The Republican., 1925-06-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially For The Repub.
LEANS Readers by Rev. U. S.
Wright, DID.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1925.
REVIEW:
IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA.

and in all Judca and Samaria, and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth.-Acts lis.
THE ACTS OF JESUS
This book is what Jesus continued
to do and to teach after His return
to the world of spirit. We have
covered twelve chapters and these
close the story of Peter while the next
chapter ushers US into the Paul sec
tion of the book. The first 7 tell of
the organization of the group, the re-
mainder point to the changes that
transformed it into a world church.
The same seven record the Jerusalem
rejection of the overtures of Jesus
thru His church for the city's accep-
tance of His Lordship, the following 5
show Jerusalem rejected and, begin
ming with the 18th, its crown is seen
upon the brow of Antioch. And
early in the new quarter we will find
this new capital making its appeal
TO "Go with us" only to find Jerusa-
lem determinedly turning back and
settling its inevitable fate. For that
church, both Jewish and Christian,
disappears from history just as an in
dividual does who refuses to follow
Gods leading.
Ascent, descent, power may be used
as titles for the first chapters that
illustrate the eternal order for church
or individual. EXalt Jesus, receive
His spirit, use His power and the new
life is found in full swing. The ac-
tivities brought organization and the
distribution Of duties and led to the
second stage of the prosecutions faced
by the followers of THE Way" They
had preached the resurrection and
reused the opposition of the Saddu-
Gees of whom the High Priest was
one, for they disbelieved in either
resurrection or spirit. The teaching
of Stephen that the temple was not a
necessity in the finding Of Jehovah
and that a new day would bring new
customs angered the Pharisee who
had spilled blood for that same build
ing's cleansing and for the old laws
so that the whole Jewish group united
to stamp out the movement. The last
persecution in the 18th chapter added
the political forces to the religious
ones and settled the doom of both
church and state.
Losing his job Philip began that
wonderful career of carrying Christ
to the outcasts. In brief period he
had done what the Jew in all the CEN
turies had not been able to accom-
plish, bridge the gulf between Samari-
tan and jew Reaching his hand to
a dusty traveller, another pariah in
Jerusalem's eyes, he established an
enlarging brotherhood knowing no
caste nor color. Following the coast
line, Joppa bloomed with Dorcas and
Caesarea housed Cornelius. The fell
lowship Of Christ was all inclusive.
Saul appears and is transformed into
a believer whose eyes are completely
opened by brother" from the lips of
one whose arrest he had planned.
Then into the wilderness for the read
justment of his beliefs, back to Jeru-
salem and on to Tarsus and then
to Antioch are part of the ever wide
ming influence Of the working Christ,
of the obeyed influence of the spirit
of Jesus in the lives of men. The
whole section is the picture of present
day possibilities if we yield fully to
the direction of our Lord.
PRIMARY: SOME PEOPLE WHO
WORKED FOR JESUS
Pictures from w. A. Wilde Co.,
Boston, OF from the Perry Picture Co.,
Maiden, Mass, will give the best
basis for the review. The investment
of a quarter will be amply repaid in
the added interest and effectiveness
Use them as rewards for good work,
presenting the lesson in any way that
seems best for the particular group
concerned. A pupil may describe the
picture and the others guess the les
son; pictures may be drawn from a
box and the lesson told; an auction
may be held, the bids being answers
to questions asked about the lesson
to which the picture refers. If pic
lures are to be used play guess
who?" game by having each scholar
represent enc Of the characters of the
quarter and the others to guess who
he is. Or stories may be told without
the name of the person about whom
you tell and the pupils guess the
name. Or they may tell the stories
as you suggest the persons of the
quarter.
JUNIOR; SPREADING THE NEWS
ABOUT JESUS
Who were they? Recall as many as
possible, Where did they do it? A
map drill may be part Of the plan
with the tracing the journeys of each
person as his name is told and the
story linked with the stops he made.
Or little pennants may be punched in
Jerusalem and carried out as the
story of the person is told and ninned