Bible Institute of Los Angeles Bulletin
January, 1917
Volume 2
Number 1
Catalogue Number
Published January, April, July, October by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles 536-558 SOUTH HOPE STREET LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Entered as second-classmatter, December 22, 1916, at the post officeat Los Angeles, California, under Act of August 24, 1912
Bible Institute of Los Angeles Bulletin
Volume 2
January, 1917
Number 1
Catalogue Number
Published January, April, July, October by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles 536-558 SOUTH HOPE STREET LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Entered as second-class matter, December 22, 1916, at the post office at Los Angeles, California, under Act of August 24, 1912
Bible Institute, Located in the Center of Los Angeles, at Sixth and Hope Streets. Thirteen-Story Reinforced Concrete Building. Two Hotels of 632 Rooms . Auditorium Seating 4000.
Board of Directors
LYMAN STEWART President
R. A. TORREY Vice President
T . C. HORTON, Superintendent WILLIAM THORN, Secretary LEON V. SHAW, Treasurer
WILLIAM EVANS
J . M. IRVINE
NATHAN NEWBY
H. A. GETZ
Officers of Educational Department
R. A. TORREY, Dean WILLIAM EVANS, Associate Dean JOHN H. HUNTER, Registrar and Secretary
Superintendents of Men and Women H. J. BALDWIN, Superin tendent of Men MRS. FRANCES C. ALLISON, Superintendent of Women
Extension Secretary GEORGE W. HUNTER, 1016 Boylston Ave. , Seattl e, Wash.
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Faculty R. A. TORREY Bible Doctrine, Book Studies, Textual and Literary Criticism, Personal Work, Evangeli sm. WILLIAM EVANS Bible Synthesis, Bible Analysis, Homiletics, Bible Teachers' Training Class, Public Speaking. JOHN H. HU0JTER Chapter Summary, Biblical Introduction. Sunday School Methods, Missions, Church History, Christian Evidences. THOMAS C. HORTON Practical Methods of Work, Pastoral Theology, Work for Young Men. H. J. BALDWIN Biblical Introduction , Practical Methods. MRS. FRANCES C. ALLISON Practical Methods of Christian Work for Women. JOHN B. TROWBRIDGE Notation Harmony, Voice Culture, Conducting, Music Teachers' Training Class. CHARLES H . MARSH Piano, P ipe Organ , Harmony, Composition.
Instructors Not Members of the Faculty MRS. CHARLES H. MARSH Accompanist, Soloist,Voice Culture. MRS. H. J. BALDWIN Piano, Voice, Sunday School Methods. MISS M. C. LINCOLN Violin.
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Special Lecturers Many of the leading preachers, evangelists and mission aries visit Los Angeles, and the students have the privilege of hearing them at the Institute. Among those who have recently delivered lectures on the Bible, Methods of Christian Work, or who have preached in the Institute Auditorium, are:
Rev. John McNeil, D. D. Rev. Wm. B. Riley, D. D. Rev. W. B. Munhall , D. D. Rev. W. B. Hinson, D. D.
Denver, Colo.
Minneapolis, Minn. Germantown, Pa.
Portland, Oregon Rev. Jas. A. Francis, D. D., First Baptist Church, Los Angeles Rev. James M. Gray, D. D. Chicago, Ill. Rev. Arno C. Gaebelein, D. D. New York, N. Y. Rev. Geo. G. Mahy, D. D. Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. John C. Page Denver, Colo. Mr. Rush Crissman American S. S. Union, Los Angeles Rev. Robert Laird Stewart, D. D. Alhambra, Cal. Rev. Thomas Holmes Walker Los Angeles, Cal. Rev. Alfred V. Gray China Rev. William B. Hunt Chai Ryung, Korea Rev. G. S. McCune, D. D. Syen Chyun, Korea Rev. French E. Oliver, D. D. South Pasadena Prof. Cleland B. McAfee Chicago, Ill. Prof. Charles R. Erdman Princeton, N. J.
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Calendar The school year is divided into three terms, designated Fall, Winter, and Spring, respectively, and though students can enter at any time, there are many advantages in entering at the beginning of a term, especially the beginning of the Fall term. See Certificates and Diplomas, page 52. Christian workers not intending to take the complete course and yet anxious to improve their working knowledge of the Bible will be allowed to enroll for short periods.
