The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-09-26
Improved Uniform International
Sll1n1daySchool
Lesson '
(By REV. p. b. FTTZW ATER. ID. D. Dean
Moody Bible Institute OF ChiCagO)
&C. 1929. Western Newspaper Union)
Lesson for September 20
REVIEW. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
EXILE AND THE RESTORATION

GOLDEN TEXT-The mercy of the
Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
Vpon them that fear him, and his
righteousness unto childrens children.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Stories Retold.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Stories Retold.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
Ic-Some Great Men of the Period.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lIC-God's Providence in the Exile and
the Restoration.
The grade of the class, the aptitude
of the scholars and the genius of the
teacher are factors which determine
the method of review. For adult
classes the following suggestions are
made:
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Study the lessons of the quarter as
illustrating the philosophy of history
in Gods dealings with His people in
their captivity and restoration. AS
signment of topics should be made at
least one week in advance. Only
adult scholars should be expected to
use this method. The following sub
jects might be assigned:
Why God Permitted Israel to Go
into Exile.
What Changed Views of Life Result
ed from the Exile
The Bearing of the Exile Upon
Prophecy.
The Relationship of Divine Chasten-
ing to Divine Love.
II. Character Study.
Assign the outstanding heroes of the
quarters lessons to members of the
class to have them report. This as
signment should be made at least a
week in advance. Some of the out
standing characters for consideration
are: Ezekiel, Daniel, Nehemiah, Ezra,
Zerubbabel and Malachi
III. Summary of Contents.
This method is disable at all times
and can be adapted to most of the
grades. The following suggestions are
made for carrying out this method:
Lesson for July 7-Before Ezekiel
was commissioned as prophet he was
given a vision of the Almighty After
this vision he was given an expert
mental knowledge of Gods Word.
Lesson for July 14-Ezekiel sets
forth personal responsibility as bear
ing on the prophet and upon the peO-
pie to whom he ministered. Ezekiel S
responsibility was to hear Gods Word
and sound the warning. The peoples
responsibility was to hear and obey.
Lesson for July 2t-Ezekiel is the
prophet of hope. He ministered to
Israel in captivity. God sent him to
show to Israel the fullneSs of His plan
for the world through them.
Lesson for July 28-Because Daniel
made the Lord the arbiter of his life,
he was able to make known the kings
dream, with its Interpretation.
Lesson for Aug. Awhile Belshaz-
Ear and his lords were engaged in
drunken reyelry, a mysterious hand
recorded divine judgment.
Lesson for Aug. 1t-Because of jeal-
ousy certain wicked men plotted Dan
iel's downfall. They trumped up a
charge against him on the ground of
his foreign religion. Though the fool
ish decree of the king was executed,
Daniel was delivered and his accusers
were cast to the lions and destroyed.
Lesson for Aug. f8-Thoueh Israel
went into captivity as a chastisement
of the Lord, later He restored them.
Lesson for Aug. 25-ln the rest0ra-
ton of the people to their own land
the first thing necessary was the pro-
vision of a place for the worship Of
God AS soon as this work was done,
violent opposition was in evidence.
That which God sets out to do shall
be completed.
Lesson for Sept. Through Zerub-
babel the people were brought back
and established in their own land, but
they had gone far away from God
There was now need of a religious
leader Ezra was moved by the Spirit
to lead them back to fellowship.
Lesson for Sept. 8-When Nehemiah
heard of the distress of his brethren
In Jerusalem he took the matter to
the Lord in prayer. The Lord gave
him favor with the king, who permit
ted him to 90 back and build the walls.
Lesson for Sept. 15-The method
used in bringing back the people to
God was Gods Word. Because the
Word was made plain the people re-
pented of their sins
Lesson for Sept. 22-Malachi as an
aid to Nehemiah in effecting reforms
pointed out the sins of the people,
namely, base ingratitude, a corrupt
priesthood, mixed marriages, and rob.
bling God by withholding tithes. lie
pointed to Day of Judgment when
righteous retribution would be meted
out to the wicked and rewards would
be given to the faithful.
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