any of those people? Me̍̄-thṳ´se-lah, who lived more than nine hundred years.

6. Were those who lived at that time good people? Nearly all of them were very wicked.

7. What good man lived in those times? Ē´nŏch, who walked with God.

8. What was the end of Ē´nŏch's life? He did not die, but God took him to himself.

9. What came upon the earth on account of the wickedness of its people? A great flood.

10. What good man with his family was saved from the flood? Nō´ah who built the Ark.

11. On what mountain did Nō´ah and his family leave the ark after the flood? On Mount Âr´a-răt.

Lesson III. Abram.

(Tell Stories 4 and 5. It might be well to end the story, for the present, at the foot of page 52, and leave the story of Lot for the next lesson.)

1. What was the name of the first large city built after the great flood? Bā´bel, afterward called Băb´y̆-lon.

2. What happened to the people who were building a great tower in this city? They could not understand each other's speech.

3. What did these people of different languages do? They went away to different lands.

4. Who was Ā´brăm? A good man, who prayed to God.

5. To what did all the other people of Ā´brăm's time pray? To gods of wood and stone.

6. What did God tell Ā´brăm to do? To go to a land far away.

7. What was God's promise to Ā´brăm? "I will be with thee and bless thee."

8. To what land did Ā´brăm go, obeying God's word? To the land of Cā´năan.

9. How did Ā´brăm and his family live in the land of Cā´năan? In tents, moving from place to place.

10. What did Ā´brăm build whenever he set up his tent? An altar for prayer to God.

Lesson IV. Abram and Lot.

(Begin at page 53 in Story 5; tell stories 6 and 8, omitting all of Story 7, except to tell that Abram's name was changed to Abraham.)

1. Who was Lŏt? He was Ā´brăm's nephew, who at first lived with Ā´brăm.

2. Where did Lŏt live, after he left his uncle Ā´brăm? Near the wicked city of Sŏd´om.

3. What happened to Lŏt and his family at Sŏd´om? They were carried away by enemies in war.

4. How was Lŏt saved from those enemies and brought back to his home? By Ā´brăm, who drove the enemies away.

5. What new name did God give to Ā´brăm? The name of Ā´bră-hăm.

6. Who came to visit Ā´bră-hăm in his tent? Angels from God.

7. What good news did they bring to Ā´bră-hăm? That he should have a son.

8. What prayer did Ā´bră-hăm make to God? That God would not destroy the wicked city of Sŏd´om.

9. What did God promise to Ā´bră-hăm? To spare the city, if he should find ten good men in it.

10. How many good men did the angels of God find in Sŏd´om? Only one, Lŏt.

11. What came upon Sŏd´om, and the cities near it after the angels had sent Lŏt away? A rain of fire.

Lesson V. Isaac and his Sons.

(Tell Stories 10, 11 and 12.)

1. What was the name of Ā´bră-hăm's son? Ī´s̝aac.

2. What was done with Ī´s̝aac when he was a boy? He was laid on an altar.

3. For what purpose was Ī´s̝aac laid on the altar? To be given to God.

4. When Ī´s̝aac grew up, who became his wife? Re̍̄-bĕk´ah.

5. What kind of a man was Ī´s̝aac? He was a good man, who loved peace.

6. Who were the two sons of Ī´s̝aac and Re̍̄-bĕk´ah? Ē´sa̤u and Jā´cob.

7. To whom did Ē´sa̤u sell his right as the older son? To his brother Jā´cob.

8. For what price did Ē´sa̤u sell his birthright? For a bowl of food.

9. What else did Jā´cob get that was meant for Ē´sa̤u? His father's blessing.

Lesson VI. Jacob.

(Tell Stories 13 and 14.)

1. Who was Jā´cob? The younger son of Ī´s̝aac.

2. What did Jā´cob see in a dream at night, when he was going far from his home? A ladder from earth to heaven with angels on it.

3. Whom did Jā´cob see standing at the top of the ladder? The Lord God.

4. What did God say to Jā´cob at that time? "I am with thee and will keep thee."

5. What promise did Jā´cob make after he saw the heavenly ladder and heard the voice of God? "The Lord shall be my God."

6. What other name was given to Jā´cob many years afterward? The name of Ĭs̝´ra-el.

7. What does the name Ĭs̝´ra-el mean? The prince of God.

8. How many sons did Jā´cob or Ĭs̝´ra-el have? Twelve.

9. What people came from Jā´cob or Ĭs̝´ra-el? The children of Ĭs̝´ra-el or Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes.

10. What are the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes called in the Bible? The people of God.

11. Why are they called "the people of God"? Because they prayed to God, when other people were praying to idols.

Lesson VII. Joseph in Egypt.

(Tell Stories 15 and 16.)

