Illustrating the International Improved Uniform Sunday School Lessons for 1920. Sixty pictures enclosed in portfolio, 75 cents, postpaid. GOLDEN TEXT.- Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved - ACTS 2:21. Devotional Reading: Psalm 16. Additional Material for Teachers: Joel 2: 28-32; John 16: 7-15; Acts 1: 1-26. Primary Topic: PETER TELLING ABOUT JESUS. Lesson Material: Acts 2: 1-8, 14, 22-24, 36-40. Memory Verse: Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16: 15. Junior Topic: THE STORY OF PENTECOST. Lesson Material: Acts 2:1-41. Memory Verse: Acts 1: 8. Intermediate and Senior Topic: THREE THOUSAND WON IN A DAY. Additional Material: Acts 4:4; 6: 7. Topic for Young People and Adults: THE PERMANENT MEANING OF PENTECOST. Additional Material: Luke 24: 49; Acts 1:8, 12-14; 4:31; 1 Cor. 12: 4-II., THE TEACHER AND HIS CLASS. All grades in the Sunday School should become familiar with the story of the beginnings of the early Church, as it unfolds in this Quarter's lessons. The story itself is of vivid interest, and its applications important to all. The younger classes will necessarily spend the greater part of the time on the story of Pentecost, which is one of the most vivid in the Bible. Let them see that Peter was beginning to carry out his Lord's last command. Speaking of the Holy Spirit as the Helper, even the very youngest can learn to recognize His whispering in their hearts. The Intermediate and Senior classes will find it both interesting and instructive to study in addition some of the most famous revivals in history and in our own times, noting the characteristics which are and must be common to them all. The older classes can discuss the working of the Holy Spirit in the minds of men; what were the permanent results of this first conscious gift of the Holy Spirit in the new dispensation; and our duty in view of the presence of the Spirit in the world. THE Since this is the first Sunday in the new year, it is well for all to make some New Year's Resolutions, which they will keep throughout the year. to-day is especially adapted to explain and enforce such resolutions. For Teachers: We will endeavor to bring every one of our scholars to Jesus. For Parents: We will make our homes so filled with religious life that every one of our children will be attracted to Jesus. For the Young: We will decide to-day to give our hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ, and take Him as our Saviour and King. IV. V. VI. TRANSFORMATION APOSTLES. IN THE THE RESULTS OF THE TRANS FORMATION. 1. Peter's Sermon, Acts 2: 14-40. 2. Three Thousand Won in a Day, Acts 2: 41, 42. MODERN EXPERIENCES OF PENTE- PERMANENT LESSONS FROM PENTE- THE TEACHER'S LIBRARY. The Commentaries on the Acts. Professor Ramsay's Pictures of the Apostolic Church. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit, by Torrey. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament, by Prof. H. B. Swete (Macmillan, $2.75). The Tongue of Fire, by William Arthur (Harpers, 75¢). A History of American Revivals, by Frank G. Beardsley, S.T.D. (Am. Tract Soc., 50¢). Stories of the great revivals of various times and lands, as under Savonarola, Luther, and the Huguenots; and in modern times in Wales, India, China, etc. Edwards, on Revivals. THE LESSON IN ART. The Descent of the Holy Spirit, by Fra Angelico,* Van der Werff,* Giotto, and an unknown artist.* St. Peter, by Bartolommeo,* Ribera, Sarto, Thorvaldsen, and from Da Vinci's Last Supper. St. Peter Preaching, by Fra Angelico and Doré. *In Wilde's Bible Pictures. I. THE POWERS WHICH PRODUCED THE TRANSFORMATION. There was a period of a little more than three years, January, A.D. 27, to May 28, A.D. 30, in which were gathered the great divine forces which were the source of the Christian Church. 1. Jesus during a little more than three years did his Father's business here on the earth he gathered disciples and trained them; he healed all manner of sickness and infirmities; he taught the principles of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the conditions for entering therein; he lived a life of prayer; and set his disciples the task of winning the world to the Kingdom which he had come to this earth to found. These things we read in the Four Gospels. It is for us to keep Jesus and his |