Excerpt from The Bible Gallery: Illustratd by Gustave Dore, With Memoir of Dore and Descriptive Letter-Press The sad truth set forth in the preceding page is here illustrated in the most striking way. Alienation from God is always followed 'by mutual estrangement. According to the record given in Genesis, when the two brothers, Cain and Abel, appeared before the Lord for worship, the latter was accepted, the former one coming as a sinner with a bloody sacrifice, which pointed to the great truth of expiation, the other with an u-nbloody offering, which contained no suggestion of unworthiness or the need of pardon. Cain became angry at his ill-a success, and even the gracious expostulation of his Maker made no impression upon his mind. On the contrary, he went from bad to worse. Envy led to hatred, and hatred to obduracy before God, and the issue was the shedding of a brother's blood. Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. We are ndt left in doubt as to the origin of this fratricide. The Apostle John in his First Epistle (iii. 12) says: Cain Was of the wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.