The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-03-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for March 81, 1e06
First Quarterly Review.


Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes.l
GOLDEN TExT-Take my yoke upon you
and learn OF me.-Matt 1l:29.
We should briefly review the whole life Of
Christ up to this time. as well as the year
under special consideration Keep the differ
ent portions in mind, with the dates Note
how long was the period of preparation (thirty
years) for three and one-half years of work.
Note how much more full the report Of
Christs life grows with each added year. The
epochs or steps in the development of the
work and kingdom Of Jesus should be Kept dis
tinctisS Sin mind Learn this by heart, SO that
each event OF the life of Christ may find its
place and be instructive, not only in itself, but
in its relations to the whole life and mission Of
our Saviour
PROGRESSIVE REVIEW.
Rev. Z. Blakeslee, in his Teachers
Manual for his Studies in the Life of
Christ, makes some excellent sugges-
tions for a review, which can best be
begun with the beginning of the quar-
ter, and carried out gradually to the
end. He proposes that each scholar, or
the class as a whole, make n harmony
of the life of Christ from the Gospels,
and illustrating it with unmounted pho
tographs. which can easily be obtained'
of dealers. MANY persons have done
this work with very great satisfaction,
and by the use of maps cut out of books
and papers. or drawn by themselves.
unmounted photographs, and other il
lustrations. have made most valuable
and attractive books. In making such,
a book the best plan is to use sheets of
heavy paper, stiff enough not to beN
wrinllled by the paste, and then to
bind them into book form, or tie them
loosely together after they are finished.
The best paper for this purpose Is un-
ruled writing paper, such as is used for
ledgers, and which can be procured at
any stationer's. The paper should be
cut into sheets about nine and one-half
by twelve inches in size. which will
give ample room to insert parallel pas
sages side by side, and for marginal
notes."
PLACES AND ILLUSTRATIVE OBJECTS.
In the bright little paper, the Childs
Hour, is given the following capital.
plan for studying the geography of the
United States, which can easily be
adapted to the life of Christ.
''The map of the United States, and
the products of the different parts of
the country were laid in the right
places. There was bit of coal for
Pennsylvania and Ohio, wheat along
the Mississippi valley, copper near
Lake Superior and gold in California.
Another way to make a product
map is to cut out the separate states
from large railroad map, or an old
atlas, and as you study about each one
paste it on large sheet of stiff paper,
and fasten on the things which will
show the industries and productions of
that region.
Here is an account of such a map,
written by teacher who has tried it.
She says: "On the day for the study
OF Maine the map of said state should
be pasted on upper right-hand corner
OF the paper. Several boys will,
doubtless, be found to volunteer
to whittle out a tiny boat,
which should be cut in two in the
length, leaving fat surface for at
taching to the ocean southeast Of Maine.
Toothpick masts, paper sails and flag
complete the matter, and the children
have learned that shipbuilding is an
occupation of Maine, and most heartily
enjoy the lesson. Rats of lumber
formed of tiny twigs, held together by
headless pins, float merrily down the
Penobscot; and whatever products are
to be taught are gu1nmed to the map.
"'When New Hampshire is taken up,
1t is carefully joined to Maine, and so
on, one by one, till the union is COM
plete.
In some such way we can study
Christ's life and travels in Palestine; q
ship for the sea of Galilee; well for
Shechem; temple for Jerusalem, and
small roll of the law; cradle and q
star for Bethlehem, and grain of
wheat to show that Ruth lived there; q
dove where Jesus was baptized; sands
for the wilderness of temptation; a cup
for Cana; a carpenters tool for Naz-
areth.
JOURNEYS WITH JESUS.
IF the lessons have been of h;stor-
ical or narrative character, very salts
factory method of review is to call for
the places which have been mentioned
in the quarters lessons. Pointing out
the place upon the school map, pin lover
the place. it's initial letter cut out of
some bright colored paper, and then
call for the connected persons, events,
and truths. ."-Sunday-School Times.
In tom Brown at Oxford" the best
scholar is represented as studying his
Greek history by means of map and
pins with large heads made of differ
emily colored sealing-wax. The red
headed pin represented one army, the
black another. And as the text de-
scribed the movements of the armies,
the pins were moved to the places
designated on the map. During the
late war several ministers did the same
thing with the various armies. When
news came of any change we marked
it with the pins. This plan gives great
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