Outlines of Ancient and Modern History Author:Royal Robbins Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: With this means of safety, Noah awaited the destruction which was fast coming upon the world. Distinguished characters in Period I. t. Adam, the first of t... more »he human race. 2. Eve, the first woman. 3. Cain, the earliest born of mankind, and first murderer 4. Jubal, the first musician. 5. Tubal-cain, the earliest instructor in the mechanic arts 6. Enoch, translated to heaven on account of his piety. 7. Methuselah, the oldest man that has ever lived, being 969 years old when he died. j 1. Adam was created by the Almighty from the dust of the earth, on the 6th day of the creation. His Maker, it is said in Scripture, " breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living -soul." He was thus endued with an immortal principle, and being placed in a probationary state, not only his own character, but the character of his posterity, was to be affected by his conduct. As he came from the hands of his Maker, h was pure, holy, and happy; and he had every motive to persuade him to continued rectitude of conduct. His outward circumstances also were favourable for this end. He was placed in a delightful garden, the easy tillage of which constituted his employment. God imposed upon him but one test of obedience, and that was abstinence in regard to eating the fruit of a certain tree in the garden. Persuaded by Eve, who, having been tempted by Satan, had previously transgressed, he partook of the forbidden food, and thus death entered into the world, and " all our wo." His conduct involved the greatest impiety, and the consequences have been dreadful in time, and will be so throughout eternity, in regard to multitudes of his oflspring, who have imitated him in his disobedience, and repented not. It is highly probable that he, together with the w...« less