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diff --git a/37670-8.txt b/37670-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c600455 --- /dev/null +++ b/37670-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,794 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bible Stories, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Bible Stories + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: October 8, 2011 [EBook #37670] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BIBLE STORIES *** + + + + +Produced by Larry B. Harrison, and the Archives and Special +Collections, University Libraries, Ball State University +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration: Book Cover] + + BIBLE + STORIES. + + WORCESTER: + PUBLISHED BY J. GROUT, JR. + +[Illustration] + + + + + BIBLE + STORIES. + + WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS. + + [Illustration] + + WORCESTER: + PUBLISHED BY J. GROUT, JR. + + + + + A B C D E F G + + H I J K L M N + + O P Q R S T U + + V W X Y Z $ £ + + a b c d e f g h i j + + k l m n o p q r s + + t u v w x y z + + , ; : . ! ? - ' & + + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + + + + +BIBLE STORIES. + + + + +EARLY LIFE OF THE SAVIOR. + + +Nearly six thousand years ago the first man and the first woman were +formed, out of the dust of the ground. Their names were Adam and Eve. +They were placed in a very pleasant and beautiful garden, called Eden, +where they had every thing they could wish; and were permitted by God +to eat of the fruit of all the trees in the garden, except one. + + "One tree that in the midst was placed, + God bade them not to take; + But ah! the fruit they dared to taste, + And his commandment break." + +In an evil hour they listened to the temptations of the serpent--the +great enemy of mankind--and ate of the forbidden fruit. Then God was +angry with them, and sent his Angel to drive them out of the garden, +to a place where thorns and thistles covered the ground, and they were +obliged to work hard for a living. God cursed the ground for their +sake, but at the same time he promised that "the seed of the woman +should bruise the serpent's head." + +This promise was fulfilled by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came +into the world and suffered and died to save men from the consequences +of the first man's disobedience. I will now tell you something about +this wonderful event. + +A little more than eighteen hundred years ago, as some shepherds were +taking care of their sheep by night on the hills of Palestine, an +angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone round +about them: and they were very much afraid. But the angel told them +not to fear, for he brought them good news: "For unto you is born this +day, in the city of David, a Savior which is Christ the Lord." + +And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly +host, praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on +earth peace, good will towards men." + +As soon as the angels were gone, the shepherds went to Bethlehem, to +see the Savior that God had so wonderfully made known to them. They +found his reputed father with his mother, Mary, and the babe lying in +a manger: "because there was no room for him in the inn." The +shepherds then went to their homes praising God, and telling every one +they saw of the new-born Savior. + +Sometime afterwards, a wonderful star was seen by some wise men in the +country east of Judea; and they concluded that it must be a sign that +the long expected Messiah was born. They therefore went at once to +Jerusalem, where they inquired for the "king of the Jews," stating +that they had seen his star in the east, and were come to worship him. + +Herod was the king of Judea at this time: and when he heard of the new +king, he was very much troubled, and the people were also troubled, not +knowing what to expect. Herod made particular inquires about the place +where it was expected Christ would be born: and when he found that it +was at Bethlehem, he sent the wise men there, telling them to bring him +word when they had found him, that he might go and worship him too. + +So the wise men went to Bethlehem: and the star which they had seen in +the east went before them till it came and stood over the place where +the infant Savior was. They were glad when they saw this: and when +they came into the house and found Jesus and his mother, they fell +down on their faces and worshiped him. Then they made him many +presents of money, and rich spices which were found in their country. + +When the wise men were ready to return, the angel of the Lord appeared +to them, and told them not to go back to Herod, as he had directed. So +they went to their home by another way. The angel also appeared in a +dream to Joseph, and told him to take the child and his mother, and +flee into Egypt; and Joseph did as the angel had said. + +Herod was a cruel, wicked man, and was afraid if Jesus grew up, he +would be king of the Jews instead of him; so he intended to kill him +while a little child. But when he found the wise men would not tell +him where to find him, he sent his soldiers to Bethlehem, and ordered +them to kill all the children under two years old, hoping in this way +to come at Jesus: but the Lord had before provided for his safety, by +sending him to Egypt. + +When Herod was dead, Jesus returned with his parents from Egypt, and +went to live in the city of Nazareth. Joseph was a carpenter, and we +are told that when Jesus was old enough he worked with him at the same +trade. The Bible tells us he grew in stature, and in favor both with +God and man: and that he lived with his parents, and was subject to +them, or did as they wished to have him. Thus he set an example of +obedience to parents which every child should follow. + +When he was twelve years old, he went with them to Jerusalem to the +feast of the passover; and after