The Calendar for 1917-18 will be as fo llows:
1917 Wednesday, Jan. 3. Opening of Winter Term. Regi stra tion Day. Thursday, Mar. 22, to Thursday, Mar. 29. Winter Term Examinations. Friday, Mar. 30, to Tuesday, April 3. Spring Recess. Wednesday, Apr. 4. Opening of Spring Term. Regis tration Day. Thursday, June 21, to Thursday, J une 28. Spring Term Examinations . Graduating Exercises. Friday, J une 29, to Tuesday, Sept. 25. Summer Vacation. Wednesday, Sept. 26. Opening of Fall Term. Registra tion Day. Monday, Dec. 17, to Friday, Dec. 21. Fall Term Exami nations. Saturday, Dec. 22, to Tuesday, Jan. 1. Christmas Recess. 1918 Wednesday, Jan. 2. Opening of Winter Term. Registra tion Day. Monday, Mar. 25, to Friday, Mar. 29. Winter Term Examinations. Saturday, Mar. 30, to Tuesday, Apr. 2. Spring Recess. Wednesday, Apr. 3. Opening of Spring Term. Registra tion Day. Thursday, June 20, to Thursday, June 27. Spring Term Examinations. Graduating Exercises. Friday, June 28, to Tuesday, Sept. 24. Summer Vacation.
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Advantages and Privileges 1. The first advantage of the Institute is found in its corps of teachers, men and women who have been specialists for many years in the study of the one Book, the Bible, and who have had many years' experience in teaching that Book, some of them not only in America, but in foreign lands. Those now teaching at the Bible Institute in Los Angeles have form ulated the course of study in other Bible Institutes and put them in successful operation before coming to Los Angeles. These teachers are so well known to Christians in all lands that there is no need to dwell here upon their qualifications for the work. 2. The second advantage of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles is found in its location. There is probably no more healthful climate in all the world than that of this city. The student here is free from all the physical strain that one is necessarily under, either in summer or winter, in most large cities, especially in the East or Middle West or Northwest. Many coming to Los Angeles in run-down physical condition, soon regain abounding health. But this is not the only advan tage in the location of the Bible Institute in this city. It is doubtful if there is any other city on the globe where there is at the present time so great a need on the one hand, and on the other so great an opportunity and promise, for sound and solid Bible work and aggressive Christian effort. No one who has not lived in Los Angeles and studied the city and its inhabitants, its location, resources and growth, has any con ception of its present greatness, and much less of its future pos sibilities. It has not only the matchless climate to which reference has already been made, but also its marvelously fer tile soil, its rich mines, its cheap fuel, and a citizenship of rare quality. In addition to this, the opening of the Panama Canal, and the proximity of the Cali fornia Coast to the Orient, all mark Los Angeles as a city of destiny. Not on ly does Los Angeles already dominate the Pacific Coast, but its influence upon Japan , China and Korea, is immeasurable for good or evil. This is the critical hour, and those who believe in the Bible and its matchless power to influence, not only individuals,
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but also society as a whole, and the commercial life of nations as well as their religious life, should seize the present oppor tunity at any cost. This city is not only a place of unparalleled advantages for the study of the Word of God, but also for the use of the Word in saving men, while it is being studied. Students wi ll find here an opportunity to work among people of European nations, and a lso among the Spanish speaking people of Mexico, Cen tral and South America, and among Koreans, Chinese, Japanese and Hindoos. No other city offers such opportunities for preparation for work in foreign lands. 3. The third advantage is found in the buil dings and equipment. The Bible Institute has two dormitories. one for men and one for women. Each of these buidings is fifteen stories high, including basement and sub-basement, and abso lutely fire-proof. There are over 600 rooms, with hot and cold water, steam heat, and electric light in every room. There are also shower and tub baths on each floor. There are many other conveniences in connection with the rooms. It has also an auditorium building with a main auditorium accommodating over 4000 people, and smaller lecture rooms for the different classes. These lecture rooms can be thrown together and accommodate over 1200 people. There is also a large room for library and quiet study and also assem bly rooms . There are three roof gardens, one on each building. These buildings are located in the very heart of the business and hotel section of Los Angeles. They adjoin immediately upon the ground which has been purchased by the city for its public library, auditorium and other city buildings. They are one block from the largest department store in Los Angeles. They are also within easy reach of all lines of street cars, radiating to all parts of the city and running out sixty or seventy miles into the country. Some of the most important lines of both street car systems run within a quarter of a block of the buildings, and transfers can be had from them to all other lines in the city. 4. The next advantage is found in the accessibility of the public library, ( which is the largest library west of Chicago) and other buildings of an educational character which are open to the public. The library is to be located
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immediately adjacent to the Institute building, and at the present time is only a few minutes walk away. 5. A further advantage is found in the opportunity for recreation. There are tennis courts immediately adjacent to the Institute. All the ocean beaches are accessible by street car lines. Some of them can be reached in half an hour and others of them in an hour. Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson can be reached by trolley. The students on their rest days take many outings together, and parties needing rest go to the seashore or mountain resorts. Devotional Life "That was a great lack in my school life,"said one who is growing old in Christian service, when the devotional life of the Institute was under discussion, recently. It was a joy to be able to give the assurance of ample attention to it here. It begins with the awakening of the clay. One hour is allowed between the rising bell and the breakfast bell for dressing and the quiet hour period-an opportunity to look to God before looking upon man . During the superintendents' half hour immediately following the morning meal, the men and women gather together in the two rooms respectively assigned for morning devotion, for a season of prayer and devotional study of the Word. The superintendents preside at this session, bringing whatever message for the day that God may have given them. The students go again to these rooms at the close of the evening meal, for a season of prayer and testi mony. The students themselves have charge of this service, being assigned in turn by the superintendents. Another daily feature of great helpfulness is the corridor prayer meeting. The students on each corridor gather in a student's room at whatever hour is most convenient to discuss their perplexing personal problems and to present them to God for solution. It is here, as perhaps at no other gathering, that definiteness in prayer is learned.
