1. 2. QUESTIONS. The Answers to these Questions are in the words of TO MEMORY AT HOME. What were the names of Adam's sons, and their occupations? Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. What did Cain do one day? Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the 3. What did Abel bring as an offering? 4. 5 Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock. How did God look upon these offerings? The Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering, but unto What were Cain's feelings when he saw this? Cain was very wroth and his countenance fell. 6. What did God say to Cain? Why art thou wroth? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? 7. What did Cain then do to his brother? When they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel and slew him. 8. What did Cain answer God when He asked him: Where is thy brother? I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 9. What did God say? ro. The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. What punishment did He put upon Cain? And now art thou cursed from the earth. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be. WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS LESSON. BEWARE of heart-sins: before you know it, they grow inte hand-sins, SPELLING. These words are to be pronounced and explained by the teacher and parent one Sunday ahead. The spelling and meaning are to be studied by the scholar before he reads the Story over. A-bel.-Adam and Eve's second son. kindly. Brand'-ed.-Marked. Cain.-Adam and Eve's first son. Cursed.-Made to suffer evil. Keep'-er. One who is to take Not Pleased.-God was not pleased Fu'-gi-tive (fu’-ji-tive.)—One who Til'-ler.—A farmer. runs away. Vag/-a-bond.-Tramp, beggar. THE LESSON STORY. The First Two Brothers.—Adam and Eve had two sons, whose names were Cain and Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain was a tiller of the ground. The Offerings.-One day they both brought offerings to the Lord. Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought some of the fattest firstlings of his flock. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering, but with Cain and his offering He was not pleased. Cain Reproved.-Then Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. But God said to him, "Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lies at the door." The First Murder. But Cain was still angry. And when he and Abel were in the field together, he rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" And Cain answered, "I do not know. Am I Am I my brother's keeper?" The Punishment.-But God knew what Cain had done, and said to him, "The voice of thy brother's blood cries to Me from the ground. And now art thou cursed. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." Cain Branded.-Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is greater than I can bear. I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." Then the Lord set a mark on Cain, so that those who found him should not kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. I. 2. BUILDING THE ARK. Come thou, and all thy house, into the ark. QUESTIONS. The Answers to these Questions are in the words of Holy TO MEMORY AT HOME. How did men become when there were many on earth? What did God say He would do? Behold I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh. 3. With whom was God not displeased? But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 4. What did He say to Noah? Come thou and all thy house into the ark. |