Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-09-23

ton how greatly shall he rejoice. Pa.
H:1.
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 Itch
dien"-I serve.
Gen. r. e. 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 obedi-
ence by the things he suffered" (Heb.
5:8) and he taught that 'if ye love
me, keep (obey) my commandments"
John 14:15).
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an approximate period of about
1875 years beginning probably B. @.
1924 (Beecher). In them there are pre-
sented nine rulers; David, Solomon,
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 mentioned, Nathan,
Ahiah, Azariah, Obed and Elijah. 1t
might be we'll for teachers to dis.
tribute blank pieces of paper and ask
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 several
lessons about that great prophet.
These kings can be classified as good
and bad, though the greatest of them
all DAVID suffered a 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 a most inter.
esting study can be made of the de.
velopment of Gods people materially
and the religious development also,
as well as a study of the causes for
the division of the kingdom.
The tendency in both kingdoms was
downward towards the destruction OF
the northern one and the captivity and
Impeachment of the southern.
A good method of review would be
to take up each of the different char
acters and give summary Of his life
and Of its effect upon the nation. II
viii be profitable to answer such CUES
lions 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 lessons
what emphasis has been made relative
to the word of God? What moral du.
ties and obligations have been emphn
sized? If good crayon artist is avail
able prepare on the blackboard IL cir
cles, five above, five below, and one at
each end of a rectangle. In this last
place the Golden Text for the day and
in each Of the circles, beginning in the
upper left hand corner, either a sketch
or some other suggestion of each OF
the several lessons.
Another suggestion for use upon the
blackboard would be to draw two
panels or columns ON either end of the
Divide the arch into five divisions 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
naDafona OCoIopoonO u,bon ,,ndo,,
meath the arch and between the panels
first the names of the remaining chief
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 be so made as to
call attention to the separated king
doms Of Israel and Judah, using the
arch for the names of the characters
Affecting the kingdom before its d.
vision.
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 according
to lessons they will be about as fol.
lows: Chief persons /, David, Joab,
Abishai, Absalom; 2. David. Bath.
sheba, zadok, Nathan, Solomon, Adoni.
jah; and 4, Solomon; s, Solomon,
Queen OF Sheba; 6, Rehoboam, old and
young men; z, Jeroboam; 8, Azariah,
Asa; 9, Elijah, Ahab and the widow Of
zarephath; 10, Elijah and prophets OF
Baal; IL, Elijah and God; 10, Ben.
hadad, Ahab, young men.
Chief FActs-1, failure; 2, anoint.
ing; 8. choice; 4, prayer; s, wisdom,
g. division; z, sin; 8. reform; 9, provi.
dence; 10, testing; III, discourage
ment; ~, defeat Thus BY careful and
prayerful preparation review Of each
lesson can briefly but probably be
presented.
The material for q successful re-
view along any OF the lines suggested
win demand careful preparation on
The part of the teacher. but viii be
well worth while In fixing the chieR