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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 + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<p> </p> + +<hr /> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> + <a name="a001-illus.jpg" id="a001-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/a001-illus.jpg" width="500" height="585" alt="Book Cover" title="" /> +</div> +<hr /> + +<h2>BIBLE</h2> +<h1>STORIES.</h1> + +<p> </p> + +<h3>WORCESTER:<br /> +PUBLISHED BY J. GROUT, <span class="smcap">Jr.</span></h3> + +<hr /> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p002-illus.jpg" id="p002-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p002-illus.jpg" width="350" height="478" alt="A man writing at his desk" title="" /> +</div> +<hr /> + +<h2>BIBLE</h2> +<h1>STORIES.</h1> + +<p> </p> + +<h3>WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS.</h3> + +<p> </p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> + <a name="p003-illus.jpg" id="p003-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p003-illus.jpg" width="200" height="195" alt="A church" title="" /> +</div> + +<p> </p> + +<h3>WORCESTER:<br /> +PUBLISHED BY J. GROUT, <span class="smcap">Jr.</span></h3> + +<hr /> + +<table class="toc" summary="The Alphabet"> +<tr> +<td class="c1">A</td> +<td class="c2">B</td> +<td class="c3">C</td> +<td class="c4">D</td> +<td class="c5">E</td> +<td class="c6">F</td> +<td class="c7">G</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">H</td> +<td class="c2">I</td> +<td class="c3">J</td> +<td class="c4">K</td> +<td class="c5">L</td> +<td class="c6">M</td> +<td class="c7">N</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">O</td> +<td class="c2">P</td> +<td class="c3">Q</td> +<td class="c4">R</td> +<td class="c5">S</td> +<td class="c6">T</td> +<td class="c7">U</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">V</td> +<td class="c2">W</td> +<td class="c3">X</td> +<td class="c4">Y</td> +<td class="c5">Z</td> +<td class="c6">$</td> +<td class="c7">£</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p> </p> + +<table class="toc" summary="The Alphabet"> +<tr> +<td class="c1">a</td> +<td class="c2">b</td> +<td class="c3">c</td> +<td class="c4">d</td> +<td class="c5">e</td> +<td class="c6">f</td> +<td class="c7">g</td> +<td class="c8">h</td> +<td class="c9">i</td> +<td class="c10">j</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">k</td> +<td class="c2">l</td> +<td class="c3">m</td> +<td class="c4">n</td> +<td class="c5">o</td> +<td class="c6">p</td> +<td class="c7">q</td> +<td class="c8">r</td> +<td class="c9">s</td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1"> </td> +<td class="c2">t</td> +<td class="c3">u</td> +<td class="c4">v</td> +<td class="c5">w</td> +<td class="c6">x</td> +<td class="c7">y</td> +<td class="c8">z</td> +<td class="c9"> </td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1"> </td> +<td class="c2"> </td> +<td class="c3"> </td> +<td class="c4"> </td> +<td class="c5"> </td> +<td class="c6"> </td> +<td class="c7"> </td> +<td class="c8"> </td> +<td class="c9"> </td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1"> </td> +<td class="c2"> </td> +<td class="c3"> </td> +<td class="c4"> </td> +<td class="c5"> </td> +<td class="c6"> </td> +<td class="c7"> </td> +<td class="c8"> </td> +<td class="c9"> </td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">,</td> +<td class="c2">;</td> +<td class="c3">:</td> +<td class="c4">.</td> +<td class="c5">!</td> +<td class="c6">?</td> +<td class="c7">-</td> +<td class="c8">'</td> +<td class="c9">&</td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1"> </td> +<td class="c2"> </td> +<td class="c3"> </td> +<td class="c4"> </td> +<td class="c5"> </td> +<td class="c6"> </td> +<td class="c7"> </td> +<td class="c8"> </td> +<td class="c9"> </td> +<td class="c10"> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="c1">1</td> +<td class="c2">2</td> +<td class="c3">3</td> +<td class="c4">4</td> +<td class="c5">5</td> +<td class="c6">6</td> +<td class="c7">7</td> +<td class="c8">8</td> +<td class="c9">9</td> +<td class="c10">10</td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<hr /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> +<h1>BIBLE STORIES.</h1> + +<hr class="hr2" /> + +<h2>EARLY LIFE OF THE SAVIOR.</h2> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"One tree that in the midst was placed,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">God bade them not to take;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But ah! the fruit they dared to taste,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">And his commandment break."<br /></span> +</div> +</div> + +<p>In an evil hour they listened to the temptations +of the serpent—the great enemy of mankind—and + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> +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."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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."</p> + +<p>And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> +of the heavenly host, praising God, and +saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on +earth peace, good will towards men."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> +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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> + 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> +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.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p010-illus.jpg" id="p010-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p010-illus.jpg" width="350" height="246" alt="Jesus and his mother in a temple" title="" /> +</div> + +<p>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?"</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> + 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<hr /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> +<h2>CRUCIFIXION OF OUR SAVIOR.</h2> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>In this situation, condemned and abandoned +by the world he came to save, the heavy cross + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> +was laid upon his shoulders, and he was conducted +in public through the city.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p013-illus.jpg" id="p013-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p013-illus.jpg" width="350" height="239" alt="The crucifixion" title="" /> +</div> + +<p>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, "<span class="smcap">Jesus of Nazareth the + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> +King of the Jews</span>," 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.</p> + +<p>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."</p> + +<p>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, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> +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."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> +which time all things were full of terror.—Many +who saw and heard were converted, and cried +"Truly this is the Son of God."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<hr /> +<h2>THE GREAT COMMISSION.</h2> + +<p>After the resurrection of our Savior, he appeared +several times to his disciples. He + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> +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 + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> +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.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p017-illus.jpg" id="p017-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p017-illus.jpg" width="350" height="242" alt="Jesus and the disciples" title="" /> +</div> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<hr /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> +<h2>STEPHEN</h2> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p020-illus.jpg" id="p020-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p020-illus.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Being stoned" title="" /> +</div> + +<p>The witnesses, according to custom, stripped + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> +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.</p> + + +<hr /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> +<h2>SAUL OF TARSUS, OR PAUL.</h2> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span> +Saul trembled, his conscience smote him, his +soul was humbled, and his feelings melted for +the cause he had heretofore hated and persecuted.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p022-illus.jpg" id="p022-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p022-illus.jpg" width="350" height="232" alt="The light forced him to the ground" title="" /> +</div> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>Thousands were converted by his preaching, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> +and he endured the persecutions of the unbelieving, +remembering when he too was a leader +among them.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<hr /> +<h2>LUKE.</h2> + +<p>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 + <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> +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 <a name="the" id="the"></a>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.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> + <a name="p024-illus.jpg" id="p024-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p024-illus.jpg" width="350" height="240" alt="Luke" title="" /> +</div> + +<hr class="hr2" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 25]<br />[Pg 26]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> + <a name="p026-illus.jpg" id="p026-illus.jpg"></a> + <img src="images/p026-illus.jpg" width="500" height="587" alt="Book Cover (Back)" title="" /> +</div> + + +<hr /> +<div class="tn"> +<h4>Transcriber's Note</h4> +<ul class="corrections"> + <li>Page <a href="#the">24</a>, "eightyfourth" changed to "eighty-fourth"</li> +</ul> +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +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-h.htm or 37670-h.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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