The Bible for Young People

Bible stories, English
[Illustration: THE MADONNA OF THE CHAIR, BY RAPHAEL

IN THE PITTI PALACE, FLORENCE]

THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

    ARRANGED FROM THE
    KING JAMES VERSION

    WITH TWENTY-FOUR FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
    FROM OLD MASTERS

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    The Century Co.
    NEW YORK

    Copyright, 1902, by
    THE CENTURY CO.

    _Published October 1902_

    PRINTED IN U. S. A.

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the
Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctrines,
and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable to young readers.
Moreover, it is so divided into subjects, forming complete stories,
that the child will be interested in every part of it. The life of
Jesus is put together in a continuous account taken from the four
Evangelists; and while there are omissions and changes, the wording and
spelling of the King James version remain the same.

Verse divisions have been disregarded, and a totally new system of
chapters introduced in place of the familiar ones, and it is hoped
that this novelty will give fresh interest to the old book. One of the
features which will be appreciated is the table of contents, giving the
subject of each book and its subdivisions, so that one may readily turn
to any Bible story of which he is in search.

With great discrimination and sympathy, the compiler, Mrs. Joseph B.
Gilder, has accomplished this task, and the book now stands as the
embodiment of what is universally considered the best in the Bible for
young people, "best" meaning here what is most suited to the minds of
girls and boys and appropriate to their moral range.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  PART I

  THE OLD TESTAMENT

  BOOK I--THE BEGINNINGS

  CHAPTER                                                         PAGE
    1 THE CREATION OF THE WORLD                                      3
    2 THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE                                   5
    3 THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE                                        6
    4 THE MURDER OF ABEL                                             7
    5 THE FLOOD                                                      8
    6 THE ARK RESTS ON ARARAT                                       10
    7 THE TOWER OF BABEL                                            11

  BOOK II--ABRAHAM AND ISAAC

    8 THE CALL OF ABRAM                                             13
    9 DESTRUCTION OF SODOM                                          17
   10 HAGAR AND ISHMAEL                                             19
   11 ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE                                           20
   12 THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH                                 21
   13 HOW REBEKAH BECAME ISAAC'S WIFE                               22

  BOOK III--JACOB AND JOSEPH
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