Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-31
FOR SEPTEMBER 3
NEHEMIAH REBuiLps THE
WALLS OF JERUsALEM

LESSON TExT-Neh. s:1-7:A.
GOLDEN TExT-our God win hght for
us-Neh. t:20.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Neh. a;s-O:
! Cor. a:s-I7.
PRIMARY ToPIc-How God helped Me-
hemiah Build a Wall.
JUNIOR ToPIC-How q City Wall Was
Rebuilt.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Praying, Watching, Working.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Success Through Leadership and Co
operation.
Having secured q leave Of absence
from the Persian court, and creden-
tails from the king, Nehemiah jour-
neyed to Jerusalem. After resting
three days without disclosing his pur-
pose to any one, he made a survey
Of the walls by night. Having thus OBJ
tanned irst-hand information he called
the representatives Of the Jews to-
gether and said, Let us build the
walls Of jerusalem" he then made
known the hand Of providence in
bringing him to Jerusalem with the
authority to rebuild its walls. He thus
showed great wisdom In finding out
for himself the real conditions and
what work would be required to re-
store the walls. The one who Is quail
lied to lead In a great undertaking
is the one who has mastered the stu
alton and is thus able to remove OBJ
jections and show how the work AN
be done.
A.-Preparatlon for the Building
Och. 81.
The division of labor In this project
shows Nehemiah's administrative abil-
ity. A wise distribution of labor makes
difficult tasks easy.
Note some outstanding features Of
this great work.
/. Stress Laid Upon Indifference
{ :6) In. administrative tasks 1t Is
Just that unfaithfulness should be
pointed out. Such action will be a
warning TO some and an encourage
ment to others by showing the In
tegrity of the director.
2. Help Rendered by the Women
(3:12). Perhaps Shallum had no ions
to aid him. 1t Is q fine thing for
women to be able to take hold even
in building a wall when there r no
men to do It. Gods word carefully
notes such extraordinary acts.
8. Stress Laid Upon Earnestness of
Some q :20). If one knows that his
faithfulness will be recognized he will
earnestly pursue his tasks.
4. Every One Built Over Against
His Own House g: 10, %, 28). Mans
chief concern is for his family. No in
centive to exertion Is quite so strong
\ as that which concerns his own fam
lily.
5. Certain Guilds of Men Undertook
Certain Work (ch. 3:8, 81, 32). Wise
administration sometimes calls for
such alignment of efforts. Men of the
I same class and craft will usually work
better together. :
IL. Hlndrances Encountered (4:1-6:
14l.
]. Scofing of Sanballot and Tobiah
(4:1-6; CT. 2:19-20). The opposers Of
Gods servants usually begin by hurl.
ing at them shafts Of ridicule. They
called the Jews but a feeble folk and
asserted that the tread of a providing
fox would break down their stone wall
2. Conspiracy of a Sudden Attack
(4:T-9). When the enemy saw that
the work was actually succeeding they
changed from ridicule to an attempt
to throw the workinen into a panic
and thus hinder the work. When the
enemy cannot succeed by scoffing ther
he resorts to intimidation.
8. Conspiracy With the Jews "a
1Ol23). They sought by means Of tht
Jews from the outside to dIscourag.
their brethren by showing that th'
task was hopeless and that at an!
time they were subject to a suddei
and secret attack.
A. Greed and Oppression Of TIN
Rulers Is :1-13). The Jews Of tina
day, like the profteers In the recen
World war, took advantage OF tn,
poor and oppressed them so that the,
m~ortgaged their land and sold thei
daughters into slavery. NehemiaI
boldly rebuked them for their crime
and ordered a restoration to be made
exacting an oath Of them that the
would fulfil their promises.
s. Scheme to Take Nehemiah's Lii
(6:1-14). When Sanballat and Tobia
failed Ia every other way they sough
by craft to get Nehemiah away tina
they might kill him.
III The Wall Completed &c 1857 a.
So energetically did they pursu
their tasks that in fifty.two days th
wall was. completed. When the Ell
emies heard that In spite Of all the
schemes the work was. actually con
pleted, they were cast down, TOR the
perceived that the work was Of Coz
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