Other editions of book Line Upon Line

This Christian volume is from 1905 and is a "second series of the earliest religion instruction the infant mind is capable of receiving" and contains stories from the Old Testament. From the book's Preface: The design of this little work is to lead children to understand and delight in the Scriptures. If adults meet with difficulties in the sacred text, which commentaries often remove, children must necessarily meet with many more, some of which this little book may clear up. Since it is evident that commentaries would not suit the volatile minds of children, however simply they might be written, some other kind of help ought to be provided for them. The best assistance would no doubt be af- forded by the parent's voice: for no book can so forcibly arrest the attention, or touch the heart, as the remarks of a tender parent. But where chil- dren do not enjoy this advantage, a book may in some measure supply its place; and where they do possess it, may recall to mind parental instruction. Many interesting histories have been omitted, be- cause the writer feared to swell the size of the work, and judged it better to relate the principal events in detail than to give an abridged account of all. But these omissions may be supplied, by God' s help in another work. Contents: 1. The Creation 2. The Sin of Adam 3. Cain and Abel 4. The Flood 5. Abraham, or the Promised Land 6. Abraham, or the Promised Child 7. Abraham, or the Trial of Love 8. Jacob, or the Heavenly Dream 9. Jacob, or the Long Journey 10. Jacob, or the Meeting 11. Joseph, or the Pit 12. Joseph, or the Slave 13. Joseph, or the Prisoner 14. Joseph, or the Butler and the Baker 15. Joseph, or the Release 16. Joseph, or the Lord of Egypt 17. Joseph, or the Feast 18. Joseph, or the Forgiving Brother 19. Joseph, or the Long-lost Son 20. Moses, or the Basket of Bulrushes 21. Moses, or the Pious Choice 22. Moses, or the Burning Bush 23. Moses, or the First Plagues 24. Moses, or the Last Plagues 25. Moses, or the Red Sea 26. Moses, or the Manna and the Rock 27. Moses, or Mount Sinai 28. Moses, or the Golden Calf 29. Moses, or the Tabernacle 30. Moses, or the Priests 31. Moses, or the Journey of the Israelites 32. Moses, or the Twelve Spies 33. Moses, or the Sin of Moses and Aaron 34. Moses, or the Serpent of Brass 35. The Death of Moses 36. Joshua, or Rahab 37. Joshua, or the River Jordan 38. Joshua, or the Walls of Jericho 39- Joshua, his Death