Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 38: Design for the Advancement of the Young; May 1, 1903
In problems of this kind, are so many varying quantities that varying results are inevitable; but the constant quanti ties may be considered, and from them we may arrive at approximately correct results.
First, then, we must locate our subject in regard to place, time and local sur roundings; as, birth of our Savior oc curred in Bethlehem, Judea, when Herod was governor of Judea, and Israel was in subjection to the emperor of Rome. Second, how related to former lessons; as, in former lessons we learn how the Israelites were led by Moses out of Egypt, how they conquered and settled in the land of Canaan, were prosperous and happy so long as they were obedient to the Divine law, and how their prosperity passed away when they turned to the worship of idols.
Their holy prophets of all times fore told the coming of a king who should relieve all their af?ictions, and set up an everlasting kingdom.
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