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,illustration    ,,bible   ,,stories    
,,and ,,pictures4    ,,from ,,the       
,,old ,,and ,,new ,,testaments4         
,illustration3 ,the ,crucifixion of     
,christ4    ,,new ,,haven4   ,published 
by ,s4 ,babcock4    #ahdb4     ,,bible  
,,stories ,,and ,,pictures4             
,illustration  ,,moses ,,viewing        
,,canaan4   ,when the children of       
,israel were journeying from ,egypt to  
the land of ,canaan1 ,moses disobeyed   
one command of the ,lord4 ,for this act1
 ,god told him he should not enter the  
,land of ,promise4 ,but as ,moses       
repented of his sin1 ,god said he should
 be permitted to see the land4  ,so1    
when they arrived near ,canaan1 ,god    
said to ,moses1 ,go to mount ,nebo1 to  
the top of ,pisgah1 and ,i will shew    
thee the land which ,i have promised to 
the children of ,israel2 and after that 

thou shalt die4  ,then ,moses went to   
the top of the mount1 where he could see
 the land which the children of ,israel 
were to inherit4 ,and ,god then said to 
,moses1 ,this is the land which ,i      
promised to ,abraham1 to ,isaac1 and to 
,jacob2 ,i have caused thee to see it1  
but thou shalt not go into it4          
,illustration  ,,samson ,,carrying      
,,away ,,the  ,,gates ,,of ,,gaza4      
,samson was one of the judges of        
,israel1 after the death of ,moses4 ,he 
was the strongest man that ever lived4  
,in his time the ,philistines were at   
war with the ,israelites4 ,these        
,philistines were a nation of heathen1  
who worshipped idols instead of the     
great ,god who made us all4 ,samson in  
one battle killed a thousand of them    
with the jaw-bone of an ass4 ,after     
this1 they found out one night that he  
was in their walled city1 called ,gaza1 
and so they fastened the great gates of 
the city1 thinking they could in this   
way keep him there till morning1 and    

then kill him4  ,but ,samson arose at   
midnight and took the two great gates of
 the city1 with the bar and the gate    
posts1 and carried them to the top of a 
high hill1 a great way off4 ,in this way
 he escaped out of the hands of his     
enemies4     ,illustration  ,,david     
,,and ,,goliath4   ,while ,saul was king
 of ,israel1 the ,philistines made war  
upon him and his people4 ,among them was
 a giant1 named ,goliath1 who went out  
in front of ,saul's camp1 in the morning
 and evening1 for forty days1 and       
offered to fight any man in his army4   
,david1 who was then a mere             
shepherd-boy1 heard of this giant and   
his boastful challenge4 ,he offered to  
go out and fight ,goliath1 trusting that
 ,god would enable him to conquer this  
proud enemy of his people4 ,so he went  
out1 taking with him only his sling and 
a few smooth pebbles4 ,when ,goliath saw
 him1 he laughed at the ,israelites for 
sending a mere boy to fight him4 ,but   
,david threw a stone with his sling with

 such force as to drive it into the     
giant's forehead4 ,he then cut off his  
head with ,goliath's own sword1 and     
carried it to king ,saul in triumph4    
,illustration  ,,john ,,baptizing       
,,christ4   ,when ,jesus ,christ was    
about thirty years old1 he began to     
preach the glad tidings of salvation4   
,about the same time1 ,john the ,baptist
 was also preaching to the people and   
baptizing them4 ,he lived in the        
wilderness1 and wore a garment of       
camel's hair1 with a leathern girdle    
about his loins4 ,he told of the coming 
of ,christ1 and warned all to repent of 
their sins4 ,many believed and were     
baptized4  ,jesus also went to him to be
 baptized4 ,john with great humility    
said1 ,i have more need to be baptized  
by thee4 ,but ,jesus answered1 ,suffer  
it to be so this time4 ,then ,john      
baptized him in the river ,jordan1 and  
as he was coming out of the water1 the  
,spirit of ,god descended upon him in   
the form of a dove1 and a voice from    

heaven was heard1 saying1 ,this is my   
beloved ,son in whom ,i am well pleased4
     ,illustration  ,,water ,,changed   
,,to ,,wine4   ,one of the first        
miracles performed by our ,savior1 was  
at ,cana in ,gallilee4 ,there was a     
wedding there1 and he and his disciples 
were among the guests4 ,mary1 the mother
 of ,jesus1 was also one of the company4
 ,before the wedding feast was over1 the
 wine was all gone1 and ,mary said to   
her son1 ,they have no wine4 ,then      
,jesus ordered the servants to fill six 
water-pots1 which were standing near1   
with water2 and they filled them up to  
the brim4 ,he then said to them1 ,draw  
out now and bear some to the ruler of   
the feast4 ,and they did so4  ,when the 
ruler of the feast1 who knew nothing of 
all this1 had drank of the water which  
was made wine1 he said to the           
bridegroom1 ,most men serve out the best
 wine first1 and after that the poorer2 
but you have kept the good wine till    
now4     ,illustration  ,,christ        

,,blessing ,,children4   ,some mothers  
brought their little children to the    
,savior1 that he might bless them4 ,his 
disciples1 however1 told the women to go
 away and not trouble their master with 
children4 ,then ,jesus1 hearing this1   
reproved his disciples and said1 ,suffer
 little children to come unto me1 and   
forbid them not1 for of such is the     
kingdom of heaven4 ,and he then took    
them in his arms and blessed them4      
,should you not like the ,lord ,jesus to
 bless you1 my dear little reader8 ,then
 pray to him and he will do so4 ,he is  
the same kind friend to little children 
now that he was then1 and he loves all  
who love and serve him4 ,try1 then1 to  
be good1 and he will love and bless you4
 ,you will then be happy in this world1 
and when you come to die you will go to 
heaven and be happy with him in the     
world to come4     ,illustration        
,,conversion ,,of ,,saint ,,paul4       
,there was a young man named ,saul2 he  
was a ,pharisee1 and a man of great     

learning1 but he hated all the followers
 of ,christ1 who were then called1 as   
they are now1 by the name of            
,christians4 ,so great was his hatred1  
that he put many of them in prison and  
was in favor of having others put to    
death4  ,once1 when he was going to the 
city of ,damascus1 with authority to    
take the followers of ,jesus prisoners1 
a light suddenly shone upon him with    
exceeding great brightness4 ,it was so  
dazzling that he could not bear it1 and 
he fell from his horse to the ground4   
,at the same time he heard a voice      
calling out1 ,saul1 ,saul1 why          
persecutest thou me8 ,and ,saul asked1  
,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,then the voice   
answered1 ,i am ,jesus1 whom thou       
persecutest4 ,then said ,saul1 ,lord1   
what wilt thou have me to do8 ,he was   
told to go to the city and he should be 
there shown what to do4  ,when he arose 
from the ground he was entirely blind1  
and was led by his attendants to the    
city1 and in three days his sight was   

again restored to him4  ,after this he  
was called ,paul1 and became one of the 
most energetic preachers of the gospel  
that the ,christian religion ever had4  
,by his zeal and learning he was able to
 confound all the ,jews1 and to prove   
that ,jesus was the ,christ1--the ,son  
of ,god4 ,at last1 after a life of great
 usefulness1 but of much trial and      
suffering1 he was cruelly beheaded by   
the enemies of his divine ,lord and     
,master4   ,illustration                
,transcriber's ,note     99,spelling    
errors have been corrected4