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BIBLE 



Bible. Any truth 

 which is presented to 

 children must of ne- 

 cessity be in story 

 form, and the Bible 

 is at its best in this 

 field. It was written 

 in the childhood of 

 the race, by men who 

 were striving not to 

 attain literary distinc- 

 tion, not to embellish 

 their works highly, 

 but merely to tell 

 their stories and sing 

 their songs simply and 

 directly, .that they 

 might not fail of their 



Then I tried reading 

 the Bible to them, and 

 quite took possession 

 of them. . . . The 

 corner of the veil was 

 lifted, and they yielded 

 themselves to me com- 

 pletely. They fell in 

 love with the Book and 

 with learning and with 

 me. 



The vivid stories of 

 men and women who 

 seem alive and who 

 have to do with just 

 those fascinating 

 things which interest 

 children most cannot 

 fail to attract and 

 hold attention. 



The Handwriting on the Wall 



The Wise Men of the East 



appeal. Tolstoi 

 phrased most forcibly 

 the relation between 

 this fact and the ap- 

 peal of the Bible to 

 children. "It seems to 

 me," he wrote, "that 

 the Book of the child- 

 hood of the race will 

 always be the best 

 book for the child- 

 hood of each man." 

 And he goes on to tell 

 of his experience in 

 teaching peasant chil- 

 dren, whom he had 

 tried to interest 

 through other means: 



The Good Samaritan 



Joseph, with his mar- 

 velous coat, with his 

 adventures in the pit 

 and in prison and with 

 his final triumph,, is a 

 hero after their own 

 hearts, and David's 

 giant, Jonathan's bow 

 and arrows and Dan- 

 iel's lions are just the 

 exciting touches which 

 they love. The find- 

 ing of Moses is an old 

 story which to chil- 

 dren is ever new. As 

 they grow older, there 

 is the pastoral of 

 Ruth, with its "happy 



