The Children's Bible

About this eBook

Author

Kent, Charles Foster, 1867-1925

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible stories, English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23580

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23580

Release Date

November 21, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE — SELECTIONS FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED AND ARRANGED — BY
2. 2.HENRY A. SHERMAN — AND
3. 3.CHARLES FOSTER KENT
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.THE OLD TESTAMENT
8. 8.THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE — THE STORY OF CREATION — GOD'S GOOD GIFTS TO MAN — THE FIRST DISOBEDIENCE — CAIN AND HIS BROTHER ABEL — NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD — THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL — ABRAHAM, THE FRIEND OF GOD AND MAN — LOT'S ESCAPE FROM A WICKED CITY — GOD'S CARE FOR THE BOY ISHMAEL — ABRAHAM'S LOYALTY TO GOD — HOW REBEKAH BECAME THE WIFE OF ISAAC — HOW JACOB DECEIVED HIS FATHER — JACOB'S DREAM — THE DECEIVER DECEIVED — MEETING A BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN WRONGED — JOSEPH SOLD AS A SLAVE BY HIS BROTHERS — JOSEPH'S EAGERNESS TO HELP OTHERS — A PRISONER WHO BECAME A MIGHTY RULER — THE TESTING OF JOSEPH'S BROTHERS — JOSEPH'S FORGIVENESS OF HIS BROTHERS — JOSEPH'S LOYALTY TO HIS FAMILY — THE BOYHOOD AND TRAINING OF MOSES — THE VOICE FROM THE BUSH — PHARAOH THE STUBBORN RULER — THE COST OF BEING CRUEL AND STUBBORN — THE ESCAPE FROM EGYPT — GOD'S COMMANDS TO THE PEOPLE — OUR DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN — THE REPORT OF THE HEBREW SPIES — THE LAST WORDS OF MOSES — CROSSING THE RIVER JORDAN — THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO AND AI — WOMEN WHO SAVED A NATION — GIDEON'S BRAVE BAND — JEPHTHAH'S FOOLISH PROMISE — SAMSON WHO DID TO OTHERS AS THEY DID TO HIM — A STRONG MAN WHO LOST HIS STRENGTH — THE DEVOTION OF RUTH — SAMUEL THE BOY PROPHET — THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES — HOW SAMUEL FOUND A LEADER — JONATHAN'S BRAVE DEED — DAVID'S VICTORY OVER THE GIANT — SAUL'S MEAN JEALOUSY — JONATHAN'S LOVE FOR DAVID — THE COST OF A LIE — A SOLDIER WHO SPARED HIS ENEMY — ABIGAIL'S SENSIBLE ADVICE — MAKING THE BEST OF TROUBLE — THE DEATH OF TWO BRAVE WARRIORS — A SHEPHERD BOY WHO WAS CALLED TO LEAD A NATION — JERUSALEM MADE THE CAPITAL CITY — DAVID'S KINDNESS TO JONATHAN'S SON — A RICH MAN WHO WAS A THIEF — ABSALOM THE UNGRATEFUL SON — A BROKEN-HEARTED FATHER — HOW SOLOMON BECAME THE RULER OF ISRAEL — A YOUNG MAN'S WISE CHOICE — BUILDING A GREAT TEMPLE — A RULER WHO WRONGED HIS PEOPLE — REHOBOAM'S GREAT MISTAKE — ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW'S SON — THE PROPHET OF FIRE — GOD'S LOW WHISPER — AHAB THE THIEF — MICAIAH'S COURAGE IN TELLING THE TRUTH — THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH — ELISHA HEALING THE SICK BOY — A SLAVE GIRL WHO HELPED HER MASTER — ELISHA'S WAY OF TREATING ENEMIES — THE END OF AHAB'S SELFISH FAMILY — THE BOY JOASH ON THE THRONE OF JUDAH — A YOUNG MAN WHO SAID, "SEND ME" — JEREMIAH'S CALL TO DO A HARD TASK — THE YOUNG JOSIAH AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW — THE WRITING OF AN ANCIENT BOOK — A PROPHET WHO SAVED A GREAT CITY — JEREMIAH'S COURAGE IN DANGER — THE SAD FATE OF A GUILTY NATION — THE COURAGE OF FOUR CAPTIVES — A KING'S STRANGE DREAM — THE TEST BY FIRE — THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL — DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN — QUEEN ESTHER'S LOVE FOR HER PEOPLE — REBUILDING THE TEMPLE — NEHEMIAH'S ANSWER TO A CALL FOR HELP — OVERCOMING GREAT DIFFICULTIES — A BRAVE KNIGHT — JONAH THE NARROW-MINDED PATRIOT — THE STORY OF JOB
9. 9.PSALMS — THE KING OF GLORY — GOD THE LOVING CREATOR — GOD THE LOVING FATHER — GOD FROM WHOM ALL GOOD THINGS COME — GOD'S GOODNESS AND MERCY — GOD THE ALL-SEEING — GOD WHO ALWAYS WATCHES OVER HIS PEOPLE — GOD WHO PROTECTS FROM ALL DANGER — GOD'S PROTECTION OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM — GOD'S LOVING CARE — TRUSTING IN GOD'S CARE — A PRAYER OF TRUST — SAFETY IN GOD'S CARE — GOD OUR REFUGE — THE JOY OF WORSHIPPING GOD — WHAT GOD ASKS OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM — A CALL TO PRAISE GOD — THE UNITED SONG OF PRAISE — MAN'S PLACE IN GOD'S WORLD — THE REWARD OF DOING RIGHT — A PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
