THE TWO BROTHERS.


 How many men are in this picture? What are they
doing? Those two men lived nearly six thousand years
ago, aimc they were brothers. The one who stands with
hands which seem ready to strike a blow, and with such
an angry face, was the first little child ever born in this
world. His father and mother were the first people on
the earth, and once lived in a beautiful garden beyond
those great mountains; but they did not obey God who
made and put them there, and he made them leave the
lovely place, and work hard, and dig and plant to raise
food out of the ground.
 After awhile a little child was sent to them, and his
mother held him in her arms and kissed him and sang
him to sleep just as your mother did with you before you
can remember. They called his name Cain, and watching
that first little child they must have been happier than
since they were driven out of the beautiful garden. After
some time another child was given, and they called him
Abel, and they were the first two brothers who ever lived.
 Day after day they grew, they walked and talked and
ran and played as little boys do now, growing large and