SELECT NOTES

ON THE

INTERNATIONAL LESSONS

FOR

1910.

The Ministry of Our Lord as Narrated in
the Gospel According to St. Matthew.

THE BASIS FOR TEACHING ALL GRADES IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
With all that can aid the teacher in his own study and in teaching such as

BROAD VIEWS OF THE HISTORY, MAKING One Consecutive Story. EXPLANATIONS OF THE TEXT.
INDUCTIVE Studies. SUGGESTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. LIGHT FROM MANY Sources.

LIBRARY REFERENCES TO AID THE TEACHER IN FURTHER RESEARCHES
From Oriental, Literary, and Scientific Sources, and a wide range of Biblical literature.

OTHER AIDS.

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS.

SCHOOL OF PRACTISE. MAPS, CHARTS, PICTURES.
ANALYSIS OF the Gospel, WITH CHRONOLOGY. APPLICATIONS TO THE NEEDS OF TO-DAY.

LESSONS ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.

COPYRIGHTED, 1909, BY F. N. PELOUBET, Auburndale, MASS.

Entered at STATIONER'S HALL, LONDON. PUBLISHED SEPT. 1st., 1909.

Eight Lines of Preparation of the World for the Coming of the Messiah.

The Date of the Birth of Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men.

The Star in the East.

The Flight into Egypt.
The Massacre of the Innocents.
The Return to Nazareth.

The Home Training of Jesus for his Great Work.

SECTION IV. - 3: 1-12.

John the Baptist and His Mission.

TIME. Summer of A.D. 26 to March, A.D. 28. PLACE. Wilderness of Judea.

The Hidden Years of John.

Preaching in the Wilderness.

How he Prepared the Way for Jesus.

SECTION V. - 3:1-4: 11.

Preparations of Jesus for Entering upon His Public Ministry.

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PLACE. Capernaum and Galilee.

SECTION VII. -5: 1-7: 29.

The Principles of the Kingdom of Heaven.

TIME.
Midsummer.

A. D. 28.

PLACE. A mountain near the Sea of Galilee.

The Seven Beatitudes: The Inner Spirit.

The Eighth Beatitude: The Spirit Tested.

The Spirit Expressed.

The Truth made clear by the Old, and by Contrast with False Interpretation of the Old.
Applications to the Religious Life.

A Lesson on Almsgiving.

A Lesson on Forgiveness.

A Lesson on Prayer.

Applications to the Aim and Purpose of Life.

A Lesson on Fasting.

The supreme choice (1) of Treasure. (2) of a Master.
Helps toward a right choice.

Guards against Insidious Dangers to the Religious Spirit.
Judging Others.
Motes and Beams.

The Means of Obtaining and Sustaining the New Life.
The Golden Rule. The Sum of the Sermon.
An Exhortation to enter the New Life.

Tests, for Ourselves and Others.

Pearls and Swine.

SECTION VIII.-8:1-9:38.

A Group of Miracles Proving Jesus' Authority and Illustrating His

Teachings.

TIME. Spring, Summer, and Autumn, A.D. 28.

A Case of Leprosy.

A Case of Palsy: the Centurion's Servant.
A Case of Fever; Peter's Wife's Mother. A Summary of Miraculous Works.
Stilling the Tempest, and Associated Incidents. Evil Spirits cast out.
The Gadarene Demoniac.
The Call of Matthew.

Restoration of the Dead; Jairus' Daughter.
Blindness cured; Two Blind Men.
Many Diseases cured.

A Case of Paralysis; the Man borne of Four.
The Banquet at Matthew's House.

The Issue of Blood.

Demons cast out; the Dumb Possessed.
A Call for more Laborers.

SECTION IX.-10: 1-42.

A New Stage in the Development of the Kingdom; A Higher Course of Instruction in the School of Christ.

Five Separate Attacks; Marking a Distinct Epoch in the Work of
Christ.

TIME. Autumn, A.D. 28 to Dec., A.D. 29.

PLACE. Galilee and Perea.

First Attack: Through Christ's Method of Keeping the Sabbath.

Second Attack: A Council of the Rulers to Destroy Jesus.

Third Attack: False Accusations, on Account of the Healing of a Demoniac.
Fourth Attack: The Demand for a Sign.

Fifth Attack Interference from his own Family.