10 CREATION.

 

fowls of the air and the fish of the sea, he created
Adam and Eve, the first man and woman; and where do
you think he placed them; in a house such as we have ?
No, in a beautiful garden, as we see them in the picture,
where they were surrounded with birds and flowers and
fruits, and everything needful to make them happy. God
gave them rule over all he had created, but required of
them, that they should love, serve, and obey him. Was
it not right that he should ask this, after all he had done
for them ? .

They were to tend the garden and keep it beautiful.
They were perfectly happy; for as yet they had done no
wrong. Their hearts were full of love and joy like the
angels. If God came to meet them in the garden, they
ran with delight to meet him, for they were not afraid.
They were pure and innocent, and so could not fear.
| How nice it would be now, dear children, to have our

hearts so pure and free from sin, that we should never be
afraid of God; that we could always come into his pres-
ence with delight. It is only our wrong-doing that makes.
us afraid, and leads us to feel that we would like to get
out.of his sight. How’sad it was that Adam and Eve
ever lost their beautiful home, and so filled the earth with
sorrow and suffering ever since because of their sin. I
will tell you dear children more about their sad ruin in
the next lesson.