10. 10.THE SAYINGS OF THE WISE — THE REWARDS OF LISTENING TO THE ADVICE OF THE WISE — WHAT GOD LIKES AND DISLIKES — GOD'S CARE FOR THOSE WHO TRY TO DO RIGHT — THE WAY TO BE WELL AND HAPPY — THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILLING TO LEARN — HOW TO HONOR YOUR PARENTS — THE TROUBLES OF THOSE WHO ARE LAZY — THINGS THAT ARE BETTER THAN RICHES — RIGHT EATING AND DRINKING — THE RIGHT USE OF THE TONGUE — THE CONTROL OF THE TEMPER — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MODEST — BEING GENEROUS AND LOVING
11. 11.THE NEW TESTAMENT — JESUS IS BORN AT BETHLEHEM — THE WISE MEN BRING GIFTS TO THE YOUNG CHILD — THE BOY JESUS ASKS QUESTIONS — JOHN THE BAPTIST TELLS OF JESUS' WORK — JESUS DECIDES HOW HE WILL DO HIS WORK — JESUS WINS DEVOTED FRIENDS — THE WEDDING AT CANA — THE HEALING OF THE TEN LEPERS — HEALING THE MAN AT THE POOL — JESUS TALKS WITH A SAMARITAN WOMAN — GIVING LIFE TO A WIDOW'S SON — JESUS HEALS THE SICK — JESUS CURES A MAN WHO CANNOT WALK — JESUS MAKES EVEN WRONG-DOERS HIS FRIENDS — JESUS FINDS JOY IN ALL HIS WORK — JESUS CALMS THE STORM — JESUS HEALS A LITTLE GIRL — JESUS VISITS HIS OLD HOME — JESUS CALLS TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS — WHAT JESUS ASKS OF HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS — THE WAY TO LEARN FROM JESUS — THE REWARDS FOR FOLLOWING JESUS' TEACHINGS — GOD'S LOVE EVEN FOR SINNERS — GOD'S READINESS TO ANSWER PRAYER — HOW TO PRAY — WHY WE SHOULD TRUST GOD — THE KINGDOM OF GOD — THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS — THE REWARDS OF MODESTY AND UNSELFISHNESS — HOW TO USE MONEY — DIFFERENT WAYS OF USING TALENTS — THE GOOD SAMARITAN — THE WAY TO TREAT THOSE WHO WRONG US — THE GOLDEN RULE — THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HAPPY — JESUS SENDS OUT THE FIRST MISSIONARIES — JESUS PRAISES JOHN THE BAPTIST — JESUS FEEDS THE HUNGRY — JESUS TELLS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CLEAN — JESUS IS KIND TO A STRANGER — JESUS MAKES AN HEROIC CHOICE — JESUS IS GLORIFIED — JESUS TELLS HOW ONE MAY BECOME GREAT — JESUS MAKES THE WICKED ZACCHEUS HIS FRIEND — JESUS IS GLADLY WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE — JESUS FIGHTS WRONG IN THE TEMPLE — JESUS CONDEMNS THOSE WHO PRETEND TO BE GOOD — JESUS WARNS HIS DISCIPLES — JESUS CURES A BLIND MAN — JESUS TELLS WHAT HE CAME TO DO — JESUS BRINGS LAZARUS BACK TO LIFE — JESUS PRAISES A WOMAN WHO GAVE HER BEST — JESUS EATS THE LAST SUPPER WITH HIS DISCIPLES — JESUS ENCOURAGES HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS — JESUS IS SEIZED BY THE MOB — JESUS IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES — JESUS IS CRUCIFIED BY HIS ENEMIES — JESUS CONQUERS DEATH — JESUS WALKS AND TALKS WITH TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES — JESUS GIVES HIS LAST COMMANDS TO HIS HELPERS — THE HEALING OF THE LAME MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE — THE GENEROSITY OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS — STEPHEN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR — PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN — PETER AND THE ROMAN OFFICER — PETER'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON — PAUL'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE SAW AND HEARD ON HIS WAY TO DAMASCUS — THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT ANTIOCH — PAUL AND BARNABAS IN FOREIGN LANDS — WHY PAUL WENT TO MACEDONIA — PAUL AND SILAS IN MACEDONIA — PAUL'S GREAT SPEECH AT ATHENS — PAUL WRITES TO HIS FRIENDS AT THESSALONICA — PAUL'S WORK AT CORINTH — PAUL WRITES TO HIS FRIENDS IN CORINTH — THE NEW LIFE AFTER DEATH — WAYS OF SHOWING LOVE — PAUL'S TRIALS AND VICTORIES AT EPHESUS — PAUL WRITES TO THE CHRISTIANS AT ROME — PAUL'S LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM — PAUL'S NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH — A PRISONER WHO PREACHED TO HIS JUDGES — PAUL'S SHIPWRECK — THE END OF PAUL'S LONG JOURNEY — PAUL'S LAST WORDS TO HIS FRIENDS — THE MEANING OF FAITH — THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT — THE LOVE THAT MAKES MEN BROTHERS — THE GLORY AND HONOR THAT JESUS HAS WON — THE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL — THE NEW HEAVEN ON EARTH
12. 12.Scribner Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers — Transcriber's Notes:

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