The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially For The Repub-
LEANS Readers by Rev. U. S.
Wright, ID.

wright, D.D-
SUNDAY, JUNE 81, 1926.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
Review.
We know that to- them that love God
> all things work together for good,
even to them that are called accord
ing to his purpOse.-ROmans S:2S.
THE UNFOLDING STORY.
We are closing our study of this
book of beginnings and it's been
great. 1t has been like looking thru
a crack in the fence at the ball park
and, unable to catch all the plays,
just getting glimpses of God at work
making things and being close
enough to catch His chuckling COM
ment, cts very good" Stars and
worlds were fashioned and then away
out in the suburbs of the universe
where they wouldn't be disturbed He
built house for His boys. 1t is
little enough for companionship and
yet big enough to challenge mans
mightiest endeavors. When we grow
up there's old Jupiter to expand over
or if that isn't enough there's Betel-
geuse, 81 million times as vast as our
SUMO boy! Isn't it good to have for
ever?
The book has selected material
only. 1t runs along the family line
with shoots dropping away from it so
that the men who chose God are the
center of the stage. Cain goes off
and Seth continues. Noah appears
and then the line takes in Shem while
the others are passed by. Terah
comes on and Abraham succeeds him
while Lot goes from the record. Isaac
carries forward the hope of God while
Ishmael enters the wilderness. Jacob
is the next to outstrip Esau in the
mind of the teller of the story and
continues to hold attention thru
Joseph until the record closes with
grave in Egypt. Not one of them
is perfect but they are the best that
God can find willing to carry out
His purpose for the world of men. 1t
is the continuous method upon every
page of history that marks the slow
climbing of the race 1t is not always
fact but there is a tremendous truth
In Lowell's lines:
Right forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadows
Keeping watch upon His own.
Two simple truths are fundamental
In the Book. One is that God is in re-
lation with men. Planning and pre-
pairing for his advent, composing
him with the fence of law within
which he may safely advance, follow
ing him when he climbs over into
forbidden territory, Furnishing him
that he may learn to live truly, for
giving him, whispering to him of
hopes crown and the harvest of his
tears, and in every century giving
him the cheer of an unseen Presence.
The other truth is that man may re-
late himself to God. God insists up
on being within reach, but He will not
hold my hand unless l give it. l may
relate myself to Him or | may re-
fuse; | have the privilege of choice.
And mans glory is in being partner
with the Almighty and it has been
thru such partnership that all the
progress of the race has been made.
PRIMARY TOPIC: FAVORITE
STORIES FROM GENESIS.
Pictures form the best foundation
for the work of this group and both
Wilde and Perry offer just what is
needed. They will be used in any way
the ingenuity of the teacher suggests
and will become helpful rewards for
the pupils work. They may be all
pinned upon a screen and the first
pupil called on may select one and tell
Its story as he recalls it. Other de-
tails may be given by the rest or by
the teacher and then it is removed
and second choice made by one of
the class until all are used and each
picture has become the possession of
a scholar.
JUNIOR TOPIC: STORIES OF THE
PATRIARCHS.
"A flash map is a continuous inter-
est to this group and if one is used
with the places identified by the flash
of light the stories will have a sub
stantial background. An ordinary
map may be used also. Stereograph
pictures will add vividness as will
other pictures suggested above. A
Blackboard offers help in simply
Sketching in some things that will
indicate the ideas to be impressed. A
story telling contest may be arranged
in which the lives studied are pre-
scented by the pupils, the best told
story bringing some recognition.
Little copies of Genesis may be had
for less than a nickle and may we'll
become souvenirs of the study of the
quarter, auctioning them off for story
recall of the contest.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR