Do not refer to this side of the question unless the children speak of it. If they do, emphasize the patience of God and the warnings that were given through Noah’s preaching and the added force that his words would have because of the actual building of the ark going on daily before their eyes. Give the children this name drill, telling them not to answer any question that cannot be answered by a name. Who lived in the Garden of Eden? Who was told to build an ark? We had a story about two brothers: what was the name of the older one? The younger? How many people went into the ark? (This should not be answered because it cannot be answered by a name.) Who is said to have been the first to make musical instruments? Who is called the father of all who live in tents? What is the name of the book in which our lessons are found? Who is said to have been the first man to think about making weapons and tools out of metal? What is the name of the first story in the Bible? In that story what did God make first? What did God call the light? What name was given to the darkness? What was the gathering together of the waters called? What is the light that rules the day? What is the lesser light that rules the night? What other lights are there in the sky at night? LESSON 7 The Flood and the Rainbow =Teaching Material.=—Genesis 7: 6 to 8: 22; 9: 12-17. =Pupil’s Reading.=—Genesis 8: 6-20; 9: 12-17. =Memory Text.=—I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9: 13. LIGHT FROM OTHER BIBLE PASSAGES Isaiah 54: 9, 10; Jeremiah 33: 19-21, 25, 26. FROM THE COMMENTATORS The Noachian covenant guarantees the stability of natural law. The covenant with Abraham was confirmed in its promise to Isaac and Jacob and insured a blessing through their seed to all nations.... Of still greater significance was the covenant at Horeb or Sinai.... It was really a constitution given to Israel by God, with appointed promise and penalty, duly inscribed on the tables of the covenant which were deposited in the ark.—_Bible Dictionary_, _Hastings_.