Produced by Don Kostuch [Transcriber's notes] Thanks to Jim and Carol Presher of Timeless Antiques in Valley Alabama for providing access to the original texts. This is the complete text of all six volumes of the set. "HOW TO USE THE BIBLE STORY" (the first volume), organizes the use and access of the other five volumes. Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. Each photograph is printed on the back of a separate page with the description on the front side. In the following example the description is on page 29 and the photograph on page 30. {29}{30} [Illustration] THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE CHILD ... [End illustration] Quotation marks are often unbalanced. This transcription copies the original text. Colons (:) are frequently used instead of commas or semicolons. [End transcriber's notes] {1} HOW TO USE THE BIBLE STORY THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS {2} COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. {3} FOREWORD The five volumes of THE BIBLE STORY have served to beautify and classify the Bible and are simple and complete in themselves. They do not require explanation or enrichment. It is the desire, however, by the addition of this volume to suggest definite ways of using the work. This book contains a series of suggestions to fit the occasion, the temperament, and the time of the user. It may be picked up often and a part of it used as opportunity offers. We believe there may be those who will wish to use all the suggestions. We are sure that all who own THE BIBLE STORY will wish to use some of them. This volume has the following aims:-- In General: To give a better knowledge of the Bible and thus to make reading it a delight instead of a task. Specifically: To show how to use the work with children and how children may use it. To make the Bible as useful as possible in character building. To bring out the connection of the Bible with its land. To show the connection of the Bible with literature. {4} {5} CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE Key. 10 Why Read the Bible? 11 Why are Bible Readers so Few? 12 PART I THE CHILD AND THE BIBLE The Mother's Part: How Can I Use THE BIBLE STORY with My Child? 15 1. What Do I Have to Know in Order to Make the Best Use of THE BIBLE STORY with My Child? 15 2. How Can I Encourage My Child to Memorize Bible Verses? 15 3. How Can I Help My Child to Understand God's Relation to the World? 16