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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible + Second Edition + +Author: Frank Nelson Palmer + +Commentator: J. Wilbur Chapman + +Release Date: August 7, 2005 [EBook #16461] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BIBLE *** + + + + +Produced by Karina Aleksandrova and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<h1>A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BIBLE</h1> + +<h4>[SECOND EDITION]</h4> + +<h3>BY</h3> + +<h2>FRANK NELSON PALMER</h2> + +<h5>Instructor of English Bible, Winona Schools, 1903-1911</h5> + +<h4>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY</h4> + +<h3>REV. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN, D.D.</h3> + +<h5>(To First Edition)</h5> + +<div style="height: 4em;"><br /></div> + + +<h6>CINCINNATI<br /> +MONFORT & COMPANY<br /> +1914</h6> + + +<h6>Copyright, 1914, by <span class="smcap">Frank N. Palmer</span></h6> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + +<h2>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h2> + +<ul class="TOC"> +<li>Introduction <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></span></li> + +<li>Preface to the Series <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></span></li> + +<li>Preface to the Book <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></span></li> + +<li>Chart of the Sixty-six Books of the Bible <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Foreshadowed <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Forming <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Conquering <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Undivided and the Kingdom Divided— + +<ul class="TOCSub"> +<li>The Historical Books <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></span></li> +<li>The Poetical Books <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></span></li> +<li>The Prophetical Books <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></span></li> +</ul></li> + +<li>The Kingdom in Captivity <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Restored <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom's True King <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></span></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Conquering the World <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></span> + +<ul class="TOCSub"><li> The Acts <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_98">98</a></span></li> +<li>The Pauline Epistles <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_103">103</a></span></li> +<li>The General Epistles <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_111">111</a></span></li> +</ul></li> + +<li>The Kingdom Triumphant <span class="tocright"><a href="#Page_117">117</a></span></li> +</ul> + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6"></a><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7"></a>INTRODUCTION</h2> + +<h3><span class="smcap">To First Edition</span></h3> + + +<p>The Bible is a Lamp to our feet and a light to our pathway. To know it +thoroughly is to be kept from stumbling, and to walk in the light is +fellowship with Him who is the heart of the Book.</p> + +<p>The Bible is a Rock; to be familiar with its pages is to be established +in character, in hope and in faith, and while we may sometimes tremble, +the rock is immovable. The Bible is the true water of life. Mr. Moody +used to say that it comes down from on high and rises again in mighty +power to the throne on the principle that water seeks its own level. To +know the Bible is, therefore, to live a heavenly life and to be filled +with all the fullness of the spirit of Christ.</p> + +<p>The author of this text book knows his Bible thoroughly and he has the +God-given ability of making it plain to others. What is here presented +he has worked out in the class room and in his own rich Christian +experience. I count it a privilege to write this line of introduction. +The members of the Young People's Societies in the churches, Christian +Associations, Bible study classes and Christian workers generally will +find it most helpful. A busy business man by means of it could think his +way through much of God's Word. It is a timely presentation of a great +subject. I am sure that God will bless it richly to all who attempt to +study it.</p> + +<p style="text-align: right;"><span class="smcap">J. Wilbur Chapman.</span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8"></a>PREFACE TO THE SERIES</h2> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p>SEARCH Series of Bible Study Text Books</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p><em>"Be Ye Explorers of the Writings."</em>—<span class="smcap">John</span> 5:39</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p>Teachers of the Scriptures are issuing many valuable aids to Bible +study. This series of text books is based upon the "Search" idea. We +believe this idea is fundamental. It is commended to the student public +for the following reasons:</p> + +<p><em>It is the Divine Method.</em></p> + +<p>"<em>Seek</em> ye out of the book of Jehovah" is the God-given command in +Isaiah 34:16 "Search ye the Scriptures" is the command of the God-man in +John 5:39. The God who wrote the Book and the God who knows man will +prescribe the best method by which man shall become acquainted with the +Book.</p> + +<p><em>It is the Pedagogic Method.</em></p> + +<p>"What seest thou?" One basic pedagogic principle is to train the pupil's +physical and mental eyes to see things for himself. The first and +largest gate to knowledge is the <em>eye</em> gate.</p> + +<p><em>It is the Scientific Method.</em></p> + +<p>The scientist searches for facts. He hunts for facts in the stars, in +the rocks, in the plants, in the animals. From these facts he deduces +principles. "What saith the Scriptures?"</p> + +<p><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9"></a><em>It is the Interesting Method.</em></p> + +<p>The search of the hunter, the explorer, the experimenter, the excavator, +the student, is a joyous labor. Every sense is alert There is no +drudgery, no fatigue. The "eureka" stirs a song of gladness. There is +much joy in bearing this testimony: "I have found Micah 6:8, or Isaiah +12, or Jeremiah 45:5, or Philippians 4:19," etc.</p> + +<p>Now this is a Workable Method. The teacher can apply it. Give every +pupil a certain definite Search task. The teacher can adapt it to every +age, and to every degree of Biblical knowledge. This series of text +books will suggest plans of applying this basic method of Bible study in +becoming acquainted with the rich contents of the verses, the chapters, +the books of this most practical Word of God.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10"></a>PREFACE TO THE BOOK</h2> + + +<h5>1. <span class="smcap">The Purpose</span></h5> + +<p>This book is designed to be used in Bible Study Classes in churches, in +communities, in academies, in colleges. The author has endeavored to +furnish a text book of outlines and questions that shall unfold the +general contents of the Word of God. Its primary aim is to impart a +swift and comprehensive acquaintanceship with the material of the books +of the Bible.</p> + +<h5>2. <span class="smcap">The Character of the Work</span></h5> + +<p>It is not an exhaustive study. From its aim it could not be such. Some +of the sixty-six books are passed over in brief space, and some (chiefly +in the prophecies and epistles) are omitted altogether. It is a surface +study. The title so suggests. It does not enter into the deeper things. +It simply aims to lay bare the surface facts. It is expressly designed +to serve as a foundation for later detailed searching of the Word. It is +flexible. The teacher can add or subtract as time or local conditions +demand, and is earnestly exhorted so to do. One book may be omitted and +another added at the teacher's discretion. A part of the questions may +be omitted, or additional ones inserted. The outlines may be enlarged or +diminished or changed to suit the needs of the class according to the +teacher's personal judgment.</p> + +<h5>3. <span class="smcap">Requisites For Study</span></h5> + +<p>Let each scholar be provided with a cheap tablet, a well-bound blank +book of two hundred pages, a small Bible Dic<a name="Page_11" id="Page_11"></a>tionary of recognized +merit, and a copy of the American Revised Version of the Bible. +(Standard Edition of Nelson & Sons, 1901, bourgeois 8vo, is good.) The +teacher should provide for reference, to which the pupils should have +constant access, a copy of the Rand-McNally Bible Atlas, by J.L. +Hurlbut, D.D., a copy of Young's Complete Analytical Concordance, and a +copy of a large and complete Bible Dictionary.</p> + +<h5>4. <span class="smcap">Suggestions to Teachers</span></h5> + +<p>To secure the best results the following plan, tested by experience, is +suggested: Let the assigned lesson be wrought out and recorded by the +pupil in the cheap tablet. At the next recitation let this recorded +lesson be read and corrected. At the following recitation this lesson +first assigned and corrected is to be recited from memory. So at each +recitation the following will be the general order: (1) The assigning of +the advance lesson. (2) The reading and correction of the lesson +assigned at the previous recitation. (3) The reciting from memory of the +lesson corrected at the previous recitation.</p> + +<p>The work as soon as corrected is to be recorded by the scholar in the +blank book according to a simple set of rules. The following rules have +been used with good results:</p> + +<h5><span class="smcap">Directions for Bible Books</span></h5> + +<ol><li>Record each lesson the evening after its correction. (Commit the +work, as you record, for recital.)</li> + +<li>Begin each large division at the top of the page.</li> + +<li>Capitalize and underline all headings.</li> + +<li>Leave a vacant line between small divisions.</li> + +<li>Where questions are used, record both questions and answers.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12"></a>The books will be graded substantially as follows: + +<ul class="off"> +<li>Correctness of record, 35. (Includes spelling and grammar.)