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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 i6 bingdom ol heaven is fail such a$ thwr St. Matt. xix. 14. BIBLE HISTORY OONTAINING THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS OP THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COMPENDIUM OF CHURCH HISTORY. FOR THE USE OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. BY RIGHT REV. RICHARD GILMOUR, D. D., Bishop of Cleveland. New- York, CiNv^innati, and Chicago : BENZIGER BROTHERS, FRENTEKB TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC BBB- Q488 A LETTER FROM His Holiness, Pope Leo XI H. y^«f2I<(T)|VyHE. f > _ B". N. m.f:^CS\Kl, A rchbisliop of Oregon City, PROVINCIA. I- "riARY t. J • _• I c V 3TOrtlA, 3. C From the Most Rev. Archbishop of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 24, 1871. We cordially add our approbation of the " Biole History," prepared by Rev Richard Gilmour, and published by your firm under the auspices of the Most Rev. Archbishop of Cincinnati, to that of the many venerable Prelates whose names appear on the edition sent for our perusal. \]h.W&'$,Y.WQiO\y, Bishop 0/ Philadelphia. From the Most Rev. Archbishop of Montreal. Montreal, le 14 Octobre 1870. La Petite Bible lilustrde^ que I'on nous a corarauniquiJe, ayant etc approu- V( •* 1 ar divers Eveques d'un mdrite Eminent, comme un ouvrage extrdmement utile, nous sommes heureux d'en recommander la lecture k tous les fidtles con- fi^s & nos soins et surtout aux enfants qui frequentent leu ecoles de la ville et des campagnes. t IGNATIUS, Evique de Montreal. From the Most Rev. Archbishop of New Orleans. I^Jouvelle-Orleans, le 8 Octobre 1870. Ajrant examine? votre histoire de la Bible en frangais et I'ayant lue en anglais, je pense que cet ouvrage dans Tune comme dans I'autre langue est le meUleur Jivre dans ce genre que Ton puisse introduire dans les ecoles catholiques. NAPOLEON JOSEPH, ArchevCque de la Nouvelle-Orldans. From the Most Rev. Archbishop cf Milwaukee. Milwaukee, June 14, 1875. The Bible History published by you I really wish to have introduced in all the English schools of my diocese. Wherefore, you may use my name for its approbation. JOHN M. HENNI, Archbishop of Milwaukee. From, the Most Rev. Archbishop of Baltimore. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 11, 1871. Father Gilmour's Bible History, published by you, is a work that richly merits, as I am sure it will receive, the liberal patronage of the Catholic schools and academies throughout the country. I am delighted with it. JAMES GIBBONS, Vicar Apostolic^ North Carolina. From the Most Rev. Coadjutor-Archbishop of Oregon City. Victoria, V. I., July 3, 1875. As Bishop Gilmour's Bible History has the approbation of almost every Prelate of the Union, it is but right that I should be honored by having my name added to those of the distinguished Bishops. CAROLUS JOANNES, Bishop of Vancouver Island. From the Most Rev. Coadjutor-Archbishop of Milwaukee. La Crosse, September 26, 1869. Your Illustrated Bible History is in fact what it claims to be, - valuable school- book, useful both for teacher and scholar. The purity and plainness of its style, the careful selection and arrangement of its lessons, the variety and beauty of its illustrations, as also the great number of references pointed out from the Old to the New Testament, make it very desirable to see this Bible History introduced in our Catholic schools. I^IICHAEL HEISS, Bishop of La Crosse. From the Most Rev. Archbishop of Chicago. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 187X. I beg to thank you for your copy of Father Gilmour's Bible Flistory. It is a most useful woric, and I shall recommend it to the schools of the Diocese. P. A. FEEHAN, Bishop of NaskviUt, From the Right Rev. Bishop of Nksqualy. Vancouver, W. T., October x, 1869. I have examined the " Bible History," of which you sent me a copy. I con- sider it is well adapted to the wants of our schools. It is within the reach of the youngest pupil's understanding. The Director of the College says it is the best work of this kind for the schools he ever saw, and intends to introduce it soon into the classes. I will recommend the use of it in the schools of the Diocese. A. M. A. BLANCHET, Bishop o/Nesqualy. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Brooklyn. Brooklyn, July 7, 1873. I take pleasure in recommending your " Illustrated Bible History." I hope It will be very extensively patronized. JOHN LOUGHLIN, Bishop 0/ Brooklyn. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Burlington. Burlington, Vt., June 10, 1875. We use Bishop Gilmour's Bible History in our Perseverance Catechism in the Cathedral congregation ; both our teachers and children are much pleased with it, and I canno*- recommend it too much. t LOUIS, Bishop of Bi:rlington^ Vt. From the Right Rev. Coadjutor-Bishop of Cincinnati. Natchez, Miss., Dec. 26, 1871. The •' Bible History" of Rev. Richard Gilmour has been used in the Brothers? schools at Natchez almost ever since its first publication. I have recommended it too as a useful book for a Class of Perseverance, for those who have made their First Holy Communion, and who know thoroughly their ordinary catechism. It is very important that our young Catholics make themselves well acquainted with the Sacred History. Growing irreverence for *he Word of God is one of the characteristics of what is now called the prog ess of the age. Even those who claim to be especial friends of the Holy Bible expose it to daily ignominy in the Public Schools, and the denial of its veracity is openly avowed by some men who claim to be teachers of religion, while the synods and conventions of churches to which they belong dare not condemn the impiety which is taught to their children. On the other hand, the Sacred Council of the Vatican, in its very first decree, vindicated the Sacred Scriptures against their enemies. This shows that the Holy Ghost regards hostility to the Written Word of God as one of the prom- inent evils of the day, and that a knowledge and esteem of that holy Word ought to be characteristics of all earnest children of the Faith. Father Gilmour's Bible History is admirably adapted to promote this knowl- edge and esteem among our young people. The making of such books in our own country is one of the encouraging signh of the times. And it is remarkable that precisely in Cincinnati, where the Cath- olics were so fiercely denounced as enemies of the Holy Bible, a hard-working Catholic Priest rested from his other labors by working at this one for the pur- pose of promoting both a familiar and a reverent knowledge of the Sacred Books. I congratulate Rev. Father Gilmour on the work itself, and also on the style in which it has been published : cheap enough for the school-room — and beauti- ful enough for a Christmas present. I hope the extensiveaess and firuitfulness of its use will give him the coosoUp tk>n which he so much deserves. WILLIAM HENRY ELDER, Bishop o/NmtchtM. From the Right Rev. Bishop of St. Paul. St. Pail, Minn., April 2, 1870. I received the copy of the Bible History vou did ine the kindness to send me some time ago. 1 need hardly say I was pleased with it. This History supplies a want in our schools, and supplies it well. Upon my recommendation the His- tory has been introduced into our schools in St. Paul, and I trust the example will be followed in all the schools of the Diocese. THOMAS L. GRACE, Bishop 0/ St. Paul. From the Right Rev, Bishop op Mobile. Mobile, October 14, 1869. We have rccci^-ed, by your favor, the " Illustrated Bible History," prepared for the use of Catholic schools in the United States by Rev. Richard Gilraour, of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and publislied by you. Having examined it care- fully, wc consider it admirably adapted for use in the junior classes of our collegiate, conventual, and parochial schools; and we hereby most cordially recommend it to all Catholic teachers and scholars within our ecclesiastical juris* diction. JOHN QUlNLXTSi, Bishop 0/ Mobile. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Marysville. Marvsville, Cal., January 17, 1872. Your Bible History is an admirable and interegting compendium of the Bible. I only wish it were in my power to give it a wider circulation than it has already. t E, O' CON NELL, Bishop. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Leeds, England. Springfield House, Little Woodhcuse, Leeds, May, 15, 1874. I have duly received your " Bible History," for which be pleased to accept my best thanks and my warmest congratulations upon your elegant and useful work which I shall be glad to see in use in the schools of this Diocese. t ROBERT CORNTH WAITE, Bishop 0/ Beverley. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Dubuque, Dubuque, Dec. 14, 1871. Please accept my thanks for a copy of Rev. Father Gilmour's Bible History. I find it so highly recommended that I shall be glad to see it introduced into the schools of this Diocese. t JOHN W^l^iNKSSY , Bishop 0/ Dubugue. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Little Rock. Little Rock, Oct. 25, 1869. The Sisters of St. Mary's Academy of Little Rock have examined Rev. R. Gilmour's Bible History, and consider it to be a very useful text-book. They purpose introducing it into tiieir schools at the commencement of next school year. I beg to add my recommendation to theirs. EDWARD FITZGERALD, Bishop 0/ Little Rock. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Louisville. Louisville, Kv., January 2, 1872. You would have had an earlier acknowledgment of the receipt of the Rev. R. Gilmour's " Illustrated Bible History," but that I wished to read it through care- fully, and judge for myself. This I have done, and I take great pleasure in recommending it as one of the most admirable works of its kind ever published. Although intended for the young, older persons may read it with much profit, and I trust it may find its way not only into the schools, but also into every Oath* oUc family of my diocMe. WILLIAM McCLOSKEY, Bithop o/L^uitvUM From tkt Right Rbv. Bishop or Erik. Erie, Pa., Nov. ao. 1871. Accept my thanks for the copy you sent me of the " Bible History prepared by Rev. Richard Gilmour," and published by you. I have examined it with some care, and consider it admirably adapted for the use ot Catholic schools. It reproduces in a manner most attractive to children the whole inspired record of God's dealings with mankind, while its illustrations aro so striking and appropri- ate as to sustain the interest of the youthful reader and rivet his attention on the most important points in the sacred narrative. Although designed tor children, it might be studied with advantage by persons of any age, and may then be very deservedly assigned a place in the home-library as in the school-room. tT. MULLEN, Bishop 0/ Erie. From the Right Rev. Bishop of Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1871. I have no hesitation in recommending Rev. R. Gilmour's Illustrated Bible History, already so highly and respectably recommended. As a compendium of Bible history, I deem it in every way a most desirable and useful book to be put into the hands of children. t STEPHEN VINCENT, Bishop 0/ Buffalo. m. if From the Right Rev. Bishui> ok Cuvin(jto.\. CuVlMGTO.N, Nov. 23, 187I, You have deserved well of the parents and children of the United States by your beautiful edition of the excellent Ijible HisKjry by Rev. Rich. Gilmour. Allow me to add my name to the long list of liisliops who by their approval bear witness to its excellence. I cordiaily recommend its introduction in all the schools of my Diocese. t A. M. TOEBBE, Bishop 0/ Covington. From the Right Rkv. Bishoi' ok Alton. Alton, III., March 19, 1870. I have examined the Bible History for Catholic schools, by Rev. Richard Gilmour. I recommend it to the schools of uur Diocese. . P. J , B A LT E S , Bishop 0/ A Iton. From the Right Rev. Bishui' of Dktroi r. Detroit, Noz'. 22, 1871. We had the pleasure of examining the manuscript of the Bible History by Rev. Richard Gilmour ; and since its publication by you we are delighted in seeing it honored with the approbation of three Archbishops and thirteen Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, We unite with them in recom- mending it to all who are interested or engaged in the instruction of youth, as in every respect among the best Bible Histories published for the use of Catholic schools in this country. C. H. EORGESS, C. and Adtn. Bishop 0/ Detroit, From the Right Rev. Bishof of Albany. Albany, Aug. 14, 1875. I cheerfully unite with my brethren in the Episcopacy in their commendation of the Illustrated Bible History, prepared for the use of Catholic schools in the United States by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gilmour, Bi^hop of Cleveland, and published by the house of Benziger Brothers, New York and Cincinnati. Its introduction into every school in the diocese of Albany would be hailed by me with great pUatur*. FRANCIS, Bishop-Administrator 0/ Albanj^. /Vowi th* Right Rbv. Biihop of OcDENSBuiia. Ogdensburg, yuHt la, 1875. The examination of your illustrated Bible History has given me great plea- «ure,aad I heartily approve of its publication. t EDGAR P. WADHAMS, Bishop 0/ Ogdensburg. From th« Right Rev. Bishop of Savanwah. Sava.^jnah, Aug. 10, 1873. I most cheerfully give my approbation to your " Illustrated History of the Bible," and most earnestly recommend it to the Reverend Clergy, to school- teach«a, and to all the faithful of this diocese. t WILLIAM, Bishop 0/ Savannah. Prom the Right Rev. Bishop of Sherdrookb. Sherbrooke, July 6, 1875. I would be most happy to see Bishop Gil nour's Bible History adopted for school purposes in my Diocese, as it is the most commendable book for children to study from. i ANTOINE, Evi'gue de Sherdroo&e. From the Right Rkv. Vicar Apostolic of N. Minnesota. St. Cloud, Minn., June 12, 1875. The copy of the Bible History by Rt. Rev. R. Gilmour, so kindly sent to me, has been duly received. It is an excellent work for schools, and I shall not fail to forwa-rd its introduction into the schools of my new Vicariate as far as is in my power. f RUPERT SEIDENBUSH, O. S. B., Vic. Ap. Northern Minnesota, From the Right Rev. Bishop of St. Hyacinth. St. Hyacinth, Bishop's Palace, Oct. 16, 1875. I very willingly give my approbation of the Bible History, and I earnestly hope that it meets with as favorable a reception amongst all Catholics, and more especially amongst the English speaking faithful of this Diocese. tL. Z. MOREAU, Administrator of St. Hyacinth. Cincinnati, August 10, 1869. I find yo'ir Bible History exceedingly well adapted to the object for which it is designed, a school-book. The style is so purely English that it has not even the semblance of a translation. It is evident that the translator aimed to use Saxon words where it was possible. While his language is elegant, it is, at the same time, fitted to the comprehension of children. The moral reflections, the allusions to the mysteries of the New Testament, combined with the well-exe- cuted illustrations of the work, render the book a valuable acquisition both for teachers and for school-children. We will adopt it in our schools. Rrv. W. H. HILL, S. J., President 0/ St. Xavier College. PREFACE. The following "Illustiacd Biblo History" needs a word of explanation. It professes to be a translation of a Bible history published by the Benziger Brothers, and now extensively used in the schools of Europe, having been already translated into six different lan- guages ; but there have been so many changes made, and the whole form of the book so altered, that, in some sense, it might be called new. The original is, to a great extent, made up of quota- tions from the Scriptures. To some this might bo con- sidered a recommendation, as thereby familiarizing the young with the sacred text ; yet the language would be quaint, and the construction of the sentences awkward, in a book prepared for school reading ; hence, on the recommendation of those whose life-long experience in the training of youth irives their opinion weight, the work has been recast. Howeyer, the substance, and, as Tl PREFACE. far as possible, the language, of the original, have been retained. For the convenience of teachers the matter has been divided into paragraphs, and questions have been added to aid the pupil. Dates, and a list of the patriarchs, it is hoped, will be found a valuable addition. In this Edition the old illustrations are, in great part, replaced by new ones, and several additional illustrations have been added. The work is also supplemented by a *' Compendium of Church History," which, it is hoped, will increase the usefulness of the book. Shortness in the chapters, pithiness in the sentences, and great condensation of matter, marked the original. These have been retained. The illustrations and press- work speak for themselves. The work is sent forth with considerable confidence in its merits. ! History of the Old Testament •««K)^ AGE I. FRO.M ADAM TO ABRAHAM. OONTAININS 2083 YEARS. ^> A.M.LJ I.— The Creation of the World. fi*c«w 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the ijirth. The earth was void and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. Then God said : ** Let there be light I" and light was made. This was the work of the first day. 2. On the second day was created the firmament with fdl its expansive beauty. 8 HISTOBT OF THB OLD TESTAMBim On the third day God gathered together the waters into one place, and commanded the dry land to appeal ; the waters He called sea, and the dry land earth. Thus were formed the fountains, the streams, and the rivers. 3. Then God commanded the earth to bring forth plants, and green trees, and flowers of many various forms and different colors. On the fourth day were made the great lights that shine in the heavens, the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the fifth day the fish that are in the waters, and the birds that are in the air were created. 4. The sixth day God created all manner of livmg creatures that are uppn the earth, each in its kind. At last He said : " Let us make man to our own image and likeness, and let him have dominion over the whole earth." So God formed man out of the slime of the earth, and breathed into him an immortal soul, and called him Adam ; that is, taken from the earth. God saw all the things that He had made, and they were good. So Ho rested on the seventh day, and blessed it. 5'. As God created man on the sixth day of creation, so on Good- Friday, the sixth day of Holy Week, He redeemed him. And as the body of the first Adam was formed from the earth whilst it was yet pure and blessed, so was Jesus Christ, the second Adam, bom of Mary, a Virgin, pure and without ori^nal sin. ■ i ,1 0* — Happiness of Adam and Eve in Paradise. 1. The heavens and the earth being finished, God planted a garden, a terrestrial paradise, in which were all manner of trees and precious fruits. In the midst thereof He placed two trees, one the tree of life, the other the tree of knowledge of good and evil God then told Adam QuvBTioNB TO Chaftbr 1.— What was done In the beginning? How was tha Mrth created? \7hat did God create on the first day? What on the second? What on the thiid ? What were the waters called ? Wtiat did the earth bring forth? What was created on the fourth day? On the fifth? And sixth? Wh| iid Clod o«U th» first man Adam ? What did God do on the seysnth daft raters into )peai ; the rhus were rs. ing forth y various ghts that the stars. , and the of living kind. vn image ;he whole ;he earth, ^lled him w all the So He on Good. . 