=3.= Who was the greatest king? =J[+e]-h[)o]sh'a-ph[)a]t.=

=4.= Who was the youngest when he became king? =J[=o]'[)a]sh.=

=5.= Who was the best of the kings? =H[)e]z-e-k[=i]'ah.=

=6.= What prophet saw the Lord in the temple? =[=I]-[s+][=a]'iah.=

=7.= What young king chose the Lord and followed him? =J[+o]-s[=i]'ah.=

=8.= Who was the last king of J[=u]'dah? =Z[)e]d-e-k[=i]'ah.=

=9.= To what land were the people of J[=u]'dah carried as captives? =To B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]'n[)i]-a.=

=10.= What prophet saw the vision of the valley of dry bones?

=[+E]-z[=e]'k[)i]-el.=

=11.= What prophet lived in the palace of the king of B[)a]b'[)y]-lon?

=D[)a]n'iel.=

=12.= Who was the great king of B[)a]b'[)y]-lon?

=N[)e]b-u-chad-n[)e]z'zar.=

=13.= What king of B[)a]b'[)y]-lon saw the hand writing on the wall?

=B[)e]l-sh[)a]z'zar.=

=14.= Who was kept alive when thrown into a den of lions? =D[)a]n'iel.=

=15.= How long were the Jew[s+] captives in B[)a]b'[)y]-lon? =Seventy years.=

=16.= Who allowed the Jew[s+] to go back to their own land? =c[=y]'rus.=

=17.= What queen saved the lives of her people? =[)E]s'th[~e]r.=

=18.= Who read the law of G.o.d to the people in J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m?

=[)E]z'r[.a].=

=19.= Who helped the Jew[s+] to build a wall around the city?

=N[=e]-he-m[=i]'ah.=

=20.= Who was the last prophet of the Old Testament? =M[)a]l'a-ch[=i].=

NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS.

PART FIRST.--THE STORY OF JESUS.

Lesson I. The Angel by the Altar and in Nazareth.

(Tell Story 1 of Part VI, in "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible.")

=To the Teacher:=

In beginning the lesson the teacher should state the subject of the lesson for the day, and ask one or two questions about it, to get the children interested at the outset. Then, the teacher should tell the story from "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible," explaining how G.o.d sent his Angel G[=a]'br[)i]-el to Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as, the old priest in the temple, to tell him that his wife [+E]-l[)i][s+]'a-b[)e]th should have a son, and that the name of the son should be J[)o]hn. Explain that J[)o]hn was to be sent into the world to prepare people for the coming of Chr[=i]st. Then tell how the same Angel G[=a]'br[)i]-el was sent to the City of N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th to a young woman named M[=a]'r[)y] to tell her that she was to have a son who was to be called J[=e]'[s+]us. Then teach the cla.s.s the answers to the following questions on the subject of this lesson, and explain to the little pupils just where to find the answers to the questions of the first lesson, and have them answer the questions in cla.s.s either singly or in chorus. The children should understand that the questions are to be asked them by parents or older brothers and sisters until they have fixed in their minds the story of the lesson, and are able to tell it in their own language.

=1.= What angel was sent by G.o.d to J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m? =The angel G[=a]'br[)i]-el.=

=2.= To whom was the angel G[=a]'br[)i]-el sent? =To a priest named Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as.=

=3.= What did the angel tell Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as? =That his wife should have a son.=

=4.= What was the name of the wife of Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as?

=[+E]-l[)i][s+]'a-b[)e]th.=

=5.= What name was to be given to this son promised to Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as and [+E]-l[)i][s+]'a-b[)e]th? =The name of J[)o]hn.=

=6.= For what did the angel say that J[)o]hn, when he grew up, should make the people ready? =For the coming of the Lord.=

=7.= To what city was the angel G[=a]'br[)i]-el sent after this? =To the city of N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th.=

=8.= To whom did the angel speak in N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th? =To a young woman named M[=a]'r[)y].=

=9.= What did the angel tell M[=a]'r[)y]? =That she should have a son.=

=10.= What name was to be given to her son? =The name J[=e]'[s+]us.=

=11.= Where did J[)o]hn, the son of Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as and [+E]-l[)i][s+]'a-b[)e]th, live while he was a boy? =In the desert.=

Lesson II. The Stable and Shepherds.

(Tell Story 2 in Part Sixth.)

Let the teacher ask, "Who can tell the name of the husband of M[=a]'r[)y], the young woman in N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th to whom G.o.d sent his angel?" And after receiving an answer ask What place J[=o]'[s+]eph and M[=a]'r[)y] went to and where M[=a]'r[)y]'s child was born? After the answers have been given, tell the story of the lesson and teach the children the answers to the questions on the lesson. The subject should be reviewed in cla.s.s until each child is able to answer the questions intelligently, and to be able to tell a connected story of the lesson.

Reference may also be made to the preceding story in each cla.s.s, so that the children learn to connect each lesson correctly with the others.

=1.= Who was the husband of M[=a]'r[)y], the young woman in N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th to whom the angel came? =A man named J[=o]'[s+]eph.=

=2.= To what place did J[=o]'[s+]eph and M[=a]'r[)y] go? =To B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m, near J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m.=

=3.= Where was the child of M[=a]'r[)y] born? =In a stable in B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m.=

=4.= What name was given to this child? =The name J[=e]'[s+]us.=