But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17. Our first parents, though created innocent and holy, were
Eden
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15. Although everything God had made was in the perfection of beauty, and there seemed nothing wanting
In God’s Image
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27. After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man,
What Fruit?
They that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Job 4:8. As an educator no part of the Bible is of greater value than are its biographies. These biographies differ from all others in that they are absolutely true
A Place in Line
The lips of the righteous feed many. Proverbs 10:21. Notwithstanding the prevailing iniquity, there was a line of holy men who, elevated and ennobled by communion with God, lived as in the companionship of heaven. They were men of massive
There’s Hope
Now these things which happened to our ancestors are illustrations of the way in which God works, and they were written down to be a warning to us who are the heirs of the ages which have gone before us.
That We May Be Encouraged
For all those words which were written long ago are meant to teach us today; that when we read in the scriptures of the endurance of men and of all the help that God gave them in those days, we