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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS EXPOSITION and PERTINENT QUESTIONS on LESSON - T .C . Horton DEVOTIONAL COMMENT - .................................... Dr.F.W.Farr C O M M E N T ...................................................... ; ’ Keith L. Brooks ELEMENTARY - . . . - - - - Mabel L. Merrill BLACKBOARD SKETCH - - - - . . . . Em Harwell

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OCTOBER 8, 1922 THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS Golden Text: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Lu. 2:52. BESSON TEXT Lu. 2:40-52. (Read Lu. 2:1-52; Mat. 1:18-2:23.)

the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. (47) And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and his answers. (48) And when they saw him, they were amazed; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrow ing. (49) And he said unto them, H ow is it that ye sought me? w ist ye not that I must be about my Father’s busi­ ness? (50) And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them, and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (52) And Jesus increased In wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

(40) And the child grew , and waxed strong, in spirit, filled w ith wisdom : and the grace o f God was upon him. (41) Now his parents went to Jeru- salem every year at the feast of the passover. (42) And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. (43) And when they had fu l­ filled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusa­ lem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. (44) But they, sup­ posing him to have beeu in the com - pany, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. (45) And when they found him not, they returned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. (46) And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of

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Outline:

LESSON

Childhood, vs.

U ) The Progress of 40-42. (2) The Perplexed 43-45, 48-50. (3) The Profound 46, 47.

EXPOSITION T. O. Horton

Parents, vs.

No man ever conceived such a story. In the manger, a new-born Babe; in the arms of Simeon when a month old; in the Temple, at the age of twelve. Where was He, what was He doing in all the intervening years? What about the trip to Egypt? What was the manner of His life up to the time of His first visit to the

Scholars, vs,

(4) The Patient Son , vs. 51-52. Introduction: Thirty years of the life of the greatest Man that ever lived are compressed into fifty-two short verses in the greatest Book ever written. What a wonderful

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