JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION 52 GIDEON AND THE FLEECE 54 THE DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES 56 THE DEATH OF SAMSON 58 RUTH AND NAOMI 60 BOAZ AND RUTH 62 HANNAH PRAYING BEFORE THE LORD 64 ELI AND SAMUEL 66 DEATH OF ELI AND HIS SONS 68 PLAYING ON THE HARP BEFORE SAUL 70 DAVID AND GOLIATH 72 NATHAN REPROVING THE KING 74 DAVID AND ARAUNAH 76 ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS 78 PLOUGHING IN CANAAN 80 THE SHUNAMMITE'S SON 82 THE LITTLE CAPTIVE MAID 84 JONAH AT NINEVEH 86 HEZEKIAH AND SENNACHERIB 88 THE BRAVE HEBREW BOYS 90 DANIEL AND THE LIONS 92 ESTHER BEFORE THE KING 94 DAVID AND JONATHAN 96 OLD TESTAMENT STORIES ADAM AND EVE. In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth He also made the sun, moon, and stars; trees, flowers, and all vegetable life; and all animals, birds, fishes, and insects. Then God made man. The name of the first man was Adam, and the first woman was Eve. Both were placed in a beautiful garden called the Garden of Eden, where they might have been happy continually had they not sinned. But God forbade them to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan tempted Eve to take the fruit of this tree. She ate, and gave to Adam, and he ate also. Thus they sinned, and sin came into the world. Then God called to Adam and said, "Where art thou?" Before this, Adam and Eve had been happy when God was near, now they were afraid. Why? Because they knew they had done wrong. So sin makes us afraid of God. God rebuked them for the evil they had done; and then drove them out of the Garden of Eden, placing an angel to keep watch over the gate so that they could not return. CAIN AND ABEL. What a sad story the Bible tells us in the fourth chapter of Genesis! Cain and Abel were brothers, the sons of Adam and Eve. How they should have loved each other! Yet we find that Cain killed Abel. Why did he do this?