The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-23
INTERNATIONAL
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LESSON
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 26
OBEDIENCE AND kiNosHlP (Re
VIEW.
by O, r. SELLERS, ActIbE Director OF
the Sunday School Course - the Moody
Bible Instltute)


GOLDEN TEXT-The king shall Joy In
thy strength. % Lord; and In thy saliva
ton how greatly shall he rejoice. Ps
nai.
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
iwho truly serves is obedient. The
motto OF the king OF England is "Ich
diem serve.
Gen. II. 4. 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.
$3.50 and he taught that III ye love
me. keep tobey) my commandments"
John l4:l5).
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an approximate period OF about
1876 years beginning probably u. c.
1924 tBeecherl. In them there are pre-
sented nine rulers: David. Solomon.
Rehoboam. Jeroboam, Asa, Ahab and
Jezebel from within. and from
without Israel. the Queen of. .ba and
Ben-hadad, king OF Syria. There are
also Ave prophets mentioned. Nathan.
Ahiah, Azariah. obed and Elijah. II
might be well 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 study OF the causes for
the division Of the kingdom.
The tendency In both kingdoms vas
downward towards the destruction OF
the northern one and the captivity and
impoverishment OF the southern.
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 na.!on. IL
will be profitable to answer such ques.
lions as What do the events OF the
past quarter teach us about the char.
aeter 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? II "A good crayon artist IN avail.
able prepare on the blackboard u cir.
Giles. Ave 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
board and connect the tops by an arch.
Divide the arch into FIVE diyisioes 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
Solomon" Then under
meath the arch and between the panels
irst the names OF the remaining chief
characters belonging TO Israel. and be.
ow, but separate. those from without
whose names have been considered -
turing the past quarter. This arrange
nent Of names might be so made as to
All attention to the separated king.
IONS OF Israel and Judah. using the
irch for the names OF the characters
Affecting the kingdom before its di.
'ision.
Again the board may be ruled into
wo columns, one to contain the names
u the chief persons" and the other
NO DlNlutu according
o lessons they will be about as fol.
ows: Chief persons 1. David. Joab,
Ibishai. Absalom: 2. David. Bath.
heba. zadok. Nathan. Solomon. Adoni-
All; 3 and 4. Solomon: 8, Solomon.
queen OF Sheba; 6. Rehoboam, old and
Dung men; 7. Jeroboam; 8. Azariah,
lisa; 3, Elijah. Ahab and the widow of
arephath; 10. Elijah and prophets OF
aal; IL. Elijah and God; ~, Ben
adad. Ahab. young men.
Chief Facts-l. failure; 2. anoint.
"; 3, choice; 4. prayer; 6. wisdom,
division; Z. sin: s. reform; 8, provi.
ence; 10. testing; IL. discourage
Ient; ~. defeat. Thus by careful and
rayerful preparation review OF each
sson can briefly but probably be-
The material for a successful re-
ew along any OF the lines suggested
Ill demand careful preparation on
10 part OF the teacher. but will be
ell worth while in fixing the chieS