November 1928
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The Travel In stitu te Early last Spring T he K ing ’ s B usiness announced to its readers that it had entered upon an arrangement with an organization known as “The Travel Insti tute of Bible Research.” The objective of this organization is to “vivify and enhance Bible knowledge by making pos sible the study of the Holy Scriptures in the Land which gave them birth.” The Travel Institute is not operated for com mercial gain. It has come into being as the result of a generally expressed desire on thè part of many church workers for a land Background to the Bible. The In stitute is sponsored by and operated under the direction of an interdenomi national board composed of well-known laymen and churchmen. Upon reaching the Holy Land the method of procedure is an entirely new departure. Instead of the usual sight seeing itinerary, a regular schedule is outlined and the party is conducted as a Bible study class, the classroom being the particular place studied in Palestine. The schedule calls for approximately ten days in Jerusalem, ten days in Northern Pales tine and Syria, and four or five days in Egypt. In Egypt a brief background for cer tain Scriptural scenes is obtained. In Jerusalem a detailed study is made of each particular event described in the Old Testament in the exact location where the event took place. In studying the trip to Emmaus, the road to Emmaus and Emmaus itself become the classroom. In studying the tenth chapter of Joshua, the battlefield around Gibeon becomes the classroom. It is far easier to understand that whole chapter with Gibeon on the one hand and the Valley of Ajalon on the other. The Travel Institute of Bible Research has been successful in accomplishing what it set forth to do, and in view of this recognized success it is putting every effort into perfecting a more efficient organization in New York and a better trained staff in the Holy Land. This it is at present doing, and T he K ing ’ s B usi ness believes that it will continue to be of real service to those ¿who love the Bible. “Never, never, never- examine y o u r faith! Examine Christ. If you start ex amining your faith, you will find so much trouble with it that you will be sorry you ever started. If you start examining Christ, you can keep it up forever and find Him forever perfect, ‘The same yes terday, today, and forever.’ Oh, the mis takes I have made by examining my faith! There may have been a cloud, and I have said, ‘I guess my faith is not what it ought to be.’ I got a stethoscope and an X-ray. Then suddenly I remembered, ‘What about the Lord Jesus Christ? Why, He is all right. He is perfect.’ Dear friends, the perfection of Jesus guarantees the perfection of your vic tory.” Examine Christ “The Missionary Worker” gives this good spiritual advice:
Placed himself at the head of the per secution (Acts 8:3; 9:1-2). Completely transformed through be holding the glorified Christ (Acts 9 :1-19; 22:3-16; 26:9-20). Seven years later he entered upon his apostolic office (Acts 13:12).
Stories of Paul Memory Verse— “I have finished the course.” 2 Tim. 4:7. This is the teacher’s or department superintendent’s opportunity to work up a splendid program suited to her pupils. We are finding many today losing heart
and drifting i n t o the world, because of the letting down on the part of the church f r o m the old faith, and the teaching in schools and colleges of evo lution. Those, who call t h e m s e l v e s Christians, excuse
C hro nolog ical ’ T able (Conybeare and Howson)
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36. Conversion. 37. Damascus.
38. Flight to Jerusalem and Tarsus. 40-43. Preaching in Syria and Cilicia, making Tarsus headquarters. 44. Brought from Tarsus to Antioch. 45. Visits Jerusalem with Barnabas to relieve famine. 46-47. At Antioch. 48. First journey. 49. Back to Antioch in Syria. 50. Paul and Barnabas attend .Council. 51-52. Second journey. 52. Writes 1 Thess. 53. Writes 2 Thess. 54. Leaves Corinth and reaches Jerusa lem. Third journey to Ephesus. 55-56. At Ephesus. 57. Writes 1 Cor. Goes to Macedonia. Writes 2 Cor. Goes to Co r i n t h . Writes Galatians. 58. Writes Romans. Leaves Corinth. Goes to Jerusalem. Arrested. Sent to Caesarea. 59. At Caesarea. 60. Sent to Rome by Festus. Ship wrecked at Malta. 61. Arrives at Rome. 62-63. Writes Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians. Is acquitted and goes to Macedonia and Asia Minor. 64-65. Goes to Spain (?) 66-67. Writes 1 Tim. from Macedonia and Titus from Ephesus. 6 8 . In prison at Rome. Writes 2 Tim. Executed (May or June). 70. Destruction of Jerusalem. —o— G olden T ex t I llu stra tio n For me to live is Christ (Phil. 1 :21). Professor Phillips tells the story of a burglar who broke into a seaside mansion. He tumbled into the middle of the parlor floor all of the valuables he wished to take away, but in a corner of that parlor was a beautiful figure of Christ (Guido’s Ecce Homo). The burglar stopped at his work of theft and began to study the face, and not being able to continue his theft while that face was looking at him, he turned the face of Christ to the wall. It is not pleasant for man in sin to find Christ looking into his life, but the dan ger of eternal death comes to the man, whether burglar or moralist, who turns the face of Christ away, that he may, with ihore composure, continue his own course. Saul the persecutor caught a glimpse of the face of Christ. He did not turn away from it, but painful as was the process, permitted Christ to search his heart and then to dwell within him. From that day he was able to say, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." What if he had turned from the vision of Christ’s face?
themselves saying we can not live as in the old days. Men and women of our day know nothing of suffering and persecu tion, compared to Paul, and he finished his earthly career victoriously. “I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.” We have the same 'Christ. The following can be used, the teacher driv ing home the great lessons from Paul’s life in a vivid living, manner. —o— A F ish P ond R eview Prepare a number of questions, taking pains to make each question independent of the others, perfectly clear by itself. Write each question on a piece of paper, cut in shape of fish, or on back, of bought p a p e r fish, with a hole punched in head. Take a deep pasteboard box and paint the sides green with wave-like lines of white to imitate water. Provide a fishing pole with a line and hook, which the pupils will use in turn. The back of the box will open (and the top also of course), and the fishes will lie on the bot tom of the box. As the hook descends the teacher will attach a question-fish to it, the line will be pulled up, the pupil will take off the fish, and answer the question. If he cannot answer, his right- hand neighbor has a chance. Whoever answers the question keeps the fish, and a book about Paul may be given to the one who has most fish at close of lesson hour. Have older person stand by to read questions for those too young to read. ( Peloubet .) Get Busy Carrie F. Judd tells how she went to New York and said to Dr. A. B. Simpson: “Brother, I have come for a blessing.” “Well,” he answered, “we will put you right to work.” “Oh, no,” she answered; “I want to listen to others and get bless ed.” “But that is not our way,” he re plied. “You must go to work, and in blessing others you get a larger blessing.” FRED S. SHEPARD ’S BLACKBOARD OUTL INE L o v in g / ^ 1 . . F va £ ngin g Christ For me to live is Christ.—Phil. 1:21.
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