Sunday school lessons, for the church year

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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS

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Preface

This little publication is the result of an effort to provide instruction for my own Sunday School.

I desired to give the children of the Sunday School the same teaching which the Church in her services gives to the larger children under her guidance. This, I believe, has in general been done, save that some truths presented by the Church on Holy Days have of necessity been appropriated to the Sundays preceding or following the Festivals.

The Lessons are divided into two Sections. The First Section is designed for the small children not yet able to find the answers from the Bible references, and has the answers printed with the questions, or the questions given in such form that the teacher will readily provide the answers. Older children are expected to learn both Sections, (v)

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And finally, these Lessons are intended to be suggestive rather than exhaustive, and to guide the study of the teacher rather than to render study unnecessary.

The Lessons are published in this form at the request of many who have already used them, and with the hope and prayer that they may be helpful to those engaged in the blessed work of training the children of the Church in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

T. U. D., Jr.

Baltimore, September, 1873.

TABLE OF LESSONS.

The First Sunday in Advent.

Second Coming of our Lord

The First and

II. The Second Sunday in Advent. The Holy Scriptures as a Means of Preparation for Christ's Coming

III. The Third Sunday in Advent. The Ministry

as a Means of Preparation for Christ's Coming

IV. The Fourth Sunday in Advent. God's Pres-

ence as a Means of Preparation for Christ's Coming .

V. The First Sunday after Christmas. The Nativity of Jesus. — The Christian's Adoption

VI. The Second Sunday after Christmas. The Circumcision, and the Presentation in the Temple

VII. The First Sunday after the Epiphany. The Worship of the Wise Men from the East ,

VIII. The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. The Childhood of Jesus and its Manifestation of God

IX. The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. The Manifestation of God at the Marriage Feast

X. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Manifestation of God in the Miracle of Healing (vii)

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XI. The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Manifestation of God in the Stilling of the Tempest 29

XII. The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany.

The Epiphany of the Last Day . . 31

XIII. Septuagesima Sunday. The Temptation

in the Wilderness 33

XIV. Sexagesima Sunday. The Transfiguration 36

XV. Quinquagesima Sunday. The Raising of

XVI. The First Sunday in Lent. The Entry

into Jerusalem . . - . . . .42

XVII. The Second Sunday in Lent. The Last

Supper 45

XVIII. The Third Sunday in Lent. The Agony

in the Garden ...... 48

XIX. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. The Judgment Hall 51

XX. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. The Cross . 54

XXI. The Sunday next before Easter. The

XXIII. The First Sunday after Easter. Christ's Appearance on the Way to Emmaus . 65

XXIV. The Second Sunday after Easter. The Appearance to the Eleven at Jerusalem . 68

XXV. The Third Sunday after Easter. The Appearance to the Seven at the Sea of Tiberias . . . • ' \' * ^ 2

XXVI. The Fourth Sunday after Easter." The

Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee H

XXII. Easter Day. The Resurrection . . 61

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XXVII. The Fifth Sunday after Easter. The

Last Appearance of Jesus to His Disciples 77

XXVIII. The Sunday after Ascension Day. The

Ascension . . . . . .80

XXIX. Whitsunday. The Outpouring of the Holy

Ghost .82

XXX. Trinity Sunday. The Doctrine of the

Holy Trinity 85

XXXI. The First Sunday after Trinity. Keeping God's Commandments, the only Proof of Real Piety . . 88

XXXII. The Second Sunday after Trinity. The

Neglect of God's Calls . . . .91

XXXIII. The Third Sunday after Trinity. Prayer

prompted by God's Spirit; therefore God will hear it . . . , . . 94

XXXIV. The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. The

Things Temporal and the Things Eternal 96

XXXV. The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. God orders all Things ; therefore the Believer should Serve Him with Godly Quietness . 99

XXXVI. The Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Only Real Love of God gives a Title to Heaven's Good Things 101

XXXVII. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Christ by Feeding Men's Bodies, proves that He can and will Feed their Souls . 104

XXXVIII. The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Our Holy Living the Proof that we are God's Sons 106

XXXIX. The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Children of this World Wiser than Children of the Light . . . . . . .109

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