INTRODUCTION. COLORED MAP OF EASTERN PART OF ROMAN EMPIRE OPENING SERVICE BIBLICAL CATECHISM ABSTRACT OF LESSONS IN THE COURSE DIRECTIONS FOR STUDY THE LESSONS. Date * Part III. From the Establishment of a Gentile Church LESSON 26. REVIEW OF LESSONS 14-25 • (For the remainder of the lessons in Part III, see the next Quarterly.) 99 *The date on which each lesson is to be used in class may be entered here by the Superintendent or Teacher, before the Quarterlies are given out, if desired. Where this is done care should be taken to omit vacation or other Sundays when the school has no lesson. THE BIBLE STUDY UNION LESSONS, PROGRESSIVE GRADE: - PUBLISHED QUARTERLY by THE BIBLE STUDY PUBLISHING Co., No. 95 South Street, Boston, Mass.; price, postpaid: single copies 10 cents each, 40 cents a year; five or more copies to one address, 30 cents a year each, and at corresponding rates for a shorter period. Entered at the Post Office in Boston, Mass., as second-class mail matter. Copyright, 1900, by THE BIBLE STUDY PUBLISHING CO. [H. A. C. Prog. Rev. Ed. II. 14-26.] [April, 1900.] OPENING SERVICE-Second Quarter, History Apostolic Church. NOTE. At the sound of the bell the school comes to order, and joins heartily in the following service. All business may be attended to either before the hour or after the lesson. From the beginning of worship to the close of the lesson, let nothing interrupt. 1. SERVICE OF SONG. 2. PRAYER, closing with the Lord's Prayer, in unison. 3. GLORIA PATRI. (School standing.) 4. RESPONSIVE READING, selected passages. (School standing.) Superintendent. And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills: Supt. And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; Sch. And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: Supt. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, Sch. And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Supt. And he shall judge between the nations, and shall reprove many peoples: Sch. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: Supt. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Sch. Neither shall they learn war any more. Supt. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, Sch. That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; Supt. That saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Sch. The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing. 5. LESSON HYMN: Tune -Wesley. Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning! Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS. 7. THE SCRIPTURE READING FOR THE DAY. See Lessons. It is recommended that the Biblical Catechism be occasionally read responsively in place of the Scripture Selection for the day. 8. REPETITION OF THE GOLDEN TEXT, in unison. 9. STUDY OF THE LESSONS. A BIBLICAL CATECHISM. A Brief Outline of the History and Teachings of the Apostolic Church in Questions and Answers, the Answers Being in the Words of Scripture. It is recommended that the answers connected with each lesson be committed to memory when the lesson is learned, and that they be called for by the superintendent at the close of the Sunday-school each Sunday. These questions and answers may occasionally be read responsively in place of the regular Scripture reading at the opening of the school, if desired. For questions 1-19 see first quarter. 66 20. Superintendent, or Teacher. How was Peter delivered from prison? School, or Class. Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And they went out." Acts 12:7, 10. 21. How was the foreign missionary work of the Church begun? "The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." Acts 13:2, 3. 22. What success attended this work in Antioch of Pisidia? "Almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God. . . . And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region." Acts 13:44, 49. 23. What report did Paul and Barnabas give of this journey? "When they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and how that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles." Acts 14:27. 24. What did some of the Jews claim regarding these Gentile believers? "But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses." Acts 15:5. 25. What did Peter say of this claim in the council at Jerusalem? 66 Why tempt ye God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they." Acts 15: 10, II. 26. How was Paul's second missionary journey begun? 66 Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches." Acts 15: 40, 41. 27. What led him to extend his missionary work into Europe? A vision appeared to Paul in the night; There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us." Acts 16:9. 28. What did Paul say to the Philippian jailer about salvation? "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house." Acts 16:31. 29. What did Paul tell the Athenians about God's presence? "He is not far from each one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being." Acts 17:27, 28. 30. What was Paul's controlling purpose in Corinth? "I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." I Cor. 2:2. 31. How did Paul comfort the Thessalonians in their sorrow? "We would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him." I Thes. 4: 13, 14. 32. How did Paul assure the Galatians of their freedom from the Jewish law? "In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. . . For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Gal. 5:6, 14. 33. How did Paul begin his third missionary journey? "He departed, and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, stablishing all the disciples." Acts 18:23. 34. What did Demetrius the silversmith say of Paul's success in Ephesus? 66 Ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands." Acts 19: 26. 35. How did Paul rebuke the Corinthians for their divisions about ministers? “I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." I Cor. 3:6, 7. 36. How did he compare the gift of tongues with the spirit of love? "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal." I Cor. 13: 1. 37. Which did he say was the greatest of all graces? 66 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13. ABSTRACT OF LESSONS IN THE COURSE. Note 1. INTRODUCTORY NOTES. - THE PART TITLES. These are intended to define the leading periods in the growth of the Apostolic Church, and to indicate their distinguishing characteristics. Note 2. -THE LESSON TITLES AND SUB-TITLES. These have been prepared with great care. They are designed to show the successive steps in the progress of the history. This has been possible only approximately in Part V and in some portions of Part IV, where the exact date of the material is obscure and disputed. MEMORIZING THE LESSON TITLES AND SUB-TITLES. These are to Note 3-be firmly fixed in memory. work of the entire history. Note 4. -THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD. The Apostolic period begins with the year of our Lord's crucifixion, which in all probability occurred in A.D. 30, and closes with the death of the apostle John, abouț A.D. 100, but in the Acts and the epistles, notations of time are either absent altogether, or are only incidental and indefinite. Nearly all the dates accompanying these lessons must therefore be regarded as only approximate the best that can be given in the present condition of Biblical knowledge. PART AND LESSON TITLES. (Subject to Revision.) FIRST QUARTER. PART I. FROM THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST UNTIL THE DEATH OF STEPHEN: The Primitive Church in Jerusalem. A.D. 30-34 (see Note 4). Tarrying in Jerusalem for the Prom(Acts, ch. I. A.D. 30.) LESSON I. INTRODUCTORY. The Disciples LESSON 2. LESSON 3. THE HEALING OF THE LAME MAN, AND ITS RESULTS. The Beginning of Persecution. (Acts 3:1-4:31. A.D. 31.) LESSON 4. LIFE WITHIN THE CHURCH. The Community of Goods During the Early Years, and the Sin of Ananias and Sapphira. (Acts 4:32-5: 11.) LESSON 5. THE APOSTLES ARRESTED AND BEATEN. The Renewal of Persecution. (Acts 5: 12-42. About A.D. 33.) LESSON 6. THE STONING OF STEPHEN. The Choice of the Seven, and the First Christian Martyr. (Acts, chs. 6, 7. About A.D. 34.) |