Lost Soul
Draw a picture of steps, twelve in number, with the upper and lower pairs divided. The six upper steps are Gehazi's steps in sin; the six lower, the results to which they lead. He took the first six voluntarily, the other six necessarily.
Place in order the six sins of Gehazi; begin with the Covetous Thought, ending with Lying. "Perverted Power" refers to the fact that he misused the spiritual gifts of Elisha for his own personal gain. When a sinner begins, he knows not where he shall end. Having taken these steps, he was compelled to receive six consequences. Guilt, Discovery, etc. "Lost Privileges; " but for this sin he might have been Elisha's successor in the prophetic office. "Tainted Blood;" the leprosy extending to his seed after him. On the margin (or other side of the board) write the four lessons as taught by this event, as per diagram. -Rev. J. L. Hau burt. ( BLACKBOARD ILLUSTRATIONS, &c. 271 Concert Exercise.
