Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-09-08
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER f0pss,
19t-44-4--sBA 69JS1GT
TEACHING TIE LAW OF GOD

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-cdmhdnity BubIs STUDY - 81 o!dlzsoq ii II
I'd vim VIM BE- ! Of interest and ppfohi hiAsssb ai
present this lesson as an ideafi sSdAsl 81
day school class: b@yloyoi ss0ds
Il Model BI6Is Glass <vx~1-6).
II The Eager Assembly vi 1,.i9Ths1l
people gathered. themselves, dtozefhsr nssd
and -spake unto Ezra To- bring oth othft fsaItl.
book Of the Law" It waS not = mat
ter Of the teacher urging the class - I"
to come together, but the cixss WITH g1sa
yeaFnlhg Keafts sfequesfins the teachenO qH
to come witbrGods Word. hsnia4ssrsgo
} ri The IRepr4septative Z. Assembly ADJ
(y. b., The class was made pp Of
mei, women sad and children. the men @ oii
theh did hot fease the chnrchgoinf 10 Sooa
thelw6meh. Ne4ther were the ichiidrenbi dO
lefp at1hms with nurses Or to PLAY, .,al
on the streets Gcd's Word shpuld BE- ~
tsuEA. so tl clar'es men' Won women ias sno eas q
81 An Appre4ativs Assshdbiy exisyyd' oi
T.
iThdir ears were attentive from morn
tngl t6 midday. SO eager were fHeyuo
to know iG0d's Wofd that etneynd dldsgGd
notl tgst tiTed3 although idthe Il JeEQps odl
lasted ifoE ,fEft0r SIX hours, There VA. .aa.t
no pulling Of, watches In, that class.
Al Due Reverence Shown G6d'S b'as
Word wv. 4. 5t When Ezra openedm1A
the Lawnall the people stood ups tThts0a.
! thet did out cf respect, f1g the holy a3sg
book. The reason there Is, not proper !,
reverence for the Bible Is that people
arel not Taught to believe Il Is sGod1
Word. tRevefehce In the Aous4 ofsGbdiAstnl
viii only be when the Bibleis regarded STUB
as Gods. very words. s,gx, ~, ssl taat
iasN They Joined Heartily IA thf ,nas
Prayer (v. e). As Ezra led them II 'S'
prayer the people Joined heArtifyl IN 1884
saytng "Amen 'Amsni" 'bowihg their ~
faces to the ground. st1ofto bad
sd a.. A Model Bisisfsxehsr-fSxs Z, 81.
IL He, Stdsdi Up Whefs, the ReoplAip
Gould See Him, tvo D.u Tbs. lpqsiticn lad,
and bearing of the teacher has much
to do with the attention and intetest -
OF the ciass. 1clfb 9dl mo1i D0U.e 1870
Bss2 Hen Read Distinctly. ptysdts)aoae
Teachers should take particular heeds ds1sc
to. this Much. Bible reading r. greatly, I'M,
y ths discredit Of The the woE7d i and as ths has
s. Caused the 'PeSpae ID Undeastan1,
the Reading tvs 81 aThes supeems asih
business OF ths teacher la toimeke son
the Word Of God so plain a that Il al. eclld eld i.oa
and young, can understand.
K ~. The Impressions Made (vt. o. '~oa
1S). Sfii1; aiefS iqufsaiee,M IL nI 1otosi
The effect of teaching awordai 4
is most important In. this case ~ gas9io4
very encouraging, .,,a e,,.oss..;5. ~,
i Conviction Of sin Y. 81. The word ''o''
Of God brings conviction OF sin (Acts1 ~
2:371. 1t Is quick and powerful (Heb3 1914
:12l.AsiT The way to- get convtetionlcof
sin Il BY teaching the Word Of God. bon
not BY appealing to the. emotions by
telling death-bed stories. The people e
had real cause for sorrowL they were ~
far from God. They not only had be-4 ei
come worldly and the n1K We're In
their greed expressing the ap6ofgI
but they weren perplexeds thfonghssrd
their mixed marriages q, sii1oy4a Dsd
2. Weeping Turned Into Joy {vv, 10
12l. When sins have been perceived sna
| and confessed God wohif NOT havesn
| His children to be asady Continued sd
mourning will not atone for the sins su
that are past, II units one fqE, pres t,,,.
emf tasks and .dishonors I, pafdoning
God. Besides. Joy has 4 skintafy 2fk4ct rs
| upon ones entire being. ssEu si.oH Iuo
It.s,& Shared Their Blsssinssa tWltksD1I
Others (vv. 1Q,l2). Chrtstianity.lia not srsi
having . good time. alope; 4, ,is shar, 81,
Ling our prosperity with others. True
JOY manifeSt3 ttself ID giving to others -