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Then God brought before Adam all the beasts of the earth that he might give to each its name. But for Adam there was not found a companion like to himsell And God said : "It is not good for man to be alone, let us make a helpmate like unto himself." So God cast a deep sleep upon Adam, and from his side took a rib, which He formed into a woman. When Adam awoke, God brought the woman to him, and he called her Eve, that is, the mother of all the livmg. 3. Whilst Adam and Eve were in Paradise, God treated them as a father does his children, and they were happy : at the same time the tree of life preserved them from sickness and death. — The tree of life was a figure of the Sacrament of the Altar ; of which it is written, " He who is fed by it, shall live forevei." 3. — The Angels and the Fall of our First Parents, 1. Besides the visible, God also created an invisible world, namely His angels. At first they were good and perfectly happy ; but in time some became dazzled with their own perfections, and, yielding to pride, revolted against God. Michael, and the other angels that remained faithful, fought against them, vanquished and overthrew them, together with their leader, Lucifer^ who is also called Satan. 2. But Satan, fallen and lost, began to contrast his misery with man's happiness, and, raging with anger and envy, resolved to seduce man from his obedience to God. For this end he made use of the serpent. 3. One day, while Eve was looking at the forbidden QuiBTiovB TO CSAPTEB 2.— What was placed in Paradise? What are th« Dames of the trees f What was to happen if Adam eat the fruit ? What wer« brought hefore Adam f V7hat was not found ? Of what was the woman formed I r^hat does Bre meant What ts said of Paradise t And of the tree of lif«? 10 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. ' i! tree, the serpent, coming near, asked her why she did not eat of its fruit. Eve answered, God had forbidden them to touch it, lest they should die. But the serpent artfully replied, they would not die ; on the contrary, their, eyes would be opened, and they would be as gods, knowing good and evil. Eve looked again upon the tree ; her curiosity was excited : the more she looked, the more the forbidden fruit appeared enticing. At length she stretched forth her hand, plucked the fruit, eat and gave to Adam, who also eat. This was their first sin. 4. Immediately their eyes were opened, but far other- wise than they had expected. Covered with shame, they sewed together fig-leaves and made garments for them- selves, and, trembling, hid among the trees. From one tree came ruin ; from another, the tree of the cross, came redemption and victory over sin and the devil. QuBSTioNs TO Chapter 3.— What was created? At first, what were they? How did they fall? What is Baid of Satan ? How did ho tempt Eve? Did he succeed ? What happened to Adam and Eve ? 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In the evening God ciime into tlie garden and called /Vdam, who, trembling with fear, approuehed and acknowl- edged that he had eaten the f()r])idden fruit, hut threw the blame on the woman. She, in turn, blamed the serpent. 2. Then God cursed the serpent, condemning him to crawl upon the ground and to eat dust all the days of his life : besides. He said, enmity should exist between the serpent and the woman, but in the end the woman would crush his head. 3. Then God told the woman she should bring forth her children in sorrow, and, for her disol)edience, be sub- ject to her husband. To the man He said: "Cursed is the earth in thy work : thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and in tiie sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread, until thou return to the earth from whence 12 HISTORY OF THl OLD TESTAMEITT, i! ■ ,1 ^1 1 thou earnest : for dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return." 4. Then God made garments of skins, and, clothing Adam and Eve in them, drove them out of Paradise. At the entrance of the garden an angel, with a fiery sword, was placed to guard against their return. A. M. 198.] 5.— Cain and Abel. [a. C. 3878. 1. Adam and Eve had many children; of these, the eldest were Cain and his hrother Abel. Cain was a hus- bandman, and wicked ; but Abel, a shepherd, was just and good. Both offered sacrifice to God — Abel, a Iamb ; Cain, of the fruits of the earth. God, who knew the secrets of their hearts, looked with favor on the sacrifice of Abel, but turned away His face from the sacrifice of Cain. 2. When Cain saw this, his mind was filled with anger and jealousy against his brother. His ouiitenance fell ; and though God chid him in kindness, telling him if he did well he would be rewarded equally with Abel, yet Cain would not be apjieased. 3. So, nourishing his anger and giving way to his spite, Cain one day asked Abel to go with him into the fields. There he rose up against his brother and slew him. As soon as the blood of the innocent Abel stained the ground, God cried out to Cain: "Where is thy brother?" but Cain, hardened in his crime, answered he did not know ; nor was he his brother's keeper. 4. But God, from whom nothing can be hid, told Cain that Abel's blood cried to Ilim for vengeance, and, because he had dared to touch his brother, he should be a fugitive and a vagabond on the face of the earth. When Cain Questions to Chapter 4. — Who called Adam? What was said? What curse did God pronounce on the serpent? What curse did God pronounce on Eve? On Adam? Of what did God make clothing? What happened to Adam 'xnd Eve ? WhAt was placed at the gate of Paradise ? li '■ ilji y- O^^' •^'& ^^^ 'lO >«-^j w^ f:^^--^ "••X. /^. 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V .i ■■■ /- « ■.> J (J' ^ -"'d ^^ ■■'<.■ (iL- ip c ^^ 1 , 4 % X'C^ i^ -f$ e/t O^ ^ Ojh <^- ^^S^'f^ •^-^(u^^ (\rx'> -X^\' ; i -V 6fo -'^^-ei^ "V ^J^ ^ /-"' ^ >r> /."'V' ^ <^ a>^ <^-r-<> ^, Lj cop ^ i9^^0^ % 'ci <^>^> <5) ^>::> ' t ^^v ^^ '' . ?:.qL/ \^< 6. oe- J u^''\.^ ♦ '^^ ^^ / ji ^ t O V ^'t->' - '/ -r'4i. ■/ O'^ THE TOWER OF BABEL. IT one language ; but now there were many. The city and the tower were abandoned, and the people dispersed. $^ \ \ ^ ' // ^-^m-^^. m •'.>f 4. The posterity of Sem was spread over the greater part of Asia. From him are descended the Tsnielites, the chosen people of God. The descendants of Cham went to Africa, while the children of Japhet passed over to Europe. 5. The pride of Babel led to the confusion of languages ; while, on Pentecost, the humility of the Apostles led to their union. n END OF THE FIRST AGE. QuEBTiONs TO CHAPTER 8.— What IS Paid of Noe's eons ? What happened to Noe ? What did Cham do ? What did Sem and Japhet do f What did Noe do ! What is said of the Tower of Babel ? What did God do ? What was confufied f Where did the people go ? Where did the descendants of Sem go ? Who ar« descended from Sem ? Who are descended fi-om Cham ? and who i\*>m Japhet f ^hat is said of Bab«l and Pentecost ? l\ 18 HISTORY OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. The Names and Ages of the First Ten Patriarchs, from Adam to Noe : t. Adam . 2, Setii 3. Enos 4 Cainan . A. M. A. M. Horn. Dies. Aoe. 930 930 180 1042 912 235 1140 905 325 1235 910 5. Malaleel. 395 1290 895 A. M. A. M. Born. Dibd. Aoi 6. Jared . . 4«0 1422 9(J2 7. Enoch . 622 987 3«5 8. Matiiusalem 687 1050 909 9. Lamecii . 874 1651 777 10. Noe . .1057 2006 950 By this it will be seen to what an advanced age the aarly Patriarchs lived. Adam lived 930 years : Lamech, Noe's father, was born in tlie year 874 ; so Noe's father lived 56 years with Adam, and Noe Jiimself lived 128 years with Thare, Abraham's father. Thus, from Abra- ham to Adam there were but three persons, and from Abraham to Moses it was very easy to liand down tradi- tions. Hence, there was no difficulty m Moses writing about the creation and the early history of the world as we find it related in the Bible. ■-^.)S>- AGE II. FROM THE CALL OF ABRAHAM TO MOSES. CONTAINING 430 YEARS K M. 2083.] 9. — The Gail of Abraham. [a. C. 191? 1. At Haran, in the midst of a wicked world, there lived a Chaldee named Abraham, a most upright man. God chose him, that through him tlie knowledge of the true God and the hope in the promised Redeemer might be preserved among men. For this reason, the Lord commanded Abraham to leave his country and his kins- folks, and go into a strange land. God moreover promisedi lii'tWiliL 'A "^/ ' 'V I -.' //J /- .r: di (^ ' "5-^o>L--> ^---- L- (2^ ^t c)> Qo^ ■"-i cjp '•- '"'^^ '.^'o^-^ '-^jf '$_,'go yjf-'oy" /^^^^ ~^-^ ^ o-yo vy-vj> <^^Mf^/ * . '-^-^/ ^;£) Jl^ ^S ^-^'^ '^'' ©^ ' ^<^^ >^-^ \(Dp ->-^/6 '^^ '^ 6L-/ 'T?^ <~/-)^ -^-^6 ' j % m m ■'•1 1% I _ _ _ , 7,3^ ^ 'flO 'q> -^ I.W ''"^ -A. ,v< o/' ■ . dv ess. — Not long after thi" there came into that country strange kings, who pillaged the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha. took Lot caj^tive, and carried off with them all his substance. When Abraham heard this sad news, he gathered together three hundred of his servants, and, pursuing, defeated those kings, delivered Lot, and, recovering all his substance, led liim hack to hi« own country. 3. It was on this occasion Abraham was met by Mel- chisedech. King of Salem, and priest of the Most Higli, who, offering sacrifice of bread and wine, blessed Abraoam. At the same time, the King of Sodom offered Abraham all the booty that had been taken, only to restore the captives, but Abraham would tfike nothing. 4. lu this victory over the foreign kini^s, we have a type of Christ's Questions to Chaptfh f).— What U nai(l of Abraham ? Where did Ood i»end Abraham? Why? What Jid CJ(xl im/mbe ? Where did Abraham come If What if eaid of Chunaau ? y ■\ : til I! '1 20 HISTORY OF THE OLD TEbrAMBNT. 1 ,. ,, ) victory over the powers of belt. The Bacrifice of Melchisedech li» bread and wine was a symbol of the Sacrifice of the Mass, which is also offered under the appearance of bread and wine. 6. Abraham's faiih,— One night God led Abraham to the door of his tent, and said to him : *' Lift up your eyes to heaven, and count the stars if you can ; thus shall your posterity be multiphed upon the earth." 6. God again appeared to him, and confirmed his former promise, adding tliat He would make a covenant with him. In return, God required Abraham to serve Him faithfully. To confirm this covenant between them, God promisoi. Abraham a son, whose name should be called Isaac. Abraham believed the word of the Lord, and his faith, confirmed by liis works, was imputed to him. It was on this occasion that God prescribed the ceremony of cir- cumcision. Questions to Chapter 10. — How did Abraham phow his love for pea?:' '.' What is eaid of Lot ? Where did he go ? Where did Abraham remain ? Wha t , ■aid about Sodom and Qomorrha? Who was taken captive ? What did Abraham do f Whom did he meet when returninp ? What ie paid of Melchisedech's eacri- llcef What did God promise Abraham ? What did God makj^ with nlm * V> a* WM Immu: r What, did God presoribe f t -/r- . i r^-j /S\ G-s I i ^'o>^^ ^-^^ "c^ -^-^ I ^i<^^ -^(S^-o • ^3 ' <4 c?i '^^ ^M A. -^^^^f >a ^J/^'C "V ^2- '^: '•^<9Sdi'H "^6 -%b ^^^ -^^ • o |/^C 0/ C^-^ ""^fC^ *— 9~^ x. 'te(9 %/ C^ •• -<3|"- ^ • . - - - , , •If \-'-l ^ • ! I ' ' ' I i — o ^.6 o^ ^ /. ■^^e^ -^4 -x-: ^^ '-<9 c^ » . ^ » ^-» . dU V t-v-r ^ ^^0 P^i /-^ • GOyo.^ ^^^ ' ^ /- ''*, ^^6 c 6>-'i<-/.) , ' I t^ ^; - / ,-*»■■■■ 0,"--;. 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Without a Avord, Abraliam rose, Jind cutting wood placed it on an ass, and, taking with liim his son and two servants, went forth as the Lord liad commanded him On the third day, seeing in the distance tlie place whithei he had been commanded to go, he ordered the servants to rest while he and Isaac would go up the mountain. 3. Tlicn Abraham put the wood on Isaac's shoulders and they went on together. On the way, Isaac remarked that they had the fire and the wood with them, but they had no victim for tlie sacri- .*ice. But his father assured him God would provide a vic- tim. When they were come to the place God had showed them, Abr:^ ham built an altar, and, placing the wood upon it, bound Isaac and laid him also upon it ; then he took the sword to sacrifice his much-loved son. 4. Just as Abraham was about to strike, an angel touched his hand and told him not to harm the boy; that the Lord was satisfied, since, for His sake, he had not spared his only-begotten son. Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw behind him a ram sticking among the bush'^s ; taking it, he offered it instead of his son. 5. The angel spoke again to Abraham, telling him the Lord would bless him for this offering he had made ; that IT' ■ » I- 5 '' ■1 ■? 1 \H /'Hi 24 HI8T0RT OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. his posterity would be as numerous as the sand of the sea ; and that from him would bo bom one m wnom all nations would be blessed. 4iLn48.] 13.— Isaac Marries Rebecca. [a.o. isss. 1. When Abraham had grown old, he became anxious to choose for his son a wife, who feared God. Therefore, calling his faithful servant Eliezer, ho sent him into Mesopotamia, that, amongst his own friends and kinsfolk, he might seek for a wife for Isaac. Eliezer took ten camels, and, loading them with his master's goods, de parted for the city of Ilaran, where Abraham's brother Nachor, lived. 2. When Eliezer approached the city, he made the camels lie down by the wells, wliere the women were Avont to draw water ; then he prayed thus to tlie Lord : '* Lord, this day come to my help and have mercy upon my master Abraham ! Soon the young women of this city will come forth to draw water ; grant, therefore, that the maid who shall say to me, * Drink, and I will give thy camels also to drink,' may be, Lord, the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant, Isaac 1 " 3. Scarce had he finished, when there came from the city a young woman, named Rebecca, as modest as she was beautiful. On her shoulders she carried a pitcher. When she had filled it, Eliezer said to her, " Give me to drink." She answered, " Drink," and kindly offered him her pitcher. Then she said, " I will also draw water for your camels." 4. When the servant heard this, he stood awhile in silent amazement, watching till she had given the camels to drink ; then he gave her ear-rings and golden bracelets, and asked whose daughter she was, and whether there was QirssTioirs to Chaptbb 12.— Who was born? Eow did God test Abnluun^i hithy What did Isaac remark V What did Abraham dot How was Ibmc flared f What promifl«fl did God maka t , }; ;c '^- //-f r — V ( ^: ^,x~i / " ^; ^< oC } /- o ^- ... f)e '\6 Ot/, ^,-S^ ). 1^ ' <^ ^ -'^-:^-jrf: V -—- -1/ I o^j -/• i-^ 6' - rf7! . ..-.A >^ G-^^^P <'Kl. ■V> ^6 V) C 6 ~~i -^'-. V' l V- -^l / \/ '/l... J-: ■) '^A •■;6 ^- -^^ /A ^-9 ~P „;) O^ ^^ 5. e'/> 6'^ 1 if ^ '' r O: o -» -- o - "■' -f .^-i^x' /• / %^^K \ ^ /V- y \ :'^ -^^ ^ v* |. "■:;.'' --■nL' ^^/Sr* \ { V > ,'-. -xO V6 •^'' ^' ^r.'^ '^^Z ^ ■O ' o ') /, .Sl> .. .v^ 9^- .^ -> /->" ^_^ ^-^^ ^6> "«?/ <,. 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He also gave presents to her mother and her brothers. A banquet was prepared ; they eat, drank, and made merry. In the morning, Rebecca's parents and her brothers blessed her, and she left her father's home to become the wife of Isaac. Abraham lived to the advanced ago of a hundred and seventy-five years. God blessed him in all his works, and he died full of grace and virtues. <;.i?' 1*' in ill i4- ^'% ' '.1 . m m m mi ! f ■. \. M. 9168.] 14. — Esau and Jacob. (a. c. ws* 1, For twenty years Isaac and Rebecca lived together before God blessed them with children. They pra\ed to the Lord, and He gave them two sons — E^au, the first born, and Jacob, the second. Esau was red and liairy, ind rough in his manners ; but Jacob was smooth, and of a gentle disposition. Esau became a hunter and a hus- bandman, while Jacob was a shepherd. 2. Isaac loved the bold and courageous Esau, and eat QirESTioNs TO Chapteb 13.— What did AbraTiam wish to choose ? Whom dM he send ? What wh» Ellezer's prayer ? How did it turn out ? What did RlleMf stive Rebecca ? What did she tell him ? Where did Eliezer go ? What happeniif Whf re 4id Hehecca go T How old was Abraham whcD he died 9 Hi I il. III ihli LI I il 26 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. with delight the game which tie brought from the chase ; but Rebecca loved rather the smooth and gentle Jacob, because God had told her he would yet rule his elder brother. 8. One day, Jacob had prepared a dish of lentil pottage, when Esau, who was returning from the chase, met him, and asked him for it. But Jacob refused, unless Esau would sell him his birthright. So Esau, thinking lightly of the matter, sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Tlii3 transfer of Esau's birthright to Jacob was symbolical of the Jews, who, in the time of Clirist, rejectod the Gospel, and their rights were transferred to the Gentiles, who were chosen in their Btead. ' 4. When Isaac had grown old, and nis eyes were dim^ he one day called Esau to his bedside, and told him to go into the fields, and, when he had taken some game, to make him a savory dish, that he might bless him before he died. Rebecca overheard this conversation ; as soon as Esau had gone out she called Jacob, and bade liim hasten and bring two kids, that she might prepare a dish for his father, that carrying it in, he might get his father's bless- ing instead of Esau. 6. At first Jacob objected, lest his father would dis- cover the fraud, and thus, instead of a blessing, he would receive a curse. But Re- becca overcame his objection, and, clothing him in the skin of a kid, sent him to his fa- ther. Isaac doubted, but calling Ja- Qpb to him, ai^d tiQUChin^ him, he said • ''The voice is f/. /-\^/, •J^^-^^'T^ d\ ■V}- ./ ^6 Qj. 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iil f fl -11- ~>i ^Y 0(0 ,■■ /■" V' '.,'i / --\:>. <- ' 'c:;'^ ^..j::? u -/• ^•4/ r: ^' 't>^ ^z" b<^<^^ ' ^^ <::^'^ -^^ -/ c '0 -y^-'. ^ '^T (3<3 -^'^ o ^%- ^// (^ L-^ 'fe 6 /- -y- V'' i s '• 5-^'^^ -^^^ "^ '/ j'^ '~^ o^ A 5 U » 'X)y ■i^ilx 3^' (^<.. <. <- / l'^> X^ .U' V. L V ^ $^;^ ^ U <9 G ^6 ^L ^6 y. Of' JACOB'S FLIGHT AND <^O.TOURN WITH LABAN. 27 the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau/' So he eat, and blessed Jacob. 6. Scarce had Jacob gone out, when Esau entered with what he had caught in the chase. When Esau heard what had been done, he became very angry, accusing Jacob of having first robbed him of his birthright, and now of his lather's blessing. From that day, Esau hated Jacob, and threatened his life. Rebecca, seeing this, persuaded Jacob to go and stay for awhile at Haran, with lier brother Laban, until Esau's anger would be appeased. Jacob consented, and immediately started on his journey. A. M. 8245.] 15.— Jacob's Flight and Sojourn [a-c. i76». with Laban. 1. Night ovei-took Jacob on his journey. Wearied, he took a stone and placed it under his head whilst he slept. In his sleep, he saw a ladder, whose foot rested upon the earth and its top reached up to Heaven. He saw, besides, angels ascending and descending upon it, whilst the Lord leaned on its top. The Lord spoke to him and promised to give him, and his posterity after h"m, the land on which he then slept. 2. When Jacob awoke, he took the stone on which he had slept and set it up for a title ; then he poured oil upon it and called the place Bethel, that is, the house of God. Bethel is a figure of the Oliurch, where Jesus Christ Himself dwells, and in which the angels, more effectually tlian by this mysterious ladder, carry our prayers to God aid bring again His graces to us. 3. Jacob continued his journey, and came to a well around which three flocks of sheep were lying. He asked Questions to CHArTRit 1 1.