What was the name of our story last Sunday? In what book is that story found? In what chapter were your readings for the week? Tell me what you found in the picture for the lesson. If you were asked to write a title under the picture what would you choose? (Tell the children they may write a title in their books.) What work was given to Adam that he did with his hands? What did he have to think and plan for? What was the memory text of the lesson? Suppose the heavenly Father had not cared to have his children do any work, how do you think that verse would have ended then? “The Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden”—to do what? (To have a good time, may be suggested.) Do you think he would have had a really happy time without anything to do? No: God himself is not idle, and his children, because made in his image, cannot be really happy unless they do something worth while with the powers that he has given them. I suppose there are some kinds of work and study that you have to do that you do not enjoy doing, but you can do anything if you remember that it will please the heavenly Father, your own father and mother, and others who love you. Your play afterward will give you much more pleasure, and the best of it is that, after a while, you will learn to like the work. What command did God give to Adam about one of the trees in the garden?
(Show your book and find out what the pupils have done in theirs. Discourage emphatically any attempt to do this work ahead of the lesson-teaching in the school. The tendency in the beginning will probably be on the part of many to rush ahead with the work while it is novel, but when the novelty has worn off there will be a reaction and it will be difficult to get the work done at all. Keep in mind constantly that one great purpose to be accomplished through the work book this year is to teach the children to follow instructions implicitly.)
LESSON 3
Hiding from God
Teaching Material.—Genesis 3:1-24.
Pupil’s Reading.—Genesis 3:1-15.
Memory Text.—Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Jeremiah 23:24a.
LIGHT FROM OTHER BIBLE PASSAGES
Psalm 139:7-12; Proverbs 28:1, 13; Jeremiah 2:17, 19; Romans 5:12-19; 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22.