{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_36611/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_36611","id":"gutenberg_36611","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36611","summary":null,"tags":["Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature","Category: Children & Young Adult Reading","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"</pre>\n\n\n\nProduced by Larry B. Harrison, Archives and Special\nCollections, University Libraries, Ball State University\nand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at\nhttp://www.pgdp.net\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n  BIBLE\n  STORIES AND PICTURES.\n\n  FROM THE\n  OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.\n\n  [Illustration: The Crucifixion of Christ.]\n\n  NEW HAVEN.\n  Published by S. Babcock.\n\n  1842.\n\n\n\n\nBIBLE\n\nSTORIES AND PICTURES.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nMOSES VIEWING CANAAN.\n\n\nWhen the children of Israel were journeying from Egypt to the land of\nCanaan, Moses disobeyed one command of the Lord. For this act, God\ntold him he should not enter the Land of Promise. But as Moses\nrepented of his sin, God said he should be permitted to see the land.\n\nSo, when they arrived near Canaan, God said to Moses, Go to mount\nNebo, to the top of Pisgah, and I will shew thee the land which I have\npromised to the children of Israel; and after that thou shalt die.\n\nThen Moses went to the top of the mount, where he could see the land\nwhich the children of Israel were to inherit. And God then said to\nMoses, This is the land which I promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to\nJacob; I have caused thee to see it, but thou shalt not go into it.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nSAMSON CARRYING AWAY THE\n\nGATES OF GAZA.\n\n\nSamson was one of the judges of Israel, after the death of Moses. He\nwas the strongest man that ever lived. In his time the Philistines\nwere at war with the Israelites. These Philistines were a nation of\nheathen, who worshipped idols instead of the great God who made us\nall. Samson in one battle killed a thousand of them with the jaw-bone\nof an ass. After this, they found out one night that he was in their\nwalled city, called Gaza, and so they fastened the great gates of the\ncity, thinking they could in this way keep him there till morning, and\nthen kill him.\n\nBut Samson arose at midnight and took the two great gates of the city,\nwith the bar and the gate posts, and carried them to the top of a high\nhill, a great way off. In this way he escaped out of the hands of his\nenemies.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nDAVID AND GOLIATH.\n\n\nWhile Saul was king of Israel, the Philistines made war upon him and\nhis people. Among them was a giant, named Goliath, who went out in\nfront of Saul's camp, in the morning and evening, for forty days, and\noffered to fight any man in his army.\n\nDavid, who was then a mere shepherd-boy, heard of this giant and his\nboastful challenge. He offered to go out and fight Goliath, trusting\nthat God would enable him to conquer this proud enemy of his people. So\nhe went out, taking with him only his sling and a few smooth pebbles.\nWhen Goliath saw him, he laughed at the Israelites for sending a mere\nboy to fight him. But David threw a stone with his sling with such force\nas to drive it into the giant's forehead. He then cut off his head with\nGoliath's own sword, and carried it to king Saul in triumph.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nJOHN BAPTIZING CHRIST.\n\n\nWhen Jesus Christ was about thirty years old, he began to preach the\nglad tidings of salvation. About the same time, John the Baptist was\nalso preaching to the people and baptizing them. He lived in the\nwilderness, and wore a garment of camel's hair, with a leathern girdle\nabout his loins. He told of the coming of Christ, and warned all to\nrepent of their sins. Many believed and were baptized.\n\nJesus also went to him to be baptized. John with great humility said,\nI have more need to be baptized by thee. But Jesus answered, Suffer it\nto be so this time. Then John baptized him in the river Jordan, and as\nhe was coming out of the water, the Spirit of God descended upon him\nin the form of a dove, and a voice from heaven was heard, saying, This\nis my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWATER CHANGED TO WINE.\n\n\nOne of the first miracles performed by our Savior, was at Cana in\nGallilee. There was a wedding there, and he and his disciples were\namong the guests. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was also one of the\ncompany. Before the wedding feast was over, the wine was all gone, and\nMary said to her son, They have no wine. Then Jesus ordered the\nservants to fill six water-pots, which were standing near, with water;\nand they filled them up to the brim. He then said to them, Draw out\nnow and bear some to the ruler of the feast. And they did so.\n\nWhen the ruler of the feast, who knew nothing of all this, had drank\nof the water which was made wine, he said to the bridegroom, Most men\nserve out the best wine first, and after that the poorer; but you have\nkept the good wine till now.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nCHRIST BLESSING CHILDREN.\n\n\nSome mothers brought their little children to the Savior, that he\nmight bless them. His disciples, however, told the women to go away\nand not trouble their master with children. Then Jesus, hearing this,\nreproved his disciples and said, Suffer little children to come unto\nme, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he\nthen took them in his arms and blessed them.\n\nShould you not like the Lord Jesus to bless you, my dear little\nreader? Then pray to him and he will do so. He is the same kind friend\nto little children now that he was then, and he loves all who love and\nserve him. Try, then, to be good, and he will love and bless you. You\nwill then be happy in this world, and when you come to die you will go\nto heaven and be happy with him in the world to come.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nCONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.\n\n\nThere was a young man named Saul; he was a Pharisee, and a man of\ngreat learning, but he hated all the followers of Christ, who were\nthen called, as they are now, by the name of Christians. So great was\nhis hatred, that he put many of them in prison and was in favor of\nhaving others put to death.\n\nOnce, when he was going to the city of Damascus, with authority to take\nthe followers of Jesus prisoners, a light suddenly shone upon him with\nexceeding great brightness. It was so dazzling that he could not bear\nit, and he fell from his horse to the ground. At the same time he heard\na voice calling out, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And Saul\nasked, Who art thou, Lord? Then the voice answered, I am Jesus, whom\nthou persecutest. Then said Saul, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? He\nwas told to go to the city and he should be there shown what to do.\n\nWhen he arose from the ground he was entirely blind, and was led by\nhis attendants to the city, and in three days his sight was again\nrestored to him.\n\nAfter this he was called Paul, and became one of the most energetic\npreachers of the gospel that the Christian religion ever had. By his\nzeal and learning he was able to confound all the Jews, and to prove\nthat Jesus was the Christ,--the Son of God. At last, after a life of\ngreat usefulness, but of much trial and suffering, he was cruelly\nbeheaded by the enemies of his divine Lord and Master.\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber's Note\n\n\n  *Spelling errors have been corrected.\n\n\n\n\n\n<pre id=\"pg-footer\">","title":"Bible Stories and Pictures. From the Old and New Testaments","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":1286}