</li> + +<li>Fullness of record, 35.</li> + +<li>Neatness and care, 10.</li> + +<li>Mechanical accuracy, 10.</li> + +<li>Originality, 10.</li> +</ul></li> +</ol> + + +<p>It would be well to place a printed copy of these rules in the hands of +each student, to be pasted in the front of the blank book. These blank +books should be examined and graded every four or six weeks and should +constitute at least a third of the student's grade. The recording of the +work in the blank books may be omitted in the community or church +classes, at the option of the teacher. But the record of the work by +pencil in a cheap tablet <em>should be insisted upon as absolutely +necessary for the best results</em>. In the academy and college classes the +painstaking record in ink has been found by experience to be a most +valuable portion of the study.</p> + +<p>Let the teacher review constantly. Drill the students, singly and +collectively, in the recitation material. Emphasize the avoidance of +mechanical study. Secure as much consecutive reading of the Word as +possible. Feed upon rich truths. Make practical and personal +applications of the Word. "All Scripture is profitable."</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13"></a>CHART OF THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE</h2> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14"></a>INTRODUCTORY LESSON. CHART OF THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS</h3> + +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td>Names of Divisions</td> +<td>I<br />The Kingdom Foreshadowed</td> +<td>II<br />The Kingdom Forming</td> +<td>III<br/>The Kingdom Conquering</td> +<td>IV<br />The Kingdom Undivided</td> +<td>V<br />The Kingdom Divided</td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tfoot> +<tr> +<td>Number of Books</td> +<td>2</td> +<td>4</td> +<td>8</td> +<td>7</td> +<td>12</td> +</tr> +</tfoot> +<tbody> +<tr style="text-align: center;"> +<td><em>Beginning and Ending Dates</em></td> +<td>4004-1689 B.C.</td> +<td>1571-1451 B.C.</td> +<td>1451-1095 B.C.</td> +<td>1095-975 B.C.</td> +<td>975-606 B.C.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align: center;">Names of Books</td> +<td>Genesis<br/>----<br />Job</td> +<td>Exodus<br />Numbers<br/>----<br />Leviticus<br/>Deuteronomy<br /><br />(Read Psalms 78, 90, 105-107)</td> +<td>Joshua<br />Judges<br />----<br />Ruth</td> +<td>I and II Samuel<br />I Chronicles<br />----<br />Psalms<br />Song of Solomon<br />Proverbs<br />Ecclesiastes</td> +<td>I and II Kings<br />II Chronicles + <table cellspacing="0" width="100%"> + <tr><th>Israel<br />975-721</th></tr> + <tr><td>Jonah<br />Amos<br />Hosea</td></tr> + </table> + <table cellspacing="0" width="100%"> + <tr><th>Judah<br />975-606</th></tr> + <tr><td>Joel<br />Isaiah<br />Micah<br />Nahum<br />Zephanian<br />Habakkuk</td></tr> + </table> +</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +</div> + +<div style="margin-top: 1.25em;" class="center"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15"></a> +<table cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td>Names of Divisions</td> +<td>VI<br />The Kingdom in Captivity</td> +<td>VII<br />The Kingdom Restored</td> +<td>VIII<br/>The Kingdom's True King</td> +<td>IX<br />The Kingdom Conquering the World</td> +<td>X<br />The Kingdom Triumphant</td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tfoot> +<tr> +<td>Number of Books</td> +<td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>22</td><td>1</td> +</tr> +</tfoot> +<tbody> +<tr style="text-align: center;"> +<td><em>Beginning and Ending Dates</em></td> +<td>606-536 B.C.</td> +<td>536-420 B.C.</td> +<td>4 B.C.-29 A.D.</td> +<td>29 A.D.</td> +<td> </td> +</tr> +<tr style="vertical-align: top;"> +<td style="text-align: center;">Names of Books</td> +<td>Daniel<br />Esther<br/>----<br />Jeremiah<br />Lamentations<br />Obadiah<br />Ezekiel<br /><br />(Read Ps. 137)</td> +<td>Ezra<br />Nehemiah<br/>----<br />Haggai<br/>Zechariah<br />Melachi</td> +<td>Matthew<br />Mark<br />Luke<br />John</td> +<td>Acts<br />----<br />I Thessalonians<br />II Thessalonians<br />Galatians<br />I Corinthians<br />Romans<br />II Corinthians<br />Philemon<br />Ephesians<br />Philippians<br />Colossians<br />Hebrews<br />I Timothy<br /> Titus<br />II Timothy<br />James<br />I Peter<br />II Peter<br />Jude<br />I John<br />II John<br />III John<br /></td> +<td>Revelation</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +</div> + + +<h4><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16"></a>NOTES ON THE CHART</h4> + +<p>1. The sixty-six books are divided into ten groups, according to their +relation to the Kingdom. In this connection the word Kingdom is not used +in any restricted or technical sense. It is used to designate the +Kingdom of God instituted to redeem the race from sin, under whatever +form manifested.</p> + +<p>2. Several of the books are not located in their exact places. Esther is +located in Division Six because it is Captivity narrative. The Kings and +Chronicles technically overlap two divisions. Lamentations and Jeremiah +chronologically belong to the preceding division, but are placed among +the books of the Captivity because their wails betoken that event.</p> + +<p>3. The books in each division are arranged in chronological order. In +Division Nine the fourteen epistles of Paul are placed first, in the +order of their composition, then the seven general epistles in the order +of their writing.</p> + +<p>4. Where the books of a division are separated into two groups by a +dash, those above the dash are historical, those beneath the dash are +biographical, or poetical, or legal, or prophetical, or epistolary.</p> + +<p>5. The teacher may exercise his own judgment in requiring the committal +of this chart at the start, or part by part as the study proceeds.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17"></a>I</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM FORESHADOWED</h2> + +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"> +<tr><td>Genesis</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Job</td><td>Page</td></tr> +</table> +</div> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Notes</span></p> + +<p>1. Use full page in blank book, copying as above.</p> + +<p>2. Place number of page on which above studies begin in blank book. This +serves as index.</p> + +<h4><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18"></a>OUTLINE FOR STUDY OF HISTORICAL BOOKS</h4> + +<ol><li>Pictorial Device.</li> + +<li>Kind of Literature.</li> + +<li>Meaning of Name.</li> + +<li>Author.</li> + +<li>Beginning and Ending Dates.</li> + +<li>Outline of Contents.</li> + +<li>Key Verse.</li> + +<li>Leading Thought.</li> + +<li>Leading Phrases and Verses.</li> + +<li>Leading Chapters with Names.</li> + +<li>Leading Characters.</li> + +<li>Leading Lessons.</li> + +<li>What of Christ: + +<ol class="AL"> +<li>Symbol.</li> + +<li>Type.</li> + +<li>Analogy.</li> + +<li>Prophecy.</li> +</ol></li> + +<li>Questions.</li> + +<li>Items of Special Interest.</li> + +<li>Individual Finds.</li> + +</ol> + +<h4><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19"></a>NOTES ON HISTORICAL OUTLINE AND ITS USE</h4> + +<p>Most of the books in the first four divisions will be studied with this +outline as a basis. In the pursuance of these lessons the numbers left +vacant in the outline are to be wrought out by the pupils. In recording +the work in the blank book the first page is to be given to the +pictorial device. One of these will be printed in its appropriate place. +Let students prepare the others. Urge the pupils to use originality of +thought and pen in producing them. The aim of the device is to impress +by a simple picture the contents of the book as a whole. Under No. 2 the +kind of literature may be described, as history, law, discourse, +biography, etc. Secure answers to Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 in Bible Dictionary. +As a rule, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 will be given. Under No. 10 part of the +chapters will be named, and part are to be read and named by the pupils. +After the pupils present the names of these chapters in class, one must +be agreed upon, so that the names will be uniform. When the names of +chapters are given in the outline, require the pupils to glance over the +chapters and verify them. Under No. 13 the foreshadowed facts of Christ +are given, so as to manifest Him as the living center of the Book. Only +the leading ones are selected. The teacher or pupil may add others. For +convenience sake they are classified as follows: (a) Symbol; (b) Type; +(c) Analogy; (d) Prophecy. Though the words symbol and type are not +technically distinct, we have agreed to use the word <em>symbol</em> to +designate an <em>object</em> or <em>animal</em> that prefigures Christ, as "star" or +"lamb," and the word <em>type</em> to designate a <em>person</em> that prefigures +Christ, as Melchizedek or Moses. We have also agreed to limit the +<a name="Page_20" id="Page_20"></a>symbols and types to those directly or indirectly mentioned in the New +Testament. By analogy we mean a person who, though widely differing from +Christ in many particulars, bears some one resemblance to Him in quality +or deed. These analogies are not mentioned in the New Testament. The +word <em>prophecy</em> in the outline is confined, then, to <em>facts</em> foretold +regarding Christ. Under No. 15 let the teacher call for five or ten +(suit the number to conditions) items of peculiar interest, touching the +literary form, events, facts, teachings, etc. This topic is in accord +with the first article of the Creed recorded on the opening page of the +book. Under No. 16 let the teacher assign at least one chapter rich in +contents for individual search upon the part of the pupils. Let the +pupils record and number their individual finds. This in accord with the +fifth article of the Creed. The purpose is to cultivate the "seeing eye" +and to develop originality in Bible research.</p> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21"></a>GENESIS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>Pictorial Device.