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For Whom Intended The object of the Institute, stated in general terms, is to train men and women in the thorough knowledge and effective practical use of the English Bible, and it is therefore intended for all men and women who wish to get the most thorough knowledge possible of the Word of God and to use it in any form of Christian activity. There are, however, special classes of men and women, to meet whose need the Bible Institute is especially adapted: 1. Men who are called of God into the ministry of His Word. It was not the intention of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, which is really the parent of all Bible Institutes in this country, to train men for the pastorate, but after a few years' experience it was found that very many of its graduates did find their way, sooner or later, into the pastorate. The course of training given in the Institute is not planned to supplant that of the theological seminary in preparing men for the ministry; but for more than a quarter of a century men who have taken this course have proved its worth in pastorates at home and in the mi ssion fields abroad, where they have made, and are making splendid records as heralds of the Gos pel and winners of men for Christ. 2. Graduates of colleges and theological seminaries who desire to supplement the knowledge obtained in college and seminary by a more thorough study of the English Bible, prac tical methods of aggressive Christian work, and the most effective methods of teaching the Bible. 3. Men and women who are planning to go to the for eign mission field. More than seven hundred men and women who have been trained under the present teachers of the Los Angeles Bible Institute are now doing effective work in the foreign field. 4. Foreign missionaries home on furlough. Many of those who have had experience in the field need during their days of furlough to increase their knowledge of the Bible and the methods of Christian work now in use. Not infrequently
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they find that there is no place so well adapted for this purpose as the Bible Institute. 5. Men and women preparing for various forms of Christian work besides the pastorate, evangelists, singing evan gelists, superintendents of Christian institutions, Sunday School workers, assistant pastors, church visitors, Young Men' s Christian Association secretaries, Young Women's Christian Association secretaries, city mission workers, rescue mission workers. 6. Men and women who do not intend to give their whole time to definite forms of Christian service, but who de sire a larger knowledge of the Bible and practical methods of work, in order that they may be more useful in their home churches. Large numbers of men and women have gone through the Bible Institute with no intention of giving their entire life to definite Christian work. Not a few of these afterwards have gone into the pastorate and other forms of Christian work, but many of them have gone back to their churches to be a help to their pastor and to the Christian life of the community. 7. Men already in the ministry who feel the need or a more thorough, accurate and practical knowledge of the Bible.
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The Object of the Institute The Institute aims, in its training of all classes for whom it is intended, to send out men and women having at least these seven characteristics : 1. Genuine and thorough consecration. 2. Intense love for souls. 3. A deep and comprehensive knowledge of the Word of God, and especially of how to use it in leading men to Christ. 4. Willingness to endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. 5. Untiring energy. 6. Well balanced common sense, especially along religious lines. 7. Enduement with power by the filling with the Holy Spirit. Great emphasis is laid upon the development of the spir itual life of the student. If any student should go from the school without a more intimate, personal acquaintance with Jesus Christ, or without more of the power of the Holy Spirit in his life and work, the Institute would have failed in his case at the most important point. The study of music is made an important feature of the Institute training, so that men and women may be prepared to teach music and lead choirs, and assist otherwise in this important department of Christian work. While the Institute music course prepares students for the work of the singing evangelist, it is not intended for any one who simply wishes a music education. The music work of the Institute is always made subordinate to the study of the Bible, and music is taught only as a means of qualifying one for more effective soul-win ning service. All lectures and classes are free to registered students of every creed and denomination. There is a nominal registra tion fee of $1.00 a term, payable in advance. Persons not regularly enrolled as students, who wish to gain a better knowledge of the Bible and acquire a proficiency in Christian work, are welcome to many of the classes.
