The Teachings of Jesus (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Teachings of Jesus<br><br>These Lessons have been prepared for use in Sunday-schools where the "one-topic" method is followed; but they will be found equally useful as a Class-Manual for pupils above Infant Classes. The age of ten or eleven may be taken as the dividing line with reference to the two sets of Questions, - those for younger and those for older pupils.<br><br>The plan of the Lessons is to furnish answers to the three questions that we naturally ask concerning any "Scripture," namely, x. What does it say 2. What does it mean 3. What does it teach The first question is answered in the Lesson-passage, the central truth of which is given in the Golden Text. The Meaning of the passage is explained in a series of Notes; and the Teaching unfolded by means of exposition, illustration, and application. The Golden Sayings embody in brief sentences or verses the essential truths of the Teaching. As these Lessons are intended to be ethical and religious rather than critical, many questions in biblical criticism that some teachers might profitably discuss with the older classes are not touched upon here. Such questions have their proper place in Bible teaching; but the introduction of inquiries of a purely critical nature in lessons that have a moral or spiritual aim would tend, with the majority of our Sunday-school scholars, to confuse the mind or divert the thoughts from topics of more vital interest.<br><br>Both the subject-matter and the method of these Lessons have been determined by the requirements of our Sunday-schools. The Unitarian Sunday-School Society aims to meet by its publications a great variety of needs, and so offers these One-Topic Lessons to supplement the series of Manuals which it has recently issued.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.