not have; one is helpful to
the other.

Adam's heart must have been glad to see the woman whom God had made
for him. He now had some one to enjoy the home with him. Adam and Eve
were happy in Eden as long as they loved God more than they loved to
have their own way. He knew better than they did what was good for
them and what would make them happy, and they were glad to obey him.

But by and by their own way seemed better than God's way, and they did
things that God had said they should not do. When we do things that
God says we should not do, we sin. So Adam and Eve sinned, and were
ashamed to see God, and when he came into the garden, they hid among
the trees.

[Illustration: _The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are
glad_]

Our Heavenly Home

God loves men too well to leave them in sin and sorrow. And though we
have sinned, he will forgive us if we are sorry for our sins and ask
his pardon. He will give us good thoughts, and help us to love him and
to love one another.

We shall all die, but we shall live again; and if we serve God in this
life and are Christians, we shall live with him in heaven. There we
shall never sin and never die. We shall never be sick or sad; we shall
be happy forever. There we shall see God. Jesus will be there, and so
will all the good people who have ever lived.

God saw that the people he had made were doing wrong, and he had pity
on the whole world of sinners. So he sent his only Son to this earth
as the Savior of the world. You will find somewhere in this book how
God's Son came to this world.

The Day and Night

God made the sun to give light by day. The sun not only gives us
light, but also makes the earth warm and causes everything to grow.

Sometimes when the sun rises in the morning, it looks very close, but
it is really far away--away off in the sky. When the sun goes down in
the evening, darkness comes all around us. This is called night.

We do not want all daytime, in which to work and play; neither do we
want all nighttime, in which to sleep; but we enjoy both the day and
the night as God made them.

[Illustration]

Also, we see the moon and the stars. When the moon is full and round,
how large and pretty it looks! God made the moon and stars to shine at
night. Have you ever noticed the stars twinkle at night? How pretty
they are! There are so many of them that we could never count them
all. At one time some shepherds saw a beauti