— What sons had Jac(;h and Rehecca f Wk^t v/aa E^-aii t What was Jacob ' Whut had Jacob prepared ? Wlio asked for it ? What ilid Jacob ask him to sell t For what did Esau sell his birthright ? Of what 1b this transfei of the birthright a picture ? How did Jacob get his father's bless- ing? What was Jacob's objection ? How did he succeed t When Esau diecoT* erod the fraud, bow did hft act? Where did Jacob oat 'til ^%■^k 11 n. l,^l ! 11 28 HISIOBT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, the shepherds if they knew Laban. They said they did, and pointed to Rachel, his daughter, who was driving her floclcs also to the well. When Jacob saw her, he hastened to take away the stone that covered the well, and helped her to give drink to her flocks. He then told her who he was. i :'iJ :' M 4. When Rachel heard that he was her cousin, she ran home to tell her father, who came in haste to meet Jacob, and, embracing him, led him into his house. Jacob remained twenty j^ears with Laban, tending his flocks. In many ways, Laban strove to lessen Jacob's wages ; but as often as he strove to injure Jacob, God blessed him, until Jacob became immensely rich. In time, Jacob mar ried Rachel, and also her sister, Lea. il! Questions to Chapter 15.— Describe Jacob's ladder » What did God prom- lee ? What does Bethel mean ? Wliat Is paid of Bethel and the Church ? Whom did Jacob meet at the well ? What happened ? How long did Jacob serve labaf* * Whom did be marry? -ir- Jb ^6 bb., ' "O T3^ -"-/^ '^^ •) A>, (:9^j O ^ "O/ '^ -$) -^/^ . c;^; ^ 69/; ■ "^4 '^•::^ ^. I'V^'^^ t "^^^ 61'':? '\. ^7 /TV, 3 / k/ >■>/ I ^r\ -^-^^ ^:i6 1 'f^~\ "J JO 'VJ^ ""^^/^^ (^ , V. . .'^^ dp ^9^ "o^: /- . a-^ /, yr^ ^f^fe^ ^cjb ■''-'h bio ' \JJ Kxj ¥^ r'i' (^ 'j <^ y. 3 / '> o — ■> /. I: ^--^ c^> O*-^ /XV ^-^ 4 .'^ -^ u ^: ^^c .^ o-' f ^ X-' t-. 6; ' -?^./b m ,1 I'.l! II j: r .2 iH' 'I!' : ■l:«;i .1*, ! f ' I ■,! I u, C^^'^d^A-^^. •^^ lof'/ 6L^ ^^'''cO -^/^^ K / V->' J Ok '-1 ^^ c-0. .y^ ^^, '^ ^^ ;.^- ^_. fc^, --^^ / C~ 0. 0{ /o^ ^^ '.^/ ^ ca_ '^X>cn ^'- (jr- ^Q '^'6 i J3 ^^ ^'^ 'L.' dh ■'^6 -^-'<:.. ^ /^V >^^ ^^i4 'O^h, (Sf^ ■A /^-i^ '^6 .r- -' >^-yy ^C^bAp^ ^>0 / iTV 0/'_ 4.-^ "O j,<^.^y ^6 ^o '-x>^ V^'V> y. ( 'A •^ 'A V^6 / o 00 /Y'*\/ -Xi/ y /x? >-j> (oGf^-C y ^r: y-^r .^ / / .r> O r5 n) ?> '<< -^: c^^ .., i-v /y 'Vl-> '6 n- Vi/ o ''"fc - .0^ "^^ ' \.'\y / 3 C--' o ■X.y( ■r /b "O y /*). '\6 'D ^^ ^^ f>-NC y^ ^ C: ■C\ / 'K Jacob's return". 29 A.IC.fM*.J 16. — Jacob*s Return. [a. a 11U 1. Owing to Jacob's great wealth, Laban became ex- tremely jealous of him. At the command of Go«I, Jacob gathered together all his servjmts, and his flocks of sheep, and of goats, and of camels, and of asses, and went int# his own country. When he arrived at the banks of the Jordan, a river tliat marks tlio limits of Chanaan, he began to fear the former anger of Esau. Ho then sent messengers to make peace with him ; but, without giving an answer, Esau came to meet his brother, accompanied by four hundred men. 2. When Jacob heard this, he was much alarmed, and prayed God to deliver him out of his brother's hands. During the night, an angel appeared to him and wrestled with him till the morning Before the angel left him, he changed his name from Jacob to Israel, that is to say, strong against God. 3. This contest of the angel with Jacob is a lively figure of the Cliurch. Pagan emperors, heresiarchs, and, above all, liell, have made constant war against her : but as Jacob was not overcome by the angel, neither has the Church been overcome, nor shall she b« to the end of time. 4. In the morning, Jacob saw Esau coming towards him. He hastened to divide his children, and his ser- vants, and his flocks, into two companies ; then, advancing to meet Esau, bowed himself seven times before him. The brothers embraced and wept for joy ; Jacob's children, also advancing, bowed themselves before Esau. 5. After a short delay the brothers parted, and Jacob pursued his journey: penetrated with a lively sense of the rjivine protection, he came into the land of Chanaan. When his old father saw him, he was much rejoiced, and gave God thanks that his son had returned. Isaac died at the advanced age of a hundred and eighty years, and was buried by his sons, Esau and Jacob. Questions to Chapter 16.— How did Laban act towards Jacob ? What did »facob ^ther together ? What happened at the Jordan t With wbom did Jacob wrestle ? What does Israel mean ? How is Jacob's contest a flgnre of tilt Church t How did Eaaa and Jacob meet ? How old was Isaac when he dlsd) m r II' J ;'i !ri ! I! liil 80 HISTORY OP THE OLD TESTA MENTo 17.— Joseph in his Father's House. 1. Jacob had twolvo sons, of whom Joseph was tlic best. His father loved him above all his brothers ; and when they saw the coat of many colors, which his father made for him, they were filled with rage and envy. One day, while they were tending their tlocks, his brothers com- mitted a grievous fault. Joseph told his father, and by this only the more were his brothers enraged against him. 2. On {mother occnsion, Joseph told his brothers a dream he had had. Ho ai)peared, he said, to be binding sheaves with them in the field, when suddenly his sheaf rose up, and tiicirs, standing round about, bowed down to his. His brothers asked him, ** If he wished to be their king? " So they only hated him the more. 3. Joseph had another dream, in which the sun and the moon and eleven stars seemed to worship him. This time his father asked him: "Whether he expected that he and his mother and his brothers should Avorship him ? " But then, reflecting upon the whole matter, Jacob thought God might have great things in store for his son. A. M. S28G .] 18.— Joseph Sold into Egypt. [a. C. 1714. 1. Some time after this, Jacob sent Joseph to see his brothers, who were feeding their flocks at Sichem, that he might bring him back word how they were. But when the brothers saw Joseph coming to tliem, they determined to kill him and cast iiim into a pit that was near by. When Ruben, the eldest brother, heard this cruelty of his brothers, he persuaded them to let him down alive into an empty cistern that was there. This he did hoping he might rescue the boy out of their hands. 2. As soon as Joseph arrived, he was stripped of his Questions to Chapter 17.— What is suid of Joseph f Why did his brothew hftteliim> What were hia dream* # 116 f.= /6.^ -1>' r~:i r^ A> '^ '\ //i>: ^ (^^^0^ 69. "-^j^ /^x->^, 7-5 /.r;6> 2^^ '"(2;> r:? L ' 6 J(^ -V ^^^-'^ ^v- t , /" y. -VL-/ ^ "^ •> v->';j'> - >;^j >--*->,^ ^ P X- ' ^ -^^ 0!^ V 6/ ^ i > ^c/ /-^•^ '-3l^/^ v6' - ''X,' J,. i "^A Q. 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Then Juda advised his brothers not to kill Joseph — for he was their brother — and it would be better to sell him ; so they drew him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of silver. '"^r *^,^^/^"' 3. Ruben was absent when Joseph was sold, and, returii ing shortly after, sought the b(»y, and, not finding him, went, in much trouble, to the others to know what they hud done with liim ; but they were indifferent to hie inquiries. Then the brothers killed a kid, and, dipping Joseph's coat in its blood, sent it to their father, pretending they had found it. Jacob knew the coat at once, and con- chided a wild beast had killed his son. Rending his garments, and, putting on sackcloth, he would not ^e comforted. ^*i U 32 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 4. In many respects, Joseph's life was a picture of the life ol Jesus Christ. Joseph was liated by liis brothers because of his great virtues; Jesus was hated for his doctrities and the prophecies that foretold his greatness. Joseph was betrayed, sold, and calumniated ; 60 was Christ. Joseph triumplied in the end ; so did Jesus Christ. Joseph was made governor over Egypt ; Jesus is King of Heaven and earth. Joseph saved his brothers; Jesus Christ redeemed and saved mankind. uwm A. M. 8287.) 19.— Joseph in the House of [a.c. nu Putiphar. 1. When the Ismaolitcs came into Egypt, they sohl Joseph to Putiphar, the chief oflicer in Pharao's army.. God was with Josepli, so that whatever he undertook succeeded. 8oon lie w^as placed in charge of Putiphar's house. 2. After some time, Putii)har's w ife strove to persuade him to commit a grievous sui, but lie would not. How- ever, she continued to press her wishes, until one day, when she was more i)res.sing than usual, Joseph fled, leaving his cloak in her hands. 3. Findmg she could not succeed, her love was turned into hatred, and, seeing Joseph's cloak in her hands, resolved to ruin the innocent young man. Then, with well-affected horror, she hcgan to cry out against Josepli ; and when Putiphar came home, repeated lier falsehoods and calumnies. Her husband believed her story, and, seeing the cloak, became very angry, and cast Joseph into prison. Questions to CiiAPTKn 18.— Whorowas Joseph sptit? Wliat did his brothers propose? What did Rubon say ? Wliat was done with Joseph? To whom was Joseph sold ? For how much ? How did Ruben act ? What was done with Joseph's coat? How did Jacob act wIhmi he paw the coat? How was Joseph't UfiB a picture of the life of Jesus (Mirist f QuvBTioNH TO Cii. .^RR 10 — I'o Whom was doseph soldT How did Putlphar'i wlAi Act f Who c«8t Joseph into priaoot ..'4/, -11- O/J ' I J^i ■"• 'V w^^^. ^.^ -//^ ^M t'«5^ ^ -^ ^-^^ \ ,'*l ;f:li; '■ 11' ii '" iJ',1 1 ' pi I HI i' » I. \ lUi m- I I'' -< -J(J- «^t -^^ ^^ -^^ / ^ .-e- ^''w -f ^ . 6 \^<^^/^Qj ' --^/^f^^-^^'' •-^a- 3-^c^6d:c^^^o;^^^/-' S^liC ^-^ C,r<^(^ ^ ^^^^^^ f X^^ ->^ <^ ^ t -o^ C^ ^if' lf ou T.^' s:.^M v^yv-> ->o I ^>Y '^' /-^ ^ ^ ^ '•- -^ Y O ,A^ /C.^_^,i v>\y -vO . /^^u^ -f:ou^;?>> $^ '^'^''-i Aj ^^ '^^ ^'o ^ ^^ <^< ^.^-0 lA^ V ^ -o^-r 0-5 \ « -i/- o-y^/^ < — -o '/^ '-?)M ^ ilv -^-^ , ^'^ ^^ ^ ^t » 0y/. = /^, -^3^ ^ . ^ //'/S. ^a, o^'~-^'^-''% j^^^^ -^ M^M 7 O'^^ ^i w tiSMl If! v'' Kliil I *^6 Q-^ '^S t*-^^-^ t-o^ ope ^-5^ /«'^^ (^ 'CL^ ^i i>y^ ^ L>^'o^ ^.^M -oi^-v $'^ '-•< C(p i/^ ^/. t<^^ <>?»^^ <^i,>2^^ ^^ iv^v^ o^(^s a)V%- L^'^C^ ^£>7 4y y<^. ■^> < .- .1 ^^ ^ J Vx 'x>^ qf' o^ r^^ ^^* t " - ^^^ i^jr^ 'T^i ^\^ U.c.^ ^^/^ P^i^^^')^'--^ C^/A^i v-^ . J^6e/^ db -^M ^'/-^ ?:-sr- ! JOSEPH IK PRISON. 83 k. M. nr.l 20. — Josepn in Prison. [a. a lilt. 1. Joseph soon found favor with the keeper of the prison. Here, as before with Putiphar's house, Joseph was placed in charge of the otlier prisoners. Two of riiarao's officers, the cup-bearer and chief baker, were also cast into prison. 2. On the same night they had each a dream that made them very sad. In the morning, Joseph noticed their sorrow, and, asking why, they told him of their dreams, and that no one could interpret them. Joseph bade them tell them to him. 3. The cup-bearer said : " I saw before me three branches of a vine, which, by degrees, grew and blossomed, and at length brought forth grapes. I took the grapes and pressed them into the king's cup, and gave him to drink." When Joseph heard this, he answered : ** The three branches are yet three days, when the king will restore you to your former dignity, and you shall present the cup as heretofore. Remember me, and speak to the king for me, for, though cast into prison, T am innocent." 4. Then the chief baker said : "I carried on my head three baskets of meal. In the uppermost were all kinds of pastry, of which the birds came and eat." Joseph answered : " The three baskets are three davs, when the king shall cut off your head, and hang your body on a tribbet, where the birds shall oat your flesh." 5. Three days after, every thing happened as Joseph had foretold : the king restored the cup-bearer, and he presented the cup as before, but the baker he hanged on a gibbet. The cup-bearer, however, in his prosperity, forgot Joseph. i '■ ITS QuBSTioNs TO Chapter 20— What ponitlon iiid Joseph hold in the prieon t What happened there? What was the cup-bearer's dream? What waa Um tMiker^s ? How were they ftilfllled i Whom did the cup-bearer forgatf n ini li I 84 aiSTOJ»Y OF THE OLD TESTAMENT- A.M.sm) 21.— Joseph's Greatness. \k.c mt 1. After two years, Pharuo had a dream. lie seemed to stand on the bank of the !Nile, while seven fat kino came up and fed in tlio marslies ; tlien there came up seven other kine, lean and ill-favored, that devoured the fat kine. After this the king awoke. 2. Pharao slept again, and dreamt another dream : he saw seven ears of corn, full and fair, growing upon one stalk ; then he saw seven other ears grow up, thin and blasted, and these eat up tlie first. So, Pharao awoke. In the morning, the king sent for all the wise men and soothsayers of ^gypt, to whom he related his dreams, but no one could interpret them. 3. Then the cup-bearer remembered Joseph, and told the king how, in prison, Josepli had interpreted both his and the chief baker's dream. Immediately Joseph was sent for. When the king related his dreams to him, l-o>o ) /;} 'I/. -if- c^;^ o^'^, i6 /-^ /^/ d:^6 '^^j '^^^■y-^ Q H -> <., c>"'^ '\j ^e -^6 : "^ Z^o C^'^ ol6 Co

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C- y, -?, <> ^ -:.iJ • oT 1 :"^ ''^y"^ -7:'.V^ ^^' 3^'--A> /.<) .^^ <^ ^"^ SJfe (9c3 (e6 ^^ ^>^> J08EPH*8 BRETHREIT GO INTO EOYPT. 35 Joseph told the king their interpretation depended not on him but on God. 4. "This," said Jose])h, "is tlie interpretation of your dreams: Tiiese\enfat kine and the seven full ears are seven years of plenty ; the seven lean kine and tlie seven blasted ears are seven years of famine, whieh will follow and eat up all the abundanee of the seven years of plenty, riie famine sliall be in all tne land. Let, therefore, tho kii i; ehoose a wise man, and make him ruler over Egyot ; una let him, during the years of abundanee, gather the crops into public granaries, that tliere maybe food agains^ the seven years of famine.*' 5. This counsel ])leased Pharao, and, admiring the wis- dom and prudence that appeared in Joseph, he chose him* Then he took the ring from his own finger and })ut it upon Joseph's, and, putting upon him a silken robe, and .•oiind his neck a chain of gold, made him go up into his second chaiiot, while a herald went before, crying aloud ; '*Let all the people bow their knee before Joseph, Avho is made governor of Egypt." Pharao also changed Joseph's aame, and called liim '* Savior of iuc 2vorl(h'' Jose])h was then thirty years of age. AM 22»«.j 22. — Joseph's Brethren go into [A-a ko*. Egypt. 1. During the seven years of plenty, Joseph stored up jrreat quantities of wheat. As he had foretold, the famine came, and the i)eople demanded bread from the king; biit lie sent them to Joseidi, who opened the granaries and gave out wheat. %, The famine passed also into the land of Chanaan Jacob, hearing thore was wheat in Egypt, sent ten of his sons thither, that they might buy ; but Benjamin, the QtTESTioNs TO Chaptkr 21. — Wliat wap PharaoV first dream? Whut hi* f't'cond ? WTio could not interpret the dreiiiuH ? Who could ? Wbat was th* Interpretation of the dreams f Who was made governor of Egypt? What wu loeeph called t tt\ Hi 1! tt6 HISTORY OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. youngest, he kept at home, lest any harm should bs' -36' «• /A ^4 5^ *^-' ^^-^<1^ ^^^(5^' >i£. ^^-^ -^'V (?<(/- <>/ y r Ot 1 1 --^6 ^"^6 y . t ^^r (^^ K^^ 1^ -^.^ ^^; T)^ -^.- V >> ^-<9 ^^r -f* -f <2>L> ^ -•A ''i <^ -;s? JOSEPH'S SILYEB GUP. 37 h.u.mi.} 23.— Benjamin goes down to (a. am Egypt. 1. When their wheat was all eaten, Jacob ordered his sons to go again into Egypt ; but Juda said ^^ ./as useless, unless they took Benjamin witli thera. After considering tlie matter well, Jacob at length consented. Taking with them Benjamin, and double money, they started again. 2. When they arrived in Egypt, and Joseph saw Ben- jamin, he commanded his steward to bring them into the l)alaee, that they might dine with him. The steward did as he was ordered. Tl'cy, seeing what was done, became frightened, and began to think it was because of the money they had found in their sacks ; but the steward told them to fear not, and, going, brought Simon to them. 3. When Joseph came in to see tliem, they bowed down l)ofore him, and presented the gifts they had brought, lie saluted them kindly, and asked for their father ; if he yi't lived, and if he were well. Having answered him, he turned to Benjamin, and, blessing him, went out and, for joy, wept. 4. Washing his face, ho returned and ordered dinner. Wlien he seated them each in the order of his age, they wondered exceedingly. To each ho gave a sliare, but Benjamin's was five times larger than tliat of any other. So they eat and drank and nuule merry with Joseph. l': If- 24. — Joseph's Silver Cup. 1. Joseph would again prove his brother.^, to see if thej u ere as jealous and luird-hcarted towai'd Benjamin as they Questions to Chapteb 23.--What did Jacob order ? What at flrnt did Jacoi refuho t When they arrived in E^ypt, what did Joseph command 1 How f^ld tt oiothers feel ? How did Joseph receive them ? How Jid Joseph act toward Bee ]uiQh\t Hew did Joseph seat blti brotbc'r»? Whose share WM t\m greatMli Uuw did tint l)(othen MAI 1 1' >M \y il 38 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. had been to himself ; so, wnen t)ie feast was ended, a' bade his steward lill tlieir sacks with corn, to put each man's money buck into his sack, and his own silver cup into the sack of the youngest. The order was obeyed, and in the morning tliey departed. ^^ir2< — 2. But scarce wore tliey gone, wlicn Joscpli sent his steward after tliom, cliarging them with returning evil for ^ood, in liaving sf(;hni his master's silver cup. Wlien the soHH of Jiico)) heard fho flccusntion, they were ovor- wlielmed with f<';ir, nnd deciiirod tliat wifh whomsoever the cup would he found, ho sliould die. IT.'istening, thoy opened thoir sacks, and the oup was found in Bonjamin's. Confounded, they gazed on each other, and, rending tlieii garments, returned to Joseph. 3. They oust themselves at his feet, and Juda, in fhr'ir nan)0, snid th(>v had no excuse to make; that they wero thus Justly ])uni>liod for thoir sins; and that horoaft^T they would bo his slaves. Joseph, however, declared th:it only lio with whom the cup had been found should bo hii glave ; tho others would he free to go. 111.- ovil Iver- in's. Ilieir Ivoro if tor hii //' --r ii . - /^ -j7- ^ i&. K Q-,^''^-^ /^"-■s? 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Thej could not answer him, so great was their fear; but he spoke kindly to them, assuring tlicm that all they had done to him had been directed by God. Then he asked how his father wp.s,and commanded his brothers to hasten and tell him of his son's glory ; to come down to Egypt, for there w^re yet five years of famine. When Pharao heard the news, he promised to give Jacob of the fat of Egypt. Then Joseph dismissed his brothers, sending with them chanots and provisions, costly f^bea and silver. A* M' «z98L J 25.~Jacob goes down to Egypt, (a. a i»» 1. When Joseph's brothers came to their father and told him the news — how his son yet lived, and was gov- ernor of Egypt — Jacob awoke as from a dream. At first ho could not beliove what he heard, but when ho saw the cliariots of the king, and received the rich presents sent by his son, his spirits revived, and he was satisfied, now that Joseph lived, to go down to Egypt, that he might see him before he died. 2. Jacob gathered together all his possessions and, accompanied by his sons, and their wives, and theij QtTEHTiONS TO Chaptbr -^4.