. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . him he would bepleased with his gift; but if he did not do right, thefault was his own. Then Cain was wroth with A-bel, for he saw thatGod was pleased with A-bels gift and not with one day when both of them were out in thefield he rose up and slew A-bel, and the blood ranout of A-bels wounds and sank deep in the ground. As soon as this deed was done, God spoke toCain, and said ; Where is A-bel ? God Made the World. 43 Cain said, I know not. He is not in my God, who had seen the
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . him he would bepleased with his gift; but if he did not do right, thefault was his own. Then Cain was wroth with A-bel, for he saw thatGod was pleased with A-bels gift and not with one day when both of them were out in thefield he rose up and slew A-bel, and the blood ranout of A-bels wounds and sank deep in the ground. As soon as this deed was done, God spoke toCain, and said ; Where is A-bel ? God Made the World. 43 Cain said, I know not. He is not in my God, who had seen the crime, and knew justhow bad his heart was, said to Cain : What hastthou done ?The voice of A-beFs blood criesto me from outthe ground. And Godtold Cain thatfor his great sinhe should movefrom place toplace, as onewho was in fearof his life, andhad no home tostay in. Andif he shouldplant aught inthe field to bearfood, it shouldnot grow would come up and choke it, or it would bearleaves and no fruit, so that Cain would not havemuch to eat. And Cain said if God drove him here and there. THE DEATH OF A-BEL. 44 History of the Old Testament, on the face of the earth, and would not take care ofhim, all those who met him would want to kill him. But God said the man who hurt Cain would havea worse fate. God set a mark on Cain; what kindof a mark it was we are not told, but those who sawit would know it was Cain, and it would bring totheir minds chat God had said no man should kill him. Ad-am lived to be an old, old man, and had alarge flock of chil-dren, who grew up and were wed,and they went off and made homes, and day by daywere folks born in-to the world. When Ad-am diedhe was laid in the ground and went back to dust, asGod had said he should when he went out of E-den. One of the men who lived in those days wasnamed E-noch. It is said of him that he walkedwith God. That means that he loved God, andthought of him, and kept near him all the time, anddid his best to please h
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