SEQUEL TO BIBLE STORIES, CHIEFLY IN WORDS NOT EXCEEDING TWO SYLLABLES. PART I. LESSON I. CAIN AND ABEL. Little Wilberforce. WHEN my brother Daniel was a little boy, B dear Mamma, you used to tell him pretty Bible Stories, and I wish you would tell some to me. I mean some new ones, such as I have never heard before, for I have read "Mamma's Bible Stories" so often that I know them all quite well. Mamma. I will try, my dear, but I cannot promise that they will all be quite new to you. The first story I will tell you shall be about Cain and Abel. After Adam and Eve were turned out of that beautiful garden, in which God had put them to live, they had two little boys, and their names were Cain and Abel. As they grew up, they had both to Cain used to plough work hard. the ground and sow corn, that there might be bread for them to eat; and Abel used to take care of sheep, for he was a shepherd. Cain was not good when he was a boy, and when he became a young man he was a bad man. He did not love God. He did not love his brother Abel. And he was so naughty that he would not do what God told him to do. W. What did God tell him to do, Mamma? Mamma. He told him to bring a lamb and offer it up for a burntoffering. But Cain did not obey God. He brought some fruit instead of a lamb, and so God was not pleased with him. W. And did Abel mind what God said, Mamma? Mamma. Yes, my love. God told Abel also to bring a lamb ; and, as he wished to please God, he chose out the very best lamb in his flock, to offer as a burntoffering. So God was pleased with Abel, but he was not pleased with Cain. This made Cain very angry. He was angry with God, and angry with his dear brother. This was very sad, for brothers and sisters ought always to love each other, and to do all they can to make each other happy. W. I think Cain was like |