What general section of the Israelitish country was concerned in the story of Deborah? 487 T.J.
Locate the principal places: the hill country of Ephraim near the country belonging to the tribe of Naphtali from which Barak came to seek Deborah's help, 52, 53 T.J.; Bethel where Deborah lived, 52 T.J.
Trace out the journeys of Elijah from Samaria, the capital of Ahab's kingdom (113 T.J.) to Zarephath, where the widow served him, 114, 115 T.J.; Mount Carmel near Jezreel where he met the prophets of Baal, 116-122 T.J.; Beer-sheba, where he left his servant, 123 T.J.; Mount Horeb, where he received new courage, 123, 124 T.J.; Jezreel, the scene of Naboth's vineyard, 127-130 T.J.; the Jordan, near Jerusalem, where Elijah was taken in a chariot of fire and where Elisha took up his work, 130-134 T.J.
Locate Syria and its capital, Damascus, the home of Naaman, the leper who came to Elisha to be healed. 143-147 T.J.
Locate Joppa, from which place Jonah sailed to Tarshish.
Locate Nineveh to which he finally went. 165-171, 493 T.J.
Locate the city of Dan which was Samson's home, and in general the scenes of his raids into Philistia. 172-182, 493 T.J.
Locate Babylon, where Daniel lived in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. 183 T.J.
Locate Shushan, prominent in the stories of Esther and Nehemiah. 60, 212, 488 T.J.
(Use map, page 24 L.J., in addition to map in this volume.)
The scenes of Jesus' life were laid in many places throughout the land of Palestine. These places are here tabulated and divided according to the periods of His life. Three practical tests are proposed:--
(1) How many of the places given below suggest to you familiar stories?
(2) How many of these scenes can you locate on the map?
(3) Make an outline of the life of Jesus from the sequence of events here given by writing out in brief the incident connected with each place.
The Mount of Beatitudes. 105, 107, 108 L.J.
Trace out on the map on page 381 the first missionary journey of Paul. 376 L.J.
Trace out on the map on page 393 Paul's second missionary journey. 392 L.J.
Trace out on the map on page 415 Paul's third missionary journey. 417 L.J.
Follow the route on page 449 of Paul's journey to Rome. 462 L.J.
"It is surely good that our youth, during the formative period, should have displayed to them, in a literary dress as brilliant as that of Greek literature, in lyrics which Pindar cannot surpass, in rhetoric as forcible as that of Demosthenes, or contemplative prose not inferior to Plato's--a people dominated by an utter passion for righteousness." --_Richard G. Moulton_.