LESSON 8
We enter now upon the second period of our course, and for the next thirteen lessons will follow the fortunes of the three great patriarchs of Jewish history. The same lesson of simple and unquestioning obedience is found in these stories, with an occasional negative lesson, showing the consequences of disobedience. As the promise to Abram points to the coming of the Messiah, in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed, the Christmas Lesson chosen for this year is upon the Song of Mary, which ends with a reference to the promise given to her as the fulfillment of the promise given to Abram.