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THE K I N G ' S B US I NE S S
JUNE 27, 1920 REVIEW: THE NOBLE LIFE OF SAMUEL. Golden Text: “ I will instruct you in the good and the right way.” 1 Sam. 12:23. Suggestions bÿ R. A . T O R R E Y
The lessons of this quarter, pmitting Lesson I, cover a period of 222 years, from 1285✓ B._ C. to 1063. They form a consecutive history of Israel under the Judges and the first king. They have to do with three judges, Gideon, Eli and Samuel; two kings, Saul and David; one prophetess, Deborah; one prophet, Samuel; and several priests, Eli and his sons and Samuel. In the review it might be well to omit the Easter lesson which,
of course, historically, is out of place. A good way^ of reviewing the lessons of the quarter will be to take them up by the various characters, and assign to different scholars, the different judges, prophets, priests and kings, and require them to state briefly the lesson to be learned from each character. Another profitable method of review would be by doctrines, bringing out what the lessons of the quarter teach about Jehovah, about the Holy Spirit, about the Lord Jesus, about Prayer, about Sin and about the particular sins exposed in the lessons, and what they teach about the Word of God. Another method of review, possibly less satisfactory technically, but profitable practically, would be by taking up each lesson -briefly and asking the Principal Subjects of the lesson, Principal Persons of the lesson, the Leading Lesson and the Best Verse of the passage. The material for a satisfactory review along any of these lines will be found in the detailed expositions of the quarter, and need not'be repeated here. The wise teacher will assign as much work as pos sible to scholars beforehand. Do not try to cover too much ground, drive home the great central truths of the quarter. the blood of all men.’ Go into every house and teach every ¿>ne therein, young and old, if they belong to us, to be Christians inwardly and outwardly. Make every particular plain to their un derstanding, fix it in their memory, write it on their hearts.” IMPRESSIONS A writer in a popular magazine re marks that he heard someone singing one of the popular songs the other day and all he, could make out of it was “ Moon-dada, June-dada, Spoon-dada, Croon.” Well, we wonder if he could make more out of some of the anthems that are sung in our churches. For our part, give us the plain songs of the old Gospel, well rendered, and rendered in the .Spirit. Whoever heard of anyone being converted through any other kind of music?
WESLEY ON SOUL-WINNING The following “ rules,” drawn up by John Wesley for the guidance' of his young preachers, had a tremendously formative influence on J. Hudson Tay lor during the latter’s early Christian experience, and the effect of these “ rules” followed him all through life. “ Remember, remember, you have nothing to do to compare in importance with saving souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. Observe, it is not your business to preach so many times a week, or to take care of this or that society, but simply to save as many souls as you can, to bring as many sin ners as you possibly can to repentance, and with all your power to build them up in that holiness without which no man can see the Lord. “ Only through unwearied labor and perseverance can we really be ‘free from
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