The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-09-23

thy strength. o Lord; and in thy saliva
ton how greatly shall he rejoice. rs.
ELL.
The subject assigned for this review
lesson is aptly chosen, for the kingll'
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 "1ch
dien'-I serve.
Gen. r. E. Lee once said that Tor |
him the greatest word in the English
language is the word "obey." We read
of our master that he learned obedl-
ence by the things he suffered (Heb.
5:8) and he taught that IF We love
me, keep (obey) my commandments"
John 14:15).
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an approximate period of about
125 years beginning probably B. Z.
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 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 most terrible
fall. From these lessons the great
facts of sin, grace, prayer, the word OF
| God, faith, salvation and unbellef are
| all to be emphasized.
| For the older classes most inter
esting study can be made of the de-
velopment of Gods people materially
and the religious development also
as we'll as study of the causes FOL
the division of the kingdom.
The tendency in both kingdoms was
downward towards the destruction OF
the northern one and the captivity anc
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 it's effect upon the nation. II
will be profitable to answer such ques
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
tons 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 empha
sized? If good crayon artist is avail
able prepare on the blackboard IL 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
in each of the circles, beginning in thu
upper left hand corner, either sketcl
or some other suggestion Of each O
the several lessons.
Another suggestion for use upon tn
blackboard would be to draw TIVE
panels or columns on either end of thu
board and connect the tops by an arch
Divide the arch into five divisions AM
in the top, the keystone of the arch
| &oOA AAS~'
the left >Absalom and Adonijah, and t.
the right Elijah and Ahab. On the lef
panel write 1.-THE Word of Cod an
on it's capstone David" On the RICH
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 withou
whose names have been considere
during the past quarter This arrange
ment of names might be so made as t
call attention to the separated king
: doms of Israel and Judah, using tn
arch for the names of the character
affecting the kingdom before its d
vision.
Again the board may be ruled int
two columns, one to contain the name
, Of the "chief persons" and the othe
the "chief facts" Divided accordin
, to lessons they will be about as TO
/ lows: Chief persons 1, David, Joat
Abishai, Absalom; 2, David, Bail
/ sheba, Zadok, Nathan, Solomon, Adon
jah; 3 and 4, Solomon; 5, Solomon
5 Queen Of Sheba; 6, Rehoboam, old an
, young men; Z, Jeroboam; 8, Azarial
: Asa; 9, Elijah, Ahab and the widow c
: Zarephath; 10, Elijah and prophets {
d Baal; II, Elijah and God; II, Bel
hadad, Ahab, young men.
Chief Facts-1, failure; 2, anoin
ing; 8, choice; 4, prayer; 5, wisdom
S 6, division Z, sin; 8, reform; 9, prov
t dence; 10, testing; II, discourag'
l. ment; II, defeat. Thus by careful an
e prayerful preparation review of eac
y lesson can briefly but proftably b
t presented.
j. The material for a successful RI
b view along any Of the lines suggeste