III. Cain and Abel..................... 47 IV. Adam's Life....................... 50 V. Seth and Enoch.................... 53 VI. Crime before the Flood............ 60 VII. The Flood......................... 64 VIII. After the Flood................... 76 IX. Disguised Infidelity.............. 90 X. Tower of Babel.................... 96 XI. Abraham........................... 98 XII. Isaac............................. 108 XIII. Jacob and Esau.................... 113 XIV. Jacob and the Angel............... 128 XV. Joseph and his Brethren........... 138 XVI. Moses............................. 180 XVII. The Plagues on Egypt.............. 203 XVIII. The Passover...................... 222 XIX. Israel Leaves Egypt............... 228 XX. Their Journeyings................. 248 XXI. The Law of God.................... 261 FACTS OF FAITH.
Chapter I (1) · The Creation
When God had formed the earth, there were mountains, hills, and plains, and interspersed among them were rivers and bodies of water. The earth was not one extensive plain, but the monotony of the scenery was broken by hills and mountains, not high and ragged as they now are, but regular and beautiful in shape. The bare, high rocks were never seen upon them, but lay beneath the surface, answering as bones to the earth. The waters were regularly dispersed. The hills, mountains, and very beautiful plains, were adorned with plants and flowers, and tall, majestic trees of every description, which were many times larger, and much more beautiful, than trees now are. The air was pure and healthful, and the earth seemed like a noble palace. Angels beheld and rejoiced at the wonderful and beautiful works of God. p. 33, Para. 1, [3SG].
After the earth was created, and the beasts upon it, the Father and Son carried out their purpose, which was designed before the fall of Satan, to make man in their own image. They had wrought together in the creation of the earth and every living thing upon it. And now God says to