(Tell Stories 2 and 3.)
To the Teacher:
1. In the story of Cāin and Ā´bĕl, explain carefully what is meant by "an altar"; and how in early times people came to God in prayer. With little children, use the word "praying," rather than "worship," and "gift to God" or "offering," rather than "sacrifice."
2. In the story of "The Great Ship," explain what "an ark" was, properly a chest or box; in this story, a great ship, built not to sail fast, but to float on the water, and to hold a great amount. Perhaps it was made so large, not only to carry many animals and their food, but also very many people, if the people had been willing to be saved by it.
1. Who was the first child of Ăd´ăm and Ēve after they were sent out of the garden of Ē´dĕn? Cāin.
2. What was the name of Cāin's younger brother? Ā´bĕl.
3. What wicked thing did Cāin do when the two boys grew up to be men? He killed his brother Ā´bĕl.
4. What does the Bible tell of the earliest people who were on the earth? They lived to be hundreds of years old.
5. Who lived the longest of any of those people? Me̍̄-thṳ´se-lah, who lived more than nine hundred years.
6. Were those who lived at that time good people? Nearly all of them were very wicked.
7. What good man lived in those times? Ē´nŏch, who walked with God.
8. What was the end of Ē´nŏch's life? He did not die, but God took him to himself.
9. What came upon the earth on account of the wickedness of its people? A great flood.
10. What good man with his family was saved from the flood? Nō´ah who built the Ark.
11. On what mountain did Nō´ah and his family leave the ark after the flood? On Mount Âr´a-răt.