GOING INTO THE ARK.


 How many different animals can you count going in
pairs in such a quiet procession ? No one seems to be
driving them, but all seem to take their places and walk
up that solid looking bridge.
 Who are those people standing there? Are they go-
ing in too? What does it mean? What building are
they all entering? It looks like a house on a ship on dry
ground. That is exactly what it was, an immense house
with three stories, a sloping roof, a large door; and under
the lower story of the building, it was like a flat-bottomed
boat. Who made it?
 Do you see that old man with a staff in his hand?
That is Noah, the only good man then in the whole
world; all the people were so wicked that God told Noah
he would destroy them all. He told him to make an ark
and showed him exactly how, the kind of wood to use, the
number of stories, how long, how broad, and the right
shape to float on water. He said that he would bring a
flood to drown all people except Noah's family and some
of every kind of animal.
 Noah did exactly as he was told; he must have hired