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Title: The Children's Bible

Author: Henry A. Sherman
Charles Foster Kent

Release Date: November 21, 2007 [EBook #23580]

Language: English

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THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE

SELECTIONS FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
TRANSLATED AND ARRANGED

BY
HENRY A. SHERMAN
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS LITERATURE OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

AND

CHARLES FOSTER KENT
WOOLSEY PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN YALE UNIVERSITY

[Illustration: (C) Curtis Publishing Company

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not:
for of such is the kingdom of God"]

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
MCMXXXVI

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages, including Scandinavian

Printed in the United States of America

PREFACE

"The Children's Bible" provides, in simple English, a translation of
selections from both the Old and the New Testament. These selections
have been made as a result of more than twenty-five years of observation
and study. The text is that of the Bible itself, but in the language of
the child, so that it may easily be read to the younger children and by
those who are older. It is not in words of one syllable, for while the
child is reading the Bible he should gradually learn the meaning of new
words and idioms.

The Bible contains the foundations on which the religious life of the
child must be built. The immortal stories and songs of the Old and New
Testaments are his richest inheritance from the past. To give him this
heritage in language and form that he can understand and enjoy is the
duty and privilege of his parents and teachers.

It is hoped that "The Children's Bible" will meet the need an