from foreign dominion. The people could not, however, remain independent, but were obliged to seek an alliance with the Romans, who then seized the opportunity of making the land tributary, and appointed a governor over it. A merely nominal king, Herod, an Edomite, governed the land under the Romans. He was a man of great talent and energy, but a cruel tyrant. His flatterers called him the restorer of the throne of David; but the true Israelites saw with deep sorrow that a foreigner ruled over them, and that the sceptre had departed from Judah. They perceived, however, in this circumstance a sign of the coming of Him to whom, as their forefather Jacob had prophesied, the gathering of the people should be. After Malachi, no other prophet appeared to impart to their minds Divine consolation. This made them long the more earnestly for the promised One, the Son of David, the Anointed of the Lord, to restore again the throne of David, and to expel the Romans from the land. But they had something very different to learn. Long before, the prophet Isaiah had said, "MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NEITHER ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAITH THE LORD. FOR AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. a a Isaiah lv. 8, 9. 140 END OF OLD TESTAMENT. BIBLE STORIES, FOR THE YOUNG. By C. G. BARTH, D.D. NEW TESTAMENT. TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRTIETH GERMAN EDITION. LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS. CONTENTS. 1. The Angel Gabriel is sent to Zacharias and to Mary 2. The Birth of Jesus 3. The Wise Men from the East 4. Jesus in his Childhood 5. The Baptism of Jesus by John, and the Temptation of Jesus by the Devil 6. The Calling of the Disciples of Jesus.-The Marriage of Cana 7. Nicodemus 8. The Samaritan Woman -Zaccheus 22. The Disciples taught to pray. 23. The Merciful Samaritan, and the Unmerciful Servant 24. On Humility 25. The Transfiguration of Jesus 9. Peter's Draught of Fishes, and the Piece of Money 10. The Sermon on the Mount 11. The Miracles of Jesus 12. The Miracles of Jesus, (continued) 13. The Miracles of Jesus, (continued) 14. Warning to the Impenitent.-Invitation to the Weary and Heavy Laden 15. The Penitent Sinner, and the Canaanitish Woman 16. Death of John the Baptist 17. Parables of Jesus 18. Parables of Jesus, (continued) 19. Parables of Jesus, (continued) 20. Parables of Jesus, (continued) 21. Children blessed, and Men reproved. The Rich Young Man. Page 141 144 147 150 152 154 156 158 161 163 165 170 172 176 177 179 180 182 185 188 190 192 193 196 198 199 203 29. Christ's Discourse concerning Things to Come 30. Christ's Discourse concerning Things to Come, (continued) 31. The Washing of the Disciples' Feet, and the Lord's Supper. 213 • 226 229 231 234 50. The Cure of Eneas. Raising of Dorcas to Life . 52. Peter's Deliverance out of Prison 55. Lydia, and the Philippian Jailor 56. Paul at Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens 57. Paul at Corinth and Ephesus 58. Paul's Parting with the Elders at Ephesus |