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ened the minds of a persecuted tribe wandering in the 

 desert who finally settled in a small and barren coun- 

 try. It brought the truth to them so clearly that they 

 have persuaded much of the world of that truth and 

 bid fair to persuade the rest. The story has grown 

 with the mind of man. As it served the Hebrew in his 

 time it has grown to serve others to this day. Each 

 generation has read the story in the light of its own 

 times and each generation w^ill continue to read the 

 story in the light of its advancing knowledge. The 

 only part of the story that can be affected is the 

 clothing, the inherent truth remains forever, further- 

 more, the story which persuaded the childhood of 

 race is the story which will persuade the childhood 

 of to-day. In no other form could the great truth of 

 the Bible be brought to our children as well as in 

 the form of these early chapters. In early life our 

 children will accept these stories as literally as the 

 ancient Hebrew accepted them. As they grow in 

 knowledge, unconsciously and without jar, if we do 

 not jar them, our children will read into the story 

 what God has taught them in the world outside. The 

 shock which came to their elders need never come to 

 them. It is our fault if our children are disturbed 

 by the conflict between religion and science which 

 disturbed us. There is no difference between God's 

 revelation of Himself, as we have it in the Bible, and 



