The International Lesson System, the History of Its Origin and Development: Lectures Delivered Before the Faculty and Students of the Southern Baptist ... February 6 10, 1911 (Classic Reprint) - John Richard Sampey, Revised Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   2/4/2018
• ISBN-13   9781333169534 | 978-1-333-16953-4
• ISBN   1333169531 | 1-333-16953-1
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   John Richard Sampey
• Excerpt from The International Lesson System, the History of Its Origin and Development: Lectures Delivered Before the Faculty and Students of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, February 6 10, 1911Before history can be written, history must be made. A period Of forty years Of interesting and instructive co operative Christian work has been waiting for some sym pathetic writer to tell the inspiring story. As the Senior member of the American Section of the International Lesson Committee, I have undertaken the pleasing Office of chronicler and interpreter. Everybody has been will ing and prompt to help me with the loan Of books, papers, manuscripts, pictures and whatever else I have needed.The story was first told in lectures on the Sunday School Board foundation in the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary. Much additional material has been incorporated, and valuable appendices have been added. The book contains all the lessons, both uniform and graded, that have ever been issued by the American Sec tion Of the Lesson Committee.My special thanks are due to Bishop Vincent for the courtesy of a long personal interview and for the excel lent Introduction to my book. to Professor Ira M. Price for granting me access to the Minutes of the Lesson Committee. to Messrs. Marion Lawrance, Hugh Cork, W. C. Pearce, W. B. Jacobs, B. W. Spilman, J. I. D. Hinds, E. M. Fergusson, and Mrs. J. W. Barnes for the loan Of valuable books and papers. to Mr. W. N. Harts horn for the use Of cuts Of the Lesson Committee, and to Rev. Frank Johnson for the gift Of books and papers con cerning the Sunday-school movement in Great Britain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully. any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.