The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 2); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious . handquarter. In the lower right-hand quarterwould be found Arabia and Egypt. Thesetwo eastern or right-hand sections are allthat we need practically for the study ofthe Old Testament geography, coveringthe neighboring lands as well as the homecountry of the Israelitish folk. For theNew Testament study we shall need toadd the upper left-hand quarter of the cir-cle suggested which covers part of Asia of a
The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 2); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious . handquarter. In the lower right-hand quarterwould be found Arabia and Egypt. Thesetwo eastern or right-hand sections are allthat we need practically for the study ofthe Old Testament geography, coveringthe neighboring lands as well as the homecountry of the Israelitish folk. For theNew Testament study we shall need toadd the upper left-hand quarter of the cir-cle suggested which covers part of Asia of a peoples natural surroundings. Thepresent writer always had difficulty intrying to keep the geographical facts ofPalestine clearly in mind by the aid ofthe ordinary colored maps. Not until hehad dwelt in the country and gone overthe ground, in sun and rain, donkey-backand afoot and the distances and propor-tions had become a sort of sense could hefeel comfortable in the effort to locate thescenes of the olden life. Travel can besimulated by the aid of raised maps inplaster, sand, wood, or clay, and by thehelp of the excellent travel scheme pub-lished by the makers of stereoscopic Minor, Greece, and Italy. The lower left-hand quarter is scarcely needed for anyordinary Biblical question. Thus Pal-estine is seen to belong to the ancientworld in geography and history. Weshould return to this pictured map foreach section of the Bible to be it can be outlined on several sheets andfilled in gradually and variously accord-ing to the needs of the current lesson itwill help to make vivid impressions. (SeeHandwork in the S. S.) Too much maybe put upon maps for use in a is without doubt the most im- Sressive influence upon the imagination inelping us to control the tangible factors (See Stereoscope.) A room or an out-of-door plot may be arranged to represent theoutstanding features of the country to bestudied. The association of geography and his-tory brings
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