The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-03-01
A BIBLE STUDY COURSE.

sons.
A BIBLE STUDY COURSE.
A Newspaper Bible Study Course
simple enough for young people, and
important enough for philosophers:
pre-eminently adapted to intermediate
and adult Bible classes.
THE CONDITIONS.
The conditions of this course are ~
Read the International S. S. Lessons
and the Suggestive Questions on the
same for not exceeding fifry-twO
weeks. t2) Cut the coupon out OF the
local paper, in which these questions
are published, each week the reading
is done certifying to the fact. 81
During the 80 weeks period answer
in writing any five questions You may
select from the weekly questions that
are indicated to lie answered in writ
| ing. (4) Deliver 10 the off CT of the
said local paper within one week after
the close Of the 50 weeks period all
the coupons that the student has, to-
gether with the five written answers.
Students may obtain help III answer
ing the written questions.
THE PRIZES.
The prizes will be awarded to those
who deliver to the said newspaper
office the greatest number of coupons
the ties to be broken by an impartial
examination of the five written an
swers. There will be two hundred
prizes given away during the year,
divided among four classes, fifty prizes
to each; class being composed of
the newspapers which take up this
Bible study Course during any quar-
terly period. Only one paper in a
town is permitted to publish these
questions. The fifty prizes are COM
posed of five large solid gold medals,
with the winners name engraved to
! the first five contestants; five Teach
er's Bibles, price $3.50 each, to the
next five contestants, and the book,
''The Heart of Christianity" price 81 50
each, to the next thirty-fiye contest
ants.
A DIPLOMA TO ALL.
In addition to these prizes, every
student completing the course will be
awarded a beautiful three-color dip
Iona, suitable for framing, whether
he wins any other prize or not.
A FASCINATING STUDY.
S. S. Teachers are urged to make an
actual test of these questions in their
classes. They demonstrate the super
| iority of the SOCratic over every other
method of teaching. Your thinking is
not done for you, but your own and
your scholaEs thoughts are stimu-
lated; vast fields are opened up to
your vision. They do not take the
place Of present lesson helps but are
supplementary. These questions will
make your class attend regularly, sit
up, think, and talk. Try them!
YOU AND YOUR CLASS.
AS a S. S. Teacher you should take
up this course and get every student
member of your class to do SO. IT
will be an unspeakable benefit to you
and your scholars 1t is easily done;
| it's benefits are vast; Is minutes a
week will do it, with an hour or two
during the term to write the five ans
wers. 1t cost nothing except for the
! local newspaper once week in which
| the questions are published.
THE START.
The local paper will run the ques-
| tons for 10 weeks as a preliminary
campaign to give time for all to get
ready, and the reading course starts
on the fourteenth week. See that your
scholars get the local paper which
| publishes the Questions. Enthuse
them every Sunday with the prizes
| and the great value of this Bible
Question course. Stick to them and
you will succeed.
THE SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
These questions are running in over
a thousand newspapers. They are en-
Enthusiastically endorsed by Pastors,S.
S. Superintendents, Presidents of Uni
oh Of 70
International s. S. Association the
Chairman of it's Lesson Committee, and
by thousands of pleased Teachers of
Adult and intermediate Glasses. Get
your local paper in which they are
running. Organize your class to join
the local club. Do it now.
ENCOURAGE THE LOCAL PAPER.
Tell the publisher what good he is
doing in publishing these Questions.
Do 1t frequently. The service costs
him money, so let him see how the
good people appreciate what he is do
ING for the community. Men, like
children, are helped by outspoken APP
proval. Let him see that it pays in
increased circulation to cater to the
| S. S. Glasses. You can get every mem
Der of your class to take the paper,
thus helping the publisher little,
| your class and yourself more, and the
cause of Bible study lot. If the SER
vice is appreciated it will be contin-
ued indefinitely, otherwise it will be
dropped.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
II you would like to have answered
any particular question each week or
any week from THE Suggestive Cues
lions on the Sunday School Lesson
by Rev. Dr. Linscott send in your re-
quest to this office, giving the date of
the lesson and the number of the ques
ton you wish answered. You may
select any question except the one in
dictated that it may be answered in
writing by the members of the club.
DR.. Linscott will answer the questions
either in these columns or by mail
through this office. Don't forget to