The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-16
Religious Work;
A Real Bible Study Course.

A Real Bible Study Course.
Graded lessons for the Sunday school
have come to stay. If nc other proof
were needed it would be demonstrated
by the action of the boards of various
denominations in discarding the old
time style of lessons and "lesson helps
and turning to the practical graded
system as the only way out. So far
these graded lessons have been demon.
national and more or less satisfactory,
we presume, to each church board that
has adopted the plan. But now we
have a new course that Is undenomi-
national in character and that on ex-
animation appears to be possessed Of
two attributes that are necessary to
the end in Observation-Disclosures
and conciseness. "a Guide to Bible
Study" by DR.. H. E. Richards (the In.
dex Publishing company, Bloomfield.
n. j., has as its aim the pure study Of
the Bible. BY sending the student d.
rectly to the Bible it gives him a zeal
stimulus for study, a feeling that he Is
actually getting somewhere and &C.
complishing something by exercising
his own brains-making his own dis.
%coveries, not reading Of another's. It
does not distract by an embarrassment
Of outside material, for there is none.
1t is all careful, thoughtful, definite
Bible study, a real students book.
The lessons are graded and cover
seven years Of work, three for the
junior course and four for the inter.
mediate or advanced course. Pupils
and teachers use the same book. In
this course the Bible is twice covered
by the student, once in the junior
years and again in the advanced.
The Junior course takes the pupil
through the Bible in three years, two
years being given to the stories Of the
Old Testament and one year to those
Of the New Testament. Those stories
have been selected which appeal to
children Of the Junior ages, and the
illustrative Scripture has been chosen
and questions and summaries framed
to meet the mental capacity and spirit
ual need Of those years. The stories
follow one another consecutively that
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Gods dealings with his people.
In the advanced course the pupil
goes through the Bible again. but this
time he follows the unfolding of Gods
plan for mankind, seeing how in order
to keep alive the knowledge Of HIM
self in the world God chooses the
Jewish race through whom in the full
ness of time to reveal himself to man.
kind in the coming of the Saviour.
The preparation and training Of this
race is studied in the history of it's de.
velopment under king and prophet.
reaching it's climax in the advent Of
Christ-his life and teachings. The
influence Of that life is followed in the
further history Of the early church, as
shown In the study Of the Acts and the
Epistles.
Methodists Plan Big Awakening.
Methodists Of the north and those Of
the south, who We're separated by the
civil var are ON the point Of coming
together, and Lutherans, of whom
there are many kinds, are showing
more tolerance one for another than
eyer before.
Methodist leaders say that Billy Sun.
day succeeds not alone on his merits,
but because there is a wave Of religion
sweeping owe the country. The taber-
nacle movement is here, they say, and
it is a challenge to militant Methodism.
Figures indicate that the membership
Of northern Methodism this year will
exceed 100000 In net growth. Last
year, at 1851, Methodism beat all
other denominations. For the coming
year Methodists propose an evangel1s.
tic campaign that will make the net
membership growth in the twelve
months a quarter Of a million.
Part of the Methodist program is to
enroll 100000 men and women to de-
vote at least two hours a fortnight to
helping o. the awakening. Another
part is to get 1000 young men to go
into the Methodist ministry either for
service at home or in mission fields,
which will exceed the number in any
previous year.
Lutherans are getting ready to cele-
brate the four hundredth anniversary
of the reformation. The plan is to hold
in New York. October. 1917, meetings
Of all the Lutheran general bodies.
They may meet separately. but some
measure of unity will be secured If all
are here at the same time. The re-
ligious observance will take place on
the Sunday nearest to Oct. 81.
Another celebration also to be held
hn1o will rnlnnlnnonvofa <hn oivi1 n1yI-
cational and moral results of the ref
ormation. The plan is to have a great
street parade. to be the greatest event
of its kind New York has aver seen.
There are efforts to have part of the
celebration in Washington, and there Is
some talk among Lutherans Of asking