Middletown transcript., 1916-06-24
LESSON FOR JUNE rs
REVIEW, SECOND ouARrEn.

there be any praise, think ON these things
Phil. AS
The lessons for the past three
months extend over period OF per-
haps fifteen years, from A. D. 81 or 4O
to A. D. so or 55. 1t is the history
of an ever expanding church and the
ever widening influence of the work
which Jesus began and continued to
do after his resurrection, through the
Holy Spirit. No adequate or proper
review can be conducted without the
aid of map. If none is available,
take a large sheet of manila paper
and let some OF the ocholars make
an outline map showing the strategic
cente7s. Jerusalem, Damascus, Anti
och and as far west as Phillppl. Glso
the country involved, the coast line
of the Great Sea-" etc. 1t is a good
idea not to locate the chief cities but
have pupils attach TO the map small,
round, red and white stickeTs on
which might be printed the name OF
each city. Then other pupils might
trace on the map the course OF Pauls
Journeys. If all of this work is done
in the presence of the entire school 1t
will aid greatly in holding attention
as well as placing before the schol-
ars visible delineation of the lands
involved in this portion OF sacred MIS-
tory. The most outstanding incidents
which have been studied during the
past quarter, such as the conversion
of Saul, the healing of Aeneas, the
raising of DOTCas, Peters visit ID Cor
nelius, etc, could also be located
geographically by means of thumb
tacks with tags attached. A most IN,
teresting review would be to organ
ize in the school number of travel
clubs. Let each club come prepared
to give a ''travelogue,' or travel talk,
describing some of the chief events,
such as the Damascus journey,
journey to Joppa, to Cyprus, to lcon1-
um, from Antioch to Jerusalem, etc.
Let the pupils write out their ac-
counts and as each is written have
some scholar indicate on the map the
places involved, and others hang up
in plain sight of the entire school
piece of cardboard bearing single
sentence indicative Of the leading les
son of the event described. This lat
ter will mean to use a sentence or
parts of sentences as: I'VE are men
of like passions as you" The ele-
ment of contest could be employed by
having all the pupils in given de-
partment bring such sentences relat-
ing to the lessons on cards, and let
that scholar who can bring the great
est number of sentences be declared
the winner. The teacher must OF
course help materially in such con-
test by direct suggestion and by en-
couraging the pupils to undertake the
task before them.
For the adult and older teen age
classes it might be well to assign to
different scholars a number of great
problems which have been treated in
the lessons of the quarter, and let
each come to the class prepared to
read brief essay or to discuss the
subject assigned, relating it of course
to the work of the review. (Lesson
~ How the Holy Spirit converts
men today" Iesson W How can
the church be aroused to the great
work of MISSIONS Nesson Wild
THE Perils of Popularity Uesson
XII The conditions of salvation and
so on Another interesting plan
would be to have different members
of the class prepare at home brief
synopsis of the chief characters of
the quarters lessons: Peter, Dorcas,
Cornelius, Rhoda, John, Mark, Barna-
bas, Silas, Timothy, Luke, Lydia, the
Philippian Tailor. Of course Paul will
have to be considered from many diff
ferent viewpoints: I'aul, the perse-
cutor; Paul, the missionary, the or
ganizer, the writer, the great Chris
tian hero. Either assign such sub
jects or allow the pupils to select.
The entire book of the Acts is found
in miniature in ch. 1:8 and on the
map above referred to it might be of
interest to draw series of cOncentric
a plain sheet of paper, ignoring the
map, draw the rings, the center to
represent Jerusalem, the rest Judea
or Palestine, the next Syria, the next
Asia Minor, and the last one Greece
for that is as far as we have gono
during the past quarter. Each of the
circles can be filled with brief state
ments or interesting information. If
the circles be placed side by side they
can be divided into four quarters.
In one quarter place the names of the
chief persons involved, in the second
the principal events, in the third the
places and in the remaining circle of
the dates.
Such a use OF charts is valuable in
that it appeals to the eye, is real
test of knowledge and helps to sys-
tematize our information for future
use.
The facts of the quarter are about
as follows:
Lesson l. The Risen Christ by his
overwhelming glory conquers his bit
ter enemy, Saul.
Lesson II. Men are healed and the
dead raised by the power of the Ris-
en- Christ.
Lesson Ill. Peter, the Jew, is pre-
pared and Cornelius. the Gentle, is
called to a nomentous conference.
Lesson ". Jew and Gentle alike
receive the gospel and are sealed by
the Holy Spirit.
Lesson V. The Risen Christ by his
angel delivers his servant, Peter.