1. Who was Jō´s̝eph? One of the younger sous of Jā´cob.

2. How did Jā´cob feel toward Jō´s̝eph? He loved Jō´s̝eph more than his older sons.

3. How did Jō´s̝eph's older brothers feel toward him? They hated him.

4. How did Jō´s̝eph's brothers treat Jō´s̝eph? They sold him for a slave.

5. To what land was Jō´s̝eph taken and sold? To the land of Ē´ġy̆pt.

6. How was Jō´s̝eph treated as a slave in Ē´ġy̆pt? He was put in prison.

7. What is told of Jō´s̝eph in the prison? "The Lord was with Jō´s̝eph."

8. Who sent for Jō´s̝eph in the prison? Phā´raōh, the King of Ē´ġy̆pt.

9. What did Jō´s̝eph do for Phā´raōh? He told him the meaning of his dreams.

10. What did Jō´s̝eph tell Phā´raōh were coming upon the land? Seven years of great plenty.

11. What would come after the seven years of plenty? Seven years of great need.

12. What did King Phā´raōh do, when he heard these things? He made Jō´s̝eph ruler over all the land.

Lesson VIII. Joseph and his Brothers.

(Tell Stories 17, 18 and 9.)

1. What did Jō´s̝eph do after he became ruler of Ē´ġy̆pt, during the seven years of plenty? He saved up all the food.

2. What was done with the food that was saved up by Jō´s̝eph? The people of Ē´ġy̆pt were fed in the years of need.

3. Where were Jā´cob and his other sons, the brothers of Jō´s̝eph, living at this time? In the land of Cā´năan.

4. What did Jō´s̝eph's brothers do to get food in the time of need? They went down to Ē´ġy̆pt.

5. How did Jō´s̝eph treat his brothers when they came to him? He gave them food but did not tell them who he was.

6. When they came the second time what did Jō´s̝eph do? He told them who he was, and forgave them.

7. What else did Jō´s̝eph do for his father and his brothers? He sent for them all to come down to Ē´ġy̆pt.

8. How many were the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes or people of Ĭs̝´ra-el, when they came down to Ē´ġy̆pt? Seventy people.

9. In what part of Ē´ġy̆pt did they live? In the land of Gō´shen.

Lesson IX. The Youth of Moses.

(Tell Story 20.)

1. How long did the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes stay in Ē´ġy̆pt? More than four hundred years.

2. How did the Ē´ġy̆pt-ians̝ treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes while Jō´s̝eph lived, and for a time afterward? They were kind to the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes.

3. What became of the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes in Ē´ġy̆pt? They grew into a great people.

4. How did the King of Ē´ġy̆pt who ruled many years after Jō´s̝eph's time treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes? He was very cruel to them.

5. How did the King treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes cruelly? He made them work very hard.

6. What order did the King give, to keep the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes from growing in number? That all their boy babies should be killed.

7. What did one Ĭs̝´ra-el-īte mother do with her little baby-boy? She left him in a little boat on the river.

8. Who found the baby floating in the river? The daughter of Phā´raōh the King.

9. What did the daughter of Phā´raōh do with the baby? She made him her own son.

10. What was the name of this boy? Mō´s̝es̝.

11. To what land did Mō´s̝es̝ go after he grew up? To the land ot Mĭd´ĭ-an.

Lesson X. The Israelites Leaving Egypt.

(Tell Stories 21, 22 and 23.)

1. How long was Mō´s̝es̝ in the land of Mĭd´ĭ-an? Forty years.

2. What was Mō´s̝es̝ at that time? A shepherd.

3. On what mountain did Mō´s̝es̝ see a wonderful sight? On Mount Hō´reb, called also Mount Sī´nāi.

4. What did Mō´s̝es̝ see on this mountain? A bush on fire, yet not burned up.

5. What spoke to Mō´s̝es̝ from the burning bush? The Lord God of Ĭs̝´ra-el.

6. What did God tell Mō´s̝es̝ to do? To bring his people out of Ē´ġy̆pt.

7. Who helped Mō´s̝es̝ in this work? His brother Aâr´on.

8. Who would not allow the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes to go out of Ĕ´ġy̆pt? Phā´raōh the King.

9. What came upon Phā´raōh and the Ē-ġy̆p´tians̝ until they were willing to let the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes go? Many plagues.

10. How were the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes at last led out of Ē´ġy̆pt? By a pillar of cloud and of fire.

Lesson XI. The Israelites in the Wilderness.

(Tell Stories 24, 25, 26 and 27, but make the account of the Tabernacle very brief.)

1. Through what sea did God lead the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes when they came out of Ē´ġy̆pt? Through the Red Sea.

2. Into what land did they go from Ē´ġy̆pt? Into the wilderness on the south of Cā´năan.

3. What kind of a land was this wilderness? A land without food or water.

4. What did God give to the people for food while they were in the wilderness? Bread from heaven.

5. How did God give water to the people? From a rock.

6. Where did God speak to the people? From Mount Sī´nāi.