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The Denominational and Doctrinal Position of the Bible Institute The Bible Institute does not antagonize any evangeli ca l denomination, but seeks to cooperate with them all. It believes hearti ly in the necessity and excellent work of the existing churches and has no purpose or thought of forming a new denomination. While it would re joice if it were possible to bring all Christians together in one organization, it recognizes the fact that while this is desirable in theory, it is impossible in practice. The Institute recognizes and rejoices in the great good that is being accomplished by the churches of the different denominations, and seeks to help them to do even more efficient work. It desires and cu ltivates the fellowship and co-operation of all the evangelical denominations and of individual believ ers in all the churches. While there is a church worshipping on the Lord's Day in the Auditorium of the Bible Institute, that church is an entirely separate organization, and the Insti tute does not require nor expect that students coming to the Institute wi ll become members of that church. The church is open to those who desire to become members of it, but it is expected that the students of the Bible Institute will be loyal to the denomination to which they belong. The trustees and teachers of the Institute are chosen without regard to their denominational affiliation, and have always represented a num ber of different denominations. Among those represented on the Faculty and Board of Directors of the Bible Institute of the present or the past, may be mentioned members of the fol lowing denominat ions: Method ist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopal, Christian. However, the Institute does stand for a definite doctrinal statement of faith, and all its teachers and directors, regard less of denominational affiliation, are required once a year to sign the Statement of Faith. ( See next page.) All moneys contributed to the Building Fund wi ll be held inviolable for the teaching of these truths. Failure to insist upon the promulgation of these t ru ths, or the permission of teaching contrary to this statement of
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belief, would constitute ground for suit for the reversion of the money contributed to the original donors or heirs. The Statement of Faith is as fo llows:
Statement of Faith I.
The Bible, consisting of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, is the Word of God, a supernaturally given revela tion from God Himself, concerning Himself, His being, nature. character, will and purposes; and concerning man. hi s nature. need , duty and destiny. The Scriptures of the Old and Ne w Testaments are without error or misstatement in their moral and spiritual teachings and reco rd of hi storical facts. They are without error or defect of any kind. II. There is one God, eternall y existing and manifesting Him- selfto us in three Persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit. III. The Lord Jesus was supernaturally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin-Mary, a lineal descendant of David. He lived and taught and wrought mighty works and wonders and signs, exactly as is reco rded in the four gospels. He was put to death by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate. God rai sed from the dead the body that had been nailed to the cross. The Lord Jesus after His crucifixion showed Himself alive to His di sciple s, appearing unto them by the space of forty days. After this the Lord Jesus ascended into Heaven, and the Father caused Him to sit at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and eve ry name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come, and put all things in subjection under His feet , and gave Him to be Head over all things to the Church. IV. The Lord Jesus, before His incarnation, existed in the form of God, and of His own choice laid as ide His divine
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glory and took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. In His pre-existent state, He was with God and was God. He is a divine person, possessed of all the attributes of Deity, and should be worshipped as God by angels and men. "In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily." All the words that He spoke during His earthly life were the words of God. There is absolutely no error of any kind in them, and by the words of Jesus Christ the words of all other teachers must be tested. V. The Lord Jesus became in every respect a real man, pos sessed of all the essential characteristics of human nature. VI. By His death upon the cross, the Lord Jesus made a per fect atonement for sin, by which the wrath of God against sinners is appeased, and a ground furnished upon which God can deal in mercy with sinners. He redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse in our place. He Who Himself was absolutely without sin, was made to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. The Lord Jesus is coming again to this earth, personally, bod ily, and visibly. The return of our Lord is the blessed hope of the believer, and in it God's purposes of grace toward mankind will find their consummation. VII. The Holy Spirit is a person and is possessed of all the distinctively divine attributes. He is God. VIII . Man was created in the image of God, after His likeness, but the whole human race fell in the fall of the first Adam. All men, until they accept the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour, are lost, darkened in their unders tanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, hardened in heart, morally and spiritually dead through their trespasses and sins. They cannot see, nor enter the Kingdom of God until they are born again of the Holy Spirit.
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IX. Men are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ, and upon the simple and single condition of faith in Him Who shed the blood, and are born again by the quickening, renewing, cleansing wo rk of the Holy Spirit through the instrumentality of the Word of God. X. All those who receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour and their Lord, and who confess Him as such before their fellow men, become children of God, and receive eternal life. They become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. At death their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessed ness, and at the second coming of Christ, their bodies shall be raised and transformed into the likeness of the body of His glory. XI. All those who persistently reject Jesus Christ in the pres ent li fe shall be raised from the dead, and throughout eternity exist in a state of conscious, unutterable endless torment and anguish. XII. The Church consists of all those who, in thi s present dis pensation, truly believe on Jesus Christ. It is the body and bride of Christ, which Christ loves, and for which He has given Himself up. XIII. There is a personal devil, a being of great cunning and power, "The prince of the power of the air," "The prince of this world," "The god of this age." He can exert his vast power only so far as God suffers him to do so. He shall ulti mately be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, and shall be tormented day and night forever.
