The child's book of Bible stories : with practical illustrations and remarks on the fall . beautifuland pleasant garden in which they lived, and to losethe friendship of God f THE TEMPTER. 41 Satan was a tempter. He was the first tempter ofwhom we have any account. What do you think ofhim ? Do you wish to be like him ?— No, no, yousay, I hope I shall never be such a wicked andhateful being as he is. Take care, then, lest you follow his example. Doyou never have any wrong thoughts or feelings to-wards your parents or teachers ? Do you never feelunwilling to submit to their government ? If youth
The child's book of Bible stories : with practical illustrations and remarks on the fall . beautifuland pleasant garden in which they lived, and to losethe friendship of God f THE TEMPTER. 41 Satan was a tempter. He was the first tempter ofwhom we have any account. What do you think ofhim ? Do you wish to be like him ?— No, no, yousay, I hope I shall never be such a wicked andhateful being as he is. Take care, then, lest you follow his example. Doyou never have any wrong thoughts or feelings to-wards your parents or teachers ? Do you never feelunwilling to submit to their government ? If youthink and feel so, you are disobeying God; for hecommands you to obey your parents and are fighting against his government as Satan did. Do you never tempt any body to do wrong,—todo what you know, at the time, they ought not todo ?—Think a little before you answer the question. If you do, then you are a tempter, such as Satanwas. Fear, fear, lest you may become more like to God earnestly that he would keep you fromfollowing so dreadful an example. ??>. STOE¥ V- THE TEMPTATION. Satan did not think it best to appear to Adam andEve as he realiy was, a wicked and horrible being,—an angel of darkness just come from his dreadfulprison-house. He became like a serpent, such asAdam and Eve had often seen, and of which theyhad no fear. He found Eve alone, and near the forbidden was at a distance in some other part of thegarden, taking care, perhaps, of the trees and plants,or gathering some fruit for food. The serpent, or rather Satan in the form of theserpent, spoke to Eve. He asked her, if God had in-deed said that they should not eat of every tree ofthe garden. Oh ! yes, said she, we may eat of the fruit of thetrees of the garden. But of the fruit of the treewhich is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, 46 THE TEMPTATION. ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lestye die. Eve remembered very well what God had toldher; and sh
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