Line Upon Line, or a Second Series of the Earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Child Is Capable of Receiving; With Verses Illustrative of the Subjects (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867. Excerpt: ..., -At last, God made a man. God said, "Let us make man in our own likeness."5 To whom did God speak? To his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ; his Son was with him when he made the world. God made man's body of the dust, and then breathed into him. The man had a soul, as well as a body. So the man could think of God. Afterwards God made the woman of a piece of the flesh and bone from the man's side, as you have heard before. God gave all the other creatures to Adam and Eve; and he blessed them, and put them into the garden of Eden, and desired Adam to take care of the garden. When God had finished all his works, he saw that they were very good. He was pleased with the things he had made. They were all very beautiful. The light was glorious; the air was sweet; the earth was lovely, clothed in green; the sun and moon shone bright in the heavens; the birds, and 4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him.--John, i. 1, 8. beasts, and all the living creatures, were good and happy, and Adam and Eve were the best of all, for they could think of God, and praise him. VII. You know there are seven days in the week. Now, on the seventh day, God did not make anything; but he rested from all his works. He called the seventh day his own day, because he rested on it. This is the reason people rest on the seventh day, and call it God's day. It is the Sabbath day. It is the day for praising God.6 None of the creatures that God had made in the six days could praise him with their tongues, except Adam and Eve. Angels in heaven can praise God, and men upon earth. My little children, do you ever praise God? You have learned little hymns in his praise. Perhaps you know the hymn that begins, --6 I went with them to the hou...