Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON.
Reflections Of an Elevating Character
Wholesome Food for Thought
Studying the Scriptural Lesson In
telligently and Probably.

The lesson for March 20 is a review.
In again bringing before it the eleven
lessons of the first quarter Ii will be well
to spend some time in finding what the
class knows about the gospels. Such
questions as these may be suggested:
How many books have our lessons been
from this quarter? What are their
names? Why are they called by these
names? How did il happen that there
were four accounts Of Jesus life? Com
pare, though by way of contrast, the va
rious lives of ID. l.. Moody already is
sued, compiled from various public
sources, while the authorized biography
written from private materials Of the
family is still unpublished) Would it
occur to men Immediately after the as
cension of Jesus to write and publish
biographies of him? Why not? How
would the memory Of his deeds and words
be preserved during the first few years?
How do the first three gospels differ
from the fourth? What part Of Jesus
ministry is principally narrated in the
first three? What in the fourth? How
much does John narrate that is in the
other three gospels or any Of them?
Very little; feeding of 5000, Jesus walk
ing on water, passion week. Is any of
the gospels evidently written with the
main purpose of giving a narrative in
chronological order? Which comes near
est to it? Which is the briefest gospel?
Has Mark anything that is not in either
Matthew or Luke? Scarcely anything
beyond added words and phrases.) Has
Matthew anything that is not in Mark?
(Yes; reports of discourses Of Jesus much
fuller.) Has Luke anything that none
of the others have? Yes; especially ac-
count of Perean ministry, chapters 10
Is: 14) Has John anything not in the
other gospels? NEARLY everything, ex-
cept passion week.
Why did not the writer's of the gospels
get together and compare notes so that
they would not Flap over in their narra-
tives? What is the earliest date when
the first three gospel may have been
written? None of them in present shape
earlier than 60 A. ID Were the gospels
the first New Testament books written 7?
(No; several of Paul's epistles, probably
the epistle of James, ETC., preceded.)
What was the purpose of Matthew'S Cos
pei; of Marks; Of Luke's; of Johns?
How does this explain the differences in
their contents? Why have our lessons
skipped from one gospel to another?
Periods i'm Life of Jesus.
What are the generally accepted divis-
ions of the life of Jesus? Il. Thirty
gears of private life. 2. Opening events
of the ministry 3. Early Judean min
istry. 4. Galilean ministry, which may
be divided. 5. Perean ministry. &. The
last week. Z. The forty days.) How
many of these periods have we studied
What is the date Of the first lesson, the
birth of Jesus? What is the probable
date Of the last four lessons? CA. ID. %,
winter and spring. To what part of
Jesus life do the gospels give the great
est proportionate space? (The passion
week.. What is the next largest space?
lGalilean ministry Through what stages
had Jesus work passed in Judea? In
Galilee? Had he yet reached the height
of his popularity?
A Quarter of First Things.
OF what was the birth of Jesus the be-
ginning? or what was his visit to Jeru-
salem the beginning? or what was the
preaching of John the beginning? or
what was the baptism Of Jesus the be-
ginning? The temptation? Who were
the first disciples of Jesus? Who was
the first prominent man who came to
him for counsel? or what was the con-
versation with Nicodemus the beginning
in respect to Jesus teaching? (First
plain exposition of his misson) What
did the conversation at Jacobs well be-
gin-in the woman's life? In the city Of
Sychar? In the history of the Samari-
tans? What was the first place where
Jesus preached in Galilee after his re-
turn from Judea? How was he receiv-
ed! How did he begin his ministry in
Capernaum? Who was the first publ
can called? What did Jesus do in his
house?
The Geography.
(Have an outline map of Palestine, on
paper or blackboard) Show where Jesus
was born. Draw line from that place
to the place where he next went. Draw
line returning to the place he made his
home. How long did he live there? Dur
ing that time where did he go at least
eighteen times? Where did John the
Baptist preach? Where was Jesus bap-
tized? Where approximately was he
tempted? Where did Jesus go after the
temptation? Where next? What mira
Gle did he do in Cana? Where did he go
from Cana? John .: 12) Where did he
go at Passover time, A. ID. 81? Where
did he talk with 'Nicodemus? From
Jerusalem where did he go? How long
did Jesus stay in Judea? (From lass
over till about December, A. ID. 21.)
What route did Jesus take on his way
to Galilee? What other route might he
have taken? Where did he stop ON the
way? Where was John the Baptist i'm
prisoned? CAT the fortress of Machaerus,
on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea-
Where did Jesus go on his arrival in
Galilee? John 4: 40.) Where next?
How long was Capernaum his headuuar-
ters! until the trip to Tyre and Sijon,
spring Of A. ID. 20.)
Humanity and Divinity of Jesus.
What lessons of the quarter enpha-
size the humanity of Jesus? Why?
What show his divinity? If he had died
in the first year of his ministry, how
would it have affected his work? If he
had accepted the political leadership
which the people wished to give him,
what would have been the result? What
did Jesus mean by ''the kingdom of
heavenw Did he mean what we mean
by heaven? Was the kingdom of heav-
en- something present or future? (Both;
in different senses.) How may we enter
the Kingdom of heaven? Is anybody shut
out? Who shuts them out? When will
the kingdom of heaven rule the entire
world! Why does it not now? DO you
suppose that Jesus intended his disciples
to spend nineteen centuries just getting
started in establishing his kingdomy
Would he be discouraged il he were on