The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-13
EHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII. FOR MARCH 27-
& A QUARTERLY REVIEW.
oldeR Text: t'Thou Art Christ tho
Son OF the Living God"-From Book
of Matthew, Chapter 16, and Verse I6
Explanatory Notes.

General RevieW.-I knew a man VINO
went a thousand miles and back. and sup
ported himself at great expense, to be
with Agassiz a few weeks at his summer
scnool at Penikese. An hour with the
great naturalist would have amply repaid
the trouble and expense. To even see the
master of any department is helpful
Christ is the master in the department
OF spiritual life. We are to have six
months study with him and of him. Hap
PLY we do not have to go to Judea- He
says, 81 will come to you and make my
abode with you" and "Lo l am with you
alway, even unto the end of the world" 3"
either as to time or space. 1t is not
nsh We experiment on, as did Agassiz,
but souls, ourselves. So there can be no
more interesting stud.
We have been studying the parts; now
we will study them as whole. We have
been, as it were, looking at particular
stars through a telescope, revealing a
brightness and tints that no unaided eye
can perceive: now we will look at the
whole sky with all its beautiful constella-
tions showing the glory of God. The indi-
vidual events are like sentences written
on the sky in letters so large that We
can see but a sentence at time. though
full of meaning and blessing. Note the
beginning and the unfolding of the life
OF Christ during his first thirty years.
Note how long the period of preparation
fthfrty years. for three and one-half years
OF work Note how the work of John
prepared the way. continued till Jesus
had been fully established. and then end
n1ed- Note the years of public ministry and
their characteristics. Note the steps in
he development of his work and how
ney are all leading to the founding of
his Kingdom when the time should come.
&Note the three great ministries of Jesus
named from the countries in which he
wrought and taught
We look at the life of Christ from
another point of view, and it gains
reality and vividness. if we trace out the
movements of Jesus upon the map. Like
the Greek scholar in Tom Brown at OK
ford" who traced on map by means of
colored pins the famous retreat of the
ten thousand under Xenophon. we may
trace in the same way the journeys of
Jesus from Bethlehem and Calvary. At
edch place we may call for a brief de-
Scription of the town. and for the chief
events which cluster around it, If we
nave large map we may use pins with
nlers on them marking the name of each
place as come to it. l. Thus we can
start with Bethlehem. . Then go down
with Jesus and his mother to Egypt. g.
Go up to Nazareth. where Jesus lived so
many years. l. Take the journey to the
passover at Jerusalem and return 3. Go
with Jesus from Nazareth to Bethabara
to be baptized. 6. To the wilderness to
be tempted forty days z. To Bethabara
again, where his first disciples Joined
him. S. To Cana with his disciples where
ding. 8. To Capernaum and return. thence
to Jerusalem for the passover 10. The
journey through Samaria to Galilee Naz-
areth and Capernaum. And so on through
all his journeys belonging to this quar-
ter's lessons.
Moral Teachings Review-We find in
these lessons certain characteristics to
cultivate. certain virtues to cherish GER
tain good deeds to do.
sAAll these help US onward and upward
foward the character of Christ which is
the character which makes heaven. The
more we are like Christ, the more fitted
we are for heaven. The way to heaven
Is the best way for this life
In seeking to be like Christ. and to at
tain the heavenly state we need contin-
ual help from him, or we shall fail In
these lessons we find some of the things
which he bestows for our help.
We may not climb the heavenly sleeps
To bring the Lord Christ down:
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For him no depths can drown.
But warm sweet, tender even yet
present help is he;
And faith has yet its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch him in life's throng and press,
And we are whole again.
. Through him the first fond prayers are
said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with his name
o Lord and Master of us all.
Whateer our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thine
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