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The Two Year Course of Study ( See three-yea r course. page 52 . For the courses of study a rrangecl hy seme sters see _page :i--1-.) The course of study is the outcome of the personal exper ience of the teachers in pastoral , evangelistic , home and fore ign mi ss ionary and city miss ionary work, conferences, and other teaching work in many land s, and also of an exper;ence in the tra ining of men a nd women for Chr ist ian work extend ing over more than a quarte r of a century. It embraces the following subj ec ts : I. Doctrinal Study of the Bible In the study of Doctri ne, e\·e ry effort is ma cl e to di scO\·e r at first hand what the Bible teaches concerning Goel and Hi s L' ni\·erse ; concerning Man and his relati on to Goel , to ri ghteous ne ss and to his fellowman. Ko textbook is fo ll owed. Stud ents a re a rranged in g roups o f fift een or eighteen. T o each group ce rta in cha pte rs are a ss igned fo r eac h recitati on. Each stu dent prepa res a wr;tten repor t of h is findi ngs in the materi al befo re him on the subj ect in lnncl- for instance, Goel-His being, att ri butes. character and ,nirks as reYealecl by Hi s word s, Hi s requirements a nd :Hi s acts as desc ribed in the portion a ll otted fo r sea rch. The secreta ry of each group selects from these written repo rt s the one mos t representati ve and when that group is called upon. the write r of th e paper selected present s it to the class f rom the platfo rm . At the conclusion of the stuch· of am· book o f t he B'bl e. th e best parers 0 11 each cha pter a re g iYen to one of the g roups fo r ed iting. The ma terial so gathered is then placed in the hand s of the teacher fo r furth er sc rutiny . \\.hen the ed iting is compl eted. the final result is mi meog raphed and placed in th e hand s of each stud ent in the class . O ne yea r is g iven to the study of Goel. Father, Son and Spi rit, and a second year is g;Yen to the study of Man , hi s or ig ina l a nd hi s fallen condit ion and the mea ns by which he may be restored to th e favor of Goel . These means are often descr ibed as the Doctri nes of C race and cove r such themes as R edempt ion, Ju stification. Regeneration, Adopt ion, Sancti -
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