COURSES OF STUDY
For the Cou rses of st udy ar ra nged by semesters sec page 55 . The co urse of study is the outcome of the personal exper ience of the teachers in pas toral , evange li stic, home and foreign missionary and city missionary work, conferences, and other teaching- work in many lands, and a lso of an experi ence in the train ing of men and women fo r Chr ist ian work extending over mo re than thi r ty-five years. It embraces the following subjects: I. Christian Doctrine Th e purpose of this cou rse is to acquaint th e stud ent with the great doc t ri nal truths of Ch r istianity as r evealed in the Sc riptures of the O ld and Kew T estament s. The text-book is the English Bible; As far as pos sible the inductive method of st udy is empl oyed, the student being r equi r ed to study carefully those passages bear ing upon a particular subj ect wit h a view toward formulating hi s own statement of the doct r ine taught. The work of the st udent is checked up by class discuss ion . a nd is supp lemented by systemat ic lec tur es. The ent ire cou rse cove r s t\\"0 yea rs and includes a st udy of the doct rine of the Scriptures, of Goel , of J es us Chr ist. o f the Ho ly Sp irit, o f Ange ls, of Ma n, of Sin , of Sa l vat ion, of the K ingdom, of th e Chu rch and of the Last T hi ngs . toge ther with t heir r elated doct rin es . II . Bible Synthesis The Syn th et ic method o f Bible st udy a ims to provide the student with the following: First. A compr ehensive v iew of individua l books of the Bible- th e pu rpose for whi ch written, relation to other books of the Bible, the a ppli ca ti on of the teaching to the per sona l li fe. Second. A compr ehensive g rasp of the genera l contents of the en tir e Bible so that the ma in features of its revelati on may be seen and understood . Third. A r ecogniti on of the progressive cha racter and development o f the div ine reve lat ion as set fo r th in the Scriptur es . S tud ents a re requ i,·cd to do i11 dcpc11cl e11t, ori gi na l r esearch work in the study of portions of Scr iptur e ass igned in advance. Th e res ults of this ind ivid ua l study a rc pr esented a nd dis cussed in the class room. III. Bible Chapter Summary This is a simpl e, ye t very effccti,·e method of Bible study which necessitates the stud ent' s doing defi nit e a nd ori g inal wo rk. Fo ur questions a re to be a nswe r ed in writing 011 each of th e chapters ass igned for the week ly lesson. Th ese questions are : What I s the Principal S ubj ect of th e Chapter? \ ,Vha t I s the Leading Lesson o f th e C11aptcr? What I s th e Best Verse in the Chapter ? \ -V ho A r c the Persons Prominent in the Cha pter? The student is ca ll ccl on in class to r epo rt the answers which a re di scussed. Difficu ltie s a re dea lt with as they arise in th e recitation. IV. Bible Analysis Afte r the more general view of the Bible gai ned th ro ugh the study of SYNTHES IS-the student is led th rough the study un der the tit le of ANALYSIS to dea l mo re compre hensively with a g iven book. Authorsh ip-occas ion o f wr iting-purpose together w ith developing methods of ana lyzing a book of Sc ri pture are her e dea lt w ith. 18
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