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Course of Study The course of study is the outcome of the personal exper ience of the teachers in pastoral, evangelistic, home and foreign missionary and city missionary work, conferences, and other teaching work in many lands, and also of an experience in the training of men and women for Chr istian work extending over more than a quarter of a century. It embraces the following subjects: I. Doctrinal Study of the Bible The Bible is the only text book of the Bible Institute, but a large number of methods are fo llowed in studying the Bible. The fundamental thing in the teaching of the Bible in the Institute is a thorough course in the doctrinal contents of the entire Bible. This covers two school years. It comprises a careful and thorough study of what the Bible teaches on the great fundamental truths of the Christian faith. While the Authorized Version and the American Standard Revised Ver sion are used in the class room, reference is constantly made to the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, and the Greek text of the New Testament, although the student does not need to have a knowledge of either Hebrew or Greek to master the course. While the course in Bible doctrine covers all the subjects taken up in our best theological seminari es in their courses in SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, the method of study is entirely different from that usually pursued in theological sem inaries. The doctrine is never stated and then proof texts hunted up to prove the doctrine. The method is rather that pursued in our day in all other branches of scientific study, the INDUCTIVE METHOD. Every passage of Scripture bearing upon the doctrine under discussion is examined and its exact meaning in the light of the context determined, and thus the Bible teaching is ascertained and the results classified in propo sitions that state what is contained, and only what is contained, in the Scriptures that have been studied . The primary aim of the study is to strengthen the faith of the student, to give him an accurate and thorough knowledge of Bibl e truth and to qualify him to teach or preach the truth contained in the Bible
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in a systematic form. However, the study proves also of immense help in the development of all the intellectual facul ties of the student, and really is also a course in the only sure and stable philosophy that there is, viz., the philosophy revealed by an Omniscient God. The student who takes a complete course, is thus qualified not only to promulgate the truth, but to discern and expose all the forms of false doctrine that are being taught in the world and in the church today.
The following doctrines are covered in this course:
A. The Bible Teaching Concerning God
(1) God as Spirit. (2) The Unity of God, (including the Bible doctrine of the Trinity). (3) The Eternity of God. (4) The Immutability of God. ( 5) The Self-existence of God. (6) The Personality of God. (7) The Omnipotence of God. (8) The Omniscience of God. (9) The Holiness of God. ( 10) The Justice of God. ( 11) The Love of God. ( 12 ) The Mercy of God. ( 13) The Compassion of God. (14) The Veracity of God. (15) The Faithfulness of God.
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The Bible Teaching Concerning Jesus Christ (1) His Deity. (2) His Subordination to the Father. (3) Jesus Christ as Real Man. (4) His Holiness. (5) His Love to God. (6) His Love to Man. (7) His Love for Souls. (8) His Compassion. (9) His Prayerfulness. ( 10) His Meekness. (11) His Humility. (12) His Death-its pur pose, for whom He died, results of His death. (13) His Res urrection-the fact of His resurrection, the manner of His resurrection, the result of His resurrection. ( 14) His Ascen sion, or Exaltation-the fact of His Ascension, the results of His Ascension. (15) His Coming Again-the fact of His coming again, the manner of His coming again, the purpose of His coming again, the results of His coming again, the time of His coming again.
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The Bible Teaching Concerning The Holy Spirit (1) The Personality of the Holy Spirit. (2) His Deity. ( 3) The Distinction between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (4) The Subordination of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son. ( 5) The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Universe, in All Men, in the Believer, in the Prophets and Apostles, in Jesus Christ. (6) The Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
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The Bible Teaching Concerning Man (1) His Original Condition. (2) His Fall. (3) His Present Standing before God. (4) The Condition of Men Outside of the Redemption that is in Jesus Christ. (5) The Future Destiny of those who reject the redemption that is in Jesus Christ. (6) Justification. (7) The New Birth. (8) Adoption. (9) Sanctification. ( 10) Faith. ( 11) Repentance. ( 12) Prayer. ( 13) Future Destiny of those who accept Christ. E.
The Bible Teaching Concerning Angels (1) Their Nature. (2) Their Position. Number. (4) Their Abode. (5) Their Work.
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The Bible Teaching Concerning the Devil and Demons ( 1) The Existence of the Devil. (2) The Nature of the Devil. (3) The Position of the Devil. (4) The Character of the Devil. ( 5) The Abode of the Devil. (6) The Work of the Devil. (7) The Future Destiny of the Devil. (8) Our Duty toward the Devil.
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II. Bible Synthesis
The Synthetic method of Bible study aims to provide the student with the fo ll owing: First: A comprehensive grasp of the general contents of the entire Bible so that the main features of its revelation may be seen and understood. Second: A bringing together and summing up of the general contents so that the mutual relationships and harmony of the component parts are recognized. Third: A recognition of the progressive character and development of the divine revelation as set forth in the Scrip tures. Fourth: A knowledge of the dispensational teaching of the Word of God. The Syntheticmethod pursued by the class in this study is the reading beforehand of an appointed number of chapters in a book of the Bible; indeed, at times , a whole book is read at one sitting . The main section s of the book are then taken up and considered, and finally the teaching of the book is presented in unified form.
The Two-Year Cycle of Study
FIRST YEAR:
Fall Term-General view of the Bible as a whole and of the Old Testament in particular. The Pentateuch-Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteron omy. WinterTerm-The hi storical and poetical books. Spring Term-Books of the prophets. Fall Term-General view of the New Testa ment-the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. Winter Te rm-The Pau line Epistles. Spring Te rm-The General Epistles and Rev elation.