the close of the ceremonies, when +they were going home, they found Jesus was not with them. So they +returned to look for him and found him in the temple sitting in the +midst of the learned men, hearing them and asking them questions; so +that they were astonished at his knowledge. + +[Illustration] + +When his mother told him they had been looking for him, sorrowing, he +replied, "How is it that ye sought me? Knew ye not that I must be +about my Father's business?" + +There was a law among the Jews that no one should be a public teacher, +or minister, till he was thirty years old. Jesus wished to show +respect to the laws of his country, and therefore we may suppose he +continued to work as a carpenter till he was of that age. He was then +baptized in the river Jordan by his forerunner, John the Baptist, and +commenced choosing his disciples and preaching the gospel. + +The story of his life after this time,--how he went about teaching the +people, though they often abused him; how he gave them food when they +were hungry, though he had not where to lay his head, healed the sick, +and in every way returned good for evil to his ungrateful countrymen, +for three years, till they cruelly put him to death,--is told at large +in the New Testament, where we hope all our young readers will read it +again and again, with earnest attention. They will find it a very +interesting narrative, and in it instructions capable of making them +wise unto salvation. + + + + +CRUCIFIXION OF OUR SAVIOR. + + +Our blessed Savior, having passed a life of piety and virtue, amply +illustrated by the doctrines he had taught and practised, and the +benefits rendered mankind, was at length betrayed by Judas Iscariot +into the hands of the Jewish High Priest and Council, whose hatred and +malice against him were without bounds, as the truths he had +proclaimed were but faithful commentaries on the vice and wickedness +of their own characters. + +He was tried and condemned--though his judge declared that he found no +fault in him,--his body mangled with whips, and a wreath of thorns +pressed upon his head as a mock crown. They spit upon him, taunted +him, smote him on the crown with staves, that it might wound the more +deeply, till his head, face, and body were bathed in blood. + +In this situation, condemned and abandoned by the world he came to +save, the heavy cross was laid upon his shoulders, and he was +conducted in public through the city. + +[Illustration] + +Passing the gates, he was brought to a place called Golgotha and +Calvary, the place of execution for the city. His clothes were then +stripped off, his body stretched out, and his hands and his feet +nailed to the cross, which was then lifted up. Over his head the +inscription was placed by Pilate, "JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE +JEWS," in three different languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, in +order that strangers might know for what he suffered. With this +inscription the Jews were offended, and wished it altered. But Pilate +replied that what he had written should stand good. + +While our Savior hung thus languishing in torment on the cross, the +multitude around strove to add to his misery by reviling speeches and +horrid blasphemies. Some nodded their heads and cried, "If you be the +Son of God, come down from the cross." The priests and rulers scoffed +in like manner, "He saved others, but himself he cannot save." The +blessed Savior replied not, but lifted up his eyes and prayed for his +enemies, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." + +Nay, even one of the thieves who were crucified, one on each side of +him, derided and urged him to save himself and them, if he was the +Messiah. But his fellow criminal acknowledging the justice of their +condemnation, and the entire innocence of Christ, seriously rebuked +him, and looking upon Jesus with humble reliance, cried "Lord +remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." The Lord rewarded his +great faith, embraced him with the arms of mercy, and assured him, +that "that very day he should be with him in Paradise." + +His mortal agonies became now unutterable. His enemies still mocked +him with their bitter taunts and revilings; they gave him vinegar to +allay his burning thirst. He tasted thereof, and feeling the pangs of +death, he cried, "all is accomplished.--Father, into thy hands I +commend my spirit;" and meekly bowing his head, he expired. + +His death was accompanied by a terrible earthquake. Rocks were +shattered, graves were opened, and the veil of the temple torn in two +parts. In short, the whole face of nature seemed changed. The sun was +so shadowed that the stars appeared. The eclipse was awful, and the +miraculous darkness universal, having been recorded by many even of +the Pagan writers. It continued for three hours, during which time all +things were full of terror.--Many who saw and heard were converted, +and cried "Truly this is the Son of God." + +The body of our Savior having been buried, by one of his friends, in a +new tomb hewn out of a rock, the Jews and rulers went to Pilate and +told him, that this impostor having declared within his life time that +he would rise again within three days, they wished the sepulchre kept +under a strong guard until the third day, lest his disciples should +come by night and steal the body, and then persuade the people that he +had risen from the dead. They procured the desired guard, and secured +the tomb, setting a seal upon the stone. Vain precaution!