Riddle #1

Here is a little riddle to get you
to put your thinking caps on.
Good Luck!

God made Adam out of dust,
But thought it best to make me first;
So I was made before the man,
According to God's Holy Plan;
My whole body God made complete,
Without arms or hands or feet;
My ways and acts did God control,
But in my body he placed no soul;
A living being I became,
And Adam gave to me a name;
Then from his presence I withdrew,
For this man Adam I never Knew.
All my Makers laws I do obey,
And from these laws I never stray.
Thousands of me go in fear,
But seldom on the earth appear.
Later, for a purpose God did see,
He placed a living soul in me.
But that soul God had to claim,
And from me took it back again.
And when this soul from me had fled,
I was the same as first made.
Without arms, legs, feet,or soul,
I travel on from pole to pole.
Thousands of people both young and old,
Did my death bright lights behold.
No right or wrong can I conceive;
The Bible and it's teachings I can't believe.
The fear of death does'nt trouble me,
Pure happiness I will never see.
And up in Heaven I will never go,
Nor in the grave or Hell below.
so get your Bible and read with care;
You'll find my name recorded there.

This puzzle was written by a lady in California in 1890 in response to a gentleman in Philadelphia who said he would pay $1000 to anyone who could write a puzzle that he could not soulve. He failed to do so, and paid the lady a $1000. The answer is one word, five letters long and appears only four times in the King James Version of the Bible.

An eight year old boy figured out the puzzle. Can You? Good Hunting.

Puzzle Answer

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