"I am very anxious that you should know something about the history of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to know about him. No one ever lived, who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for all people who did wrong, or were in any way ill or miserable, as he was."
Introduction, p. 15

"[Jesus] was born a long long time ago—nearly two thousand years ago—at a place called Bethlehem."
Chap. 1, p. 17

"King Herod hoped that Jesus Christ was one of them. But he was not, as you know, for he had escaped safely into Egypt. And he lived there, with his father and mother, until bad King Herod died."
Chap. 1, p. 20

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!"
Chap. 2, p. 23

"Jesus Christ chose twelve poor men to be his companions. These twelve are called the apostles or...