BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Apr 3, 1900

BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY.

(April 8–14.)

If the Missionary Reading Circle means anything at all, it means more than the mere study of the facts in these lessons. “It is a call from God to this whole people to awake and study these things, read the literature, and then spread it abroad to all people.” In every possible way let the Circle be made a training-school for workers. The instruction given to the leaders in our churches is this: “We must teach the members of the church how they may effectually minister to others.” If this is not done soon, when can it be done?

Lesson 19.

Dan. 11: 32–39; “Thoughts on Daniel,” pages 262–273.

1. Review the principal events in the establishment of the papacy.

2. What prominent characteristics, both of the papacy and of the people of God, are revealed in verses 32 and 33?

3. Trace the history of the church as foretold in verses 34 and 35.

4. What three peculiar features must appear in the power next introduced in the prophecy? Give the substance of the historical quotations that identify this power.

5. What further points of identification are furnished in the fulfilment of verse 37?

6. Describe the introduction of the worship of the Goddess of Reason.

7. How was the expression, “shall divide the land for gain,” also fulfilled?

8. By whom and how was the Reign of Terror and the Infidel Revolution terminated?

Suggestions for Review Meeting.

1. Give a brief history of the persecution of the people of God, as touched upon in the lesson.

2. Assign to a member the work of arranging a few texts on the subject of persecution, and drawing some practical lessons from the experiences of the early apostles.

3. Relate that portion of the history of France which is referred to in the prophecy.

4. What topics of the lesson would make interesting subjects of conversation? Study different methods of beginning such a conversation so as to arouse interest in the subject.