The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-25
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNlAXSG1OOL
LESSON
6y REV. P. b. FITZWATER, D. D..
aeacher of English Bible in the Moody
6iple Institute of Chicago.)
SSopyrisht, 1920. Western Newspaper Unien.l
LESSON FOR JUNE 27
REVIEW: THE NOBLE LIFE OF
SAMUEL.

SELECTION FOR READING+I Sam.
12:1-5, 1925
GOLDEN TEXT will teach you the
good and the right way.-I Sam. 1923
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL Sam. Ill
1923
PRIMARY ToPIc-stories About Sam
JUNIOR ToPIc-A Boy Who Became q
Great Man.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Strong Points in Samuel's Character.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Samuel's Service to His People.
The method of review must largely
be determined by the teacher and the
grade of the class. For the junior
and intermediate grades good way
will be to make it biographical, CEN
tering in Gideon, Eli, Samuel, Ellis
sons, Saul and David. OF course, the
outstanding personality is Samuel.
For the older classes the following
from Peloubet's Select Notes is an in
teresting and profitable method:
This review, suited to older classes
only, will deal with difficult questions
involved in or suggested by the yar-
Gus lessons of the quarter, questions
that you may not have had time to
discuss adequately during the quar-
ter. Assign one of these to each stu
dent, and divide the time evenly
among them. The following list of
topics may prove helpful. but 1t is
intended to be only suggestive:
Lesson !. How to put religion into
our state and national government.
Lesson II. How to utilize better than
we are doing the power Of women.
Lesson m. How to bring together
and use the righteous and brave NIL
nority.
Lesson ~. How to single out and
help the deserving poor.
Lesson v. How to develop the re-
liqious capacities Of children.
Lesson vi. How to open the eyes Of
parents to their chiIdren's faults.
Lesson VII. How to bring to bear
upon public questions the decisive
power Of prayer.
Lesson VIII. How to select the best
leaders in church and state.
Lesson TX. How to develop individ-
uaI Initiative without the loss Of dis
cipIine.
Lesson X. How aodly men may in
fiuence the progress Of affairs.
Lesson xl. How to inspire children
with lofty ideals.
Lesson XII. How to make our lives
serene and trustfuI.
A plan which can be adapted to all
grades is the gathering of the main
facts of each lesson and then stating
its leading lesson.
The following are suggestions as to
the leading lessons:
Lesson for April a. AS Jesus Joined
the disciples on the way to Emmaus,
so he joins all who are journeying
life's way in sorrow and says, Tell
me your troubles and perplexities." >"
He wants us to confide in him.
Lesson for April II. Deborah's Judge
ship shows that a woman is capable
under God not only of the administra-
tion of justice, but of leading a nation
forth to victory in time of war.
Lesson for April 1s. The secret of
Gideon's victory was his faith. The
ground of his faith was Gods word.
Lesson for April IS. Because Ruth
forsook country, friends, and her gods
ed a place of honor in the ancestry
of Christ.
Lesson for May 2. Because Samuel
was given in answer to mothers
prayer and was dedicated by her to
the Lords service, the Lord was able
to use him in large way.
Lesson for May 9. Parental indul-
gence results in the shame and ruin of
both Eli and his sons.
Lesson for May 16. When Gods
people repent of their sins and turn
to him for pardon he will not only
forgive, but will fight their battles and
give victory.
Lesson for May %. When the peo-
Pile took their eyes off God. their King,
formity to the practice of the heather
round about.
Lesson for May 80. Because Jona-
than felt the call of God to deliver
his people and waited for Gods sign
for him, he was able to go forward
and win a victory in such a way as
to show that God was with him.
Lesson for June 6. Because Saul
disobeyed the command of God, judg-
ment from the hand of God fell upon
him.
Lesson for June 49, God looketh
not on the outward appearance, but on
the heart; his choices are not arbi-
trary.