— WTiftt Is said of Joseph's silver cup? What di^ fio brothers pnyf In whose sack was the cup f^nodT What did Juda offer A' hat incBs«js« did Joseph send his father! tiQ-i ;r>?f ! y-i 40 HISTORY OF THE OLD TKSTAMENl. children — in all, to the number of seventy — bi'gan hia journey. When he canis to the borders of the land of Chanaan, the Lord aj/peared to him and told him to feai nothing, for lie would go down with him, and would yet make of him a great nation, and in time would bring him back again. :; 1 3. Juda went on before to tell Joseph that his father was coming. Joseph hastened to meet liis father, and. seeing him, fell upon his neek, and wojjt. "Now I di« in peace," said Jacob, ** since I see your fa(.'e." In the same manner s]>okc the niicd Simeon, seventeen bundled years afterwards, when, in tlie temple of Jerusii- lom, he saw the true Joseph, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. 4. Wlien Joscj)h presented his father to the king, he asked him his age. The old man said : *' I am a hundred and thirty years of ago; yet T im not as old as mj fathers." -3'/- ^^"^^6 c^^ /■i^f: --^ W -f f- / /.e^/ ^(J'^fc ^. . "^f p "^6 C^^ Co ^•'v* i-< / «^- ^ /J - o e y^o^ /^<9 ^ z^/*' Al '> y / / ■>. .y /O y ''-^ S* ^A ^-<^(^- Q^ • -V -^-(S <^ ^^C '^/ * If * ,* vt III \ii ^^^ .» f l| Mil •if S 1 *!| 111 1- !r! 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Then he called together his sons, and told them Ood woidd yet lead them back to their own country : but ho eliarged them to bury him in the land of Chanaan. Then ho blessed them, foretelling what would happen in the latter days. To Juda he gave the greatest blessing, saying: **You f^liall rule over your enemies ; the sons of your father shall how down to you, and the sce])ter shall not pass from Juda till lie cometh that is to be sent, * !/ie Kipccia/ion of Xatiom.^" I). This ct'lcbrated prophecy, thut so clearly imirke(? tlie time wIk'ii the Messiah would come, was atMotuplished \vlu;n Herod, tlio first stranger, ruled over Judea. In him the scepter passed from Juda. 4. When Jacob was dead, Joseph threw liiniM'lf on his father's face, weej)ing and kissing him. 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When Job heard these things, rising up, he rent his garments, and, falling down, adored God. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away," said he ; ** blessed be the mime of the Lord." So Job sinned not, and God rejoiced in his servant. 5. Satan again appeared before the Lord and said, if God would but touch Job's person, He would see Job would curse Him. God put Job in Satan's power. Then Satan struck Job witli a grievous ulcer, so that he was covered with sores from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot. Job scraped his soros with a potsherd. 6. Job's wife seeing this, came and upbraided him for his folly. But Job answered : '*If we have received good from the hand of Gotl, why will we not receive evil ?** So again Job sinned not. 7. When Job's friends heard what had befallen him, three of them came to condole with him. Seeing him, they wept, iiiid, sitting down, for seven days and seven nights no one spoke, for they saw how irreat was his '^Tief. 8. At length Job opened his mouth and began to uiment his sufferings ; but his friends only reproached iiim with his faults. Job would not confess that he was l^/^;-^ >^:l I nif] 1 B^ ■d K ii . ij ' ] . l [ lEt] ' M \ BW ^! '" A '1 I • 11 1 • 'Sfr^ <, jK \ K »i' m S r 44 HISTORY OP TRtl OLD TESTAMENT. guilty, but stoutly mjiiiitiiined his innocence and his con- fidence in God. 9. This confidence was not misplaced, for Job was de- livered from his afflictions, and had possessions twice as gi'eat as before. Again, lie had seven sons and three daughters, and after this lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his cliildren's children to the fourth generation. He died an old man, full of joy and happiness. 10. Job is a figure of Jesus Christ, who, bruised from the top of his head to the sole of his foot, and scorned as a man covered with iniquities, complained not. We see also in Job' s c.i se how far some« times God permits the devil to exercise his powers. END OP* THE SECOND AGE. Names and Ages of the Patriarchs from Noe to Moses : A.M. BoKV. DlEO. AOK. 1. Thare . . 1878 2083 205 % Abraham . 2008 2183 175 3. Isaac . . 2108 2288 180 4. Jacob 5. Levi 6. MosEs A.M. Bony. DiKD. Aoi!. . 2168 2315 147 . 2255 2392 137 . 2433 2553 120 -5=;i!K'r3- AGE III. FROM MOSES TO DAVID A. M. 2433.] 28.— The Birth of Moses. [a. C. 1587 1. In Egypt the posterity of Jacob rapidly increased, and soon became a great people. In the meantime other kings arose, who knew not Joseph, and, seeing how great Questions to CnAPTEu 27.— What is said of Job? What did God say to SafAD? Wliat dill Satan t^ay to God? Who wore eating and drinking? What did the first inespsnger tell Job ? What the second ? Tliird*? And fourth ? What did Job say? Wlmt nowcr did God give Satan the second time? With what was Job struck? What did Job answer his wife ? Who came to see Job ? What did they do f What did Job maintain ? What reward did Job receive for hie oatience . Of whom was Job a figure ? How ? -^^. ^. 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At first, Moses objected, alleging iiis weakness and slowness of speech ; but God promised to be with liini, and gave him Aaron, his brotlier, as spokesman. 4. Then Moses returned to Egypt and Aaron with him, and, assembling the people of Israel, Aaron spoke to tliem all the Lord had commanded. When Moses had wrought miracles before the people, they believed and adored God. A.M.M18.1 30. — The Ten Plagues of Egypt, ia. cwn. 1. Moses and Aaron were bota abo!it eighty years of age Vijcn they first presented themselves before Pharao, and commanded him to let the Israelites go into tlie desert to sacrifice to the Lord. But Piiarao refused, and com- manded the Israelites to be oppressed more and more. Their tasks were also increased. 2. Again Moses and Aaron presented themselyes before Pharao. At the command of God, Aaron cast his rod before the king, and immediately it was changed into a serpent. Pharao only the more hardened his heart and would not let the people go. Then God sent ten plagues upon Pharao and his people. 3. For the first, Aaron struck the Nile with his rod, and its waters were changed into blood, and corrupted. After seven days, he again stretched his hand over the waters of Egypt, and there came up frogs that covered Questions to Chapter 29.— Hov. old was Moses when he resolved to Join- his people ? Whose anger did he excite f Where did he flee ? Whose flocks did bi keep? In what did God appear to Moses f vVbat did God command him ta do f Who waa ipven as Bpnkesman t Where did Moses and Aaron ko ff '■:ril '■■:»' : •■■' ' t' M lU^'l I'm m I ..ft ■tt Tt nw'i m Si i iil 48 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. the whole land. Then, in turn, the dust of the earth was turned into flies and insectSj, that tormented both man and beast. 4 In quick succession, there followed a murrain amongst the cattle, and boils and swellings upon man and beast. For the eeyench plague, God sent thunder, and hail, and lightning, running along the ground. After this was added the plague of locusts to eat up what the hail had spared; and, at last, impenetrable darkness covered the land. But Pharao hardened his heart and would not let the people go as the Lord commanded ; so God struck him with a tenth plague more terrible than all the rest. Questions to Chaptbr 30.— How old were Moses and Aaron when tliey went to Pharao t What did they ask of him ? What di- ^/p //I Jfy GJL. V ^/>©^^ '^//^ :%: ^^•^^if :>,..^ / "D/ ^^^ \p t^3 r>^. ^ >'^(<$. c2/ >— f -f 06 ''Oy O -X--^ P. "6 / OX-) ■■? '■eT' ' ^3 c/| o-q^ Sh^--^n(^ ^^ -o^ <;^^'Jl .) /9 c ^6 'nKjh 0&d\, /* (^/fc /. ■^>.. ^'/ y ^ ^ (/i ,/* /^ ) C , ^oa V-P ^^^ ^-~h % ^"^J. .^ '^•> lVi> '-5 i ) --r :rj >«:'o;j / '-'^0 -'V L-,-/-. '-5 I /^^, J (^ .A '- ■O' I '^'^o. ^ ' >^^^^ "^A '^-^ (^^ ^^ V '^'-^ ^6/ '^■-''^ • ''"^ C(^ (6<:^' ^r, 'j-o -y i^- <•-• v„Ji v..:>- bT^ ^-^^<^b i^^ cZ-'-'^/i V .)K .-^'^-./f./^ -^-^.'^ f'-f ' ^-o ^^-^^ ;L6^ f^-f ^ ' '^^ "f f Ti iW5 / Oy .-^ X- v^ "'<6v:^ ^V ^ <<> yy 9' %o\^ ^^ '"^-^ ^^^. 54 17^ •;i- ' -^y^ ^-^_> '^■^/fi)*- • g) A fO-^^^^^^ '--^^ &\, oh -^^ > ^^^ ^'-^^ '''-(^ -^-^^^/Je-^rf ^^ -/f ~Q«3^ • '"'C 1'-^^-[l1 i 'v'<'y m%. !| ! '. -i II.. ill 1 .: . I . r 1 II . IHi -u- i/" -^6 tb t y^db (5 ^^y YX .-^^r^ S' &^fff 5 -^ 4 '^ r /I 14 M ■TO '/ G ^' >^^ ^. w Ml»i. = Al = ^^ :l.- /^^^7. Y ^vyj . '-^^ "^^G -^3--'<^b '-^V' ^--^ '^X Q(p <^ Vc-^ ^ fc T^ €><., ^ (of> THE DEATH OP THE FIRST-BORN, ETC, 49 A.M.S513.1 31. — The Death of the First-born — ia.c. it* The Paschal Lamb — The Departure from Egypt. 1. Before God sent liis tenth plague, He wished to pre- pare the Israelites for it. Each family was therefore commanded by Moses and Aaron to prepare a lamb with- out blemish, and, on the fourteenth day of the month, to sacrifice it, and to sprinkle their door-posts with its blood. They were further required to roast the lamb at the fire. and whilst, with unleavened broad and wild lettuce, thev eat its flesh, to stand witli tlicir loins girt, and staves in their hands. The Israelites did all they were com- manded. 2. About the middle of the niglit, the angel of the Lord struck ail the first-born of Egyi)t, even from the first-born of Pharao to the humblest of the land : no family escaped. But the angel, seeing the blood on the door-posts of tn** Israelites, spared them. i '.-i] ■ 5;., ?! ;( ' \\t '■''ri ^ t' f 4 ■4 t ' : il 50 HISTORY OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. 3. When Pliarao saw this, he rose up and, calling Mosee and Aaron, commanded them to go forth and to take the Israelites with them. The Egyptians also pressed them to go, fearing lest all would die. The Israelites went forth from Egypt, two hundred and fifteen years after Jacob had gone thither, to the number of six hundred thousand men, besides women and children. They carried with them the bones of Josepli. 4. The Paschal Lamb was a figure of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who was offered on the cross. By his blood we also are marked and delivered from eternal death. The deliverance of the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt is also a figure of man's delivery from the bondage of sin and hell. h. A.M.2513.1 32. — The Passage of the Red Sea. iA.ai487. 1. God became the guide of tlio Israelites, leading them on their way by a cloud in the day, and a pillar of fire in the night. Tn a few days they came to the Red Sea. Meanwhile Pliarao repented that he had let the Israelite^' go, and resolved to gather together his horses and chariots and pursue them. AVhen the Israelites saw the Egyptians behind them, and the sea before them, they were seized with great fear. But Moses encouraged them, and assured them the Lord would fight for them. 2. The cloud that had gone before the Israelites now went behind them, and became a wall of separation between the Egyptians and the Israelites. On the side of the former it was dark, but on the side of the latter it shone with a clear light. Thus the two armies were sepa- rated during the night. By command of God, Moses Questions to Chapter 31.— What did God command the Israelites to eat? How was the Paschal Lamb to be oaten ? With what were the door-poste sprinkled ? What happened about the middle of the nijrht t Who were spared ? What did Pharao do? How 'nngr were the Israelites in Egypt? How many entered Egypt? How many left it? Whose bones were carried oat ? Of what was the Faechal Lamb a figure f -fj- ^A/^6 Qi-^JJL^i ^^^b ^ • t p>e>» /^ ''^ '-> J)<^ 'or\^oj[>-^kjdi>'^i Q^ - 1 ■y>^ a ^(r. A ^-6p "^ ^ V°<^ ^'^ ojb ob ^^ *i-> (d -^ '^^ --'-^ • ^^ ^^, I 'F' Wi 1 'j. ikp ■'4 i I fl 1 '. ■' '*' m ;,>i ';m. :' II i '. t; I -1 5L* fi^ 1 |;fl'-:: ii .-^'\ - -u~ I'y /f-® «<'<^^ IOk ^..^/^^ f^L'T^, C. — & • '(^'O t^ fe oL^ ^6 -"^-^ >^-^^/ • h '*^i • .-■' ->' "ciPb V^<5' ^p,< ^> 'D '0*0 o£ 9' v ». ^, T:0 )e '31-.. -^V'Ti 09 "t:/' ?i ''^_/^: e^ t ) A ( » I >^ THE PASSAOR OF TH R RED SEA. 61 stretched forUi his rod over tlio 3ea, and the waters were divided, rising as a wall to the right and to the left. 3. During the night the Israelites passed through on dryland. In the morning the Egyptians also followed, but, at the command of God, Moses again stretched forth his rod over the sea, and the waters returned to their place — Pharao and his whole army, his chariots and his horsemen, were swallowed up, so that not a single person escaped. 4. The cloud by day and the pillar of fire by nlglit were a fii^ure of Jesus Christ. He is the light, in which those who walk will not perish. The Red Sea is also a figure of Baptism, since we must all receive it, if we will enter heaven. QlTESTiONS TO CHAPTER 32. — Who Tjccame the f^nide of the IwraeliteR ? What WU8 in the day? What in the night? What did Pharao do? What became of the cloud? Tell how the Israelites passed the Red Sea? What happened to tho E^ptians ? What was a figure of Jesus Christ ? How f Of what was the Ked Sea a figure ? How! i: ■ 'r • I ^ ' ^K ■ I'' y ml '! ! : ?fH 6;^ HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, •h 33.— The Quails, the Manna, and the Water m the Desert. 1. When the Israelites came into the desert they could find no bread ; then they began to murmr.r against Moses, and to wish for the llesh-pots of Egypt. God promised them flesh to tlio full, and, in the morning, bread. In tlie evening there came into the camp an im- mense number of quails, which were easily caught, and in the morning the desert was covered with small whitfi seeds that ap- peared like hoar-frost. When the Isra- elites saw this, they cried out Man-hu ! that is, What is this? 2. Then Mo- ses told them it was the bread which the Lord had sent them. Tl 3y were com- manded to gath- er BS much as each one needed. The people did iO. ^ri{. ■<• f i >. 'J > V, ! / V --v' .- / ■$ '"^6 OS I 'V (J \ w'f ^dj A /■ '• .) t v;; I »*' x "/ -^ / * :. y ^ ^ s>-. ',/ •'O^ /C ./•.: ■■■ 'A 9 '/)' I •» ■ '.''^. •"a y. .t- .O .•IX ^/ /-; /^ - (J '/ ,^>.o 30 A . ■J ) ^'U , .- Y- yi J (.....:. my y 'CJ( iC L i . y '0 f ^ ^"-'' '.-> v^.-' > V C-. -■'-- /Q ■;?';v 'V^ v.>^-\ .,'' r C'^.r-, '^vi ; 'f.j e-^}{ -', .^"V- '-/ ''I/ v_ <^ >*, / . 'I '■ ,. 1 ... r IS*, ->'i r .>^./' ^ o,.<. {■■':/' <'\ V. .'' ^ :^~iO .^ ■^: A< -^ 'UA -n V v^ ■,■(■ ■r- -:-, (..'•>:, r ; r<-} '< .<.- '-.(.: ■o' .C --•v ^ / C ,C''^ -C" ■ j '• I y' i7< J '^-"d - {/' X. • V / r/ C^ ; > >^. -J?"; v..-'- '-r^yC './..' V.y-".) sO ^. V S^-' ^6 X.,' ' r; * o 7 ",■/; /--A.- V ,>< ■•/- X.: v.y ' W.y 'U' -:: c- ^/' .r- ■J...- / 1-.-? *^ '^ .1 /f./> -c /■> ■■■'.> y' yy t^ -.-'" /J' c). Ob ^d i':i /, '^ V'! v» ) L '^^^- r: ^<5' - ..-^ PO -^ ■■X3 1/ ^'V, :> b V'-f ;. >^ ^.-'.C /•-' -. ^6 ^-^(^ $^^ . i li AW f J \i THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 63 and found tho tasto thereof like fine flour mixed with honey. 3. For forty years God fed the Isnielites with this bread, wliiuh was afterwards called Manna, It fell no more after they came into the land of Chanaan. This manna ^viis preeminently a figure of the Sacrament of the Altar, in whicli Jesus Christ gives himself under the appearance of bread and wine. 4. Some time after this there was a scarcity of water, und the Israelites began again to murmur. God told Moses to take his rod, and to go to Mount Iloreb and strike the rock. He did so, and immediately there came forth water in such abundance that the people quenched their thirst and were satisfied. v -ii I: : ': '' 34. — The Ten Commandments. 1. Three months after their departure from Egypt, the Israelites came to Mount Sinai. God called Moses, and he went up into the mountain. Here the Lord spoke to him, and bade him remind the peoi)le of all He had already (lone for them, and how He would continue to protect them if they would be faithful to Him, and that He would make them a chosen people. When Moses descended from the mountain and told the peoi)le all the words of the Lord, they cried out : " We will do all the Lord hath spoken." "Z. Then God commanded the people to purify them- selves to-morrow and the next day, and to be ready for tlie third. On the morning of the third day it began to thunder and lighten ; a thick cloud covered the mountain. Tlie top of Mount Sinai was on fire, and it shook to its Questions to Chapter 33.— In the desert what did the people do? W^hat did God send in the evening ? What in the morning ? What was the taste of the manna ? How long did God feed the leraeliteH on manna ? Of what was the manna a figure T How did God supply wate • ? !l! '"\ in m r-i| 54 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. base. Then came the sounj of a trumpet, that grew louder and louder, until the people trembled with an exceeding great fear. 3. When Moses had led the people to the foot of the mountain, the Lord spoke thus : I. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me. II. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thv God in yain. III. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day, IV. Honor thy fr»,ther and thy mother. V. Thou shalt not kill. VI. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VII. Thou shalt not steal. VIII. Thou shalt not bear false witness against tby neighbor. IX. Thou shalt iiv-^t covet thy neighbor's wife. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. the haTO thy tl'V M' UEii: ,t ;ii- III i^ :m w n ^ I W- t II I i I lui .6 'N.-y ? "D /43/ ■•\>. '6 (9 a ^^(o c.^ ^/'y- '(° >- ^, ^/ GL.. 6?^ -v^ o:; t O^A^ O^i//. x^ o.^^ ^6- X* o . <^Jt V ^ "73? ^?^ ' '^^ :0<^ /^^ C^-y <:9^ V>^l2?'//o>(5z 'L '0^ ^> -tiXv /i^, ^(^ n^J ^' /-^-^^ C(^ 'ti. T^^c^ -^^ (^C^' *-**- ' <>—' /^^. ^-^^ <>o ^J^^ .JL^/ /o c^^A '-'^ ^(.^-.n. "CO." THE GOLDEN CALF. 55 -r. When the people, who were camped round about the mountain, heard these things, trembling with fear and full of reverence, tlicy promised to do all the Lord com- manded them. Moses built an altar and offered sacrifice to the Lord, He took also of the blood of the victims and sprinkled it upon the people, as a sign of the covenant the Lord had that day made with them. 5. As the covenant of tlie Old Law was established on Mount Sinai, HO was the covenant of the New Law sealed on Calvary. There God showed His power ; here, His mercy. Both covenants were sealed with blood : at Sinai with the blood of bullocks ; on Calvary with the blood of Jesus Christ. 35.— The Golden Calf. 1. After this, Moses again went up into the mountain, and for forty days and forty nights remained conversing witli God. The Lord gave him two tables of stone, on wliich were written the ten commandments. While Moses delayed on the mountain, the people began to murmur, and came to Aaron and demanded that he would make for them gods like to those of the Egyptians. Not think- ing they would comply with his command, he said to them : " Bring me the golden ear-rings of your wives and daughters." 2. Contrary to his expectations, they brought them, and, being a weak man, he had not courage to resist their wicked wish ; so he cast them into a furnace and made a golden calf, and built an altar. Then tlie Isra- t-'htes gathered together and offered sacrifice, and, eating and drinking, rose up to play, after tlie manner of the Pagans. 