SECOND YEAR:
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III. Bible Chapter Summary This method of study is probably more widely followed today than any other. Many thousands of persons throughout the world are studying the Bible in this way. Several questions are asked upon each chapter. The four principal points brought out in connection with each chapter are: The Prin cipal Subject of the chapter, the Leading Lesson of the chap ter, the Best Verse in the chapter, and the Prominent Persons in the chapter. The student studies the assigned chapters, recording his work upon a prepared sheet, and is called upon in the class to report what he has found in the chapters. Difficulties and questions are dealt with as they come up.
Schedule of Bible Chapter Summary Course
FIRST YEAR Fall Term-Genesis, Exodus Leviticus, Numbers 1-27. Winter Term-Numbers 28-36, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges , Ruth, First Samuel, Second Samuel. Spring Term-First Kings, Second Kings, Obadiah, Joel , Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah. SUMMER TERM During the summer vacation students study the Book of Psalms and hand in their work at the opening of the Fall Term. SECOND YEAR Fall Term-Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Lamenta tions, Habakkuk, Daniel, Ezekiel. Winter Term-Ezra 1-6, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Spring Term-Acts, James, First Thessalonians, Second Thessalonians, First Corinthians, Second Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, Colossians, Philippians, Titus, First Timothy, Second Timothy, Hebrews, First Peter, Second Peter, Jude, First John, Second John, Third John.
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IV. Bible Analysis The method pursued consists of a thorough book study of selected books in the Bible, comprising ( 1) Introductory work on the book. (2) A rigid and thorough analysis of each verse in each chapter, the student in his analysis being required, as far as possible, to state in the most brief and exact form pos sible, everything that is in the verse and only what is in the verse. Everything that is in the verse in the most concise form. ( 3) When every verse has been carefully and thoroughly analyzed, the teachings of the book as a whole are classified. This method of study forms one of the most effective methods of training the various intellectual faculties and the power of expression. Only selected books are studied in this way, but such books are chosen as seem most essential for the student to understand. V. Biblical Introduction Biblical introduction is concerned with the names and titles of the Bible and their significance, the canon of the Bible, the genuineness, authenticity and authorship of the different books, and laws of interpretation. VI. Biblical Criticism Biblical criticism has been brought into disrepute among many, because of the prevalence and arrogance of destructive criticism, bnt it has its proper place in any thorough study of the Bible, and a thorough and candid study of Biblical criti cism never leads to destructive, but to constructive results. With us the study is pursued in connection with the various books of the Bible that are taken up. VII. Christian Evidences (1) The proof that Jesus really arose from the dead. (2) The evidence that the Bible is the Word of God. Reference is made to the evidence from the monuments, from prophecy, from the history of the book, from a comparison of the Bible with other books, together with a proof in personal experience that the Bible is the Word of God.
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VIII. The Study of the Bible with Special Reference to its Use in Personal Work The most important and effective method of bringing men to Christ, both in home and foreign lands, is PERSONAL WORK. A special emphasis is laid upon this work in the Bible Institute. The object of the study is to give the student a thorough knowledge of the different classes of men and women and children that one is likely to meet, and of how to use the Bible in dealing with these various classes. The following subjects are considered: ( 1) The Import ance and Advantages of Personal Work. (2) The Conditions of Success. (3) Where to do personal work. (4) How to begin a conversation. ( 5) What instructions to give a new convert. (6) How to deal with those who realize their need of a Saviour, and really desire to be saved . (7) How to deal with those who have little or no concern about their souls. (8) How to deal with those who have difficulties . (All the difficulties that one meets in personal work are carefully studied under this head, and the various passages of Scripture that have been most used of God in delivering men from these difficulties., are brought forward). (9) How to deal with those who entertain false hopes. ( 10) How to deal with those who lack assurance. ( 11) How to deal with backsliders. ( 12 ) How to deal with professed skeptics, infidels, atheists, and agnostics. ( 13) How to deal with those who wi sh to put off decision until some other time. ( 14) How to deal with the deluded. Under this head all the modern delusions, such as Christian Science, Russelism, Seventh Day Adventism, Spiritualism, Theosophy, etc., are considered, and the student taught to use his Bible to deliver people from these delusions. ( 15) How to deal with Chris tians who need counsel, rebuke or encouragement. The course in Personal Work is a course in real and practical psychology and not in mostly imaginary and theoretical psychology, so common today. IX. Homiletics The purpose of thi s course is to fit the student for the preparation and delivery of Sermons, Gospel Addresses, Bible Readings, and Expositions, whether for the pulpit, the prayer
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meeting, young peoples' society, open air or evangelistic meetings. Free use is made of the blackboard in outline and struc ture work. Students are required to prepare and hand in for correction outlines of Sermons and Bible Readings. Opportun ity is given to students to preach in the class room, they being guided therein by the corrections and suggestions of the teacher and the class. Special attention is given to the correction of faults in delivery, voice and mannerisms. Instruction is given in the proper and reverent reading of the Scriptures and hymns. Cycle of Study The course in Homiletics cont inues through four terms of the school year. Term I.-Introductory. The text, theme, introduction, body, and conclusion of a sermon. The gathering and arrange ment of sermon material. Blackboard practice in sermon outlines. Term II.-Bible Readings. Topical Sermons. Exposi tory Sermons. Great Chapters as Texts. Practice in Struc ture Work. Term III.-Outline and skeleton work by students in the various forms of Sermons studied in Terms I and II. Term IV.-Students Preaching, special attention being paid to the correction of defects in de livery, voice and man nerisms, also to the proper reading of the Scriptures and hymns. X. Pastoral Theology Lectures and familiar talks on the work of the Pastor: the office; the call; the privileges and perils; his public and private life; his relation to the church as a whole and to its various organizations; to the press; to the people, and to philanthropic work.
