Article April 3, 1943 Issue

The First of the Beatitudes

[Of Special Interest to Youth]

ANN PUTCAMP

Whenever the disciples gathered around Jesus to hear him speak, that place became a classroom. It is not in the least unusual that it was most often out of doors. Standing on a roof overlooking the Mosque of Abraham in Hebron, Palestine, the writer saw a small group of students gather near the Mosque. The teacher joined them, and they went together to a near-by hillside, seated themselves under some olive trees, and the teaching began. Such a scene was witnessed many times during a winter's stay in Palestine.

This is the first of a series of five articles on the Beatitudes, which are appearing monthly in the Sentinel.

When we consider the Beatitudes, initial portion of the great Sermon on the Mount, we seldom visualize completely the background of disciples, teacher, and occasion. In beginning this series of articles on the Beatitudes, let us pause for a moment and do this; let us feel that we are fellow students with the disciples of the great Teacher.

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