</em> + +<div class="center"><img src="images/image1.png" width="400" height="251" alt="" /></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—In order to make the work and the method of recording it +as clear as possible, the outline study of Genesis is printed in full, +except the answers to the questions.</p></li> + +<li><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22"></a><em>Kind of Literature:</em> History.</li> + +<li><em>Meaning of Name:</em> Beginning.</li> + +<li><em>Author:</em> Moses.</li> + +<li><em>Beginning and Ending Dates:</em> 4004 B.C. to 1689 B.C., making 2315 +years.</li> + +<li><em>Outline of Contents:</em> + +<ol class="sub"> +<li>1 to 11. God's Dealings with the Human Race.</li> + +<li>12 to 50. God's Dealings with the Chosen Race.</li> + +</ol></li> + +<li><em>Key Verse:</em> 1:1 in part: "In the beginning God—"</li> + +<li><em>Leading Thought:</em> God before all and in all and over all.</li> + +<li><em>Leading Phrases and Verses:</em> + +<ul class="off"> +<li>4:9—"Am I my brother's keeper?"</li> + +<li>15:1—"Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great +reward."</li> + +<li>18:4—"Is anything too hard for Jehovah?"</li> +</ul></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters with Names:</em> + +<ul class="off"> +<li>1. The Six Days of Creation.</li> + +<li>3. The Temptation, the Fall and the Promise.</li> + +<li>4. Cain and Abel.</li> + +<li>6 to 8. The Flood.</li> + +<li>11. Babel.</li> + +<li>12. Abraham.</li> + +<li>22. The Sacrifice of Isaac.</li> + +<li>23. The Wrestling of Jacob.</li> + +<li>37. Joseph.</li> + +<li>49. The Blessings of Jacob.</li></ul> +</li> + +<li><em>Leading Characters.</em> See Device.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23"></a><em>Leading Lessons:</em> + +<ol class="sub"> +<li>God's Intimate Acquaintanceship with Man.</li> + +<li>The Wide Influence of One Person. (Let teacher and scholar illustrate +these.)</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>What of Christ:</em> + +<ol class="AL"> +<li>Symbol: (The blood of Abel. Heb. 12:24.)</li> + +<li>Type: + +<ul class="off"> +<li>Adam. Rom. 5:14.</li> + +<li>Melchizedek. Heb. 6:20.</li></ul></li> + +<li>Analogy: Noah. Joseph.</li> + +<li>Prophecy: + +<ul class="off"> +<li>3:15: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman and +between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shall +bruise his heel."</li> + +<li>12:3: "In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed." See +Matt. 1:1.</li> + +<li>49:10: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff +from between his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto him shall the +obedience of the peoples be."</li></ul></li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"> +<li>Name the first two great institutions established by Jehovah.</li> + + +<li>Name the beginnings recorded in Chapters 3 and 4.</li> + +<li>Name five facts mentioned about the Garden of Eden.</li> + +<li>Name God's first recorded words, Satan's, Adam's.</li> + +<li>Name the curses pronounced upon the serpent, upon the woman, upon the +ground for man's sake.</li> + +<li>Name the first blacksmith, the first musician, the first piece of +poetry, the first city, the first and second tithers.</li> + +<li>Give ages of Adam, Methuselah, Noah, Abraham, Joseph.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24"></a>Name the cause of the flood and the number of people saved.</li> + +<li>Name the three sons of Noah and the prophecies regarding the +descendants of each.</li> + +<li>Why did the people build the Tower of Babel?</li> + +<li>Name the seven promises made to Abraham in Chapter 15.</li> + +<li>By what quality was Abraham saved? 15:6. See Gal. 3:8.</li> + +<li>Who was Melchizedek? Hagar? Ishmael?</li> + +<li>Name the wife and sons of Isaac.</li> + +<li>In what two ways did Jacob mistreat Esau?</li> + +<li>How long did Jacob serve for his wives and cattle?</li> + +<li>Fill out the following diagram of Jacob's wives, concubines and +children. See 35:23. + +<div class="center"> +<table id="table2" cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tr> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +<td> </td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</li> + +<li>Give origin, meaning and location of Mizpah.</li> + +<li>Give the two chief reasons for the elevation of Joseph.</li> + +<li>Name the dreams interpreted by Joseph.</li> + +<li>Locate and give the substance of Judah's plea.</li> + +<li>How many of the house of Jacob went down into Egypt?</li></ol> + +<p class="center"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25"></a><span class="smcap">Notes on the Questions</span></p> + +<p>These questions must needs be few in number. If the time permits, let +the teacher add others. They are designed to be mere surface questions, +to secure acquaintanceship with a few of the great facts. In assigning +the questions on each book of the Bible let the teacher go over them +with the class, seeking their knowledge (or imparting it) as to the +chapters in which the answers may be found. If the class has the time +and desires a more thorough acquaintance with each book, let each member +prepare two "large" questions on each chapter, or upon as many chapters +as they desire. The following questions on Chapter 1 will serve as +examples: (1) Name the seven purposes of the lights. (2) State the +number of times the word God occurs.</p></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest:</em> + +<ol class="sub"> +<li>The symmetry of the paragraphs in the record of the six creative days +in Chapter 1.</li> + +<li>God's notice of the human countenance. 4:6.</li> + +<li>The first piece of recorded poetry is degenerating, bloody. 4:23, 24.</li> + +<li>The word for "rooms," 6:14, in the margin is "nests"—a primitive +description.</li> + +<li>The richness of the historical prophecy in 9:27.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds:</em> + +<p>Chapters 10, or 23, or 37, or all. Or each of these three chapters could +be assigned to a third of the class.</p></li> +</ol> + +<h3><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26"></a>JOB</h3> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section I. Introduction</span></p> + +<p>From personal knowledge and reading, from perusal of articles in Bible +helps and dictionaries, write out in your own language a +two-hundred-word description of the book as a whole, its purpose, its +nature, etc.</p> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section II. Narratives</span></p> + +<p>(To be memorized and told, with care in regard to all details.)</p> + +<ol> +<li>Description of Job and His Household. Chapter 1.</li> + +<li>First Interview between Jehovah and Satan. 1.</li> + +<li>First Test and Result. 1.</li> + +<li>Second Interview between Jehovah and Satan. 2.</li> + +<li>Second Test and Result. 2.</li> + +<li>The Three Friends. 2.</li></ol> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section III. Geography</span></p> + +<p>Locate by chapter and verse, naming the thought, or fact, or person +connected therewith, the following geographical terms: Uz, Sabeans, +Chaldeans, Temanite, Shuhite, Naamathite, Buzite, Tema, Sheba, Ophir, +Rahab, Ethiopia. (Locate chapter and verse by reference to concordance.) +(Make record in blank book on same page as map.)</p> + +<p>Draw full-page map, locating each place as far as known.</p> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section IV. Nature of Job's Disease</span></p> + +<p>Write out the descriptions as narrated in the following verses: 7:5; +13:28; 19:20; 30:17, 18, 30. Describe in your own words the +characteristics of the disease as noted in these verses. Give name of +disease, as agreed upon by interpreters.</p> + +<p class="center"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27"></a><span class="smcap">Section V. Speakers and Speeches</span></p> + +<p>In order to secure a skeleton idea of the book write out the names of +the speakers in consecutive order and the chapters containing the +speeches. Space in each line could be reserved to fill in at a later +study the general thought of each speech. At the close make any +observations regarding the number and order of speeches. The following +is a sample of the first four speeches:</p> + +<p class="center"><em>Historical Introduction. Chapters I and 2</em></p> + +<ol> +<li>Job. Chapter 3.</li> + +<li>Eliphaz. Chapters 4 and 5.</li> + +<li>Job. Chapters 6 and 7.</li> + +<li>Bildad. Chapter 8.</li></ol> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section VI. The Argument</span></p> + +<p>Analyze the argument of Chapters 3 and 4. The following is a sample:</p> + +<p class="center"><em>Job's First Speech. Chapter 3</em></p> + +<ol> +<li>A curse upon the day of his birth. Verses 1-10.</li> + +<li>He questions why he should not have died at birth. Verses 11-19.</li></ol> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section VII. The Conclusion</span></p> + +<p>Give narrative, with details, as recorded in Chapter 42:7-17.</p> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Section VIII. Questions</span></p> + +<ol><li>Name three general lessons taught in the book about suffering.</li> + +<li>What two things did Job do at the close of the speeches?</li> + +<li>How did Job's condition after the test compare with that previous to +the test?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28"></a>Name eight facts regarding Satan gleaned from Chapters 1 and 2.</li> + +<li>Locate and commit Job's two sublime statements of faith. (See +Chapters 13 and 19.)</li> + +<li>Name five kinds of people that Job helped. 29:12-16.</li> + +<li>Name six classes of people who spurned him in his trouble. 19:13-19.</li> + +<li>What two general statements about man does Job make? 14:1.</li> + +<li>Select any six phrases that serve to indicate the life and customs of +Job's time.</li> + +<li>What writers of the Bible refer to Job and what is their estimate?</li> + +<li>Read Chapter 38 and write out your impressions of it in concise +statements, using fifty words.</li> + +<li>Give three general reasons why the narrative of Job is to be +received as an historical fact.