CAIN’S WIFE.

We do not know “who was Cain’s wife,” only that she was _Mrs. Cain_.

We do not know that it is of any more importance to us who Cain’s wife

was than who the wife of any other man was or is. We must not fall out

with the Bible because it does not gratify our curiosity in giving us

information on many little particulars of no consequence to us. We do

not know who President Grant’s wife was. We, no doubt, could easily

have found out, but it was of no importance to us to know, and we have

never tried to learn. Yet it is of as much importance to us, and as

much in reference to our salvation, as to know who Cain’s wife was. We

can not give information that is not in the Bible. The Bible does not

tell who Cain’s wife was.

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