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olives flourish in this delightful district Oleanders fringe the sandy beach at 

 Gennesareth, and the grass is gay with flowers of every hue. 



From a country thus rich in diversities of climate, elevation, and natural pro- 

 ductions, the sacred writers were led to draw their supplies of imagery in the 

 composition of a world-wide volume which we cherish as the " Book of Books." 

 and reverence as the Word of God to Man. 



Scripture Natural History. W. H. GROSER. 



SCRIPTURE SELECTIONS. 



MAY BE ARRANGED FOR A RESPOXSIVE SERVICE. 

 (Words in parenthesis. Revised Version.) 



XXX, 37. And Jacob took rods of green 

 poplar and of the hazel, and of the 

 chestnut tree (fresh poplar, and of the 

 almond, and of the plane tree). 

 XLIII, ii. Israel said, take of the best 

 fruits of the land in your vessels, and 

 carry down the man a present, a little 

 balm, and a little honey, spices, and 

 myrrh, nuts and almonds. 



GENESIS. 



I, ii. And God said, Let the earth bring 



forth the fruit tree, }-ielding fruit after 



his kind. 

 12. And the earth brought forth the tree, 



yielding fruit whose seed was in itself 



after his kind. And God saw that it 



was good. 

 29. And God said, Behold I have given 



you every tree in which is the fruit of a 



tree yielding seed; to you it shall be 



for meat. 



II, S. And the LORD God planted a garden 



eastward in Eden, and there He put the 

 man whom he had formed. 

 9. And out of the ground made the 

 LORD God to grow every tree that is 

 pleasant to the sight, and good for food; 

 the tree of life also in the midst of the 

 garden, and the tree of knowledge of 

 good and evil. 



VI, 14. Make thee an oak of gopher-wood. 



XVIII, 2, 4, 5, S. And Abraham looked, 

 and lo ! three men stood by him and he 

 said, " Rest yourselves under the tree, 

 and comfort ye your hearts." And he 

 set before them, and he stood by them 

 while they did eat. 



XXI, 33. And Abraham planted a grove in 

 Beersheba, and called there on the 

 name of the LORD, the everlasting 

 God. 



XXIII, 17, 18. And the field of Ephron, 

 and all the trees that were in the field, 

 that were in all the borders round about 

 were made sure unto Abraham for a 

 possession. 



EXODUS. 



XV, 27. And they came to Elim, where 

 were twelve wells (springs) of water, 

 and three score and ten palm trees; and 

 they encamped there by the water. 



XXV, 10. They shall make an ark of. 

 (acacia) wood. 



NUMBERS. 



XXIV, 6. As gardens by the river's side, 

 as trees of lign aloes which the LORD 

 hath planted, and as cedar trees beside 

 the waters. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



VIII, 7, 8, 9. For the LORD thy God bring- 

 eth thee into a good land ; a land of 

 brooks of water, of fountains and 

 depths that spring out of valleys and 

 hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, 

 and vines, and fig trees, and pome- 

 granates ; a land of oil, olive, and 

 honey ; a land wherein thou shalt eat 

 bread without scarceness, thou shalt 

 not lack any thing in it ; a land whose 

 stones are iron, and out of whose hills 

 thou mayest dig brass. 