</li></ol> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29"></a>II</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM FORMING</h2> + +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"> +<tr><td>Exodus</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Leviticus</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Deuteronomy</td><td>Page</td></tr> +</table> +</div> + + +<h3><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30"></a>EXODUS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>Pictorial Device.</em> + +<p>Originate one, or omit.</p></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li>1706 B.C. to 1490 B.C., making 216 years.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>1 to 18. Israel Delivered.</li> + +<li>19 to 34. Israel Taught at Mount Sinai.</li> + +<li>35 to 40. Israel Prepared for Worship.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter 20.2.</li> + +<li>God Delivering a Nation.</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>12:13: "And when I see the blood I will pass over you."</li> + +<li>15:11.</li></ul></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>1. Bondage.</li> + +<li>2.</li> + +<li>3. Burning Bush.</li> + +<li>7-11.</li> + +<li>12.</li> + +<li>14. Red Sea.</li> + +<li>15.</li> + +<li>16. Manna.</li> + +<li>20.</li> + +<li>25 and 35. The Tabernacle.</li> + +<li>32.</li></ul></li> + +<li><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31"></a>Select five.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>God gives deliverance to the oppressed.</li> + +<li>God assumes authority over the actions of men.</li> + +<li>God desires to dwell in the midst of His people.</li></ol></li> + +<li><ol class="AL"><li>Symbol: <ol class="sub"><li>Passover Lamb. 1 Cor. 5:7. Note three or four +likenesses between the lamb and Christ.</li> + +<li>Manna. John 6:35.</li> + +<li>Rock. I Cor. 10:4.</li> + +<li>Tabernacle. Hebrews 9:11. John 1:14, marginal reading.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Type. None.</li> + +<li>Analogy. None.</li> + +<li>Prophecy. None.</li></ol> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Notes and Suggestions</span></p> + +<p>Under No. 5 fail not to compare length of time covered by different +books. Under No. 7 ask pupils to show the appropriateness. Under No. 9 +teacher may require committal of location or not, as is deemed +advisable. Under No. 12 show the truth of these universal lessons +through the march of history. Under No. 13 copy the references, be able +to explain their meaning, and to show the likeness between the symbol, +the type, and Christ. In copying this outline work the pupil may or may +not omit the names of the fourteen topics, according to the teacher's +judgment. For the inspection of friends it would be preferable to have +the words of these topics repeated with each outline, as in Genesis. As +an aid to concert recitation let the teacher place the topics of the +outline upon the blackboard and repeat names and answers together.</p></li> + +<li><em>Questions.</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>In what ways had Moses acted as a deliverer in Chapter 2?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32"></a>How is Moses described in Acts 7 and Hebrews 11?</li> + +<li>Name the three excuses Moses gave in hesitating to become the +deliverer, and God's reply to each.</li> + +<li>Fill out the diagram on page 33 regarding the ten plagues.</li> + +<li>Name four expressed purposes of the plagues. 7:5; 9:14; 9:29; 10:2.</li> + +<li>State Pharaoh's last three words to Moses.</li> + +<li>Describe in full the host that went out of Egypt. Note 12:37 and +13:18.</li> + +<li>Name the things the people of Israel took with them, out of Egypt.</li> + +<li>Describe manna in full and name three purposes for its giving.</li> + +<li>Describe in full the tables of stone on which the commandments were +written.</li> + +<li>Name God's expressed purpose for having the Tabernacle built. See +25:8.</li> + +<li>Name the various articles that the people were to offer for the +construction of the Tabernacle.</li> + +<li>Name the men set apart for the oversight of its construction and +their qualifications.</li> + +<li>Why are the details of construction recorded twice?</li> + +<li>Record three leading lessons from the sin of worshiping the Golden +Calf.</li> + +<li>After this heinous sin, who came over to the Lord's side in response +to Moses' call, and what was the reward?</li> + +<li>Draw full-page map and locate and number the stations of the Exodus +journey from Rameses to Sinai.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest.</em> + +<p>Select ten.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds.</em> + +<p>Chapters 2, 7, 20, 23, 35.</p></li></ol> +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33"></a>Name</td><td>Chapter</td><td>Extent</td><td>Pharaoh's Action Following</td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tr> +<td>1 Water turned into blood</td><td>7</td><td>The waters of Egypt</td><td>Pharaoh's heart was hardened</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>2</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>3</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>4</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>5</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>7</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>8</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>9</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>10</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34"></a>LEVITICUS</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Pictorial Device.</em> + +<p>A full-page outline plan of the Tabernacle and Tabernacle court. Locate +the articles of the court and Tabernacle. Record the dimensions in +cubits in the appropriate places. The description of the Tabernacle is +in Exodus 25 to 30, but its services form the contents of this book.</p></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li><em>Date:</em> One month of 1490.</li> + +<li><em>Contents:</em> Offerings, Feasts, and Ceremonial Laws.</li> + +<li>20:26: "Ye shall be holy unto me, for I, Jehovah, am holy."</li> + +<li>God Requires Holiness. (The word holy occurs eighty-seven times in +the book.)</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>17:11: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."</li> + +<li>19:18: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."</li> + +<li>23:10: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants +thereof." + +<p>(Where in American history are these words recorded?)</p></li></ul></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>8 and 9. Consecration of Priests.</li> + +<li>10. Punishment of Nadab and Abihu.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35"></a>11. Clean and Unclean Animals.</li> + +<li>12. Purification and Circumcision.</li> + +<li>13 and 14. Laws regarding Leprosy.</li> + +<li>16.</li> + +<li>23. The Three Annual Feasts.</li> + +<li>25.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Select four.</em></li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>Absolute Necessity of Atonement for Sin.</li> + +<li>God's Great Desire for Cleanness of Body and Soul.</li></ol></li> + +<li><ol class="AL"><li>Symbol. The offering. Heb. 9:14.</li> + +<li>Type. Aaron, the High Priest. Heb. 9:11.</li> + +<li>Analogy. None.</li> + +<li>Prophecy. None.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Glancing over the pages of the book, select what seem to you the six +most frequently-used words that emphasize the thought of the book. +Consult concordance, finding number of times that each word occurs.</li> + +<li>Describe the offering in 1:1 to 1:4.</li> + +<li>Name the five kinds of offerings mentioned in the first five +chapters.</li> + +<li>Give names of the three annual feasts.</li> + +<li>Questions on Chapter 16: + +<ol class="AL"><li>What two things must Aaron do before entering the Holy Place?</li> + +<li>For whom and what did he make atonement?</li> + +<li>What did he do with the blood?</li> + +<li>What three things did he do with the scapegoat?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36"></a>What two commands rested upon the people for that day?</li></ol></li> + +<li>Describe the Year of Jubilee.</li> + +<li>Name any six interesting laws recorded in Chapter 19.</li> + +<li>What book of the New Testament should be studied in connection with +this book and why?</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest.</em> + +<p>Select five.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds.</em> + +<p>Chapters 1, 11, 23.</p></li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37"></a>DEUTERONOMY</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>Pictorial Device:</em> Map. + +<p>Draw outline map of Palestine. This includes the Mediterranean shore +line, Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Locate Jericho +and Mount Nebo. Draw in miniature, opposite Jericho, the Tabernacle and +twelve small squares representing the camps of the twelve tribes, three +on each side. (See Numbers 2.) Place on map as key thoughts the words +"Remember" and "Seven Speeches." Make any original addition suggested in +the study.</p></li> + +<li>Public Discourse.</li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li>Ten days of the eleventh month of the fortieth year of the wandering.</li> + +<li>The Last Seven Speeches of Moses: + +<ol class="sub"><li>A Review of the Wanderings. Chapters 1 to 4.</li> + +<li>Repetition of the Law. 5 to 20.</li> + +<li>Blessing and Cursing. 27 and 28.</li> + +<li>Covenant. 29 and 30.</li> + +<li>Exhortation. 31.</li> + +<li>Song. 32.</li> + +<li>Blessing. 33.</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Verify these, as well as names of all leading chapters, +by glancing over them and noting the correctness of the naming. This +prevents mechanical committal, and fastens the location more firmly.</p></li> + +<li><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38"></a>5:33.</li> + +<li>The keeping of the law means life and prosperity.</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>8:18: "It is He that giveth thee power to get wealth."</li> + +<li>32:47: "It is no vain thing for you: because it is your life."