Produced by Heather Clark, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: CHRIST the good Sheperd "HE WILL CARRY THE LAMBS IN HIS BOSOM."] YOUNG FOLKS' BIBLE IN WORDS OF EASY READING: THE SWEET STORIES OF GOD'S WORD IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHILDHOOD AND In the Beautiful Delineations of Christian Art. THE WHOLE DESIGNED TO IMPRESS THE MIND AND HEART OF THE YOUNGEST READERS, AND KINDLE A GENUINE LOVE FOR THE BOOK OF BOOKS. By JOSEPHINE POLLARD, Author of "History of the Old Testament," "History of the New Testament," etc., etc. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CHILD AND THE BIBLE, By PROF. DAVID SWING, AND AN ADDRESS TO CHILDREN: THE BIBLE THE BOOK FOR THE YOUNG, By REV. JOHN H. BARROWS, D. D. NEARLY 200 STRIKING ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS AND WORLD-FAMOUS MASTER-PIECES OF SACRED ART, AND WITH MAGNIFICENT COLORED PLATES. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: R. S. Peale & Company. 1890. Copyright By JOSEPH L. BLAMIRE. 1888. Copyright By R. S. PEALE & CO. 1889. PREFACE. The word Bible is from the Greek, and means THE BOOK. It is made up of several small books, and when bound in two parts is known as the Old Testament and the New Testament. A Testament is a will; and the Bible is God's will made for man's good, and for his guide through life. The Old Testament tells of God's love and care for the Jews, and His thought of Christ can be traced through all its pages. There is a good deal in the Bible that a child cannot understand, and the queer names make it very hard reading. It has been the Author's aim to tell the story simply, and in Bible language, so that the little ones can read it themselves, and learn to love and prize it as the best of all books. J. P. [Illustration] INTRODUCTION. BY REV. WILLIAM HENRY MILBURN, D. D.