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NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
346 AND 348 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.LX.
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859. by
EDWARD TUCKERMAN POTTER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of
New York.
CONTENTS.
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FRONTISPIECE
TO THE OLD FOLKS .
. . .
TO THE CHILDREN . . . . . . . . .
THE GARDEN OF EDEN .
Noah's ARK .
THE TOWER OF BABEL .
Lot's WIFE; OR, THE PILLAR OF SALT, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND
GOMORRAH . . . . . .
HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS
THE OFFERING UP OF ISAAC
JOSEPH AND HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS
JOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT . . . . . . . .
JOSEPH-PHARAOH'S DREAM
JOSEPH–THE FAMINE . .
JOSEPH–His BRETHREN GO DOWN TO BUY CORN IN EGYPT
JOSEPH–THE SECOND JOURNEY OF THE BRETHREN ,
JOSEPH–THE CUP
JOSEPH—HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN
JOSEPH-JACOB GOES DOWN INTO EGYPT
JOSEPH–THE BLESSING.
MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES.
MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH . . . . .
MOSES AND THE BRICKMAKERS
110
·
THE TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT:-1. The Blood; 2. The Frogs; 3. The Lice;
4. The Flies; 5. The Murrain ; 6. The Boil; 7. The Hail; 8. The
Locusts; 9. The Darkness; 10. Death of the First-Born . 73
PAARAOH AND HIS Host SWALLOWED UP IN THE RED SEA
Manna IN THE WILDERNESS ..
. 91
THE BRAZEN SERPENT . . .
. . 94
GIDEON
95
SAMSON.
. 100
RUTH
106
LITTLE SAMUEL .
DAVID AND THE GIANT GOLIATH
114
THE LOVE OF DAVID AND JONATHAN .
119
ABSALOM .
126
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
131
ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS, AND THE Widow's CRUSE
133
ELIJAH AND THE CHARIOT OF FIRE .
136
ELISHA AND THE Widow's CRUSE OF OIL .
138
ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE . . . .
139
NAAMAN THE SYRIAN .
142
THE AXE THAT SWAM ..
THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA AND THE SYRIANS' Flight.
ESTHER.
151
JOB
162
THE IMAGE OF GOLD; OR, THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE
167
DANIEL IN THE Lion's DEN ..
171
JONAH .. ..
174
THE BIRTH OF JESUS our SAVIOUR
178
THE Flight INTO EGYPT
182
THE CHILDHOOD OF OUR SAVIOUR.
The Good SAMARITAN .. .
186
THE PRODIGAL SON .
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN .
189
THE RAISING OF Jairus's DaughTER
. 190
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
. . . . 191
THE RAISING UP OF THE SON OF THE Widow of Nain
195
The First MARTYR . . . . . . 196
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