(B.C. designates, or shows, the years before the coming of Christ.)

God makes the earth and the skies in six days. He makes Adam and the woman, and places them in the garden of Eden.

AVERY long while ago, before anybody can remember, God

made the world. Yet it did not look at first as it does now, for there was nothing living on it-no men, or animals, or birds; and there was nothing growing on it-no trees, or bushes, or flowers; but it was all lonely and dark everywhere.

Then God made the light. He said: Let there be light; and the light came. And God saw the light and was pleased with it, and He gave the light a name-He called it Day. And when the day was gone and the darkness came again to stay for a little while, He called that darkness Night. God did these things on

the first day.

And God made the clouds, and He made the sky up above the world where the clouds should be; and He gave the sky a name -He called it Heaven. God did this on the second day.

And God said that the waters should go into one place by themselves; and when they had gone into that one place, and. were very deep and wide there, God gave the waters a nameHe called them Seas, and the dry land He called Earth. And God made the grass to grow up out of the earth, and the bushes and the trees, which have fruit on them. And the grass and the bushes and the trees were to bear seeds, so that, when those seeds were planted in the ground, some more grass, or other bushes or trees would grow there. God did these things on the third day.

And God made two great lights-the sun to shine in the day, and the moon to shine in the night; He made the stars also. And He set the sun and the moon and the stars up in the sky, where we see them now. God did this on the fourth day.

And He made the great whales, and all the fishes that swim in the sea; and the birds also, some to fly over the water and swim upon it and live near it, like ducks and geese; and some to live all the time upon the land and in the woods, like eagles, larks, robins, and pigeons. God made these on the fifth day.

And God made the animals-those that are wild and that live out in the forest, such as elephants, lions, tigers, and bears; and those that are tame and useful to men, and that live where men live, such as horses, oxen, cows, and sheep. And He made the little insects that creep on the ground, and the flies that fly about in the air.

And God made man and spoke kindly to him, and told him that he should be master over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over everything that was living on the earth. And God told man that the fruit which grew on the trees

and on the bushes should be his food.

To the animals were

given the grass and the leaves of the bushes to eat.

And God looked at all the things He had made, and saw that they were very good, and God was pleased with them. This was the sixth day.

So the earth and the skies were finished in six days. The seventh day God rested from all His work, and the Bible tells us that He sanctified the seventh day; that is, He separated it from the other days of the week and made it a holy day.

Now we have been told how the earth and the skies were made; God made them. And He made every bush and every tree; for there had been no rain to make them grow, and no man to plant them: but after God had planted them, the trees, the bushes, and the grass, took root and grew.

And God made man out of the dust that lies on the ground; and He breathed into him, and then the man breathed, and moved, and was alive, because God had breathed into him. And the Lord God planted a garden for the man He had made. It was called the garden of Eden; in that garden God made to grow every tree that was beautiful to look at, and that bore fruit good to eat. A river watered the trees, the bushes, and the flowers that grew there.

And God took Adam, the man He had made, and put him into the garden to take care of it; God told him he might eat of the fruit of every tree in the garden except one; that one was called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God said he must not eat of that tree, for if he did eat of it, he should surely die.

And God said it was not good that the man should be alone; therefore, God made some one to be with him and help him. He caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, God took out of his side a piece of bone, and of that bone He made a woman. And God brought the woman He had made to Adam, and she was his wife.

And all the animals and the birds came to Adam; God sent them to him that he might give them their names, and whatever Adam called each one, that was its name.

CHAPTERS III :-V.

(B.C. 4004-2348.)

The serpent tempts the woman to eat of the forbidden fruit, and she

tempts her husband.

Adam and his wife are driven out of the Cain and Abel are born. They bring offerCain kills Abel. Enoch and Methuselah.

garden of Eden.

ings to God.

there

Now was a serpent in the garden of Eden. And the

serpent spoke to the woman, yet not of itself; but Satan,

that wicked spirit who comes into our hearts and tempts us to sin, went into the serpent and tempted the woman to sin. The serpent asked her, Has God said you shall not eat of every tree in the garden? The woman answered that they might eat of all the trees except one, but of it God had commanded them not to eat, lest they should die. Then the serpent told her they should not die, and that God had forbidden them to eat of the tree because it would make them wise.

The woman listened to what the serpent said, and when she saw that the tree was beautiful to look at, and that the fruit seemed good to eat, and remembered that the serpent had said it would make her wise, she took some of the fruit and did eat of it, and gave also to her husband and he did eat.

ADAM AND EVE ARE DRIVEN OUT OF THE GARDEN.

After they had eaten, they heard a Voice in the garden; they knew it was God's voice, yet they did not come when they heard