Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: "I am the good shepherd. . ."] THE GOOD SHEPHERD A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR CHILDREN FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY NEW YORK : : CHICAGO : : TORONTO Publishers of Evangelical Literature TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. WHY JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD II. JESUS IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM III. THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS IV. JOHN THE BAPTIST V. JESUS BEGINS HIS WORK VI. SOME WORDS AND WORKS OF JESUS VII. A FRIEND FOR THE SORROWFUL VIII. MORE WONDERFUL WORKS AND WORDS IX. THE MAN BORN BLIND, AND LAZARUS X. THE PRODIGAL SON, AND OTHER STORIES XI. THE LAST DAYS IN JERUSALEM XII. THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE RESURRECTION XX SELECTED SONGS, PSALMS, AND PRAYERS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "I am the good shepherd . . ." . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ Map of Palestine at the time of Christ The shepherd's care Bethlehem Nazareth, from hill above Jewish women grinding corn The River Jordan Jericho, from plains above A modern Jew's wedding party in Galilee Jacob's well Ruins of Capernaum The good Samaritan Bethany Child at prayer The shepherd's care (2nd version) The shepherd's care (3rd version) The Jordan near Bethabara Mount of Olives and Jerusalem Gethsemane Calvary The empty tomb The Sea of Galilee The Mount of Olives CHAPTER I WHY JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD In the beginning, before the world was made, the Lord Jesus lived in heaven. He lived in that happy place with God. Then God made the world. He told the hills to come up out of the earth, and the seas to run down into the deep places which He had made for them. He made the grass, the trees, and all the pretty flowers. He put the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky. He filled the water with swimming fish, the air with flying birds, and the dry land with walking and creeping animals. And then He said, 'Let _Us_ make man.' Who were meant by 'Us'? Who was with God when He made the world? It was Jesus. The Bible says: 'THE WORD (that means Jesus) WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM.' So after He had made everything else, God made a man, and named him Adam. God put Adam into the beautiful Garden of Eden, and at first he was good and very happy. God also made a woman, named Eve, to be his wife, and to help him to take care of the garden. All the fruit in the garden, except what grew on one tree, was given to Adam and Eve to eat; all the animals were their servants; and God was their Friend. A wicked angel, who had been turned out of heaven, saw how happy Adam and Eve were, and he was angry, and thought, 'I will make them as bad and unhappy as I am; I will make them do what God has told them not to do. Then he will turn them out of Eden, and they and their children will be my servants for ever, and I shall be king of the world.'