3. AVhen Moses came down from the mountain and saw Questions to Chapter 34. — When did the neople come to Sinai ? Who was I ailed up to the mountain ? What did God tell Moses ? Wliat did th^ ,>eople Kiy? What were the people commanded to do? What happened on the third liny ? Repeat the ten commandments. VHiat did Moses offer ? With what did he sprinkle the people? What comparison between Sinai and Calvary f ' B -ft "U H\i\ . t ! f u 66 HISTORY OF THE ^LD TESTAMENT. these abominations, he was exceeding angry, and, throw- ing down the tables on which the ten commandments were written, broke them. Seizing upon the golden calf, he burned it, and beat it into powder. Then he commanded the sons of Levi to unsheath their swords ; to march througli the camp and return, and \o put to death all whom they met. There were slain on that day about twenty-three thousand men. 4. Moses again returned to the Lord on the mountain, and prayed for the pardon of the people. The Lord heard his prayer. Moses hewed two tables of stone like the first, and God again wrote on them the ten commandments. 5. When Moses had finished speaking with the Lord, he descended from the mountain, carrying with him the two tables of the Law. His face had become horned, and shone as the rays of the sun. When the Israelites saw this, they dared not look upon him ; so Moses wmj- forced to put a \eil on hid face when he spoke to tin people. ■ 36. — The Ordinances for the Worship of God. 1. Besides the ten commandments which God gave Moses, He also gave many other ordinances. These latter QUK8TI0N8 TO CHAPTER 36. — IIow loiig (iid Moses remain on the mountain T What did God give? What did the peop'e ask of Aaron? What did he malic ? What did the people do ? How did Mosex act ? What were broken ? What dil the pons of Levi do? How many were killed? Wliere did Moses go again VHiat did he bring with him f What appeared on the fnce of Moses f \'y^- >^y ^_^ ocy /x-^ rf-N yi^ \/{/(fi,^a -1 ^ ^i^y/j . 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The Pasch, on which the Israelites eat the flesh of a Lamb, and for seven days unlcaveiu'd bread, in renienibranc-e of their deliverance out of Egypt : 2d. The feast of Pentecost, celebrated seven weeks Jitter the Pasch, in reiuombrance of the Law received vm Mount Sinai. At this feast were also offered the first fruits. 3d. The feast of Tabernacles, in memory of their long sojourn in the desert. During this feafit the Israelites were required to live in tents made from the branches of trees. 4th. The feast of Exjyiation, on which the priest sacrificed a heifer for his own sins and a goat for the sins of the people. Then he entered into the Holy of Holies, carrying with him the golden censer and the blood of the victim : with the former he incensed the ark, with the latter he sprinkled the pave- ment. 8. The Ministers of Divine Worship were, 1st. The High Priest. To this office Moses consecrated Aaron, anointing him, and clothing him with the various vest- ments of his office. 2d. The Priests proper, who were the sons of Aaron, and whose office it was to offer sacrifice. 3d. The Levifes, who were of the tribe of L-evi, and who were charged with the lower offices within the tabernacle. AM.9514.] 37.--The False Messengers— The [A.ai48«. Murmurs of the People— God's Chastisements. 1. The Israelites remained a year at Mount Sinai. When they started on their way, Moses chose twelve QtnBSTiONB TO Chapter 36.— What besides the Cninmandments did God give! Describe the Taberaacle. What was the Holy of Holies ? What was placed in Itf What was the Ark? What three objects were kept within the Sanctaaiy What did the portico inclose ? Show how these different objects con-espond to things in the Catholic Church. What kinds of sacrifices were in the Old Law? Whzc was the Fttsch f What wee Pentecost t What was the fee«t of Tabernacles 1 Of BxpMioo t Who WM the High Priest? Who w«rt the Pri^stff V^ lOTitMt i'*{:,J,l m-ii^ UIM 4 : ' i' ' /u * «. ; !■ i^l ■T ' ' 't ' m n \ '^"' eo HISTOET OF THB OLD TBSTAMBirT. i nil tt^n, among whom were Josue and Caleb, to go into the land of promise. After forty days, they returned, carrying with them spec- imens of the fruits of the p* country. A- mongst these was an enor- mous bunch of giapes borne on the shoulders of two men, be- sides apples, and pomegranates, and figs. The land, indeed Baid the}, overflowed with abundance, but the inhabitants were giants. 2. Then the people wept, and again murmured againsi Moses and Aaron, wishing they had died in Egypt or iii the desert. In vain did Josue and Caleb speak of tlio richness of the country and the weakness of the people. The multitude, led on by the others, would not listen, but cried out the more to return to Egypt. 3. When the murmur was at its height, the glory of God was seen over the ark of the covenant. Then the Lord said to Moses He would destroy the Israelites, for thf»y wpvo nri incredulous people. The Lord even offered to make Moses ruler over a greater nation ; but Moses, the meekest of men, only prayed the more that the Loru would pardon thc^m. 4. At his prayer the Lord again pardoned the people , yet, as a punishment for their sin, He declared i hat not one of them, that had attained his twentieth year, should enter the promised land, Josue and Caleb excepted. Their children would enter, but for forty years should the peo pie wander in the desert — a year for every day spent in exploring the countrv. ,jf Iff ■•'T'wS ► • ,0>L"o<^ P^4 -1 -■6r- ^~js>r>/ -n. ' •o. :fi^ ^d^^"^ <3La^^C^ O ^^ >^^^^^'^< ""6 ^^9^1^'^^:^'^ 1^ /JL^6 <^6"^^- O^^vS^ V .o^o ^ O gX^ ^/ ::\ -^^ -t> ^ =';» ^^ -o^ ^- ^(9^ Cfk -^ d'b ^ • ** t> ^t/'-^-^^^ c ^^^^(^ c^ /5 J. G^ //>^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ ^^' !)^~' 'f <£>'- ^^ <^^ -j' '^ Q-^ /.^^ ^^ ^^ ^ -o-7-<;' ^4 (3(9, ^. TJ^ yOy^ qi^ (^(J -^Z -^',QL> '^^ '«'"^ C^ <- o >^y i?'--' v_>y/ Q^ . O>'o-^*' '1v/;. ^e^^? U^)r> CORE, DATHAN, AND ABIBOK. 61 5. This history of the Jews is similar to what happened in the time of Jesus Christ. The Jews would not under- stand the spiritual kingdom promised by Christ ; hence they rejected Him. On the cross He begged his Father to forgive them ; but, as a punishment for their sin in having rejected Him, they are to-day wanderers on the earth, and will be to the end of time. A. M. 2614.] 38.— Core, Dathan, and Abiron. [a. c. i48e. 1. Some time after the events related in the preceding chapter, two hundred and fifty Levites, led on by Core, Jatlian, and Abiron, revolted against Moses and Aaron, denying their authority. On the following day, the Lord fonimanded the people to go out from the tents of these wicked men ; not to touch any thing belonging to them, lest tliev als?o would be involved in their sin. Wiiile the peo])lc were looking on to see what would come to pass, the earth opened under the feet of the three leaders and swallowed them down, with their tents and all their sub- stance. Then a fire came out from the Lord and con- sumed the two hundred and fifty Ijcvites. Moses and Aaron were that day vindicated. \L In modern times we often see similar revolts against Mq priests of God. Ambitious and wicked men wish to I .ic the Church ; but, like Core and his companions, they will ever receive a just punishment for their pride and piesumption. (iUE8TioN8 TO CHAPTER 37.— How loiig did tbo people remain at Sinai 1 Who Will' sent to Chanaan ? What report did they brin;? btick 1 How did the people IK t 'i Who spoke in vain ? What appeared over the? ark ? What did God 8«y lie would do ? What punishment did God decree ? What ie said of the jewrf ? Questions to Chapter 38. —Who revolted? How were they ponlshed' ^hat do we see in modern timee f tiij"^!. ill ■Bnt)-;:' (I HPill Plij 1 *'i ' :tfj. "-"a [^Ei|- :| ', ■Pil |i|j '' I, ''' 1 illi: 1 ■'■. . . ■■ . -^^ i^i A'-;- \% ] ■ , ■; 1 .r! ' ;! .; ; I I ^'1 ,' 1 it •■i '. I'pU.I I " ■ fl fit HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAME^rT. ^M. 9881] 39.— The Hesitation of Moses, and [a. dm the Brazen Serpent. 1. Water again failed, and the people began to murmur. Then the Lord commanded Moses to take his rod and strike the rock. Moses, for a moment, doubted ; then struck the rock, when water gushed forth in great abundance. This momentary doubt greatly displeased God, and he declared that Moses, because he had not believed, should not lead the people into the promised land. 2. Shortly after, the people rebelled again, and, mur- muring, complained they had neither food nor water. Vhen God saw this, He sent among them fiery serpents, whose sting burned like fire. Many died amid the most cruel torments. When the people saw this, they came to Moses, acknowledging their sin, and begging him to pray !>■' h-o 4.5i. 'tt' y'j -<;/- J^i •■■^ iy' &'-. . C.G, ^r€ S.. v; » ^v e J '^ 9- -^4 I. 3- - (r cjy ji ^< >^ C^(^ af\ -^ - ^^ ^y--i «/; 'no .r k^ db':''di C'h 0(3 (y- Ct \ cr^ C y-^^^ -N_w; 1>'-'V ) / r ?*, ^ / —i c/_> ^9 /-. -^'' 'J" ( 'v^ ^. ■■■-> (3-^ $ -^ZJ . ^ ^^ <^- Ci,^ (,/^>^ '>:) '6 -"' l'/•v■^_y Cf o (^ errs (^ ^ -i^^ ^r) ^A A >d. >/; Ov^v 5:5 ^ •_/>, _> ---J Qj^^k^^i 'o/^^^ c :^(9 <'- A .c jC — _ D^ v^^^ .jy -0/ ^ (^^ V.JO ..;hv ') :. / -■^L y I ''•>. 6 ^^' /^ '^) ""^.^ /'(/^t >o &ij- •^ri ij. ■6 Jl 0^^ L'o fC 'O y,-'' ^/. oh ^~->4y ^ ^-T> V^ -r:^ ^^^^rf' '^^ 'A, ^j (6x v^ ^_ 6 f ^C// ^ V^V' -Vi^ if. /a ^'•/ V /-^^ Cf.^. G-^.' C^ l^^f^ ^^y^^ ^^ ^ -^C , ^^^ i^ f>^ -/\. ---f6 O C^VtZ-^.-'d^; >c>^ -T) L -<:>i> O;^ • l',:'H' ^i ft )l -a- r-sU -^ 'o^^ f^ ^:t^^ /c:?/^? -n^ o^ o -^^'/^f-'/ --'i (^fc CC>^^ 3O G^ (^-^ -^^->'i/ ' >-M5' 00 ^ei V 'i/ -^^ ^-^ ^jlb /Mr ' $2) /- 6. •/ (9^ "^^-^^ ' t ^^--^^^ ^^ ^<^ ^ ^/^ --0 "~> / IN ^ \\ A^L^^ (3(3f /.^->^ ^~d/ v_p €^c:/fc G'^^V'^/^ ^ /W i ^7^ A^ / ^^ es ^b a^ :"qP c^05^-o^/'P/ <^^^/^ THB DEATH OF MOSES. 68 to the Lord that He would take the serpents from amongst them. 3. Moses prayed, when the Lord commanded him to make a brazen serpent and to set it up for a sign. He did BO, and as many as looked upon it were healed. 4. This serpent prefigured our Savior nailed to the cross ; for as the Israelites were cured by looking upon the serpent, so are all, who, with faith, look up to Christ, cured of the wounds of sin caused by the bite of the infernal serpent. &. M . sen.] 40. — The Death of Moses. [a. C. 144T. 1. When, according to the course of nature, the time came that Moses must die, the Lord commanded him, in the presence of the people, to put his hand upon Josue, that they might have no cause to disobey him. Then Moses told the people he was about to die ; that he would not pass over the Jordan with them, nor enter the prom- ised land. 2. He then reminded them of all the Lord had done for them : how He had nourished them in the desert, and how He had watched over them ; then he commanded the people to keep the commandments, to love the Lord, and to hearken to His voice. He also foretold them, in a spirit of prophecy, that the Lord would in time raise up a Prophet like to him, whom they should hear. He spoke of Christ. 3. When Moses had finished speaking, he went up to the top of Mount Nebo, from which the Lord showed him the land of Chanaan. When Moses saw it, he re- joiced ; and, full of gratitude and tlianks to God, died at tlie ripe old age of a hundred and twenty years. The Lord buried him in the valley of Phogor, but the spot no QrBSTioNS TO Chapter 39— What failed ? How was water supplied ? How did VoBCB act T How did God punish him f What did God send ? What hap- pened ! What was Bet up ? Of whom was the brazen serpent a figure t 'M iri If ■ m W '■ '■ 3 Si ' 4 :iiE t is.; 'i % :^ '1 * } vi ^^^ i I *1l IM f I ! h \ 64 EISTOBT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. man knows. Israel mourned for him thirty days. There was never after a prophet like Moses. A.iff.MMi] 41.— The Israelites enter the Promised Land. {Jl C. wr 1. After the death of Moses, the Lord commanded Josue to pass over the Jordan. The priests took the ark of the covenant and marched before, the people followed. When they were come to the banks of the Jordan, and the priests had touched the water with the soles of their feet the waters above stood still, while the waters below rai? down, leaving a dry passage for the people to pass over. 2. When all had passed, the waters returned to their QintSTioxB TO Chapter 40. — Who succeeded Moses t What did Moees r»- ■ilnd the people of ? What prophecy did Moses mako} Whero did ICoMt di«f Where -wtm h» b«ri«d 7 l3(£) -ii- ed '

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At the sound of the trumpets and tlie shout of the people, the walls fell flat to the gi'ound, and the Israelites entered and took the city. 3. In time, Josue conquered all the country, and, by lot, divided it among the twelve tribes of Israel. Each tribe bore the name and was descended from one of the twelve &!ons of Jacob. Thus, after their long wanderings, had the Israelites arrived in the land of promise. 42. — The Judges. 1. Surely the Israelites owed a deep debt of gratitude to the Lord for the rich and magnificent country lie had given them ; but they wore an ungrateful peoi)]e, and were easily led astray l)y their i)ag{in neighbors. Shortly lifter their arrival in the promised land, they fell into idolatry. In punishment for their crime, the Lord de- livered them into the hands of their enemies. Servitude taught them repentance and their dependence upon God. Having humbled themselves before Him, He sent pious men, called judges, selected from among the people, to deliver them and to rule them. 2. Their repentance was but of short duration ; at the death of each judge they returned to their sins and idolatry. For four hundred years, this faithless and thankless people were in turn changing from God to the QuBSTiOHS TO Chaftbr 41. — Who led the people over the Jordan ? What happened f What feast was celebrated t Wliat was Jericho f How waa M taken t Who conquered Chanaan ? How ^ '^,. .-^^^^ y^y /^ v^^ J^ ^. 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' C- 'h ■H ...Cj^. <^ , J^^ 6 -■'■-'J O O i V'^^y /' grief, Noemi returned to Bethlehem, and her two daugn- ters-in-law resolved to accompany her. 2. When they had come some distance on the way, Noemi strove to persuade her daughters -in- law to return to their own country. Or- pha yielded, but Ruth would not ; so Rutli came to Bethle- hem with Noe- mi. They re- turned at the harvest time, and, being poor, Ruth went into the fields to glean the ears of corn left by the reapers. 3. Led by the hand of God, she went to glean in the fields of Booz, a man of great wealth, and a relation of Elimelech. During the day, B^ oz came into the fields to see the reapers. When he saw Kuth and hoard with what courage she had followed Noemi, and with what Mdelity she served her, he spoke kindly to her, and told lier to remain with his servants and to follow his reapers ; besides, when she was thirsty, to go to the vessels and drink. Booz, moreover, commanded the reapers to let fall, now and then, handfuls of corn, that she might gather them without shame. 4. Some time after this Booz married Ruth The Lord blessed them and gave thom a son, named Obed. He was the father of Isai, the father of David. From this family our Savior, Jesus Christ, descended. The Moabites were not Jews, but strangers and ene- ttties ; hence our Savior, in descending from Ruth, • ¥ • Ti % Im \l ts HISTOBT OF THE OLD TESTAXEHT. Moabite, wished to show that He was the Savior not of the Jews alone, but of all mankind. A. M. i848.] 44. — The Sons of Heli. [a. C. list. 1. Whilst Heli the high priest was judge in Israel, there lived a pious couple named Alcana and his wife Anna. Anna had no children, for which she grieved very much. On a certain day she came to the tabernacle of the Lord at Silo, where, weeping and praying, she said : **0 Lord, God of hosts ! if thou wilt give me a son, I will consecrate him to Thee." God heard her prayer, and gave her a son, whom she called Samuel. 2. When Sam- uel was three years old, his mother took him to Heli the high priest, at Silo. Here slie consecrated him to God ; and S a m u e ■ served the Lord in the tabernacle, and grew in favor with God and man. 3. Samuel and John the Baptist are much alike in their histories. Both were a gift for the prayers of their parents ; both were early consecrated to God; ana both preached penance to the people Samuel was the last judge and the immediate precursor of the gre»l King David ; John the Baptist was tlie last of the prophets and the precursor of Jesus Christ, the Eternal King. Samuel anointed David ; John baptized Jesus. Questions to Ghaptbr 43. — Who went to Moab? Who returned to Beth- lehem? Who accompanied her? Where did Ruth go? Who met her? What did BoOz say? Who m.irried Ruth? Who was Obed? luai? David t From whom if} Jesns Ctirist descended ? 6 -/^Z I® '^«^"^(^-o 'V O* '^ i/t/3L^ ^->-^i^ v^<^ ' i> -^ ^, 4 Sj v^O ^-^^ -^^ --f^o^^^jS.^^^^ 9^<^6 v^*o -f/v-*=^^A (5^<:2) /d '^^ -^d^ t-x9c/, (^ ^^ ^.^-:>, "^6 Cr 'CT "-i^di^* ^^ ^-ip*^^ h6 <^ ^^ ^^ I ^^ O^dE) f$^ lit i ^: ■IJ |:^£^ I r. i^il ^j;| f! 5*; i i . ;i it >• ! i h I,: m i THE SONS OF HELL 09 \ ■ M re/ ^' I 4. Heli had two wicked sons — Oplmi and Phinees. When the people came to Silo to sacrifice to the Lord, the two young men were wont to come and by violence take the flesh of the sacrifice. They committed also other abominations in the sanctuary. Heli reproved them but mildly. He did not chastise them as he should have done. 5. One night, while Heli slept within the inclosure of the sanctuary, and Samuel near him, the Lord called 8iimuel. He, thinking it was Heli, rose and went to liim ; but Heli told him he had not called him, and bade him go and sleep. This was repeated three times, when Heli understood it was the Lord who called. Then he bade Samuel answer Him and listen to what He would say. Samuel did so. 6. On the morrow, Heli callect Samuel, who told him all the Lord had said ; how the Lord would punish him and his two sons : the father, because he had not pun- islied his sons, and the sons for their wickedness. When Heli heard this, he bowed before the will of God. 7. Some time after this there arose a bloody war between the Philistines and the Israel- ites. Of the ^at- ter, thirty thous- and were slain, and among the dead were the sons of Heli. The ark, that had boon ci^^ried into the battle, was taken. When Holi heard this torrible news, he fell from the stool on which he was sitting, and, breaking his neck, died. 8. The Philigtines carried the ark into the temple qJ I It '9 3 ; (llirti '~■■■^m vm 'II 70 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMBITT. their god, Dagon. But the Lord afflicted them in many ways : their God was thrown down, their fields were over- run with mice, their cities were devastated by pestilence, antil the Philistines were glad to send back the ark to Israel. 9. Samuel succeeded Hell m the office of judge. He assembled the people and pointed out their sins. He also promised them, if they would repent, the Lord would deliver them out of the hands of the Philistines, Tho people fasted and confessed their sins. God gave them the victory, and for many years peace reigned over the land. A. M. 8909.) 45.--Saul, the First King. rA.c.io9L 1. When Samuel had grown old, he appointed his sons judges over Israel ; but they walked not in the fear of the Lord. Then the people asked for a king. When Samuel heard this he was very angry, because he wished that God alone should bo King of Israel. God, however, yielded, and Samuel anointed Saul king. He was a beautiful and valiant youth, from the tribe of Benjamin, and stood head and shoulders above any other man in Israel. 2. In the beginning of his reign, the Lord was with Saul, and gave him the victory over his enemies. On one occasion he unfortunately disobeyed God. He was commanded to cu* ^ft the Amalicites, and to spare nothing ; but, in the priue of his power, he spared the best of the flocks, and, on his return, built triumphal arches to celebrate his victory. For this he was cut off from the throne of Israeli, and his posterity forbidden to succeed him. Questions to Chapter 44.