</li> + +<li>33:25: "As thy days, so shall thy strength be."</li></ul></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>5.</li> + +<li>34.</li></ul></li> + +<li>One.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>God's Guidance in Human History.</li> + +<li>God's Anxiety for Obedience.</li></ol></li> + +<li><ol class="AL"><li>Symbol. None.</li> + +<li>Type. Moses, prophet, 18:15. Name five regards in which Christ was +like Moses.</li> + +<li>Analogy. None.</li> + +<li>Prophecy. None.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name ten things commanded to be done with the law. 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; +6:8; 6:9; 17:18, 19; 27:2, 3; 27:4-8; 31:9-13; 31:26. + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Describe the Jewish phylacteries.</p></li> + +<li>Select from Chapter 28 five striking prophecies regarding the Jews.</li> + +<li>Note from Christ's temptation, Matt. 4, how many times Christ quoted +Scripture and from what books.</li> + +<li>Be prepared to answer questions on Chapters 9 and 10.</li> + +<li>Prepare five questions on Chapter 34.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest.</em> + +<p>Select five.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds.</em> + +<p>Chapters 5, 27, 32.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39"></a>III</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM CONQUERING</h2> +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"> +<tr><td>Joshua</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Judges</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Ruth</td><td>Page</td></tr> +</table> +</div> + + +<h3><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40"></a>JOSHUA</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>Pictorial Device:</em> Map. + +<p>Draw map of Palestine, locating the tribes. See Map 3 in Bible. Make an +opening in the Jordan River, where the crossing occurred. Locate Jericho +and Ai, scenes of first victory and first defeat. Locate Mounts Ebal and +Gerizim. Place over the map an appropriate phrase from Chapter 1. Draw +two dotted lines in a general easterly and westerly direction through +the country to indicate the Northern, Central and Southern campaigns.</p></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li>1451 B.C. to 1427 B.C., making twenty-four years.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>Preparations to enter Canaan. 1 to 5.</li> + +<li>The Three Campaigns of Conquest. 6 to 12.</li> + +<li>The Division of the Land. 13 to 22.</li> + +<li>Joshua's Farewell Speeches. 23, 24.</li></ol></li> + + +<li>1:6 in part: "Thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land."</li> + +<li>Our Possessions Equal Our Conquests. (See Hurlbut's Bible Atlas, +page 53.)</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>1:8.</li> + +<li>24:15 in part: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve."</li></ul></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41"></a>1. The Two Commissions.</li> + +<li>2.</li> + +<li>3 and 4. Israel at Jordan.</li> + +<li>6.</li> + +<li>7 and 8.</li> + +<li>12. The Thirty-one Kings Smitten.</li></ul></li> + +<li>Joshua, Rahab, Caleb, Achan, Eleazar.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>The Wide Influence of One Sin.</li> + +<li>The Lord Fights the Believer's Battles.</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Let the teacher question as to the basis of these +leading lessons, also explain the thought, and render the same practical +in every-day life.</p></li> + +<li><ol class="AL"><li>Symbol. None.</li> + +<li>Type. Joshua. See derivation of word Jesus, also Matt. 1:21. + +<p>Note two likenesses between Jesus and Joshua.</p></li> + +<li>Analogy. None.</li> + +<li>Prophecy. None.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>In Joshua's commission, name the three promises of God. 1:1 to 1:5.</li> + +<li>In what verses of the Bible does the word "success" occur? See +concordance.</li> + +<li>Name the three conditions of "<em>good</em>" success in 1:8. State +difference between "good" success and "great" success.</li> + +<li>Name the two occurrences in 8:32 to 8:35 and state the reason +therefor.</li> + +<li>How, and by whom, and where was the land divided among the tribes? +See 14:1 and 2 and 19:51.</li> + +<li>What was the lot of Levi? 13:33. (Psa. 16:5.)</li> + +<li><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42"></a>What four things would the heathen nations become if not driven out? +23:13.</li> + +<li>What strong statement does Joshua make in 23:14?</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—If the time permits, let the teacher add several +questions, especially about the battles.</p></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest.</em> + +<p>Select ten.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds.</em> + +<p>Chapters 2, 10, 22.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43"></a>JUDGES</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Pictorial Device.</em> + +<p>Originate one, or omit.</p></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li>1427 B.C. to 1095 B.C., making 332 years.</li> + +<li>The Rule of Thirteen Judges, containing Six Bondages of Israel, and +Their Six Deliverances.</li> + +<li>2:16.</li> + +<li>An unconquered enemy brings bondage.</li> + +<li>7:20: "The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon."</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>5.</li> + +<li>6 to 8.</li> + +<li>11.</li> + +<li>13 to 16.</li></ul> + +<p>Give to each of these (save Chapter 5) the name of the person described +therein.</p></li> + +<li>Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson: the Six +Deliverers.</li> + +<li><ol class="sub"><li>Environment counts.</li> + +<li>The Lord delivers when His people cry unto Him.</li></ol></li> + +<li>No Symbol. No Type. No Prophecy. The work of each judge is +analogous to the work of Christ.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44"></a><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name the three signs by which Gideon was assured of his call.</li> + +<li>What was Jephthah's vow?</li> + +<li>Locate the word "<em>Shibboleth</em>", and narrate the historical event +connected therewith.</li> + +<li>What was Samson to be and for how long? 13:7. Read the Numbers +chapter connected therewith.</li> + +<li>Name and locate Samson's riddle.</li> + +<li>State two reasons that account for the moral degradation of the +times. 1:27 to 1:30; 21:35.</li> + +<li>Name three things in Chapter 17 that indicate how low the state of +religion had fallen.</li> + +<li>How many times in the book does the following phrase occur and what +is the significance of the statement, "In those days there was no king +in Israel"</li> + +<li>Name the judges mentioned in the catalogue of the faithful in Hebrews +11.</li> + +<li>Name a piece of literature based on any one of the characters, and +the author thereof.</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Quotation.</span>—"This period has been called the Heroic age of +Hebrew history. It abounds in wild adventure and desperate feats of +individual valor. Personal activity, daring and craft were the +qualifications which raised the judges to their title and eminence. They +appear as gallant insurgents, or guerrilla leaders, rather than as grave +administrators of justice or the regular authorities of a great +kingdom." Copy in blank book.</p></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest.</em> + +<p>Select ten.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds.</em> + +<p>Chapters 5, 11, 16, 21.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45"></a>RUTH</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li>Read the book through thoroughly, thoughtfully, and record the length +of time required.</li> + +<li>Name the eight leading characters.</li> + +<li>Name seven interesting facts gleaned from the book.</li> + +<li>Prepare three questions upon the material of each chapter.</li> + +<li>Give a phrase name to each of the four chapters.</li> + +<li>Record what you regard as the best verse.</li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Why, according to your opinion, is this story of Ruth recorded in the +Bible?</li> + +<li>What two large modern problems would be solved by living as indicated +in this book?</li> + +<li>Write a paragraph of one hundred words about gleaning, based upon +this book and other portions of Scripture.</li> + +<li>In what part of what gospel is the name of Ruth mentioned?</li></ol></li></ol> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46"></a><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47"></a>IV and V</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM UNDIVIDED AND THE KINGDOM DIVIDED</h2> +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"><tr><th>THE HISTORICAL BOOKS:</th></tr> + +<tr><td>I and II Samuel.</td></tr> + +<tr><td>I and II Kings.</td></tr> + +<tr><td>I and II Chronicles.</td></tr></table> +</div> +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—As these three pairs of books are so closely related in +their historical contents, it is deemed best to study them together, +though they overlap the two divisions of IV and V.</p> + + + +<ol class="RU"><li><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48"></a><span class="smcap">Charts</span> + +<p class="center"><em>Chart A. General Contents</em></p> +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"> +<tr><td rowspan="5"> </td><th colspan="3">I and II Samuel</th><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr> +<tr><td>Samuel</td><td>Saul</td><td>David</td></tr> +<tr><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><th colspan="3">I and II Kings</th></tr> +<tr><td>Solomon</td><td>20 Kings of Judah</td><td>20 Kings of Israel</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><th colspan="7">I and II Chronicles</th></tr> +<tr><td>Genealogy from Adam</td><td>Courses of Participants in Temple Service</td><td>Saul</td><td>David</td><td>Solomon</td><td>20 Kings of Judah</td> +<td> </td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Biblical scholars differ as to the number of kings in +the divided kingdoms. Twenty is assigned to each, based upon authority +of Philip Schaff.