the highest part of a chain of mountains called Taurus, and is situated midway between the Black and Caspian seas. Hardly a traveller in modern times has been able to reach the top, on account of the immense beds of snow that cover it. But the natives of the country superstitiously imagine that some remains of the ark are still preserved on its summit.

What human beings were saved from the flood? Noah and his family; in all eight persons. How long was Noah in the Ark?

One year and ten days.

He went into the ark on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year, GEN. 7:11; and God commanded him to go forth, the next year, on the twenty-seventh day of the second. month. GEN. 8:14.

NOAH.

NOAH the Great!-a favorite of the skies-
A preacher bold—a hero, firm and wise—
Prophet and priest-see how he towers serene,
The world destroyed and world renewed between!
Around him, lo! what clustering glories run:
The roaring flood, the new outbreaking sun;

The Ark, deep freighted with its world of life,
Calm, grand, and stately, 'mid the sea of strife;
Mount Ararat, that peak of unknown height;
The dove, and olive-leaf, and rainbow bright.
These wondrous scenes are blended with his fame,
And cast their splendor on his deathless name.

What security has God given to man that the earth will not again be destroyed by a general deluge?

"God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."

"And I will remember my covenant: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh." GEN. 9:8, 11, 13, 15.

ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD

The population of the world was great. Only one language was known. Men were in a state of advanced civilization.

Shepherds, husband

men, musicians, poets, GEN. 4:23, 24, artificers, and chieftains, are either mentioned or their existence implied. After the flood the ordinary term of human life was gradually diminished.

BIRDS OF NOAH.

Sec here the Raven! Here the Dove!
The bird of prey, and bird of love.

The Raven is a bird of very black plumage; fierce and plundering in its habits, as its name denotes.

THE DOVE.

How gentle Noah's dove!

Sweet, promise-bearing dove!
The dove that plucked the olive-leaf,
The dove whose name is Love.

Come hither, dove, and bring
Thy temper to my breast,
Thy leaf of peace, thy faithful wing,
To flee from strife to rest.

Had I a dove-like heart,

All white and pure and good,
How swift from sin I should depart,
And homeward fly to God.

EXPLANATIONS.

Most of the Hebrew names were of a descriptive character. When first bestowed, the names of persons and places had each a special meaning.

ADAM. This name means red. It refers to the ruddy complexion of the first man, and intimates that he was formed of a reddish-colored earth.

EVE, denotes life. She was the mother of all mankind, and in this sense the source of life.