“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."-Revelations, 22, 13. "The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God."-Daniel Webster. "It is a belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life."-Goethe. "The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken."-Emerson. "The Gospel possesses a secret virtue, a mysterious efficacy, a warmth which penetrates and soothes the heart."-Napoleon. "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever."-Isaiah, 40, 8. Edited by (Of the College of the City of New York) With the Assistance of Rev. Prof. Julius A. Bewer, Ph.D. (Of Union Theological Seminary) Published by New York 385 389 List of Illustrations TO FACE PAGE TO PACE PAGE . God's Promise to Israel Joshua Saves Rahab . 406 Frontispiece The Lord Punishes Israel 408 The Lands of the Twelve Achan's Sin Revealed 410 389 The Altar on Mount Ebal 416 392 | Flight of the Canaanites 420 The Ark in the Jordan . 394 Joshua's Great Day The Passage over Jordan 396 The Five Kings in the Cave · 424 The Twelve Memorial Stones 398 Israel Tramples Upon Kings 426 The Captain of the Lord's The Victory at Merom 428 400 Joshua Divides the Land 430 . . 508 . . . . . . . 536 The Stone of Witness 436 Samson Captured The Angel Rebukes Israel 440 | The Last Great Deed The Worship of Strange The Idols of Dan Othniel 514 446 | The Levite and his Dead. 516 Jael's Grim Deed 520 454 | The Daughters of Shiloh 522 The Invasion of Midian 456 The Exiles from Judah . 524 The Calling of Gideon 458 Naomi Dismisses her The Three Hundred Chosen 462 Ruth Clings to Naomi Gideon Punishes the Gadites 468 Ruth at the Feet of Boaz . The Shadow of the Moun- Naomi's Happiness Jephthah in the Jordan Val- Ilannah's Prayer 515 The Philistines Destroyed 477 Samuel Given to God Jephthah's Daughter 478 Samuel in Praver 518 485 | The Ark Among the Philis- The Vow Fulfilled 558 Samson's Birth Foretold 490 Israel Demands a King Samson Demands his Wife 496 Jonathan's Daring Deed The Foxes in the Corn 498 Jonathan's Unwitting Sin . . . |