Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23

TeJOlce. is. Il Il.
The subject assigned for this re-
view lesson is aptly chosen. for the
kingliest quality or virtue passed by
any king is to be obedient. The
servant who truly serves is obcdient.
The motto of the king of England is
"Ich dien''-I serve.
Gen. II. f. Lee once said that for
him the greatest word in the English
language is the word ''obey." We
read of our master that he Learned
obedience by the things he suffered"
Heb. 5:S) and he taught that IF We
love me, keep (obey) my command
ments" (John 14:15l.
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an approximate period of about
125 years beginning probably Il. c.
1924 (Beecher). In them there are
presented nine rulers; David. Solo
mon, RehOboam, Jeroboam. Asa. Ahab
and Jezebel from within. and two
from without Israel. the Queen of
Sheba and Ben-hadad. king of Syria.
There are also five prophets mention
ed. Nathan, Ahiah. AZariah, Obed and
Elijah. 1t might be well for teachers
TO distribute blank pieces of paper and
ask the scholars to write a brief out
line of the outstanding facts regard.
ing these rulers. also of Nathan and
Elijah, though the last will more prop
erly come later, as there are yet sew
eral lessons about that great prophet.
These kings can be classified as good
and bad, though the greatest of them
all (David) suffered n most terrible
fall. From these lessons the great
facts of sin. grace, prayer, the word
of God, faith, salvation and unbelief
are all TO be emphasized.
For the older classes most inter
esting study can be made of the de-
yelopment of Gods people materially
and the religious development also,
as well as Il study OF the causes for
the division of the kingdom.
The tendency in both Kingdoms
was downward towards the destruc-
ton of the northern one and the cap
tivity and impoveriShment of the
southern.
A good method of review would be
to take up each of the different char
acters and give a SUMMARY of his life
and of its effect upon the nation. lie
will be profitable to answer such ques-
tions as: What do the events of the
past quarter teach us about the char
acter of God? What great teachings
have we had presented on the subject
of prayer! What peculiar manifesto
tionS have been seen in the develop
ment of sin? In this quarters les
sons what emphasis has been made
relative to the word of God? What
moral duties and obligations have
been emphasized? If a good crayon
artist is available prepare on the
blackboard II circles, five above. five
below, and one at each end of a
rectangle. In this last place the Col
den Text for the day and in each of
the circles, beginning in the upper left
hand corner, either q sketch or some
other suggestion of each of the sew
eral lessons.
Another suggestion for use upon the
blackboard would be to draw two
panels or columns on either end of the
board and connect the tops by an
arch. Divide the arch into five diyi-
sions and in the top, the keystone
of the arch, place the name of good
King Asa, to the left Absalom and
AdOnijah, and to the right Elijah and
Ahab. On the left panel write "The
Word of God" and on its capstone
David" On the right panel write
obedience" and on the capstone
Solomon" Then underneath the
arch and between the panels first the
names of the remaining chief charac-
ters belonging to Israel, and below
but separate, those from without
whose names have been considered
during the past quarter. This ar
rangement of names might be so
made as to call attention to the sep
arated kingdoms of Israel and Judah,
using the arch for the names and the
characters affecting the kingdom be-
fore its division.
Again the board may be ruled into
two columns, one to contain the
names of the "chief persons" and the
other the ''chief facts" Divided ac-
cording to lessons they will be about
as follows: Chief persons 1, David,
Joab, Abishai, Absalom; 2, David,
Bathsheba, Zadok, Nathan, Solomon,
Adonijah; 3 and 4, Solomon, 8, Solo
mon, Queen of Sheba; 6, RehobOam,
old and young men; Z, Jeroboam; S,
Azariah, Asa; 8, Elijah, Ahab and the
widow of Iarephath; 10, Elijah and
prophets of Baal; H. Elijah and God ;
~, Benhadad, Ahab, young men.
Chief Facts-1, failure; 2, anOint-
ing; 3, choice; 4, prayer; 5, wisdom,
G, division; Z, sin; 8. reform; 8, provi-
dence; 10, testing; II, discourage
ment; 12, defeat. Thus by careful
and prayerful preparation a review of
each lesson can briefly but profitably
be presented.
The material for a successful re-
| view along any of the lines suggested
will demand careful preparation on
the part of the teacher, but will be
well worth while in fixing the chief
| fncts in the nnnil,S mind rvhiIa IL also