— When did Alcana and Anna llye 9 What wM Annans Prayer ? WheH was Samuel consecrated to Qod ? How are Samuel and John the Baptist compared ? What is said of Heli and his sons ? What is eaid of Samuel ? How did Heli die t How did his sons die f What happened to th« FhiliBtines t Who Biicceede4 Sell Y Wluit ^ ^ '>7' <'. .v^ (3c9<::^ ^•-'^Ci->'TD^ X) /o 3, c^/, --V. '^ /. -T? ''^ ^■^' r^-oj .^^ <::P/6 (1 J5-- /^-^'o^ c:fb^^G'<^ V J h J. <:^'^ fe ■^(4'"'---^ ^ ^./ ^■^->/ A- 1 V- ; ^6<^ y^ ••-" v^„. ' '^-A/v ^^/ /: rJ '-<:>. -^^ G' >• /t-- /^^~,o> '/> f :-■ . .O ■'6 Cc'.._i>^^ />? • ^ ^ -^ ^-' '"o -^ ^ X7 1^^^^ <^v^^-^ •J '/' / Idh \ ^' I y J y '(^4-^eG '1 S i '9' .-<^ •^c^ o6 y tv o /:; 'r^^ V ) - € ■^< ^^" *i C(p^ -p^^- y^^'^d"-^ lJ^<.^c/i ^^ ^'-^•t '- '^C ^^ i^}^ '^G -^"^ DATIS. 71 8. Saul was a figure of the Jewish Cliurch. Chosen by God, at first she surpassed all others in her knowledge of God and the graces with which slie was endowtni. But, little by little, ahe fell. She forgot her obedience, her humility, her charity, and, in the pride of her insolence, trusted alone in her sacrifices. She also rejected the Christian Church, chosen to succeed her. Saul perse- cuted David ; so did the Jews persecute Jesus Christ. David wept fur the death of Saul ; so did Jesus Christ weep over Jerusalem. 'J -1 in A. M. S934.] 46.— David. (a. C. 1080. 1. At the command of God, Suninel went to Betlilchcm, to the house of Isai. When lie arrived, David, the young- est of the sons of Isai, was in the fields tending his father's flocks. Samuel sent for him, and, taking a horn of oil, anointed him. As the Spirit of God came upon David, it departed from Saul. §[ '•! i M 'ir' %• QtTESTioNS TO Chaptbr 46.— What did the people ask for? Who was anointed kinsr? What la said of Saul? How did be reign in the beginning ? Forwhal was Haul cat off flrpqi (1)9 Uuroo9 • l> ^0 r 0/",^ . (2 ;^^ '^^ .^>6> ^fe ^^ ^^^ /^Y ^^^ 6(^ I "U/* '^4 y^cX y:. >M^ ^^b u '^ Oi:, O/^ ^^'^ '^'"(J A*""© C^fc dl^ w/T^ OO ^,>^- I-V4 ^i-A ~^^(^cL^ i^-y^Ok ^-^ "V <3.3 c . - 1x4, oi*^ <:?i. 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When the Philistines saw their champion waa slalii, ^hey fled ; but the Israelites, sliouting and pursuing, .ulU'd many of tlicni, and pillaged thoir camp. This victory of David over Goliath was a figure of Chriat's victory •vor the devil. As Goliaili for forty days insulted the armies of Isnu'l, so did the devil for four thousand years war against God'f kiii'jdorn on earth ; and as David conquered Goliath with a staff and five smooth stones, so did Jesus Christ coiiquer the devil by His CrosH and His five wounds. QnK«TiowB TO Chapter 47.— What \» paid of (lie armies of (bo leraelites and PMli^tine«r Who was Goliath? What did Coliath do? Who killed hiinf How ? What comparison bctvrceu Bavid aud Christ ? And b«iw«6P OolUth thederil? \m '■.t ■*■■■ M mi ;* ^1 ' fl itll 'I i i : ■? 74 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. A.1I.8M4.J 48.— Jonathan's Love and Saul's [a. cms? Hatred for David. 1, When Saul and the army returned from their victory over the Philistines, the women of Israel came forth from the different cities playing and singing : " Saul hath killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousand.s." When Saul heard this he became exceedingly angry, and one day strove to strike David with his lance ; but David escaped. 2. Shortly after this, Saul offered his daughter Michol in marriage to David, on condition that he would Isill two hundred Philistines. Saul hoped, that the Philistines would kill David. But David killed the Philistines, and was only the more loved by tlie people. When Saul saw this, his hatred increased, and he became more decided on David's death. 3. In proportion as Saul hated David, did Jonathan, the king's son, love him. David and Jonathan made ^vith each other a covenan k of peace. They often spoke to each other of Saul's hatred. Jonathan reasoned with his father, le "vvitn to ouch [atUer, -?^" fi/, '^^^y CT'/T i^ d-^ J<5? 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Weeping, Jonathan sent David away, but bade him never forget the covenant they had made, nor what they had sworn to the Lord. A. M. »49.] 49.— David's Generosity to Saul — [a. c. iom. Saul's Death. 1. For a while, David's life was in constant danger from the hands of Saul : but he placed his confidence in God, who did not desert him. One day Saul pursued David with three thou- fiand men. Wearied, Saul entered a cave in which David and his men lay concealed, but Saul knew QrxBTioNS TO Chaftkr 48. — What did the women Ring ? How did Sani act 7 What did he trj to do 7 On what condition did Saal offer hie daughter to David ! What Ib aaid of David and Jonathaa ! How did Jonathan plead for David r What di4 8mU try » Mcoad tine t What 4i«IJoaatiiM advlM David t r 'is J. V ! i. :i Kiiv 1i', 76 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. I 1. 1 it not. David's men would have killed Saul, but David would not allow them, contenting himself with cutting oti the hem of Saul's robe. 2. On another occasion Saul pursued David into the desert of Hachila. While Saul and his general, Abner, together with the whole army were asleep, David and Abisai entered the camp. Abisai would have run Saul through with his spear, but David forbade him. David, however, took the spear that was at the king's head 3. When they were gone some distance from the canij) David cried to the king, and he awoke. When Saul saw, by the loss of his spear, how he had been in David's power, and how, for the second time, David had spared him, he repented, and returned with his army, while David went his way. 4. War again broke out between the Philistines and the Israelites. Saul assembled an army and went forth to meet the enemy. In the battle Saul was mortally wounded, and, fearing he might fall into the hands of the Philistines, fell on his own sword, and died. 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He established his residence at Jerusalem, and, by the number of his armies and the brill iancv of his victories, was very renowned amongst the neighboring nations. He had twelve generals, each with an army of twenty-four tlioiisand men under him, and, over all, Abner was placed ^eneral-in-chief. 2. During his long and turbulent reign David carried on many wars. In turn, he subdued the Philistines, the Moabites, the Syrians, the Edomites, and the Ammonites. By Ins victories, immense treasures of gold and great QimsTioNB TO Chaptbr 49.— What 1b said of David^s life ? How did Dftrld allow tils generosity? How did Saul act? How did Saul die? Who else wm ktUed f How did David take Jonathan'a death ' ■ 78 HISTORY OP THE OLD TESTAMEITT. zjuan titles of booty were brought to Jerusalem. "When David died, he left a kingdom that extended from Egyj)t to the Eupliratcs. In every respect this was the most brilliant period in the history of Israel, as well for its victories abroad as for the wisdom of its legislation at home. 3. David paid much attention to the administration of justice. He chose wise men for his counselors and upright men to rule the people. He also appointed honest men to guard the royal treasures and manage the crown lands. Order was everywhere. 4. David, moreover, strove, as well by his own example ds by his influence, to cultivate and spread the worship of the true God among his subjects. On Mount Sion he built a magnificent tent in which to place the ark of the covenant. When all things were ready, the ark was rar- ried thither with great pomp and show. In the procession were all the princes of the people, clad in purple robes, while the priests wore their richest vestments. Three \\ L* >li 4 I J \4 li ;& III ■A f W « ! f„l i »■ ! f: •^r-x /A --r ^- ^i "^r ' ~\-'-"(^y "'''^ ^ •^ p wf * built ou Mount Sion f What wag pitied in itf How wero Uie priubtti divided? What was the Uutj of th« Levit«t} ,i , ):■ {\; .1 i"! jpu 80 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. aad, passing over the brook Cedron, went barefooted and his head uncovered, up the Mount of Olives, weeping on the way. 3. A man from the house of Saul, named Semei, met David as he tied, and, throwing .-tones at him, cursed him, calling him a man of blood. Abisai, one of David'd servants, wished to kill Semei, but David forbade him, hoping God might perhaps turn his curses into blessinf,^^. =^-V O-v^i. -f^j 4. In the meantime Absolom pursued liis father beyoml the Jordan : the two armies mot, and Absolom was dt- foatofl. 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When David heard of his son's death, he was greatly afflicted, and, weeping, cried out ; ** My son Absolom, would to God I had died in your stead, Absolom, my son Absolom." After this, David returned to Jerusalem, iiccorapanied by his army and a great multitude of people, who came forth to meet him. G. David is a figuro of Jesus Christ — in his family residence, |}»'thlehem ; in the obscurity of his youtli ; in liis victory over (jioliatli ; in his sorrow wlien he pnssc^d over the brook Cedron ; by liis ascent of the Mount of Olives ; in his generosity to his perse- cutors ; and, finally, in his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 7. As David had to contend against two enomi«'s, Saul and Absolom, so have two enemies risen against Christ and his Church —the first, Judaism, which the Church replaced ; the second, lieresy, which has so often risen against the Catholic Chuicli, and, by flat- tering the passions of men, succeeded in blinding the multitude, and leading them astray. Ku,tm.] 52. — The Last Days of David. [a,c. 1014. 1. David reigned over Israel from his thirtieth to Foventieth year. When he saw his end ai)pr()aching, he railed together the princes and principal men of the nation, and told them how he had intended to build a temple to the Lord ; how be had gathered together gold and silver, brass and iron, and wood and stone, but that God had forbidden him, as he was a man of blood and of many wars. God, however, would allow his son Solomon to build the temple. 2. Then David gave Solomon minute directions as to its construction, and warned him that it was not a house for man ho was building, but a d\velling-])lace for the Lord. David, besides, told Solomon never to forsake the T^ord, but to serve him with a docile heart ; and, further, Qirt«TioN8 TO Chapter 51.— Whom did Ood fend to DavJd ? \\Titt did DftTld rt"? What great punishment did Gt. I Bcnd ? Who cureeil David f What litppened to Absolom f Whore did David gof Of whom Is David a flfurvf UowJ ?;i' ? -IJi '.[ •■ ! i: M.i i] :m 5 82 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. to remember that, in the day he forsook God, God would forsake him. David died, and was buried on Mount Sion, and Solo mon, his son, succeeded him. 4 M. 1989.] 63.— The Wisdom of Solomon. [i.ai»ti 1. In the beginning of his reign Solomon loved the Lord, and walked in his father's footsteps. One night the Lord appeared to him, and bade him ask what ho would. Solomon asked for wisdom, that he might rule with justice. When the Lord heard this. He was much pleased, luid gave Solomon not only the wisdom he had asked for, but also riches, and honors, and a long life. 2. Besides, God ga^e him a true knowledge of all things in nature, so that ho understood the admirable order of creation, the power of the elements, the course of the seasons, the position of the stars, the instincts of animals, and the thoughts of men, together with a knowledge of the diversity of plants, and the medicinal virtues of their roots. All nature was open to his mind, whence it camo to i)ass that the wise men of the world, and the princes of nations, stood in admiration at the wisdom of Solomon. 3. One day two women came to him demanding judf]^- ment in their case. The iirst said: "This woman ami myself live together in one house. Wo have each had a child. During the night her son died. When she dis- covered this, she rose, whilst I slept, and took my son from my side, and laid her dead son in his place. In the morning I saw the dead child, but, on a closer examinti- tion, I discovered it was not mine." 4. In answer to this, the other said : "Surely, your son is dead, and mine lives." But the first answered, ** It is not so." Thus the two women disi)uted before the kiii^'. Then Solomon ordered a sword to be brought and the QimiTioMS TO Chapter 63. — How long did David reign f What did be bs; iJboat the temple T What did he lay to Sulonion ? ^^*Q^ -fj- ^^^ kt /<$<3L/J ty p-y<^<^t; i I t.-*' V_5 ''^ S^"^ ~>^ yt. <^ oS^i 1D 5^J7^ -v 5-, '^ 'V^ .^^ ;f- A^^ks. ^6 M ^ «\e>^ ^ ^'^5^, e-f ^OSj, — \^_ 0^^ "Y v,>-/ o-xi^ 'V '^ I r>b <^o)<9 -^ *%-/ 1)5 v.^^ 'O/ -7^ ^^V(> ^-v-^^^ f -f'ip ^/ ^ ^^^ — O"*-* ^.. ^^ 'A. .^-x:> »^--^ ^ <>^ <^Q n}^ C^ o-ie^ ^ t^-t^' 'V O/O ,*^^ Jv45— ^ ^ THE WISDOM OF SOLOMOX. 88 living child to be divided, and lialf to ])o ^nvon to one, and half to the other. Wlu!) tlu* niotluT of Ihe child heard this, she was tilled with dismay, and ovcrw helmed with agony. Torn with a mother's love for her child, she cried out to the king : " My lord, give her the child ilive ; do not kill it." But the other said : *' Let it be divided." 5. Then Solomon ordered the living child to be given to the first : " for," said he, "she is the mother." Soon tliis judgment was known in all the land of Israel, and the people were filled with admiration for Solomon, be- cause they saw the Spirit of God was in him. A.M.WH.] 54. — The Building and Dedicaf:ion [a.c. iom of the Temple of Jerusalem. 1. In the fourth year of liis reign, Solomon began to build on Mount Moria, in Jerusalem, a temple to the Qttestions to Chaptkb &3.— What 1h eaid of Solomon ? What did God gire bim t What else besides wisdom ? What is said of the two women f What WM Bolomon^B decision * .•M li " I! lit' 1** i.i |:l i*'! 1' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) A I 84 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Lord. During its construction, seventy thousand men were employed to cut and bring the wood that was needed, while eighty thousand more were engaged in quarrying,' and dressing the stone. Besides these, thirty-six hundred overseers were needed to see that all was done according' as it had been planned. Ten thousand Israelites were sent to cut down cedars and pine-trees on the mountains of Libanus. _. 2. The building itself was of vast and magnificent pro- portions. Its length was sixty cubits, its height thirty, and its breadth twenty cubits. Besides this, there were added porticoes, that ran round the main building, and also courts for the use of the priests and the people. The interior was lined with cedar, and ornamented with carv- ings representing cherubim, palm-trees, and all kinds of flowers. Every thing needed in the temple for the worship of God was of the purest gold, among which are enu- merated ten tables, a large number of candlesticks, and a hundred chalices. 3. At the end of seven years the temple was finished, when the princes and ancients of the people assembled together, and carried the ark from Mount Sion to the sanctuary prepared for it. The people walked before, while the Levites played upon cymbals and harps, and a hundred priests sounded their trumpets, and all the mul- titude sang: "Praise to the Lord, because He is good; and His mercy endureth forever." On the way, an in- liumerable number of oxen and sheep were offered in sacrifice. 4. When the ark was placed within the sanctuary, a cloud filled the temple, and the multitude fell upon their knees. Solomon, lifting up his hands towards heaven, said: ''Lord, the God of Israel! nothing can be com- pared to Thee ; nor can the heavens contain Thee, much less this house : nevertheless I have built it, that here Thou mayest listen to the prayers of the people, and mayest be merciful to them." 5. 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V 1 ^■ <^K '-^'^->' > c/1 ^-^ % c^ -rj ^ • Jl 4 / ¥ ^ f- V /.;,'■ .<■• /> r c ^/■', '• . r /. -' \ ..' f \ 1 <: •'■*., •'Y ' # < % ,' 1 .» / • *• ; V !/■ V -t vj. >!f -^\...- t/ THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM. 87 lowing the advice of the young men, Roboam said to the people, on the third day: ** My father put a heavy yoke upon you ; I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips ; I will chastise you with scorpions." 2. When the people heard this, they became very angry, and stoned Aduran, the king's messenger, and, choosing Jeroboam, one of Solomon's* servants, made him king over iiiw tribes. The two tribes of Juda and Benjamin adhered to Roboam. Thus, according as God had foretold Solomon, were the Jewish people divided into two kingdoms — Israel and Juda. Jerusalem remained the capital of Juda, while Samaria, at a later period, became the capital of Israel. 3. This sinful separation of the ten tribes from their hux'sh, yet lawful king, is a figure of so many who, by lieresy and sin, separate themselves from the Catholic Cluirch, Vjrod's true representative upon earth. Jerusalem represented truth ; Samaria, heresy. At the former was the temple, where alone sacrifice pleasing to God could be offered. There, was the ark of the covenant, and there alone, was the priesthood that God had established. 4. The separated tribes, from which was formed the Kingdom of Israel, were by far more numerous than the two that remained faithful. This mattered not. As with heresy, so with them ; in a few years they entirely dis- appeared from history, leaving but a name behind them. 5. To the two tribes God showed mercy, for from them came the Savior of the world. So shall it be with the Cjitholic Church : she has seen the rise and fall of all forms of heresies, many of which, for a time, seemed to threaten her existence ; but they have passed away, while she remains, as she will remain, to the end. END OF THE FOURTH AGE. QuBSTiONB TO CHAPTER 56.— How did Roboam treat the people f What hap pened ? What was Jeroboam made ? Who adhered to Roboam ? into what were the Jews divided ? What were the capitals of the two nations ? What is Baid of the kingdom of Israel and of the kingdom of Jada? What is said of th* Catholic Church and heresy f '; t1 MS'.' ^ i i !il i M'' «i . 88 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMEiTr. AGE V. DECLINE OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. FROM ROBOAM TO JESUS OHRIST. PART FI RST. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL TO ITS DESTRUCTION BY THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA. 57. ~ A General View. 1. Soon after their separation from the Kingdom of Juda, the people of Israel fell into idolatry. It happened thus ; Jeroboam said to himself : ** If my people go up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice, as the law commands, tlioy will soon iCturn to Roboam and abandon me." So he made two calves of gold, and, setting them up, said to the people : "Go not up to Jerusalem, for your gods are here." The people obeyed him, and adored the idols. 2. During his whole reign, Roboam made war ui)on Jeroboam ; nor was peace ever permanently establisliod between the two kingdoms. So bitter became the strife,. that frequently the stranger and the pagan were called in to help the weaker side. For two hundred and fifty- three years, Israel, whose capital was at Samaria, maintained a separate existence. During this time, Israel had nineteen kings, most of whom came to the throne by violence, or by the murder of their predecessors. Disorder, vice, idolatry, reigned supreme. 