The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-09-24

The subject assigned for this review
lesson is aptly chosen, for the kingli.
est quality or virtue passed by any
king is to be obedient. The servant
who truly serves is obedient. The
motto of the king OF England is "lcb
diem serve.
Gen. r. L. Lee once said that fol
him the greatest word in the English
language is the word obey" We read
OF our master that he learned obedi
ence by the things he suffered" tHeb
5:S) and he taught that III ye love
me. keep tobeyJ my commandments
John 14:l5).
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an approximate period of about
1875 years beginning probably b. G
| 1924 (Beechorl. In them there are pre-
sented nine rulers; David, Solomon
/ Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Asa. Ahab anc
Jezebel from within. and two from
without Israel. the Queen Of Sheba ant
Benhadad, king of Syria. There ar,
also five prophets mentioned. Nathan
Ahiah Azariah. Obed and Elijah. Il
might be well for teachers to dis
tribute blank pieces OF paper and ash
the scholars TO write a brief outline
OF the outstanding facts regarding
these rulers, also OF Nathan and Elijah
though the last will more properly
come later as there are yet severa
lessons about that great prophet
These kings can be classified as gooe
and bad, though the greatest Of then
all DAVID suffered a most terribl,
fall. From these lessons the grea
facts of sin. grace. prayer. the word Of
God. faith. salvation and unbelief ar,
all to be emphasized.
For the older classes n most inter
esting study can be made of the de
velopment OF Gods people material,
and the religious development also
as well as a study OF the causes fol
the division of the kingdom.
The tendency in both kingdoms wal
downward towards the destruction o
the northern one and the captivity ant
impoyerishment of the southern.
A good method of review would b,
to take up each OF the different char
acters and give a summary OF his lif,
and OF its effect upon the nation.
will be profitable to answer such ques
tions as: What do the events of tn,
past quarter teach us about the char
Rcter OF God? What great teachings
have we had presented on the subjec
OF prayer? What peculiar manifesto
tons have been seen in the develop
mont Of sin? In this quarters lossoni
what emphasis has been made relativ,
To the word Of God? What moral du
ties and obligations have been empha
sized? II good crayon artist is avail
able prepare on the blackboard II cir
cles. five above, five below, and one a
each end OF a rectangle. In this las
place the Golden Text for the day ant
I'm each OF the circles, beginning in tn,
upper LETT hand corner, either a sketch
or some other suggestion of each o
the several lessons.
Another suggestion for use upon III,
blackboard would be to draw tive
panels or columns on either end Of tn,
board and connect the tops by an arch
Divide the arch into fiyo divisions ant
in the top, the keystone of the arch
place the name of good King Asa, Il
the left Absalom and Adonijah, and tt
the right Elijah and Ahab. On the lef'
panel write The Word OF God" anc
on its capstone David" On the righr
panel write. obedience" and on tn,
capstone Solomon" Then under
meath the arch and between the panel,
first the names OF the remaining chic
characters belonging to Israel, and be
low, but separate. those from without
whose names have been considered
during the past quarter. This arrange
ment OF names might De so made as tC
call attention to the separated king
doms Of Israel and Judah, using IN,
arch for the names Of the character,
affecting the kingdom before fits d.
vision.
Again the board may be ruled intc
two columns. one to contain the name,
OF the chief persons and the Other
the chief facts" Divided accordinG
10 lessons they will be about as fol
c lows: Chief persons /, David. Joab
Abishai. Absalom; 2, David, Bath
sheba, Zadok. Nathan. Solomon. Adoni
jah; 3 and 4, Solomon; o, Solomon
Queen of Sheba; 6, Rehoboam, old and
young men; 7, Jeroboam; s. Azarlah
Asa; 9, Elijah, Ahab and the widow o
Zarephath, 10, Elijah and prophets o
\ Baal; IL. Elijah and God. 10. Ben
hadad, Ahab young men.
Chief Facts-1, failure; ., anoint
2 Ing; 3, choice; 4. prayer; 5, wisdom
6, division; Z, sin; S. reform. 3, proyi
dence; 10, testing; IL. discourage
ment; IL defeat. Thus by careful and
prayerful preparation a review OF each
lesson can briefly but prodtably 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 whiis In fixing the chiei