The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-12-28

ture review, using Wilde or Perry
pictures-two cents each-give the
picture to boy standing so that the
others can not see it and have him
describe what it is for the rest to
guess the event represented. Map
drill on places may be used, the pupil
telling what happened at the points
indicated. Numbered cards, each
bearing one event that has been re-
corded in the twelve chapters studied
may be used and gone over until the
order is mastered and each one can
place them or repeat them properly.
Have the number on one side and the
event on the other. There will be two
or three dozen cards with such word
ing as Annunciation, Birth of John,
Birth of Jesus, Youth of Nazareth,
Ministry Of John, Baptism of Jesus,
Temptation, etc. Have the stories
represented by the cards told by the
boys or girls as they are given, so
that each becomes the possession of
all.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC: HOW
JESUS BROUGHT UP THE OPP
PORTUNITY.
What did Jesus count His greatest
opportunity? Was it to heal the
sick? Was it to interpret the law?
Was it to preach the truth in parable,
story or sermon? He did buy up these
opportunities whenever they offered
and used them in surprising fashion.
Is His chief one among them? Was
it not to gather a group of learners
who should be with Him and be sent
forth to teach others the supreme les
son of His life? Without having
accomplished that, every other thing,
even the cross and resurrection,
would have been lost to the world.
They told the story, they wrote or in
spired the writing of the Gospels.
they lived again His life. And with
out the constant gathering of similar
groups in the churches His work
would end-make that so clear that
the way will lie open for your pupils
to unite with the church on this last
day of the year. Whatever failure
may be recorded in the work done, let
this not be one of them. Christ as a
Scout-Master or a Campfire Guardian
may be the figure used, the events re-
vealing the qualities that made Him
supremacy successful at such a task.
He was trusty, loyal, helpful, friend
ly, courteous, obedient, cheerful,
thrifty, brave, clean and reverent, all
qualities of a good scout. Drill work
may be with the map showing the
Journeyings and places, happenings 0
be told about each stop. A chart il
the form of one of the old rolls n
De prepared by FASTING a two-ircl
strip Of paper that leaves a yard for
writing around two butchers skew
ers Divide the strips into three sec
lions lengthwise. In the top place
the calendar years and the periods of
preparation, of obscurity, of popular
itN or opposition. Mark the middle
one with the geography indicating
the Judean, the GaIileean, the foreign
the Perean, the Jerusalem ministry.
Use the lower one for listing the
events in order, birth, baptism, temp
tation, John imprisoned, u chosen
5000 fed, TRANSPORTATION, etc. When
each pupil has prepared such a sheet
ne will possess a miniature of an
original Gospel in form and will have
a clear idea of the events.
ADULT TOPIC: SOME CHARAC
TERISTICS OF JESUS MINISTRY
He was the Saviour of man-have
all members of the class learned
that? Do not let the year close
without the opportunity in some form
being given for a declaration of that
knowledge and the uniting with the
church. If book mastery is an aim
of the class study then a chapter
review will help as the class deter
mines what particular heading it will
apply to each one. Assign them for
suggestion. The first might be the
Annunciation Chapter, the birth of
John Chapter, the Overshadowing
Chapter, the SongChapter or some
other name applying to the class.
Written in the Bibles it would make
q glass Bible Of personal interest and
permanent usefulness.