--The +prophecy was fulfilled. The Savior burst from the tomb, and rose +triumphant to the bosom of his Father which is in heaven. + + + + +THE GREAT COMMISSION. + + +After the resurrection of our Savior, he appeared several times to his +disciples. He strengthened them in the walk of faith; enlarged their +power and commission; declaring to them, that all power was given to him +in heaven and earth. Therefore he commanded them to go through all the +world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, baptizing them in the +name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and teaching them +to observe all things that he had commanded them. Adding further--that +he that believed and was baptized should be saved, but he that believed +not should be damned. He promised them his continual protection--that he +would be ever present with them, even to the end of the world. + +[Illustration] + +On his last appearance to the apostles he particularly commanded them, +that they should not depart from Jerusalem till they had received the +promise of God, and were invested with power from above. That after the +descent of the Holy Ghost upon them they should have sufficient power +and knowledge, and have the honor of being his witnesses in Jerusalem, +in all Judea, in Samaria, and in the farthest parts of the earth. + +He then led them out of the city to that part of Mount Olivet which +was near Bethany, where, lifting up his hands which showed the marks +of his sufferings, he gave them his last benediction. + +And while they were all in the posture of adoration, he was parted +from them by degrees, taken up in a cloud, and carried triumphantly +into the ineffable glories of heaven. + + + + +STEPHEN + + +Was chosen one of the first deacons of the Christian Church at +Jerusalem. He was of high report for wisdom, and the endowments of the +Holy Spirit. He confuted the most learned Jews in their arguments, and +applied such wholesome truths to the test of their consciences, that +being sorely galled, and unable to answer, their rage was unbounded. + +Stephen, however, regarded them not, but fixing his ardent gaze +upward, was ravished with the vision of glory revealed to him, and +declared that he saw the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing +at the right hand of God. + +This farther enraged his enemies, who resolved to deal with him as a +blasphemer; and, therefore they raised a great noise and clamor, +stopped their ears to hear no cries for mercy, and rushing upon him, +they hurried him out of the city in order to stone him, according to +an ancient law against blasphemers. + +[Illustration] + +The witnesses, according to custom, stripped themselves, and then began +the tragedy, which was soon seconded by the multitude. During all this, +the pious martyr was on his knees praying to God, and earnestly +interceding for his murderers, "that he would not charge this guilt upon +them"--till at length he fell asleep in the arms of death, being the +first martyr who suffered in the Christian Church, A. D. 34. + + + + +SAUL OF TARSUS, OR PAUL. + + +This great agent in the first persecution of the Church of God was +well educated in the learning of the times, and one of the most strict +of the sect of the Pharisees. He was born in the Roman city Tarsus, +and enjoyed the privilege of a free citizen of Rome, which gave him +high influence among the Jews, and increased his power to injure the +followers of Jesus. He pursued the Christians with the fury of a bigot +and the rage of a madman. He paid no regard to age or sex; tearing the +husband from the wife, and the mother from her children, and breathing +vengeance and blood wherever he came. + +But at last it pleased God, A. D. 35, to put a stop to his violence +and wickedness. And wonderful was the change of his heart. Having +dispersed the Christians from Jerusalem, he was on a journey to renew +his persecutions in Damascus, when a sudden light from heaven smote +him to the ground, and he heard a voice, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou +persecute me?" The haughty Saul trembled, his conscience smote him, +his soul was humbled, and his feelings melted for the cause he had +heretofore hated and persecuted. + +[Illustration] + +Saul became now, after this miraculous conversion, one of the +strongest pillars of the Christian Church. He preached the gospel in +public, laboring with pious zeal as if to make up for the guilt and +crimes of his former life. + +Thousands were converted by his preaching, and he endured the +persecutions of the unbelieving, remembering when he too was a leader +among them. + +He was stoned at Lystra, A. D. 46, and left for dead,--but suddenly +revived as the disciples were attending upon his body. Having thus +escaped the fate of Stephen, he travelled on from city to city, openly +proclaiming the Gospel. + +At length after a long life spent in fearless devotion to the cause of +the crucified Savior, he was taken up in Rome, thrown into prison, and +in a few months after, condemned to suffer martyrdom by beheading, +A. D. 68. + + + + +LUKE. + + +This apostle and Evangelist, was the companion and assistant of Paul, +who calls him "the beloved Physician." After the death of Paul, he +preached the gospel with great success in Egypt and Lybia, and also in +Italy and Macedonia. As to his death, there are different accounts. Yet +the best writers say he suffered martyrdom in Greece. A party of +infidels there made head against him, and drew him to execution. For the +want of a cross, they hung him upon an olive tree. He was in the +eighty-fourth year of his age at the time of his death, A. D. 74. His +gospel was written, while he was in company with Paul, A. D. 61--13 years +before his martyrdom, and 28 years after the ascension of our Lord. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration: Book Cover (Back)] + + + + +Transcriber's Note + + + * Page 24, "eightyfourth" changed to "eighty-fourth" + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Bible Stories, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BIBLE STORIES *** + +***** This file should be named 37670-8.txt or 37670-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/3/7/6/7/37670/ + +Produced by Larry B. 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