Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-03-28

Phil 2:5.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus our exarle
In helping others.
MEMORY VERsE-Follow me.-Mt-
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EASTER LESSON.
LESSON TEXT Cor 15:50-5S.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thanks be unto I'd
who giveth us the victory through II
Lord Jesus Christi Cor. 1885.
Dread Phil. 2:1-11.)
A great many Sunday schools vi
probably omit the review lesson ID
devote the day to some special Easr
exercises. This practice we can't
wholly condemn, but we would ne
every school to devote some time TIA
consideration of the lesson text.
Review Sunday is dreaded by may
superintendent but it is test 4
knowledge and skill In teaching, s
well as the character Of work done Dr.
ing the past three months.
Some codemn Bible-school teachg
by comparing 1t disparagingly VIII
that Of the day school without takg
into consideration the difference :
tween paid and volunteer teachers, te
limited time devoted to study, dis
pllne and other features. 1t is mai
testify unfair to judge the SunB
school by the same pedagogical stat
ards as are applied to our PUBIC
schools. The Sunday school deals VIII
spiritual realities and not alone VIII
moral issues. 1t is wonderful t.
timony to the blessing of God that VIII
such meager equipment, training al
time at our disposal, the results of te
Sunday school are so wonderfully eff
tive In the Christian development I
our country. With religious educatin
legislated out of our publieschool sy-
TEN, almost entirely neglected in or
homes, and not one family in five
six connected with the Christia
church, this suggests a condition save
ing of cultured paganism. This ougl
not to discourage the Sunday-schol
worker, but rather challenge him
greater concentration and more va
liant endeavor.
If,a review is desired, summarize til
lessons by allowing twelve classes Z
twelve persons to each bring in brio
digest.
Lesson I gives US the testimony q
John the Baptist concerning the ON
"mightier" than himself, "whose shoes
he was not worthy to unloose." Les
son 2 shows the impeccability of Je.
sus, in that he was tempted in all
points like as we are, yet without sin. :
Lesson 8 reveals him as the holy one
of God, with power over unclean spir'
its and other sicknesses. Lesson 4
shows us Jesus as Savior who has
power on earth to forgive sins. If he
be not the Son of God the worship of
Jesus is nothing less than paganism or
idolatry. Lesson shows us Jesus as
Lord of the Sabbath. Lesson as the
Son of God, not only in his healing
power but in his authority over I'M
clean spirits with power to delegate
that authority to others. Lesson Z
shows Jesus as the great teacher who
will bring forth abundant fruit and
eternal life. Lesson 8 shows the mar
velous germinal power of the divine
seed. Lesson shows Jesus as the
Son of God whom even the winds and
the sea must obey. Lesson 10 shows
us Jesus as the Son of God with power
over death. Lesson II shows US Jesus
as not only having authority over I'M
clean spirits, but possessing power to
impart that authority to others, while
Lesson ~ shows us his compassion
upon the unshepherded multitude, and
the exercise of his divine creative
power in feeding them.
OF course such review will be
rapid and perhaps incomplete, but it
will show that Jesus meets every stu
alton and that his grace is sufficient
for all the conditions of life. 1t will
also show that his words communicate
vitality to society but that their eff
fectiveness depends upon the response
which is accorded to them.
If test is required of the pupils, a
set of questions covering the work of
the quarter should be prepared and
given to them a week in advance,
from which half dozen might be Sc
lected for written review during the
class hour. This is no theoretical
plan. The writer knows of many Sun
day schools where written reviews are
being successfully conducted.
The Holy Land where Christ lived,
suffered, died and rose again, has re-
Gently been captured from the control
Of the Ottoman empire, and current
history indicates the probable early
of Jewish state in this
land of prophecy.