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XI. Evangelism The object of thi s study is to show what is the true work of the evangeli st, and to instruct the students in the most effective methods of evangeli sm, including such sub jects as: How to preach the Gospel from the evangelistic standpoint, How to get ready for special meetings, How to train the workers, How to conduct after meetings, How to conduct children's meetings, How to es tabli sh the converts, The rela tion of the evangelist to the churches, How to fo llow up the work, How to advertise the work, How to raise money fo r the work. These subjects are all treated in a practical way, learned by experience by one who has done evangelistic work in every part of the globe, assisted by other reliable and effi cient evangelists. XII. Bible Teachers' Training Class This class has for its purpose the training of men and women to be Bible teachers in churches, evangelistic meetings, Bible classes, Sunday Schools, colleges, Young Men's and Young Women's Chri stian Associati ons, and other institutions where the teaching of the English Bible is required. In this class students are called upon weekly to teach some book of the Bible previously assigned by the teacher. Special emphasis is laid upon the teaching of popular Bible classes. The best methods of teaching are put into practice. Fifth and sixth term students only are eligible to this class. XIII. Psychology and Sociology T he best text book on psychology is the Bible. The Bible sets forth man as he really is, and not as speculative philoso phers imagine him to be. The study of psychology is pursued in many of the classes, and especially in the Personal Work course. Its aim is to give the student a thorough knowledge of man as he actually is by nature, as he is in hi s personal life, home life, social life, busi ness li fe, and moral and spiritual life, and as he may become by the grace of God in Jesus Chri st.
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T he aim of the Institute is that the men and women who go out from it shall not only know their Bibles, but sha ll have a thor ough, practical, working knowledge of men in their relati on to themselves, to one another, to society, to the church, and to God. XIV. Pedagogy It is not enough to know the truth, one needs to know how to communicate that truth to others. There wi ll be in the Bible Institute, a tho.rough study, not of mere untried theories of teaching, but of those methods of teachi ng that have proved effective in personal experience. Such subj ects as: The Point of Contact, The Art of Illust ration, The Art of Questioning, etc., will be carefully studi ed. XV. Church History Whi le the Bible is the only text book in the Bible Insti tute, ye t a knowledge of the results of Bible teaching in the history of the church, and of the doctrines that have been taught, and the controversies that have taken place, and the declines and revivals that have occurred in the hi story of the church, is of great value. This course is designed to famil iarize the student with the great epochs in the history of the church from the apostolic period to the period of the Refor mation, and with the g reat evangelical rev ivals since then . XVI. Sunday School Organization and Methods This cou rse is designed to fit men and women fo r this most important part of the work of the church. Students tak ing it are familiarized with the history of the Sunday-school movement from its beginning to the present time, and also with the Hebrew Bible school which preceded it; the organ i zat ion of the Sunday-school of today, with inst ructi on as to the duties of the various officers; matters of grading; home and foreign missions and the temperance problem in the Sun day-school ; District, County, State, foternational and the World' s organi za ti ons; psychology, pedagogy, and the use of the blackboard in the Sunday-school; the qualifications of the teacher and the teacher's responsibility towards the pupil.