3. 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In concert with his pagan wife, Jezabel, he built a temple to the god Baal. lie appointed four hundred and fifty priests to serve this false god, wliilst at the same time he put to deatli all the priests of the true God he could find in his kingdom. 2. When God saw the wick- edness of this king, He sent Eliiis the proph- et to him to tell him no rain should fall in Isruel. When Acliab heard this, lie became exceedingly aii: ,!:rv, and secret- Iv sought to put Klias to death. Hut God bade the prophet go to the torrent of Carith^ ^'hcrc the ravens would feed him. QiKSTioNs TO Chapter 57— How did the people of Israel fell into Idolatry? ^'hnt (lid Rohoani do ajfainet Jeroboam ? How Innsj: did the kingdom of lerae] last ? Whftt was its character 1 Who were the prophets 1 What did thev do ? 90 HISTORY OF THE^OLD TESTAMENT. 3. Elias did as he was commanded, and night and morning the ravens brought him bread and llesli, and lie drank from the torrent. In time, the torrent also diiod up, when the Lord told Elias to go to Serepta, in the liuid of the Sidonians, where a widow would feed him. 4. Elias went, and, as he Avas entering the city, he mot the widow, from whom he asked a little water to drink. When she went to bring it, Elias called after her to bring him also a little morsel of broad. But she answered : '* I have but a handful of meal and a little oil in a cruse. I am gathering a few sticks wherewith to cook it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die." 5. Elias bade her fear not, but to make a cake for him, and then to make one for herself and son : " For her meal would not fail, nor her oil diminish, until rain would fal) upon the earth." The woman did as he commanded her, and her meal failed not, nor did her oil diminish. 6. Some time afterwards the widow's son died, and, at the prayer of Elias, the child was re^.ored to life. AVhen tlie woman saw what was done, she said to Elias : " Xow I know you are a man of God." A. M. «o»e.i 69. — Elias and the Priests of Baal. [a. c. m. 1. For three years and six months no rain fell in L^rail. Again Elias presented himself to Achab, who, with miieh anger, chid him for the distress that was then in the country. But Elias answered him that he had not plunged Israel into its present trouble, but the king him- self by his sins and his idolatries. 2. Then Elias bade the king assemble all Israel n[)on Mount Carmel, and also the four hundred and fifty priests of Baal. Achab did so, and went himself to the moun- tain. When they were all assembled, Elias made the QfjBBTioNS TO Chaptbk 58.— What Is said of Achab f What did he build f Who came to him ? Where did Elias go ? How was he fed f Where did Cod eepd him ? Tell what happened to the widow of Serepta " ELIAS AND THE PRIESTS OF BAAL. 91 following proposition: "I tim alone," said he; "the priests of Baal are four hundred and tifty: let two bul- locks be given us ; let them choose one, and I will choose tho other ; let them kill their bullock, and I will kill mine ; and let each of us lay our bullock upon wood, but put no tire under it : tlien let them call upon their gods, and I will call upon my God ; and let the God that shall answer by fire, be God." The proposition pleased the people. 3. The priests of Baal prepared themselves with great solemnity, and, when they had dressed their bullock, laid it on the altar. From morning till noon they called upon Biuil, but he heard them not. Then Elias began to laugh at them, bidding them : " Cry louder ; perhaps Baal was asleep ; or may be enter- taining himself with a friend ; or perhaps he might be on a journey, and away from home." They continued to cry all the louder, l)ut no Baal spoke. 4. Elias built an altar also, and, dressing his bullock, laid it on it. He dug a trench round about the altar, and If ill 1* ' I >i 92 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, filled it with water; he also poured water on the wood. Then he called upon the Lord to show His power, thai the people might be converted. 5. While Elias was yet praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust, as also the wood and the stones of the altar ; nay, the very water in the trench. When the people saw this, they fell on their faces and cried out : "The Lord, He is God ; the Lord, He is the true God." Then the priests of Baal were slain, and shortly after rain fell in great abundance. 60. — The Vineyard of Naboth. 1. A man, named Naboth, had a vineyard near the palace of King Achab. The king wished to buy it, but Naboth would not sell it ; so Achab became very angry. When Jezabel, the queen, heard what had happened, slic sent for false witnesses, Avho accused Naboth "of havinir blasphemed against God and the king." Naboth was stoned to death, and Achab took the vineyard. 2. By the command of God, Elias came to Achab, and told him, because he had done this wicked thing and un- justly taken the vineyard of Naboth, the dogs would lick his blood and eat the flesh of Jezabel. This prophecy was fulfilled to the letter. Three yours after, Achab was mortally wounded in battle, and tlii' dogs licked his blood ; and some time after that, during the reign of Jehu, Jezabel, by the king's orders, was thrown from a window, and trampled to death undei- the horses' feet. When, some hours afterwards, her friends came to seek for the body, it was found torn to pieces hv the dogs. Questions to Chapter 59.— For how long did no rain fall ? What pi oposal did Elias malce ? How did the priests of Baal act ? What did Elias do ? Wliat was the result ? QuESTiowB TO Chapter 60.— What is said of Naboth's vineyard ? How did Achab get it? What did Blias tell Achab ? How was this prophecy fUlflUeU ? THE PROPHET ELISEUS. 93 61. — The Prophet Eliseus. 1. By God's command, Elias chose Eliseus for his suc- cessor. When the time drew near that Elias should go to God, he strove to L'scape from Eliseus, but he could not. A 11 d w h 11 tlu'vwere walk- in;: together, Elias was ])art- ('(1 from Elise- us by a liery chariot, and carried up into heaven by a whirl w ind. Tlie mantle of Elias fell upon Eliseus, and he was filled with the spirit and miraculous powers of his master. 2. One day Eliseus was insulted by some rude boys, who mockingly called him "Bald-head." The prophet threatened them in the name of the Lord, and, at the same instant, two bears came from the woods and tore forty of these wicked boys to pieces. ■I. On another occasion, Naaman, a distinguished Syrian general, came to Eliseus to be cured of leprosy. When he came to the house where Eliseus was, the prophet sent him word by his servant to go and wash seven times in the Jordan and he would be clean. Naaman became exceedingly angry, because he thought he had been sliglited by the prophet. 4. However, at the earnest advice of his servants, N^aaman went, and, bathing seven times in the Jordan, was cured. When Naaman saw what was done> he re- 1 :f ' :i . "t .1 , tl lil'! i 'Iji s .!k; it , r 94 HISTORY OP THE 01 T) TESTAMENT. turned to Eliscus, and acknowledged there was no Ood but the God of Israel. Then he besought the proj)li('t to take a gift, but he would not. 5. When Naaman was gone, Giezi, Eliseus' servant, ran after him, and told him that two sons of the prophet's liad just called upon his master, and he had been sent for a talent of silver and two changes of garments. Naaman gave him two talents of silver and Giezi returned to his master. 6. When Eliseus saw him, he asked: ''Where he hau been." But Giezi denied he had been anywhere. Eliseus became indignant at the lie, and said to him : '' My s])lrit was with vou when the man turned back from his cliaiiot to meet you. Even now you have the silver and iiai- ments that were given 3'^ou. As a punishment for your sin, the leprosy of Naaman shall stick to you forever." And Giezi went out a leper, white as snow. 7. After working many miracles, Eliseus died, and was buried. Some time after his deatli, a man died, and iiis friends came to bury him near the grave of Eliseus. But, suddenly a band of robbers coming upon them, tliey threw the dead man into the grave where the body of Eliseus lay. Scarce had the dead man touched the bones of Eliseus when lie came to life and stood upon his feet. JONAS THE PROPHET. 96 w This fact proves that oven among the Jews God wrought miraclef by the relics of His saints. ■■!! A. M. am.] 62.— Jonas the Prophet. [A.C. MS. -m; 1. After the deatli of Eliseus, God chose Jonas for His prophet. One day God bade him go to Ninive and preach penance, for the sins of the people had become very great. Ninive was the capital of Assyria, and Jonas wished it to perish. Hence he fled to the sea, and embarked aboard a vessel going to Tharsis, thinking he would thus flee from the Lord. 2. When the ship had pushed out from the land, God sent a violent storm, so that the vessel was in danger of being lost. They cast lots to see who was the cause of the evil, and the lot fell upon Jonas. Then he told them what he had done, and advised them to cast him into tlie sea. The sailors cast him overboard, and immediately the sea became calm. :3. The Lord had prepared a great fish— a w li a 1 e — which swallowed up Jo- nas. For three davs and three nights the prophet was in the whale's belly. Then he prayed to the Lord for help. God heard him, and, on the third day, the fish vomited him out on dry land. Questions to Chapter 61.— Who pucceeded Elias ? How did Eliae go up to heaven ? What fell upon Eliseus ? What happened the rude hoys ? Tell the storj of Naamaa What happened to Giezl ? What happened to the dead man f 1,1 •. ': ;.:.t \ 'im ■;';' 'lllir i' umtiHt't-- ' J ■ M^^T^' ;,j| iJttill i^lmfflMi'' '^^Hi'^^^Hnl ^ 1H9<(i'- WjK ' *^ '*^MM"-~'' S^m^ ' ^ U ^^'9 ^' nwS W 1^1 ^ 1 'U Vm I I ■ -nil i 1 ■,r '-if 3E: ■ r ^^'i i :: ,(!■ -i ill ,> i' 1 ■ Uilijf ' 1 ill J - ;SkibS 96 HISTOBY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 4. Jonas was a figure of Jesiia ChriHt. Jonas was cast into the ■ea, that, by the lows of one, tlie crew n»lght bo wived. Hy tlie 8m«. rifice of Clirist the world wus redeemed. Jona.s was three dnyw in the whale's belly ; Christ was three days in the tomb. 6. (jiod said to Jonas a second time: ** Go into Niiilvr and cry, * Yet forty days, and Ninive shall be destroyed.' " When the people heard these words, they believed in C(»(l. and, fasting, clothed themselves in sackcloth and asJK s. Even the king shared in the general i)enance, and, liv proclamation, commanded every one to abandon his sins. that perhaps God would spare the city. When God saw the sincerity of their repentance, He heard the prayer of the people, and did not destroy the city. 6. Jonas, fearing he might be considered a false proi)hot, was displeased, and, going, built for himself a booth out- side the walls of the city. During the night the Loid caused an ivy to grow up, that it might shade the proj)!)!! from the heat of the sun. Joiuis was much pleased ; but in the following night God prepared a worm to strike i\\v ivy, and it withered. 7. Then there came a hot, burning wind, while the rays of the sun beat upon the head of the prophet. Scorcluil by the heat, discouraged and dejected, Jonas wished to die. But tha Lord said to him: "You are grieved and dejected for the loss of a miserable ivy that you neither planted nor made to grow : should I not spare Ninive. a great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand men ? " A.M.M78.] 63. — The End of the Kingdom [a. c t:? of Israel. 1. Ninive, an idolatrous city, did penance, and found grace with God ; but Israel became daily more and more Questions to Chapter 62. — Where was Jonas sent ? What happened to him? How long was Jonas in the whale's belly? How was Jonas a fmiiie of Jesus Christ ? What did the people of Ninive do ? How did Jonas ;ict ? What did Jonas build ? What is said of the ivy ? What became of Ninive ? THE OLD TOBIAS. 97 wicked. She set God at defiance, and despised Ilis |HH)phcts, until, weary with lier crimes, Ho resolved on her destruction. 2. Suddenly and unexpectedly, Sahnanasar, King of Assyria, came with a )H)weri'ul army, and hiid siege to Samaria, the capital of Israel. After three years, he took tlie city, and led the greater portion oi the inhahitants ciptives into Assyria, while those who remained hecame mixed with the neighboring nations. 3. The rehgion of tlic Samaritans was a compound of Judaism and j)aganism. The people of Judea hated the Samaritans, both because of their rehgion and because of tiieir revolt. Hence, our Savior was called a Samaritan, because the Jews thought they could call a man no worse name. Those who were led away into cai)tivity never returned, but, becorahig mixed with the peoi)le of Assyria and the surrounding nations, were lost to history, and ])erished as a i)eople. Not a trace of the ten tribes remains to-day. A. M. 3286.] 64.— The Old Tobias. [a. C. 714. 1. Among those who were led into captivity by Sal- manasar, was a God-fearing man, named Tobias. From his youth he had avoided the society of the wicked, and kept the commandments. He spent much of liis time in consoling his fellow-captives, and, by his charities, help- ing to relieve their wants. To feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, and in the night to bury the dead, was his usual care. 2. One day, wearied and exhausted with burying the dead, he returned to his house, and, lying down by the wall, fell asleep. Whilst he slept, the hot dung from a swallow's nest fell into his eyes, and he lost his sight. Questions to Chapter 63. — Who destroyed Israel ? How ? What becam« of the people ? What was the religion of the Samaritana ? Why was ChriM called a Samaritan ? *?'l]' j; f 1 ' 1 ' i 1. • : 1 \ r -' I : .Ml ii ij I' i: '¥1 :i 98 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Tobias bore his affliction without murmur, and strove to purify himself by his trials. 3. Tobias being rendered helpless by the loss of his sight, his wif(! Anna went out every day lo WTave, that niie might help to support him. One day she re- ceived, over and above her wages, a little ki(i. When To])ias heard it bleat- ing, he began to fear lest it might have been gotten dishonestly; and not until he had been assured that it was a gift would he touch it. 65.— The Counsels of Tobias to his Son. 1. After Tobias had been ])roved in many tribulations, he thought he was going to die ; so he called his son to him, that he might give him some advice. "When I die," said he, "fail not to bury me. Honor thy mother, nor forget what she suifered for thee. Wluii she dies, bur} her l)y my side. Fear God, and never sin : keep pride from your heart, and seek the counsel of llic wise man. 2. "Do to another what you would wish him to do in you. Give alms according to your means: if you have much, give much ; if little, give little : but give with a good heart. We are poor, it is true ; but, if we fear God, and avoid sin, we will receive much.'* Questions to Chapter 64.— "W^hat Is paid of Tobias? What, di'l he do? How did Tobias loee his Bight? What is said nbout the kid ? Kif THE JOURNEY OF THE YOUNG TOBIAS. 99 When the young Tobias heard his good old father speaking in this manner, he fell upon his neck, and, weeping, promised to do all he had commanded. A.M.3300.J 66.— The Journey of the Young [a. c. tc Tobias. 1. After this advice, Tobias wished to send his son to a distant city, called Kages, to collect a debt. Before he started, the old man was very anxious to select for him a suitable companion — one who also knew the way. The young Tobias went out to sock one, and ho found a beau- tif(d young man standinix girdtMl nud ready for the road. Ii was the angol Rai>liaol, l)ut 'I'obias knew it not. 'v. Tobias asked tlie stranger if he knew the road to h*ages. He answered, "Yes.'' Then he led him into the QrESTioNs TO Chaftbb Q5. —What couLsela did Tobias give hia son ? How did th'^ yonnj? Tobiaa act? W:lk M ,4 ,.»., m 100 HISTOEY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. house, when, the angel promised to lead the younger Tobias to Rages and back again. Tobias blessed them, and they departed. 3. At the end of the first day's journey they came to the River Tigris. When Tobias wished to wash his feci, a monstrous fish rose up to devour him. The angel bade him fear not, but seize the fish and draw it out. Tobias did so. Then, according to the directions of the angel, he took out the heart, and the gall, and the liver, and put them away to be used for medicine. They then roasted as much of the fish as they could eat ; the rest tlicy salted and took v/itli them. 4. Wheii they drew near to a certain city, the anocl told Tobias that there lived there a man, named Ragiiel. a near relation ; that, moreover, lie had a daughter, named Sara, whom he must ask in marriage. When RaLUci w him, and heard who he was, he was exceedingly gi, ., i.na readily gave him his daughter. Tobias remained with liis father-in-law during the rejoicings for his marriage, ])ut Raphael went on to Rages and received the money iu\ which they had come. 67. — The Return of Tobias. 1. When Tobias had been with Raguel for some time,, he thought of returning home, lest his father might be uneasy at his delay. At first, Raguel strove to persuade him to remain ; but when he saw the young man resolved to go, he divided his property, and gave him half as a marriage gift, and, blessing him and his daughter, dis missed them. 2. After "' ey had come some distance on the way. Raphael and Tobias, leaving Sara, and the company t* follow, went on before. Bv the advice of the ane^l, QiTBSTiONS TO CHAPTER 66.— Tell the history of Rapl2««). TV^tuf Is Raid about theflBh? What is Baid of Raeruel f THE RETURN OP TOBIAS. 101 Tobias took with him the gall of the fish, which he had preserved. Meanwhile the parents of Tobias became very anxious at the long delay of their son. His mother wept unceas- ingly, and every day went to the top of a neighboring hill, from which she could see a great way off. 3. At length she saw him in the distance, and recognized liim at once. Then she ran back and told her husband that their son was coming. The old man, led by the hand, hastened to meet his son, and, kissing him, they ])oth wept for joy. In the meantime the dog that had uccompanied the younger Tobias on his journey ran on before, wagging his tail and jumping with delight. 4. When they had all thanked God for his mercies, Tobias anointed his father's eyes with the gall of the fish whicli he had brought with him, and immediately the old man recovered his sight. Falling on his knees, he praised (lod — as well because He had afflicted him with blindness, as now because He liad cured him. Seven days after tliis, Sara arrived, and, with her, th( servants, the flocks, and the camels her father had given, her, besides the money which Gabelus had paid. A great feast was made, and they gave themselves up to ivjoicing. 5. When the days of the feast were finished, Tobias iisked his father what reward they would give the young iiuin that had accompanied him, or what recompense (M)uld be sufficient for all he had done for them. After ''onsiilting, they called the angel, and offered him half of all they possessed, but he refused. Then he bade them rejoice and give thanks to God for his mercies to them, to pray and to fast, and to fear not : "for," said he, "I am Raphael, one of the angels that stand before God, and have been sent by the Lord to heal you." 0. When they heard this, they were much troubled, and fell with their faces to the ground. But the angel said to them : " Fear not ; it was God's will T should be with you ; bless Him and sing His praise." Then he dis- ::i-t:; I 'lie. I mm ^i ':■ :■ -It ■i! -; V i :;ii , ■■ '•! :■ -Mi HH *'il m 1 iki I,: 102 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. appeared, but they continued to praise God and to pul)- lish all His wonders. At a good old age they were both gathered to their fathers, full of grace before God and men. ^^> • PART SECONI3. THE KINGDOM OF JUDA FROM THE YEAR 975 TO THE BiRTH OF JESUS CHRIST. A, M. 8026.J 68. — A Summary of the Principal [a. c. 975, Events. 