The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

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Title: The Good Shepherd A Life of Christ for Children
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: June 11, 2006 [EBook #18558]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: "I am the good shepherd. . ."]

THE GOOD SHEPHERD
A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR CHILDREN

FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
NEW YORK : : CHICAGO : : TORONTO
Publishers of Evangelical Literature

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
WHY JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD II. JESUS IS BORN IN
BETHLEHEM III. THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS IV. JOHN THE
BAPTIST V. JESUS BEGINS HIS WORK VI. SOME WORDS AND
WORKS OF JESUS VII. A FRIEND FOR THE SORROWFUL VIII.
MORE WONDERFUL WORKS AND WORDS IX. THE MAN
BORN BLIND, AND LAZARUS X. THE PRODIGAL SON, AND
OTHER STORIES XI. THE LAST DAYS IN JERUSALEM XII. THE
CRUCIFIXION AND THE RESURRECTION XX SELECTED
SONGS, PSALMS, AND PRAYERS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I am the good shepherd . . ." . . . . . . Frontispiece
Map of Palestine at the time of Christ
The shepherd's care
Bethlehem
Nazareth, from hill above

Jewish women grinding corn
The River Jordan
Jericho, from plains above
A modern Jew's wedding party in Galilee
Jacob's well
Ruins of Capernaum
The good Samaritan
Bethany
Child at prayer
The shepherd's care (2nd version)
The shepherd's care (3rd version)
The Jordan near Bethabara
Mount of Olives and Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Calvary
The empty tomb
The Sea of Galilee
The Mount of Olives
CHAPTER I
WHY JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD

In the beginning, before the world was made, the Lord Jesus lived in
heaven. He lived in that happy place with God. Then God made the
world. He told the hills to come up out of the earth, and the seas to run
down into the deep places which He had made for them. He made the
grass, the trees, and all the pretty flowers. He put the sun, the moon,
and the stars in the sky. He filled the water with swimming fish, the air
with flying birds, and the dry land with walking and creeping animals.
And then He said, 'Let Us make man.' Who were meant by 'Us'? Who
was with God when He made the world? It was Jesus. The Bible says:
'THE WORD (that means Jesus) WAS WITH GOD, AND THE
WORD WAS GOD. THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH
GOD. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM.'
So after He had made everything else, God made a man, and named
him Adam. God put Adam into the beautiful Garden of Eden, and at
first he was good and very happy. God also made a woman, named Eve,
to be his wife, and to help him to take care of the garden. All the fruit
in the garden, except what grew on one tree, was given to Adam and
Eve to eat; all the animals were their servants; and God was their
Friend.
A wicked angel, who had been turned out of heaven, saw how happy
Adam and Eve were, and he was angry, and thought, 'I will make them
as bad and unhappy as I am; I will make them do what God has told
them not to do. Then he will turn them out of Eden, and they and their
children will be my servants for ever, and I shall be king of the world.'
So the wicked angel, whose name was Satan, came into Eden. He got
Adam and Eve to take the fruit which God had told them not to eat, and
God had to send them out of the beautiful garden; for God had said He
would punish Adam and Eve if they took that fruit, and God always
keeps His word.
But God went on loving Adam and Eve even when He knew that He
must punish them, and He tried to make them good in this way. He
thought, 'I will send My dear Son down to the earth. He shall become a
little child, and grow up to be a man, and shall die for the sins of the

world.'
Hundreds and hundreds of years passed away before Jesus came. But a
great many of the people who lived in Palestine were expecting Him.
God had said that when Jesus came, He would be a Jew. The Jews were
very proud about that. They often talked about the coming