was given the
church in Smyrna? 460, 461 S.A.

What was the charge against the church in Pergamum? 461 S.A.

What was the message to the church in Thyatira? 462 S.A.

For what was the church in Sardis rebuked? 462, 463 S.A.

What promise was given to the church in Philadelphia? 463,464 S.A.

What charge was brought against
the church in Laodicea? 464 S.A.

What beautiful promise was held
out to the Laodiceans? 464 S.A.

Name some of the symbols used in the successive
scenes of this revelation. 467-478 S.A.

What name was given, in John's vision,
to the Heavenly City? 476 S.A.

Name some of the characteristics
of the Heavenly City. 477, 478 S.A.

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PART III

THE LAND OF THE BIBLE

_Visiting Palestine with THE BIBLE STORY_

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"A land not of sailors, not of traders, not of foresters, but a land
of lonely highlanders who won their living from the soil, from grain
fields, from vineyards, from orchards, and from sheepfolds. A land of
paths, not of thoroughfares, with but one great city. A land, not far
from the highroad between Europe and the East, yet secluded on its
hilltops, where prophets and patriots dreamed in its safe caverns. A
land which, because it had little possible outreach, reached upward."

--_William Byron Forbush_.

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[Illustration: RADIAL KEY MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OLD TESTAMENT (With
approximate distances and directions from Jerusalem). Used by
permission of the American Baptist Publication Society.
_Copyrighted by Geo. May Powell, 1901_.]

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VISITING PALESTINE WITH THE BIBLE STORY

A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE LAND

The land of Palestine would be one of the most interesting even if
sacred events had never occurred within its borders.

In the first place, it is part of the world's largest oasis. Have you
ever thought that it is the most isolated country on earth? Hemmed in
by the desert, on part of one end by high mountains and on the west by
the sea, it seems separated from an other lands as for some peculiar
purpose.

It is most astonishing in its physical contour. Though smaller than
New Hampshire and of about the same shape, its elevation varies from
the height of Mount Hermon, 9000 feet above the