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From time to time officers of the International Association, the State Association, and the American Sunday-school Union ad dress the students in this class. XVII. The Use of the Blackboard In this class students are carefully trained in the use of the blackboard in setting forth Gospel truth. Every Bible teacher, and especially the workers in the Sunday-school, should be able to sketch off-hand maps or other illustrations that will get and hold the attention of the class . E laborate blackboard drawings are not attempted, but any student with some natural gift for drawing wi ll get sufficient training in the fundamentals to develop the gift along correct lines. XVIII. Missions In this course is covered the history of Christian missions up to and including the organization of the great missionary boards; the needs of, and the missionary forces in the great heathen lands are studied, and the student is also made famil iar with the principal features of the great heathen re ligions of the world; the call and qualifications of the missionary are presented and instruction given as to applying to the boards; the missionary on the field, his relation towards his fellow missionaries, towards the board, towards the heathen, and the care of his own health, are dealt with. The various phases of home missionary work are also considered, such as, the immi grant problem, the Indian problem, the Negro problem, and the work among the mountaineers of the south. The Institute is highly favored in having, either as enrolled students or visitors, returned missionaries representing in the course of the year practically every great world field and every great mission board, and the students are always given an opportunity to hear from them. One term is devoted to a full course of instructi on in First Aid to the Injured. XIX. Public Speaking and the Reading of the Scriptures Instruction in this course will cover everything that is fundamental and essential in the use of the voice in public ex-
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press ion in preaching and teaching, and the publi c reading of the Bible. Ve ry specific instructi on will be given in the care and development of the voice, in enunciation and p ronunci a tion and also in diction and style, both in writing and speak ing. The student will be required to make publi c add resses before the class, to be criti cised by the class and by the instruc tors. T hey will be required to read the Bible and wi ll be shown thei r defect s and how they can be corrected . It is es peci ally aimed to teach the students to think on their feet and to be ready on a ll occasions to express the truth in the mos t forc ible and tell ing way. XX. Bible Lands and Manners and Customs T he obj ect of thi s course is to enable stu dents to unde r stand the Bible in the light of the lands and customs in which the Bible was written. XXI. Greek and Hebrew There is no a ttempt in the Bible Institute to teach Greek and Hebrew to those who have little or no knowledge of these languages, as such a smattering of Greek and Hebrew as could be given in a two years' course is worse than useless. It is fa r better fo r one who would wisely interpret and preach the Gos pel to know no Greek and Hebrew at all than merely to have an elementa ry and superfi cia l knowledge of these languages. But in a ll the study of th e Bibl e, reference is made to the He brew Old Testament , and Greek New Testament,by those who have a thorough knowledge of the Heb rew and Greek Scrip tures, and compa ri son is made of the three versions in com mon use, the Authori zed Version , the Engli sh Rev ised Ver sion , and the Ameri can Standa rd Ve rsion. T hi s compa ri son is ca r ried on in t he li ght of the best manu scri pts in the original languages. XXII. The Study of English Every g raduate from the Bible Institute will be requi red to have a thorough, p rac ti cal knowledge of the Engli sh lang uage. I t is des irable tha t every one before ente ri ng the Insti-
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tute should have a knowledge of English grammar, but there are many men and women who can be of great use in teaching and preaching the Word, whose knowledge of English is very elementary and inaccurate. We do not exclude such from the advantages of the Bible Institute, but they are not awarded the diploma, unless they shall have secured a good and accurate working knowledge of modern English. The instruc tion in English given in the Institute is of a most practical character, not by a theoretical study of Engli sh grammar, which so many students in this day master and then are not able to speak good English, but by the preparation of papers on various assigned subjects, and by public speaking, accom panied by thorough criticism of papers and public address. The English Bible is the one peerless masterpiece of pure, forceful English and the students will be persistently trained to use pure, vigorous, Bible English. XXIII. Gospel Music The Music Course is very practical, making it possible to obtain a knowledge of gospel music from every standpoint. It is especially designed to thoroughly equip the evangeli stic singer, choir leader and Sunday School worker, organist, pianists and music teachers. The course,includes the Theory of Music, Harmony, Com position, Sight Singing, Men's, Women's and Mixed Chorus work, Voice Placing; and Solo Singing, Conducting and Nor mal Training. Many opportuni ties present themselves at the Missions and Churches and Sunday Schools of the city for practical application of a ll the theoretical work of the class room. Stu dents are assigned regularly to these different places as a part of their school work. When confidence and abi lity are ac quired, positions as choir leaders can generally be secured for such students and there is conti nually a call for evangeli stic singers, who are really proficient. For private instruction in voice culture, piano and organ there is a slight charge for lessons. Lectures are delivered from time to time on the following practical sub jects: Music in Sunday Services, Sunday School and Prayer Meeting; The Organization and Conduct of Choirs;
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History of Hymns, Hymn Writers and Evangeli stic S ingers; Music in Evangeli stic Meetings; Use and Care of the Voice. Outsiders of note are often secured to lecture on these or similar subj ects. XXIV. Practical Work As the whole aim of the Institute is to turn out workers, not mere theo ri sts, the instruction given in the class room is a t once translated into practice, as a part of the training. Students are required to attend and ass ist in mi ssions, street meetings, tent meetings, to visit people in their homes, to conduct ad ult Bible classes and Sunday school classes, and to engage in va ri ous other fo rms of aggressive Chri stian work, and always with their eyes open fo r oppor tuniti es for personal work. These assignments are made by the Superintendents, and every student is required to hand in each week a written re port of their work. A weekly report meeting is held at which the work of the preced ing week is surveyed and diffi culti es discussed . Thi s is one of the most p ractical , helpful , and inspirati onal hours of the week.
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