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Verify contents of above chart.</p> + +<p class="center"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49"></a>CHART B.</p> + +<p class="center">DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KINGS AND CHRONICLES</p> +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"><tr><td>KINGS</td><td>CHRONICLES</td></tr> +<tr><td>1. Record of both Israel and Judah</td><td>1. Record of Judah only</td></tr> +<tr><td>2. Tends toward the secular</td><td>2. Tends toward the religious</td></tr> +<tr><td>3. Emphasizes the Acts of the King</td><td>3. Emphasizes the Worship of the Sanctuary</td></tr></table> +</div> + +<p class="center"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50"></a>CHART C. SUMMARY OF THE KINGDOMS</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table style="border: 0;"><tr><td style="border: 0; vertical-align: top;"> +<table id="table3" cellspacing="0"> +<tr><th colspan="3">UNDIVIDED KINGDOM</th></tr> +<tr><td>40 YRS</td><td>40</td><td>40</td></tr> +<tr><td style="font-size: 125%;">S<br />A<br />U<br />L</td> +<td>D<br />A<br />V<br />I<br />D<br /></td> +<td style="font-size: 70%;">S<br />O<br />L<br />O<br />M<br />O<br />N</td></tr> +</table> +</td><td style="border: 0;"> +<table cellspacing="0" id="table4"> +<tr> +<th>TRIBES</th><th>DIVIDED KINGDOM</th> +</tr> +<tr><td>1</td><td rowspan="2">JUDAH. 20 KINGS</td></tr> +<tr><td>2</td></tr> +<tr><td>3</td><td rowspan="10">ISRAEL. 20 KINGS</td></tr> +<tr><td>4</td></tr> +<tr><td>5</td></tr> +<tr><td>6</td></tr> +<tr><td>7</td></tr> +<tr><td>8</td></tr> +<tr><td>9</td></tr> +<tr><td>10</td></tr> +<tr><td>11</td></tr> +<tr><td>12</td></tr> +</table> +</td></tr></table> +</div> + +<p class="center">CHART D. CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGDOMS</p> + +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"><tr><td>UNDIVIDED KINGDOM:</td><td>1095 B.C. to 975 B.C.</td></tr> +<tr><td>KINGDOM ISRAEL:</td><td>975 B.C. to 721 B.C.</td></tr> +<tr><td>KINGDOM OF JUDAH:</td><td>975 B.C. to 606 B.C.</td></tr></table> +</div> + +<p class="center"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51"></a>CHART E. KINGS OF DIVIDED KINGDOMS</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Let the teacher assign as many kings as is deemed best, +to be wrought out on the chart from the books of I and II Kings. Work +out the kings of Israel on a like chart.</p> + +<p class="center"><em>Kings of Judah.</em></p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0"><thead><tr> +<td>Name</td> +<td>Character</td> +<td>Relation to Predecessor</td> +<td>Prophet</td> +<td>Phrase</td> +<td>Kind of Death</td> +</tr></thead> +<tbody><tr> +<td>1. Rehoboam</td> +<td>Evil</td> +<td> </td> +<td>Shemaiah</td> +<td>And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah</td> +<td>Natural</td></tr> +<tr><td>2. Abijam</td> +<td>Evil</td> +<td>Son</td> +<td>None mentioned</td> +<td>His heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God</td> +<td>Natural</td></tr> +<tr style="height: 300px;"><td> </td><td> </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">(If a usurper, make such a record)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> +</div></li> +<li><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52"></a><em>Historical Setting:</em> + +<p>Narratives to be recited in class and to be recorded briefly.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>The Beginning of the Undivided Kingdom. I Samuel 8.</li> + +<li>The Selection of First King of Undivided Kingdom. I Samuel 10:17-24.</li> + +<li>The Glory of Solomon's Kingdom. I Kings 4:20-34 and 10:14-29.</li> + +<li>The Division of the Kingdom. I Kings 11:26-43 and 12:1-15.</li> + +<li>The Beginning of Israel. I Kings 12:16-33.</li> + +<li>The Beginning of Judah. I Kings 14:21-31.</li> + +<li>The Captivity of Israel. II Kings 17.</li> + +<li>The Captivity of Judah. II Kings 24 and 25.</li> + +<li>Map of Divided Kingdoms.</li></ol> + +<p>Draw map, showing the two kingdoms and their capitals, also the regions +of Assyria and Babylon. Let the map include the Tigris, Euphrates and +Chebar Rivers. See Map 4, also Bible Atlas. Draw dotted lines from the +capitals of the two kingdoms to the countries into which they were taken +captives.</p></li> + +<li><em>Interesting Stories with Practical Lessons.</em> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—To be recited, but not recorded save the titles and +references.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Jonathan and Friendship. I Samuel 18:1-4 and 19:1-7.</li> + +<li>Mephibosheth and Mercy. II Samuel 9.</li> + +<li>Absalom and Pride. II Samuel 15:1-6.</li> + +<li>Solomon and Choice. I Kings 3:1-15.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Childhood of Samuel. I Samuel 1, 2 and 3.</li> + +<li>Anointing of David. I Samuel 16.</li> + +<li>David and Goliath. I Samuel 17.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53"></a>Nathan's Parable of the Ewe Lamb. II Samuel 12.</li> + +<li>Visit of the Queen of Sheba. I Kings 10.</li> + +<li>Elijah and the Prophets of Baal. I Kings 18.</li> + +<li>Elijah's Ascent into Heaven. II Kings 2.</li> + +<li>Naaman the Leper. II Kings 5.</li> + +<li>The Destruction of Jerusalem. II Kings 25.</li> + +<li>Solomon's Prayer at Dedication of the Temple. II Chronicles 6.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Lessons:</em> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Name in a sentence, opposite the names given, a fact +illustrating the lesson.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>The Value of Right Beginning. + +<ol class="AL"><li>Samuel.</li> + +<li>Kingdom of Israel.</li></ol></li> + +<li>The Wide Influence of One Person. + +<ol class="AL"><li>David.</li> + +<li>Jeroboam.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Righteousness Pays. + +<ol class="AL"><li>David.</li> + +<li>Hezekiah.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Sin Destroys. + +<ol class="AL"><li>Ahab.</li> + +<li>Kingdom of Israel.</li></ol></li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name some of the powers of the king. I Samuel 11:7; I Samuel +22:18,19; II Samuel 15:2; I Kings 5:13,15; I Kings 8; II Kings 23:35.</li> + +<li>What kings did Samuel anoint?</li> + +<li>How long was David hunted by Saul and at what age?</li> + +<li>Where and how did David spare Saul?</li> + +<li>What two sins did David commit? II Samuel 11.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54"></a>After these sins what parable was spoken to him, and by whom?</li> + +<li>What two psalms did David write after these sins?</li> + +<li>Why was he called a man after God's own heart? I Samuel 13:14.</li> + +<li>How many wives and concubines did Solomon have and what was the +effect?</li> + +<li>Name the worst king in Judah and the worst king in Israel.</li> + +<li>Name five bad things Manasseh did. II Kings 21.</li> + +<li>Name five good things Josiah did. II Kings 22 and 23.</li> + +<li>Name the first and last king of Israel, also of Judah.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>What of Christ?</em> + +<ol class="AL"><li>Symbol. The temple. John 2:19.</li> + +<li>Types. David. Matt. 9:27. Name two likenesses. Solomon. Matt. 12:42. +Name two likenesses.</li> + +<li>Prophecy. II Samuel 7:12,13.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55"></a>IV</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM UNDIVIDED</h2> +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"><tr><th colspan="2">THE POETICAL BOOKS:</th></tr> + +<tr><td>Psalms</td> <td>Page</td></tr> + +<tr><td>Song of Solomon</td> <td>Page</td></tr> + +<tr><td>Proverbs</td> <td>Page</td></tr></table> +</div> + + +<h3><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56"></a>THE PSALMS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>The Collection and Divisions:</em> + +<p>In all probability the book of one hundred and fifty psalms, as it now +stands, was compiled by Ezra about 450 B.C.</p> + +<p>They are divided into five books, each closing with a benediction, +evidently added to mark the end of the book. Note the number of psalms +in Books 1 and 2.</p></li> + +<li><em>The Purposes:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>They were originally used as songs in the Jewish Temple Worship.</li> + +<li>For centuries after Christ they formed the only Christian Hymnal.</li> + +<li>They have comforted and supported the troubled hearts of all +believers in all ages.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>General Characteristics:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>They are <em>personal</em>.—Number the first personal pronouns in Psalm 23. +Note the frequent occurrence in others.</li> + +<li>They are the expression of <em>heart</em> experiences.—Note the frequent +use of the words heart and soul. These Hebrew poems are largely the +diaries of the inner life.</li> + +<li>They express the <em>intimate relation</em> between God and man.—Note in +Psalms 23, 103, 139 how many the phrases which contain pronouns and +words referring to both God and man.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Specific Characteristics:</em> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Select a sentence from any psalm, illustrating each +characteristic, and record the same in its appropriate place, giving the +chapter and verse.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57"></a>Teaching.</li> + +<li>Testimony.</li> + +<li>Prayer.</li> + +<li>Confession.</li> + +<li>Praise.</li> + +<li>Exhortation.</li> + +<li>History.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Authors:</em> + +<p>Heman, author of the 88th; Ethan, 89; Moses, 90; Solomon, 72 and 127. +The sons of Korah (who were they?) wrote eleven. Examples 42 to 49. +Asaph (who was he?) wrote twelve. Examples 73 to 83. David wrote +seventy-three.</p></li> + +<li><em>Names of Leading Psalms</em> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Select a phrase from the psalm, or state the reason, +upon which the name is based.</p> + +<ul class="off"><li>1. The Two Ways.</li> + +<li>3. A Morning Hymn.