And God said to Eve, What is this that thou hast done? And Eve said, The serpent asked me to eat. God was very angry with the serpent, and said he should be punished forever and ever. God said to Adam and Eve, You shall die. I made your bodies of dust, and they will turn to dust again. God would not let them stay in the sweet garden. He made them go out. He would not let them come back. He told one of his bright angels to stand before the gate with a sword of fire and to keep Adam and Eve out of the garden. Near Eden’s land in days gone by, A lovely garden stood: The trees were pleasant to the eye; The fruit was good for food. Two holy creatures spent their days Within that garden fair: In love they dwelt; they sang God’s praise, And humbly knelt in prayer. In that sweet land one tree was placed, Their faithful love to try “That fruit,” said God, “you shall not taste: Who eats shall surely die.” O why did Eve to Satan’s lies So readily attend? Upon the fruit why fix her eyes, Then pluck it with her hand? No more shall Eve or Adam stay Within that garden fair An angel stands to guard the way, That none may enter there. LESSON XI. THE SON OF GOD. GENESIS iii. 14-15. ARE you not very sorry to hear that Adam and Eve were turned out of the garden? It was not so pleasant outside of the garden. A great many weeds and thistles grew outside; but in the garden there were only pretty flowers and sweet fruits. Adam was forced to dig the ground till he was hot and tired, for he could not always find fruit upon the trees. Now Adam felt pain in his body sometimes; and his hair became gray, and at last he was quite old. Eve was very often sick and weak, and tears ran down her cheeks. Poor Adam and Eve! if you had obeyed God you would have been happy forever. Adam and Eve knew that they must die at last. God gave them some little children; and Adam and Eve knew that their children must die too. God had told them that their bodies were made of dust, and that they must turn to dust again. But there was something more sad still. They were grown wicked. They did not love praising God, as they once had done, but they liked doing many naughty things. They were grown like Satan; so Satan hoped that when their bodies were put into the ground, their spirits would be with him; for Satan knew that the wicked could not live with God in heaven. And they would have gone to hell, and all their children too, had not God taken pity upon them. God, who is very kind, had found out a way to save them. To his Son, a long, long while before, God had said, Adam and Eve and all their children must go to hell for their wickedness, unless you die instead of them. My beloved Son, I will send you; you shall have a body; you shall go and live in the world, and you shall obey me, and you shall die for Adam and his children.