1. From ' i "^ath of King Eoboam to the year 588 before Christ, ghteen princes of the house of David successively governed Juda. Some of them were men 01 wisdom, who, fearing God, listened to the prophets that were sent to them ; but many of them were wicked and perverse, who gave themselves up to idolatry and led llif people into sin. 2. To punish these latter, in the year 606 God permit! ed Jerusalem to be taken by the Babylonians, and the prin- cipal men among the Jews to be led into captivity. Eighteen years afterwards — that is, in the year 588 before Christ — the entire population of Juda was carried into Babylon, and the kingdom of Juda destroyed. 3. For seventy years the Jews remained captives in Babylon, until they learned to humble themselves and acknowledge their sins. During their captivity their faith was strengthened by the words of the prophets, and by their piety they edified their conquerors, and spread amongst them a knowledge of the Redeemer. 4. At the end of seventy years — 536 before Chri^^t— God led the Jews back to their own country. They QiTKSTioNs TO Chapter 67.— What did Rapiiel divide ? What Is paid of the meeting of the old and young Tobias? How did Tobias recoyer hi* sifjht^ Wbat is eaid of Sara ? What was offered to Raphael ? What did he my T THE KINGS OF JUDA FROM ROBOAM TO EZECHIAS. 103 immediately rebuilt Jerusalem and the temple, and for two hundred years lived in peace and contentment. After the death of Alexander the Great — 323 years before Christ — they were again persecuted by difforent nations, until Herod, a stranger, ascended the throne of Da\id. Then, according to the prophecy of Jacob, the time was come when Christ should be born. ^1 :. Ill fii 69. — The Kings of Juda from Roboam to Ezechias. 1. Abia, a brave but wicked prince, succeeded his father, Roboam, on the throne of Juda. In turn he was succeeded by Asa, who, in the beginning, ruled with justice, and by his many brilliant victories added to the glory of Juda, but at last ended in forgetting God. 2. Josaphat, who succeeded liim, was better than any of his three predecessors. He abolished idolatry, and u})pointed God-fearing men to judge the i)eople and teach them the law of God. For his piety, God gave him the victory over his enemies. 3. Josaphat was succeeded by his son Joram, a cruel and idolatrous prince, who, in turn, was succeeded by Oehozias, as wicked as his predecessor. Ochozias was succeeded by his wife, Athalia, who, for seven years, lummitted all kinds of abominations in Juda. She murdered all the children of the royal family, Joas, the grandson of Ochozias, excepted, who was hidden by Joiada the high-priest. He afterwards ascended the tin-one, and, during the life-time of Joida, was a virtuous and pious jirince, but, after the death of the high -priest, like so many of his predecessors, fell into idolatry 4. Amasias, Ozias, and Joatham successively reigned in (^rESTiONa TO Chaptkr 68. — W^hat U nnid of David's successorB? When were the Jews carried into Babylon? How long did they remain in captivity f ^liea did the Jews retarij ? "^h^it was rebuilt ? I| i( I rii m rn pi m #' ii (i 104 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Juda. Tu somo respects they were better than their jiio decessors ; yet they often fell into idolatry. 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J^r, ^^^(/, %^ '^ ^^<:>^ '€>/ ^ .v--» ^' cg_y , ,-3.' -/ .^.o -r> 6 ixL -- '6 \.>'/ /X-><^ -o V -e-e ^.(L-/^ ^.^ r..r >^ I '^ /, 0^£>\ O ' r. ~o J- 'J{ ) 'A_il • oi e>7? v-P L >0/ <^^' ^^D -^,A - %^ C^ rinces — who le that awaited them if they continued to forget God. 2. The most renowned of the prophets who rose diirinir the early liistory of Juiia were Joel, Micheas, and ls;ii;i-. These prophets were generally poor men, but bold in ilic power of God ; nor did they fear to resist kings, or to cry out against their sins. 3. At their preaching, many repented, and for a while returned to God. For their fearless war against sin, iiinl their open denunciations of both kings and people, some of them were put to death. Though dead, their words lived in the hearts of the just, among whom the true fiiith was preserved, and by whom the hopes and j)romises tli;it had been made of the Redeemer that was to come mciu handed down to cheer the world. 73.— The Captivity of Babylon. (from 606 TO 636 YEARS A. C.) 1. After ihe death of the pious King Josias, Nebucho- donosor, Xing of Babylon, came and besieged Jerusalem. When he had taken the city, he carried back with him t^: Babylon the principal men of the nation, together witii a QUB8TION8 TO Chaptkr 71. — What in said of ManasneH? How did <■ 1 pnuinh him? How did he end hin dayn? What is nald of JoniaH? What i^ -I'i of Juda ? QuB9TioN!« TO CnAPTER 72.— Who wero the prophets ? Who were much r>' nowoed f What did they preach f How did Bome of them die t THE CAPTIVITY OF BABYLON. 107 part of the sacred vessels of the temple. This happened in the year 600 before Christ, and was the beginning of what in history is known as the " Bahylonimi Captivity.** 2. Three years after this, Nebiifliodonosor returned to Jerusalem, and earried Jeehonias, the king, back with liim to Babylon, lie also, on this occasion, carried with him into capivity a groat part of the people, besides immense treasures, lie left Sedecias to rule over the remnant of Juda. 3. Sedecias revolted, and Nebuchodonosor returned for the third time, and destroyed Jerusalem, and burned the •rorgeous and magniticent temj)le of Sohmion, carrying with him nearly the entire Jewish peoi)le. He put out tlie eyes of Sedecias, and, loading him with chains, carried him a captive to Babylon. This happened in the year 588 before Christ. 4. At this time lived Jcremias the prophet, who, long lu'fore, had warned the ])e()ple of the destruction that was about to ccmie u])on tliem. Alone and in sorii.w, he con- tinued to weep over Jerusalem, and at times j)resented himself to the people with a chain round his neck, as a sign of the cai)tivity tluit was near at baud. But his warnings were received wilii curses and perseeutious. 5. When at length Jerusalem was destroyed, Jcremias remained to console the remnant of the nation that was left, and to weep amid the ruins of the once glorious city. ^ . ^ In his grand Lamentations, Jcremias cries out from the •li'pth of his sorrow: ''How sorrowful, alas! are the ways thiit lead to Mount Moria ; there are now none to come to tile feast. The gates of the city are destroyed; the priests W( ep ; the virgins are without ornament. you who pass by the way, see if there is sorrow like unto my sor- row I Alasl is this the city of magni licence, the ])erfeet in t)eauty, the joy of the world?" . o^ '^■^ <«^ v, as he had coun- seled. Aman dared not disobey tJie king. ! r i; ' '\i •Kr. 120 HISTOHY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 9. In the moantimc the hour f df the queen's feast ciime on, and Aman hastened to attend. During tlie feast the king asked Estlier what she wished, iironiising to le ; Mary gave a Savior to the world. Mardochai was the faithful guardian of Esther; Joseph was tlip guardian of Jesus and Mary. Mardochai was placed in the higlH.st, office of state ; Joseph holds one of the highest places in heaven. 83.— Judith. 1. When the Jews were reestablished in their own country, God, in a most wonderful manner, again de- livered them by the hands of a woman. Holof ernes, an Assyrian general, advanced into Judea with a powerful army. He took many of the cities, and treated the inhali- itants with extreme cruelty. At length he laid siege to Questions to Ciiapter 82.— Tell the hiptory of Esther. What did Manlo- chai do f What is paid of Aman ? What did EPthec do ? WTiat was the result « What coansel did Aman give f Where did Aman hasten to go ? What happemfl to Aman? What happened to Mardochai? How is Esther a flgore of the BlesaadYiiiiiit 'r5/_/ T-/^ -e? ~ce. i5c, S • cJ^ "o .>?. -* /-n*! 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Thus arrayed, ehe went, accompanied by her servant, to the Assyrian camp. God also added to her beauty. When Holofernes sa\^ her, he received her most kindly, and gave orders to his servants to permit her to come and to go at her pleasure. ■ 4. Four days after her arrival in the Assyrian camp, ilolofernes gave a great banquet to the officers of his irmy. Late in the night, he threw himself upon his bed, and, being drunk, slept heavily. Judith drew near the l)ed on which Holofernes lay. and, praying to God to < 1} ■■ 122 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. strengthen her arm, took the sword that hung at the top of the bed and cut off his head. 5. Then she put the head in a bag, and gave it to her servant, and, hastening from the Assyrian camp, came to Bethulia. When she had assembled tlie leaders and tlie people, she showed them the head of Holofernes, and bade them praise the Lord, who had protected her from sin, and, by her hands, killed their enemy. 6. The Jews, seeing how God had thus fought for them, hung: the head of Holofernes from the walls of the citv, and, going forth, attacked the Assyrians, who, without a leader, were easily overcome, and many of them slain. Judith was much esteemed, not only by the inhabitants of her native city, but by all Judea ; and when she died, all the people wept. A. M. 3837.] 84. — Eleazar the Martyr. [a. C. 163. 1. In the year 333 before Christ, Alexander the Great put an end to the kingdom of Persia, which had ruled over the Jews since the time of Cyrus. After this, they fell into the power of the kings of Egypt, and finall\ under the power of the kings of Syria. 2. Among these latter, Antiochus was very cruel. He burned the sacred books, and forbade, under pain of death, any one to observe the Law. Many basely apostatized, while, on the other hand, many remained faithful, pre- ferring death to sin. 3. Among these latter was the venerable Eleazar, an old man of ninety years of age, and much esteemed for his knowledge of the Law. Antiochus commanded him to eat the flesl of swine, threatening him with death if he refused. But his religion forbade him to obey, and the brave old man would rather ilie than offend God. QuBBTiONS TO Chaptsr 83. — What is the history of Judith? Whoee head did she cut off ; What did the J^^wu do i What was doue at the deatU p* Judith r THE MARTYRDOM OF THE SEVEN MACHABEES. 123 4. His friends strove to persuade liim to yield ; nay, even urged liim to save his life by pretending to eat the forbidden flesh, though he did not. But Eleazar scorned deceit: '* I may deceive men," said he, "but I can not deceive God, and my example might lead others astray." The old man suffered a cruel death, but truth triumphed in his sufferings. ; '1 AM. 3837.] 85.— The Martyrdom of the Seven [a. c. lea. Machabees. 1. Amongst others that were brought before Antiochus were the seven Miichabees and their mother. When they were ordered to eat the forbidden flesh of the swine, they refused, and said they would rather die than break the law^: of God. 2. When the king heard this, he became very angi'y, and ordered the seven brothers to be beaten with rods. But the heroic youths still refusing to obey, Antiochus commanded frying-pans and brazen cauldrons to be made hot. Then the executioners seized tlic eldest and cut out his tongue ; after this they tore off the skin from his head, and chopped off his hands and his feci, and at last threw him into the red-hot frying-pan. His mother and his brothers stood encouraging liim and exhorting him to persevere. , 3. When the first was dead, the second oldest was brought, and the skin of his head also ])ulk'd off. Ho, too, was asked if he would cat the forbidden meat ; but he boldly answered, *'No." Ho was tormented as his brother had been. The third and the fourtli, as also the fifth and the sixth, willingly offered themselves to the executioners, and died proclaiming their faith in God, and their hopes of eternal happiness. 4. The youngest still remained. The king hoped by (^usBTioNs TO Chapter 84.— Into whose power did th« Jews fiall ? What If ■aid of Antiochus ? What is said of Eleazar f ir » ii 124 HISTOBT OF THB OLD TESTAMENT. kindness to win him over. He promised him honors and riches, even his own friendship, if he would renounce the Jewish religion ; but he would not yield. Then th*} king exhorted the mother to persuade her son to save his life, but she only the more encouraged her child to be a worthy successor of his six martyred brothers. 5. While his mother was yet speaking to him, he boldly cried out : ** I will not obey the king, nor will I break the law of God." When the king heard this, he was greatly incensed, and ordered him to be more cruelly tormented than any of the rest. Last of all. the mother suffered death with the same heroic con- stancy that had marked the sufferings of her seven noble sons. QmssTioNB TO CHAPTim 85.— What is eaid of the MachabeeR ? How was the eldeBt brother put to death f How was the eecond eldest ? How did the others die ? How did the king act toward the youngest ? What was done to tba mother* MATHATHIAS AND JUDAS HACHABEUS. 125 iitMi.] 86.— Mathathias and Judas Machabeus. [a. a in i 1. During the reign of Antiochus, there lived in Judea a priest named Mathathias, who had five sons. When he saw the abominations that were committed against the Law, and the cruelties with which the people were op- pressed, he resolved to free his country. Calling upon all those who would defend the Law of God to follow him, he fled with his sons and many others into the mountains. 2. At first he was content with overthrowing the idols and the altars of the pagan gods ; then, as his numbers increased, he began to make war on the enemies of his country. After his death, the leadership fell upon his son Judas, who, because of his invincible courage, was called Macha- beus. Bold as a lion, he met and vanquished the generals of Antiochus, one after another. 3. He also retook Jerusalem, and purified the temple. The altar was consecrated anew, amid the sounds of harps, and lutes, and cymbals ; the sacrifices were restored, and a great feast was appointed to celebrate his victories. 4. When Antiochus heard of the success of the Mach- abee^^, he became very angry. Gathering together an immense army, he resolved to lead it himself against Jerusalem, and forever destroy the place ; but God's judg- ments overtook him on the way. One day he fell from his chariot and hurt himself very badly. His sores putrified, and worms began to crawl out of his wounds ; the flesh fell off from his bones^ and the whole body sent forth a stench insupportable to himself, as well as all around him. 5. When Antiochus saw how grievously he suffered, he acknowledged the hand of God in his punishment, and, hoping to escape death, humbled himself and lamented his cruelty. He even promised to repair, as far as he could, the evils he had done. But his repentance was t.'' 126 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. insincere, and God listened not to his prayer. He died amid the most cruel torments, leaving to the world a frightful example of the justice of God, 6. After his deatli, his son strove to reconquer Judea : but the Machabees, trusting in God, assembled their fol- lowers, and went forth to battle. In the heat of the engagement, suddenly there came from heaven five men, whose armor shone as the sun, and whose horses were covered with golden harness. Two placed themselves on either side of Judas, whilst the other three hurled darts on the enemy: at the same time the lightning flashed in the faces of the Syrians. Stunned and confounded, many fell to the ground, whilst the others turned and fled. The enemy left twenty thousand infantry and six thousand cavalry dead upon the field. 7. After many victories, Judas established the inde- pendence of his country ; yet not without loss. Many of the Jews were killed ; but, on examining the bodies of the dead, there were found concealed under their coats offer- FROM THE MACHABEES TO JESUS CHRIST. 127 ings that had been stolen from the temples of the pagan idols. Then all knew the cause of their death. 8. When Judas saw why tlioy luid been punished, he did not despair, but, trusting in tlie power of prayer and the mercy of God, sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem, that sacrifices might be offered for them, saying : "It is a holy and wholesome thought to jiray for the dead." 87. — From the Machabees to Jesus Christ. 1. After the death of the pious and heroic Judas, his brothers, one after another, wore ])laoed at the head of the nation. Under their wise guidance, many victories were won and peace established, and Judca began again to Questions to Chaptek 86 —What is ^.-lid of Matliathia!* ? What is said of Jodas Machabeus? How did Aiitiochiis die? Uow was the son of Autiochus defeated i What did Judas send to Jerusalem ? Why ? 128 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. flourish. Unhappily, their successors did not walk in their footsteps, and gradually the inconstant Jews fell again into sin. 2. The nation, however, still recognized the one true God, and exteriorly observed the forms of the Law, but the hearts of the people were far from God. Two sects rose up among them : one, the hypocritical Pharisees; the other, the incredulous Saddiicees. The former placed all perfection in the exterior observance of the law ; the latter denied much that was in the law, more particularly the resurrection of the dead. 3. Beyond Judea the world was buried in idolatry and abomination ; cruelty and oppression were everywhere, and mankind longed for the coming of the Messiuli. There remained but one thing more — the fulfillment of the prophecy made by Jacob to his son Juda ; and this was not long delayed. 4. The successors of the Machabees lived in continual war, civil as well as foreign ; brother fought against brother ; murder and rapine replaced peace and honesty. As a last hope, the Romans were called in to arbitrate between the parties. Soon they filled the country with their armies ; the government was seized upon, and Herod, a stranger, appointed king of the Jews. Thus perished the kingdom of Judea ; the scepter had passed from the tribe of Juda; the time was come when the Messiah, tlie Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ, should come to ble&^s the world and save mankind, to whom be praise and benediction forever and ever. END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. QuBSTioNS TO Chapter 87. — What is said of the latter hlptory of the .Fewe ? Who were the Pharisees ? Who were the Sadducees ? What is said of the world in general ? What alone was wanting ? Who were brought into Judea ? Why ? Who was made king ? For whom was the time come f 6 y^^<"^^ >X^ /( '■^'^^ / -^^ >5^ 3^3, '^-^ ^^x "^^ w- --• ^^>■^^^^^^ •-t>C».v^ 'V tt, ' "■^^'^6 ^ <:^6 ^ -"d- ^-^'■^ ■^ '^' -'<^(sL' -J, 10 - 13 .' G^ /v :^' O0:> '-^"^ - (/ c ?x €) • ~ ^'^'-^ /o -e:-' '--^"'^ *^ 6 :> ■S... 'li^^y- V ■^y / ( u / 9 r 0... ■i^-' ■o x J y t / /"-. 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