Questions on Both Testaments, for the Two Divisions of the Christian Year - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... QUESTIONS. LESSON I. fffrst iounSas after STrCnftj. Adam. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,. and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life alio in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.--Gen. ii. 7-9. What is the meaning of the name "Adam "? Am. Earth. Why was the first man called Adam? Ans. To remind him of the dust from which he was made. In whose image was Adam created? Gen. i. 27. What then must man's character have been at first? Ans. Holy. Where did God place Adam? Was the " garden " the whole of Eden? Gen. ii. 8. Where did the country of Eden probably lie? Ans. Somewhere near the head of the Persian Gulf. Are there any traces of the garden left? What was to be Adam's employment in the garden? Gen. ii. 15. Whom did God give Adam for a companion? Gen. ii. 21-23. Of which tree of the garden were the man and the woman forbidden to eat? Gen. ii. 16, 17. Who tempted Eve to disobey God's command? By what lie did he persuade her? In what three ways was the woman tempted by the fruit! Gen. iii. 6. Whom do we read of in the New Testament as having been also tempted in a threefold manner? Whom did the woman tempt in her turn? How did Adam excuse himself to God? Gen. iii. 12 What curse did God pronounce upon the serpent? Gen. iii. 14, 15. What promise did the curse contain? How has this promise been fulfilled? A)is. In the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ. What was Adam's punishment? Gen. iii. 17-19. Why did Adam call his wife's name Eve? H...