Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-01-20
HRIsTIAN ENDEAvoR.
~nvsr Meeting Topic For the WeeI
Beginning Jan. "a, 1909.
BY REV S. H. DOYLE.

+ BY REV s. FL. DOYLE.
: Nuvic-Lffe lessons from the book of
-qnsnesis. Gen. l, Is. 26-Si-
Twelve books of the Bible, one for
ssnnch month. have been selected for
AwW study in the present year. In a
fnate on the United society's topic
kcnrd it is explained that these books
H-ae selected by a large company of
Hlnaaing clergymen and laymen on the
yWny to the Seattle convention. VINO
sneacee the books of the Bible most
tzhaapful to them" 1t is also added
NG2at ssin each case the entire book is
tapen for comment" This gives to all
Schristian Endeavorers an excellent OPP
iDurtunity to study twelve of the most
Nnortant books of the Bible, not in
sDaEfs, but as a whole. This oppor-
yutnnity should be improved. Each
annmth the entire book should not only
~ read, but also studied. Such study
NUGn prove most Interesting and do
0Uay with much ignorance that ex-
Nz1B concerning the Bible because of
aAe tendency to study but short pas
@ees of each book. "a Get good
OutliAC Va CdNh oVph- tSt = hNh
1nnfliarize yourself with the details
tunaer each head of the outline. The
6sanlts will amply pay for the time
iannA study given in following such
laa-
The book of Genesis, as its name
SDplies, is a book of beginnings. In 1t
~e have recorded the beginning of the
1keavens and earth, the beginning Of
Afhe Sabbath, of the human race, of
luln, of Gods punishment of sin and of
ethe life of the chosen people of God
&crum Abraham down to the death of
Uoseph Its contents may be divided
INTO four parts:
l. The creation, including man and
kls fall, 3.
2. The antedilurian history of man
fhlnd-iv, 8.
q The deluge and subsequent events
@, II.
4 The patriarchal age, including the
Aives of Abraham. Isaac, Jacob and
this twelve sons to the death of Joseph
-K1i, so.
Under some such outline the con-
t4snts of the entire book stand out
Pc3early before US and may help US
sxreatly in the more detailed study of
s1he book itself
But Genesis is more than a simple
statement of the early facts in h.
IAN history. 1t reveals God as the
SCreAtor of the universe and all that
IL within it and thus lays the founda-
sion of our faith in our God as the
SOreator and Preserver of all things
ut tells the sad story of the corrup-
St1on of the entire human race through
asEhe disobedience and sin of the first
Madam. 1t tells how sin entered into
,9he world, but not why it entered
Mhen with these things and what fol
2ows up to Abraham as background
Ats chief design is revealed in that ii
IDS to show how God revealed Himself
ssto the first fathers Of tie Jewish ma
sf1on in order that He might make to
S1dfmself a people who should be His
rwttnesses on the earth and through
7whom the second Adam, or the Saviour
nj the world, was to come.
Genesis, above all, should speak to
- Of God-God in creation, God in
IN. We having been created in His
loWn image; God in the human race
Sand God in people especially chosen
10 witness to the world of Him and
- lead lost world back to Him In
>fhe beginning
BIBLE READINGS.
{ Gen. H. 1-3; lii, lib: iy, 81: vi, Is: