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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 will 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 