</li> + +<li>4. An Evening Hymn.</li> + +<li>8. The Glory of the Creator in the Creature.</li> + +<li>15. A Citizen of Zion.</li> + +<li>16. The Blessings of the Believer.</li> + +<li>22. A Psalm of the Cross.</li> + +<li>23.</li> + +<li>27. The Tonic Psalm.</li> + +<li>32.</li> + +<li>42. From Depths to Heights.</li> + +<li>45. A Marriage Song.</li> + +<li>46. A Battle Hymn.</li> + +<li>51. A Sinner's Open Confession.</li> + +<li>65. The Farmer's Psalm.</li> + +<li>84.</li> + +<li>90. The Funeral Hymn.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58"></a>91. The Safety Psalm.</li> + +<li>100. The Doxology.</li> + +<li>103. God in Grace.</li> + +<li>104. God in Nature.</li> + +<li>105. God in History.</li> + +<li>119. The Glory of the Word. + +<p>Name three peculiarities of this psalm.</p></li> + +<li>121. The Traveler's Psalm.</li> + +<li>137. The Patriot's Hymn.</li> + +<li>139. The Psalm of Marvels.</li> + +<li>146 to 150. The Hallelujah Psalms. + +<p>The word Hallelujah is the Hebrew for "Praise ye the Lord."</p></li></ul></li> + +<li><em>The Messianic Psalms:</em> + +<p>Study meaning and description in Bible Dictionary. Why would David be +fitted to write such psalms? Note three features of these psalms: 1. +Kingship. 2. Unlimited rule. 3. Unending dominion. Note also the basis +for the following names:</p> + +<ul class="off"><li>2. The Victorious King.</li> + +<li>45. The Glorious King.</li> + +<li>72. The Helping King.</li> + +<li>110. The Conquering King.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>A Question Study on Psalm 8:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Explain phrase: "In all the earth."</li> + +<li>From what word might it be inferred that the author was a king?</li> + +<li>What three phrases indicate the shepherd life of the author?</li> + +<li>What historical event may be referred to in verse 2?</li> + +<li>How many heavens are mentioned?</li> + +<li>What two expressions indicate the exalted position of man?</li></ol></li> + +<li><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59"></a><em>An Analytic Study of Psalm 139:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name carefully the marvels in the following passages: + +<ol class="AL"><li>Verses 1 to 6.</li> + +<li>Verses 7 to 10.</li> + +<li>Verses 14 to 16.</li> + +<li>Verses 17 and 18.</li></ol></li> + +<li>The Pronouns of the First Person. + +<ol class="AL"><li>Underline and count.</li> + +<li>In what verses not found?</li></ol></li> + +<li>The Pronouns of the Second Person. (Or word referring to God.) + +<ol class="AL"><li>Underline and count.</li> + +<li>In what verses not found?</li></ol></li> + +<li>Select an example of as many of the seven specific characteristics as +are found in this psalm.</li> + +<li>Meaning of the following words or phrases: Verse 8, "Sheol." Verse 9, +"wings of the morning." Verse 16, "thy book."</li></ol></li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60"></a>THE SONG OF SOLOMON</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Author.</em></li> + +<li><em>Names:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>(1) Song of Solomon.</li> + +<li>(2) Song of Songs.</li> + +<li>(3) Canticles.</li></ul> + +<p>Give the meaning of each.</p></li> + +<li><em>General Description:</em> + +<p>It is probably an allegorical drama. It pictures the love of Solomon to +a princess, typifying, as many believe, the love of Christ to the +Church. Read Ephesians 5 and be prepared to answer questions thereon. +Richard Moulton describes it as containing seven idyllic poems.</p></li> + +<li><em>Words of Explanation:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Its Oriental tinge must be remembered. In the Occident uncovered +breasts would be an impropriety, but not in the Orient.</li> + +<li>The revised version removes some questionable utterances. Compare in +the two versions 1:13 and 5:14.</li> + +<li>Were we less sensual we could better appreciate its beauty. The +beautiful in art is greatly lost by the impurity of our fleshly nature. +So the beautiful in this poem.</li> + +<li>It is a poem, hence the author uses the poetic license.</li> + +<li>The poem needs a division into its parts, and a naming of parts, +places and speakers, for a clearer understanding. Students of the poem +have made this division. The following is a sample: + +<ol class="sub"><li>Antechamber of Palace.—Bride and Ladies.—Welcome to Home.—1:2 to +1:8.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61"></a>Audience Room of Palace.—Bride: Groom: Attendants.—First +Interview.—1:9 to 2:6.</li> + +<li>Palace Window.—Bride: Groom.—Serenade and Invitation.—2:7 to 2:17.</li> + +<li>Private Chamber.—Bride.—Search: A dream.—3:1-4.</li></ol></li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Phrases Worthy of Remembrance:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Three descriptions applied to Christ. 2:1. Find two others in Chapter +5.</li> + +<li>Our Lord's banner. 2:4.</li> + +<li>The double possession. 2:10.</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Write these phrases in full, with locations.</p></li></ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62"></a>PROVERBS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>Author</em>.</li> + +<li><em>Derivation and Meaning of Word.</em></li> + +<li><em>Literary Form and Arrangement:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>They are arranged in masses rather than logical groups. They are +poetical in form.</li> + +<li>They are chiefly couplets of two kinds: + +<ol class="AL"><li>Contrasted thoughts, joined usually by the connective "but." +Example, 28:1.</li> + +<li>Parallel thoughts, joined usually by the connective "and." Example, +27:26.</li></ol></li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—Select and record one proverb of each of the above +kinds.</p></li> + +<li><em>Leading Kinds:</em> + +<p>The proverbs may be largely classified under one of the following +topics: (1) Tongue. (2) Chastity. (3) Society (4) Business. (5) Wisdom. +(6) Home. (7) Character. (8) Law.</p></li> + +<li>Select and record one proverb under each of the above topics, giving +location.</li> + +<li><em>Outline of Contents:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>1 to 24. The Proverbs of Solomon.</li> + +<li>25 to 29. The Proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah copied +out.</li> + +<li>30. The Proverbs of Agur.</li> + +<li>31. The Proverbs of King Lemuel.</li></ol></li> + +<li><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63"></a><em>Number of Solomon's Proverbs:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>How many proverbs did King Solomon write? See I Kings 4.</li> + +<li>Find the number of his proverbs in the book. Add the number in each +chapter, omitting introduction and titles.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Contents:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>1 to 6. Introduction.</li> + +<li>7. The Way of the Strange Woman.</li> + +<li>8. The Call and the Testimony of Wisdom.</li> + +<li>23:29 to 35. The Effects of Strong Drink.</li> + +<li>30:7 to 9. The Prayer of Agur.</li> + +<li>31:10 to 31. The Description of a Model Woman, Wife, Mother.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>The Two Underlying Principles of the Book:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." 1:7.</li> + +<li>"A wise man will hear and increase learning." 1:5. Both are A.V. Let +teacher and pupil amplify.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Four Chief Reasons for the Profitableness of the Proverbs:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>They are brief, concise, epigrammatic.</li> + +<li>They were born of observation and experience.</li> + +<li>They were penned by the wisest man.</li> + +<li>They were written by inspiration of God.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Miscellaneous Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Who were Agur, Lemuel, the men of Hezekiah?</li> + +<li>Locate the proverbs that forbid one from becoming surety for another.</li> + +<li>What modern evil may be spoken against in 11:26?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64"></a>Give meaning of word wisdom, and why would this topic occupy large +space in the book?</li> + +<li>Select from Chapter 16 one proverb on divine guidance, one on the +worth of self-control, and one on business honesty.</li> + +<li>Select the three most helpful proverbs on friendship.</li> + +<li>Name eight animals used in illustration, giving references, and give +reasons for the author taking so many illustrations from the animal +kingdom.</li> + +<li>Where might the author have received the thought of 24:19 and 24:20?</li> + +<li>Name the lesson for business men in 27:23.</li> + +<li>In Chapter 11 mark with the letter "B" the verses whose truth may +affect one's business success.</li></ol></li></ol> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65"></a>V</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM DIVIDED</h2> +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"><tr><th colspan="2">THE PROPHETICAL BOOKS:</th></tr> +<tr><td>Jonah</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Amos</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Isaiah</td><td>Page</td></tr></table> +</div> + +<h4><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66"></a>OUTLINE FOR STUDY OF PROPHETICAL BOOKS</h4> + +<ol><li>Class.</li> + +<li>Commission of Prophet.</li> + +<li>Biographical Description of Prophet.</li> + +<li>Title of Prophet.</li> + +<li>Historical Place. + +<ol class="AL"><li>Name of Kingdom.</li> + +<li>Names of Kings.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Outline of Contents.</li> + +<li>Prophecies of Earthly Kings or Kingdoms.</li> + +<li>Prophecies of Christ.</li> + +<li>Prophecies of Christ's Kingdom.</li> + +<li>Leading Phrases.</li> + +<li>Leading Chapters.</li> + +<li>Leading Teachings.</li> + +<li>Questions.</li> + +<li>Items of Special Interest.</li> + +<li>Individual Finds.</li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Explanation.