Chapter 21

The remarks in the first paragraph of the section under The Pupil, just preceding, apply equally here. Outside help is desirable, but simplicity in treatment must be maintained. Profound knowledge of a subject does not insure ability to restate that knowledge in simple terms. Better not have the profound knowledge displayed if it is going to leave the students in confusion.

The principle of home-made illustrations referred to above applies equally well to the section on The Teacher.

It is safe to say that each adult student in the class will remember teachers who have excelled in the points enumerated by Dr. Brumbaugh. The student should be encouraged to take a statement like that found in paragraph 4, page 182, and say to himself: "Which of my teachers was notably enthusiastic? How did this enthusiasm impress me? How did it help him in teaching great truths?" These observations may frequently need to be made quietly to the student's self. But they will greatly help him to master the laws of teaching.

The School

Here is a section dealing with a concrete subject, and illustrations will be within the range of vision of every one who is associated with Sunday-school work. At the very outset there may be found those who will take exception to many of the suggestions made, because they are deemed to be impracticable in "our school." This attitude should be firmly but patiently overcome. If discussion proves that the thing suggested is undesirable, or that a better method may prevail, that is a point worth making. But the argument that a thing is desirable but "impossible" should have no footing in a teacher-training class. Let the motto be, "If it ought to be, it can be."

The teacher may be inclined to skip a paragraph like that on The Secretary. "Of what interest is that to me?" she may ask. The answer is simple: No one is equipped to be a teacher who doesn't know the school as a whole; and no one knows the school as a whole who doesn't know it in its several essential parts. Only when the teacher knows the secretary's duties, for instance, is that teacher prepared to see how careful he should be in meeting his obligations to the secretary in the line of the latter's official work. Each teacher should be encouraged to study executive problems, such as those relating to the superintendent and other officers, as if they were his own; and at least he should discover his part as a teacher in helping the executive officers to make the school a success.

In many localities sections of the class may visit other schools and report back to the class upon the features in which these schools excel. This offers a practical laboratory method for the concrete teaching of these lessons. Of course, such visits should be made with the knowledge and consent of the superintendent of the school visited; and at such times and in such manner that the work of the school will not be disturbed. Teachers of regular classes will greatly profit by an occasional trip to another school; it is time gained rather than lost.

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Teacher-training superintendents find a marked tendency in some classes to discontinue the work after the section on The Bible has been covered. It is a false notion that a knowledge of the Bible is the only thing necessary for Sunday-school teachers. Leaders should enthusiastically carry their classes past this common "dead-point" over into the sections on The Pupil, The Teacher, and The School; this special effort to arouse enthusiastic interest in what is to come after the Bible course will often prevent students from dropping out of the class.

In all the work "make haste slowly." It is more important to get the work done well than it is to get it done in a given time.

Charts of Paul's Journeyings

From "A Chart of Paul's Journeyings," Arnold, Published by The Sunday School Times Co.

First Journey

Antioch. Paul and Barnabas commissioned (Acts 13:1-3). 1. Seleucia. Embarked (Acts 13:4). 2. Salamis. Preached in synagogues (Acts 13:5). 3. Paphos. The sorcerer (Acts 13:6-12). 4. Perga. John Mark returned (Acts 13:13). 5. Antioch of Pisidia. Preaching and persecution (Acts 13:14-50). 6. Iconium. Strife (Acts 13:51 to 14:7). 7. Lystra. Paul stoned (Acts 14:8-19). 8. Derbe. Made many disciples (Acts 14:20, 21). 9. Lystra. } 10. Iconium. } Confirmed disciples (Acts 14:21-24). 11, 12. Antioch. } 13. Perga. Spoke the Word (Acts 14:25). 14. Attalia. Embarked (Acts 14:25). 15, 16. Antioch. Reported their work (Acts 14:26-28). 17. Jerusalem. Council (Acts 15:1-29). 18. Antioch. Tarried, preaching (Acts 15:30-35).

Second Journey

Antioch. Paul and Barnabas disagree (Acts 15:36-40). 1. Syria and Cilicia. Confirming churches (Acts 15:41). 2. Derbe and Lystra. Timothy accompanies (Acts 16:1-3). 3, 4. Iconium, Antioch. Delivering decrees (Acts 16:2, 4, 5). 5. Galatia, Phrygia, Mysia, Troas (Acts 16:6-8). Troas. Macedonian call (Acts 16:8-10). 6. Samothrace, Neapolis (Acts 16:11). 7. Philippi. Lydia; the jailer (Acts 16:12-40). 8, 9. Amphipolis, Apollonia (Acts 17:1). 10. Thessalonica. Church planted (Acts 17:1-9). 11. Beroea. Preaching, strife (Acts 17:10-14). 12. Athens. Address on Mars' Hill (Acts 17:15-34). 13. Corinth. Church planted, Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:1-17). 14. Ephesus. Left Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:18-21). 15. Caesarea. Landed (Acts 18:22). 16. Jerusalem. Saluted the church (Acts 18:22). 17. Antioch. Spent some time (Acts 18:22, 23).

Third Journey

Antioch. Departed from (Acts 18:23). 1-5. Galatia, Phrygia, Ephesus. Stablishing disciples (Acts 18:23). Ephesus. Apollos, Tyrannus, Demetrius (Acts 18:24 to 19:41). 6. Troas (2 Cor. 2:12, 13). 7-13. Macedonia, Greece. Gave exhortation (Acts 20:1, 2). Greece. Spent three months (Acts 20:3). 14-18. Philippi. Set sail (Acts 20:4-6). 19. Troas. Eutychus restored (Acts 20:6-12). 20. Assos. Took in Paul (Acts 20:13, 14). 21. Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Miletus (Acts 20:14, 15). Miletus. Visit of Ephesian elders (Acts 20:15-38). 22, 23. Cos, Rhodes, Patara, Cyprus, Tyre (Acts 21:1-3). Tyre. Tarried seven days (Acts 21:3-6) 24. Ptolemais. Abode one day (Acts 21:7). 25. Caesarea. Virgin prophets, Agabus (Acts 21:8-14). 26. Jerusalem. Report of Paul's Gentile ministry (Acts 21:15-26).

Voyage to Rome

Jerusalem. Paul's arrest (Acts 21:27-36). Jerusalem. Address in the Hebrew language (Acts 21:37 to 22:29). Jerusalem. Address before the sanhedrin (Acts 22:30 to 23:11). Jerusalem. Plot of the Jews (Acts 23:12-32). 1. Caesarea. Examination before Felix (Acts 23:33 to 24:23). Caesarea. Before Felix and Drusilla (Acts 24:24-27). Caesarea. Before Festus, appeal to Caesar (Acts 25:1-12). Caesarea. Before Agrippa and Bernice (Acts 25:13 to 26:32). 2-5. Sidon, Cyprus, Myra, Cnidus, Crete (Acts 27:1-13). 6. Sea of Adria, Melita. Shipwreck (Acts 27:14-44). Melita. Rescue, miracles by Paul (Acts 28:1-11). 7. Syracuse. Tarried three days (Acts 28:12). 8, 9. Rhegium, Puteoli. Found brethren (Acts 28:13, 14). 10, 11. Appii Forum, Three Taverns. Met by brethren from Rome (Acts 28:15). 12. Rome. Conference with Jews (Acts 28:16-29). Rome. Preaching in own hired house (Acts 28:30, 31).

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