The Wonder Book of Bible Stories

The Wonder Book of Bible Stories?by Logan Marshall

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Title: The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
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[Illustration: THE FINDING OF MOSES--The daughter of Pharaoh comes to the water's edge and finds the child. By chance the child's mother is called as nurse, and it grew and was brought to Pharaoh's daughter and became her son--(Exodus 2; 5-10.)]

THE WONDER BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES
EDITED AND ARRANGED BY LOGAN MARSHALL

[Illustration: The baby in the manger]

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO
TORONTO--THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, LIMITED Copyright, 1925, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
Copyright, 1925, in the Philippine Islands.
Copyright, 1904, by THE J.C.W. CO.
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. AT THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, PHILADELPHIA

CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION 1
THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE 3
THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE ARK 7
THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL 16
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 22
THE STORY OF JACOB 28
THE SALE OF A BIRTHRIGHT 29
THE STORY OF THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN 37
THE STORY OF JOSEPH
THE COAT OF MANY COLORS 42
THE DREAMS OF A KING 49
THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS 58
THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER 65
THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER 73
THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN 82
THE STORY OF GIDEON AND HIS THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS 88
THE STORY OF SAMSON, THE STRONG MAN 98
THE STORY OF RUTH, THE GLEANER 111
THE STORY OF DAVID
THE SHEPHERD BOY 117
THE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT 125
THE STORY OF THE CAVE OF ADULLAM 131
THE STORY OF SOLOMON AND HIS TEMPLE 133
THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET 138
THE STORY OF JONAH AND THE WHALE 142
THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE 147
THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN 155
THE STORY OF THE ANGEL BY THE ALTAR 160
THE STORY OF JESUS
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM 167
THE STORY OF THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN 172
THE STORY OF THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 179
THE STORY OF THE WATER THAT WAS TURNED INTO WINE 184
THE STORY OF THE STRANGER AT THE WELL 189
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMEN 195
THE STORY OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 199
THE STORY OF THE MIRACLE WORKER 206
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN 215
THE STORY OF THE PALM BRANCHES 221
THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL 228
THE STORY OF THE EMPTY TOMB 235
THE STORY OF THE MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE 243
THE STORY OF STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR 249

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE The Finding of Moses i
Title Plate ii
They were driven forth by an angel 3
Cain and Abel 5
The water rose higher and higher 12
So Noah opened the door of the ark 14
In some way she lost the road 19
Learned to shoot with the bow and arrow 20
For two days they walked 24
"God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering" 25
"Sell me your birthright" 29
"Now, my son, do what I tell you" 32
"May nations bow down to you" 34
Angels were upon the stairs 38
Jacob went onward in his long journey 40
Back to the Land of Canaan 43
Walking northward over the mountains 45
For twenty pieces of silver they sold Joseph 47
"The two dreams have the same meaning" 56
"What wicked thing is this that you have done?" 70
They made the Israelites work hard 75
She placed her baby in the ark 76
Moses became a shepherd in the wilderness of Midian 79
God fed them day by day with manna 81
A cluster of grapes so large that two men carried it 83
The angel touched the offering with his staff 89
The men blew their trumpets with a mighty noise 95
He carried off the gates of the city 105
He bowed forward with all his might and pulled the pillars with him 109
Ruth went out into the fields to glean the grain 114
Then Samuel poured oil on David's head 122
The giant looked down on the youth and despised him 128
David drew out the giant's own sword 129
Solomon on his throne 136
Supposed form of Solomon's Temple 137
Ship in Solomon's time 137
Denounced Ahab and Jezebel 139
Made king when he was only seven years old 140
"This is the arrow of victory" 141
To shade Jonah from the sun 145
Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage 150
An angel befriended them 152
Thrown into the den of lions 157
Daniel's Answer to the King 158
"Do not be afraid, Zacharias" 162
They were filled with fear 169
The baby in the manger 170
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