nnection with the volumes of the "Good Child's
Library," constitute a choice and attractive Scriptural Library for
Children.

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THE FLOOD

CONTENTS.

I. The Wickedness of Man
II. God is provoked
III. Noah and his family
IV. Noah commanded to make an Ark
V. Noah Preaches
VI. Noah enters the Ark
VII. The windows of Heaven are opened
VIII. The fountains of the deep are broken up
IX. The floating Ark
X. The drowning World
XI. The Ark rests on Ararat
XII. Noah sends forth the Raven and the Dove
XIII. Noah comes forth from the Ark
XIV. Noah sacrifices to the Lord
XV. The Bow in the clouds

THE FLOOD.

I.

THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN.

Behold how kind and merciful
Our heavenly Father was,
To bear so long with sinful men,
Who had transgressed His laws.

The hearts of men wax'd worse and worse,
They disobeyed the Lord;
They followed their own thoughts, nor walked
According to His word.

And men were multiplied on earth,
They spread both far and wide;
And there were giants in those days,
Who did God's law deride.

The Lord look'd down from Heaven to see
If there were any good;
Behold they all were turn'd aside,
Sin tainted all their blood.

Yet still the Lord was good to them--
He gave them sun and rain,
And every blessing, yet their hearts
Were foolish, wicked, vain.

There is no sin so base as that
We call ingratitude,
To use those ill, with wicked hearts,
Who seek to do us good.

And when the Great and Holy One
With kindness stoop'd to bless
The sorrows of a sinful world,
And pity their distress;--

'Twas vile ingratitude in them
To act so wickedly,
And spurn the mercy of the Lord,
The great, the good, the high.

God's goodness leads us to repent,
And give our folly o'er;--
And if we use His kindness right,
We'll go and sin no more.

II.

GOD IS PROVOKED.

But God is just as well as good,
He will not always strive;
He will assert His sovereign right,
Nor let the sinner live.

He does not seek the death of one
Of all the sinful race,
Yet He will not forever bear
With those who slight His grace.