. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . u fa I c o Q < .apq I < PQ faO I * o Hfa HH The Great Flood; and a Great Tower. 53 At this time all those who dwelt on the earthspoke but one tongue; that is, they used the samekind of speech. Now these tribes did not stay in one spot all thetime, but would packup their tents and movefrom place to place asthey chose. And as they wentto the east they cameto a plain in the land ofShi-nar. And theysaid, Let us make brickand build a high tow-erthat shall reach up tothe sky. And let usmake a na
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . u fa I c o Q < .apq I < PQ faO I * o Hfa HH The Great Flood; and a Great Tower. 53 At this time all those who dwelt on the earthspoke but one tongue; that is, they used the samekind of speech. Now these tribes did not stay in one spot all thetime, but would packup their tents and movefrom place to place asthey chose. And as they wentto the east they cameto a plain in the land ofShi-nar. And theysaid, Let us make brickand build a high tow-erthat shall reach up tothe sky. And let usmake a name, so thatwhen we go from thisplace it will be knownwhat great men werehere, and what greatdeeds they could do. And they set towork to build it. God, who read their hearts, knew that sin was at workthere, and that the tow-er they meant to build wasnot to serve him in, or to add to his praise. So he. BUILD-ING THE TOW-ER OF BA-BEL. 54 History of the Old Testament. was not pleased with their work, and chose a strangeway to stop them. He made them all at once speakin strange tongues. This one could not tell whatthat one said, and they made such a noise that itgrew to be just a ba-bel of sound. And that is whyit was called the tow-er of Ba-bel. CHAPTER III. ABRAHAM \ THE MAN OF FAITH. There dwelt in the land of Ur a man whosename was A-bra-ham. And in that land the mendid not serve the true God, but had set up false godsto whom they paid their vows. And God told A-bra-ham to leave his home andgo to a land which he would show him. A-bra-hamdid not know where the land was, but he had greatfaith, and knew that God would take care of him andbring him to the land he had told him of. So A-bra-ham took Sa-rah, his wife, and hisbro-thers son, whose name was Lot, and they set outfor the land which God had said he would showhim. A-bra-ham was a rich man, and so was Lot, andthev had a great wea
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