Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-09-23

The subject assigned for this review
lesson La aptly chosen. for the kingIl-
est quality or virtue passed by any
king Ia 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:s) and he taught that If ye Ioys
me. keep tobey) my commandment
lychn 1879.
The lessons for the past quarter
cover an Approximate period Of about
LIS years beginning probably B. C
1924 tBeecher). In them there are pre-
sented nine rulers; David. Solomon.
Rehoboam. Jeroboam. Asa. Ahab and
Jexehei from within, and two from
without Israel. the Queen Of Sheba and
Ben-hadad. king Of Syria There are
also i've prophets mentioned, Nathan.
Ahiah. Azariah. Obed and Elijah. IL
might Be wen for teachers to dis
tribute blank pieces Of paper and ask
the scholars to write . brief outline
Of the oustanding facts regarding
these rulers. also Of Nathan and Elijah.
though the last viii more properly
come later ~ there are yet several
Lessons about that great prophet
These kings can be classified a. good
and bad though the greatest Of them
all DAVID suffered . most terrible
fall From thess lessons the great
facts Of sin. grace. prayer. the word Of
God. faith. salvation and unbelisf are
all to be emphasized
For the older classes q most inter
estins 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 was
downward towards the destruction of
the northern one and the captivity and
impoverishment Of the southern.
A good method Of review would BE-
to take up each Of the different char.
2cters and give . summary OF his life
and Of its effect upon the nation IL
viii be profitable TO answer such ques-
lions as: What do the events Of the
past quarter teach ~ 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 SIM 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 good crayon artist n avail
able prepare On the blackboard L. cir
eies, i've above. Eve below. and one at
each end Of q rectanzls. In this last
place the Golden Text for the day and
In each Of the circles. beginning in the
upper left hand corner. either q 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 i've 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 len
panel write The Word OF God" and
on its capstone David" On the right
panel write. Obedience and on the
capstone Solomon" Then under.
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
sali 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 viii be about as fol-
lows: Chief persons /. David, Joab.
Abishai. Absalom; 2. David. Bath
sheba. Zadok. Nathan. Solomon. Adoni-
jah: . and 4. Solomon: 5. Solomon.
Queen Of Shsba; 6. Rehoboam. old and
young men: Z. Jeroboam; 8. Azariah,
Asa; 3. Elijah. Ahab and the widow Of
zarephath: 10. Elijah and prophets Of
Baai; IL. Elijah and God; IL. Ben
hadad. Ahah. young men
Chief Fzcts-1. failure; Z. anoint-
ing. .. choice; 4. prayer; s. wisdom.
6. division: Z. sin: 8. reform; 9, provi-
dence: 10. testing; IL, discourage
ment; II. defeat Thus by careful and
preparation a review Of each.
lesson can briefly but probably be
presented
The material for . successful re-,
view along any Of the lines suggested
will demand careful preparation on
the part OF the teacher. but viii be
well worth while In fixing the chief
lacts in the pupils mind while 1t also
Win test the sort Of work the teacher
~ been doing.