The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-12-10
Gold and Silver Medals,
\ Books and Bibles for the Win
ners.
r. Months Schooling Free.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Each week for year we will pub
fish a list Of questions on the Bible
and contestants must write an answer
70 one question q week throughout
the year. AT the end Of the year we
forward the answers to the Interna-
tional Newspaper Bible Study Club al
Philadelphia. whose judges will ex.
anime the answers and award the
prizes.
No attention will be paid to SIT
perior penmanship or superior ar
rangement or the. language used, but
simply to the thought expressed In
the answer. Anybody who can make
his meaning clear has an equal
chance with the best scholars. No
body barred from the contest but or,
1dained ministers.
These questions are In line with
the International Sunday school work
for the current year, and will be q
great help to teachers and pupils en-
gagged In the study and the work Of
the regular lessons. This paper has
purchased the exclusive right to pub
lish the questions in this territory for
1909.
Write out your answers each week
and send to us weekly or mail them
alto us at the close of the year as
you prefer. and you will be in the
contest with chance for gold
medal, a silver medal, a $3.50 Bible
~. n e1 En hnolx oy,ttt1o1 sNrho Hoo ~
OF Christianity"
Each prize will be, suitably en-
graved, giving the name of the win
ner, and for what it is awarded.
Each question must be answered
separately, and the paper written
only on one side. No. answer must
have more than two hundred words,
but may be less. Each answer must
have the name and address of the
writer signed at the potIom.
Begin this week, }be your own
teacher, master this weeks lesson
and be ready for a new lesson next
week. You will find it interesting,
and it does not cost you a cent ex-
cept for the stamp to send the ans
wers to us at the close.
These are the questions for this
week and only one Of them is to be
answered.
December IL, 1900.
Paul's Last Words-II Tim Nv. 1-18.
Golden Text-For to me to live is
Christ, and to die is gain. Phil 1:21.
Verses liz When minister in
authority gives instructions to de-
voted minister under him, concerning
the work to which he is appointed,
are his words more or less effectuaI
II he calls God to witness? Why or
why not?
What precisely did Paul mean by
!" Preach the World"
What, If any, reason is there to be-
lieye that preaching or its equivalent
can never be "out of season."
Why is the duty to preach and
practice truth, honesty, love, and the
presence Of God never out Of season?
Why Is every man under vital OBJ
legation to be always on the qui vive
to promote the temporal and eternal
interests Of his fellows? 81
Verses 3-4-What is the minimum
Of Christian faith necessary for
"sonnd doctrine and salvation?
This question must be answered in
writing by members Of the cIub.)
Why is 1t that burglars, counter
feiters. gamblers, liars, drinkers. aud
other bad men, and women, often per-
suade themselves that they are right?
When men do not believe in the
that is, God, prayer, Inn
rewards and punishments
after death. etc. give your reason for
your belief whether 1t is, or not, a re-
suit Of some moral defect in their
lives?
Verse What are the chances of
success, In any. calling. for man who
will watch, suffer, work and demon
strate his faithfulness?
Verse (Which is the more desir-
able time the day of ones birth or.
the day Of ones death. and why?
How did Paul at this time know
that the day Of his departure was at
hand?
Verse What can you say for or
against the theory. that the better the
man the less he thinks Of himself?
State your views as to whether
Paul was guilty of boasting here. or