The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-23

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 "Ich
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
or our master that he learned obedi.
ence by the things he suffered" (Heb.
6:8) 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
l26 years beginning probably B. c..
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 fve 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 a most terrible
a ETrN,
facts Of sin, grace, prayer, the word OF
God, faith, salvation and unbelief 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 well 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 ant
impoverishment of the southern.
A good method Of review would BIZ
TO take up each Of the different char
acters and give summary Of his life
and of It's effect upon the nation. II
will be profitable to answer such uues
tons 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 subjec,
OF prayer? What peculiar manifesto
lions 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 fs avail
able prepare on the blackboard 12 cir
cies, hive above, five below, and one al
each end or 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 o;
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 divisions anC
III the top, the keystone Of the arch
pace the name OF good King Asa tc
the lett Absalom and Adonijah, and tc
the right Elijah and Ahab. On the left
panel write THE Word of God" ant
OH us capstone David" On the right
panel write, "Obedience," and on the
capslone Solomon" Then under
healh the arch and between the panels
hrSt the names Of the remaining chief
characters belonging to Israel and be
low put separate, those from without
whose names have been considered
uurlhg the past quarter. This arrange
''eiit OF names might be SO made as tc
call attention to the separated king.
doms Of Israel and Judah, using the
arch Tor the names of the characters
anecting the kingdom before its di
vision.
again the board may be ruled into
TWO columns, one to contain the names
OF the chief PERSONS" and the other
tlo chief facts" Divided according
10 lessons they will be about as fol-
lows: Chief persons 1, David, Joab,
Abishai Absalom; 2, David, Bath.
sheba, Zadok, Nathan, Solomon, Adonh
Jan; and 4, Solomon; S, Solomon.
Queen Of sheba; 6. Reboboam, old and
young men; 7, Jeroboam; 8. Azariah,
Asa; 0, Elijah, Ahab and the widow OF
Zarephath; 10, Elijah and prophets OF
Baal; II, Elijah and God; IL, Ben.
hadad Ahab, young men.
Chief Facts-1, failure; Q, anoint
ing; 3. choice; 4, prayer; s, wisdom,
6, division; z, sin; s, reform; 8, provi.
dence; 10, testing; IL, discourage.
ment; 12, defeat. Thus by careful and
prayerful preparation q review of each
lesson can briefly but profitably be
presented.
The material for successful re-.
view along any Of the lines suggested
will demand careful preparation on