</span>—Under No. 1 name whether major or minor. Under +No. 2 secure the points of the commission in references given. No. 3 is +to be gathered from the contents of the prophecy itself. Under No. 4 +work out from the prophet's life, character or message an appropriate +title by which he may be remembered. Under letter (a) of No. 5 state +whether the message is to Israel or Judah. Under letter (b) name the +kings during whose reigns the message was delivered. Topics 14 and 15 +are the same as in the Historical Outline.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Notes.</span>—The first prophecy to be taken up, that of Jonah, will +be studied by a series of questions. In the succeeding prophecies the +outline will be followed, though not so rigidly as in the case of the +Historical Outline.</p> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67"></a>JONAH</h3> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—The study of this book is by questions.</p> + +<ol><li>Draw full-page map, locating Joppa, Nineveh, Tarshish and his native +place, Gath-hepher. See II Kings 14:25.</li> + +<li>Name the three commands given to Jonah.</li> + +<li>What two things did the sailors do when the storm was severe?</li> + +<li>The waking of Jonah recalls what incident in the New Testament?</li> + +<li>According to the sailors, what caused the tempest?</li> + +<li>What plan was used to find the offender?</li> + +<li>What words of Psalm 139 are recalled by Jonah's attempt to flee from +God?</li> + +<li>What four things do we know about the boat?</li> + +<li>Who suggested the plan for calming the sea?</li> + +<li>Name three results of the calm upon the sailors.</li> + +<li>Give a name to the second chapter.</li> + +<li>In what direction did he pray and why?</li> + +<li>What phrase in Psalm 42 did he use in his prayer?</li> + +<li>Mention three things named in the book regarding the size of +Nineveh.</li> + +<li>Name Jonah's message.</li> + +<li>What four things did the king decree?</li> + +<li>What quality did Jonah manifest at the repentance of Nineveh?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68"></a>Name the petition of Jonah's prayer in Chapter 4.</li> + +<li>How did the Lord answer this petition?</li> + +<li>Explain the object lesson of the gourd.</li> + +<li>What six things did Jehovah do, as narrated in the book?</li> + +<li>In what two ways was Jonah a type of Christ? See Matt. 12:38-41.</li> + +<li>Why <em>must</em> we accept the story as true?</li> + +<li>State four leading lessons of the book.</li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69"></a>AMOS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Class.</em></li> + +<li><em>Commission:</em> 3:1-9; 7:15. Analyze, narrate, record.</li> + +<li><em>Biographical Description:</em> 1:1; 7:14; 7:10-17.</li> + +<li><em>Title.</em></li> + +<li><em>Historical Place:</em> See Bible Dictionary. Also 1:1, 2.</li> + +<li>Omit.</li> + +<li><em>Prophecies of Earthly Kingdoms:</em> Chapters 1 and 2. + +<ol class="sub"><li>Draw full-page map, numbering in order and locating the eight cities +and countries against which prophecies are uttered.</li> + +<li>Name the prophecy common to all.</li> + +<li>Prophecies against Israel. + +<ol class="AL"><li>Name three sins. 2:6-8.</li> + +<li>Name the class of people to whom the prophetic word is especially +directed. 3:11 and 15 and 5:11.</li> + +<li>Name three reasons why this people should obey God's law. 2:10; +2:11; 4:6-11.</li> + +<li>Name the punishment prophesied. 5:27.</li></ol></li></ol></li> + +<li><em>None.</em></li> + +<li><em>Prophecies of Christ's Kingdom.</em> 9:11-15. Name four leading +predictions therein. The teacher should mention the three possible +interpretations of this prophecy.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70"></a><em>Striking Phrases:</em> + +<p>Find one in each of the third, fourth and sixth chapters.</p></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name five things mentioned in Chapter 4 that God said He had done and +yet they had not returned.</li> + +<li>What is meant by the expression "cleanness of teeth" in 4:6?</li> + +<li>What three parts of their worship did the Lord say He despised in +5:21-23? Why did He despise them?</li> + +<li>What is meant by the expression "flood of Egypt" in 8:8?</li> + +<li>What kind of famine is prophesied to come upon them in 8:11 and 12?</li> + +<li>How many times does Amos refer to David?</li> + +<li>By what four names does Amos describe the Northern Kingdom?</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest:</em> + +<p>Select five.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds:</em> + +<p>Chapters 1, 2, 6.</p></li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71"></a>ISAIAH</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Class.</em></li> + +<li><em>Commission:</em> Chapter 6. Analyze carefully.</li> + +<li><em>Biography:</em> 1:1; 8:1 and 3; 7:3; 20:2-4; II Chron. 26:22 and +32:32.</li> + +<li><em>Title.</em></li> + +<li><em>Historical Place:</em> 1:1. Add the lengths of the reigns.</li> + +<li><em>Outline:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Dark Prophecies regarding Earthly Kingdoms. 1 to 35.</li> + +<li>History of an Earthly Kingdom. 36 to 39.</li> + +<li>Bright Prophecies regarding Christ's Kingdom. 40 to 66.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Prophecies of Earthly Kingdoms:</em> Babylon, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, +Tyre. + +<p>Name the vivid descriptions, the predictions, fulfillment.</p></li> + +<li><em>Prophecies of Christ:</em> Name the predictions found in the +following references. If time permits, classify them under these heads: +(a) Genealogy. (b) Name. (c) Event. (d) Characteristic. (e) Work. + +<p>7:14; 9:2, 6, 7; 11:1-5 and 10; 28:16; 32:1; 40:11; 42:1-4; 49:2; 50:4, +5, 6; 52:14, 15. Three facts in the closing days of Christ's life in +Chapter 53.</p></li> + +<li><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72"></a><em>Prophecies of Christ's Kingdom:</em> + +<p>Note three leading characteristics predicted:</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Chapter 35.</li> + +<li>Chapter 60:1-14.</li> + +<li>Chapter 60:15-22.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>"Exceeding Great and Precious Promises":</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Complete Cleansing. 1:18.</li> + +<li>Perfect Peace. 26:2.</li> + +<li>Refuge. 32:2.</li> + +<li>Abiding Strength. 40:29-31.</li> + +<li>Fruitage of the Word. 55:10, 11.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>23. Destruction of Tyre.</li> + +<li>35. Transformation.</li> + +<li>40. The Greatness of God and the Littleness of Man.</li> + +<li>53. The Cross and Atonement.</li> + +<li>55. The Gracious Invitation.</li> + +<li>60. The Coming of the Nations to Christ</li></ul>.</li> + +<li><em>Leading Teachings:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>The Incarnation of Christ. 7:14 and 9:6.</li> + +<li>The Atonement by blood. 53:6, 5. + +<p>(Called by Luther "the little gospel." Note the four parts, by reading +verse 6 first, then verse 5.)</p></li> + +<li>The Transforming Power of Christianity. Chapter 35.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest:</em> + +<p>Select fifteen.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds:</em> + +<p>Chapters 1, 5, 12, 35, 36, 61.</p></li> +</ol> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + +<h2><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73"></a>VI</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM IN CAPTIVITY</h2> +<div class="center"> +<table class="books" cellpadding="5"><tr><td>Jeremiah</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Lamentations</td><td>Page</td></tr> +<tr><td>Daniel</td><td>Page</td></tr></table> +</div> + + +<h3><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74"></a>JEREMIAH</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Class.</em></li> + +<li><em>Commission:</em> 1:4-10 and 18; 17:19 and 20. Time; manner; to whom; +what to do; quality required; pledges given.</li> + +<li><em>Biographical Description:</em> 1:1; 16:2; 20:2; 32:2 and 3; 37:11-16; +43:6 and 7.</li> + +<li><em>Title.</em> See 9:1.</li> + +<li><em>Historical Place:</em> State length of prophetical office.</li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>Prophecies of Earthly Kingdoms:</em> Chapters 46 to 51. Name seven.</li> + +<li><em>Prophecies Regarding Christ:</em> 23:5 and 6 Name three contained +therein. Why so few prophecies of Christ?</li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>Leading Phrases:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>13:23. The question.</li> + +<li>45:5: "Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not."</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>29. Letter to the Captives.</li> + +<li>35. The Rechabites and Strong Drink.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75"></a><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name and explain the two object lessons in 18:1-6 and in 24.</li> + +<li>Name five things the prophet in his letter commanded the captives in +Babylon to do.</li> + +<li>Name the strangely-worded statement regarding Jehovah in 25:4.</li> + +<li>Give the prophecy of the return in 29:10.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Items of Special Interest:</em> + +<p>Select fifteen.</p></li> + +<li><em>Individual Finds:</em> + +<p>Chapters 1, 13, 22, 36, 38.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76"></a>LAMENTATIONS</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Author.</em></li> + +<li><em>Name.</em> "A Funeral Dirge."</li> + +<li><em>Literary Form.</em> See Dictionary.</li> + +<li><em>General Contents.</em> See Dictionary.</li> + +<li><em>Outline of Contents:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>The Wail of a Widow. Chapter 1.</li> + +<li>The Picture of Jerusalem's Calamity. Chapters 2 to 4.</li> + +<li>A Prayer. Chapter 5.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Give two figures of speech in Chapter 1 that describe Jerusalem's +distress.</li> + +<li>Select six consecutive words in 1:9 that declare the greatness of her +fall.</li> + +<li>Select six expressions in Chapters 1 and 2 that indicate the decline +in religion.</li> + +<li>Select six expressions in Chapters 4 and 5 that indicate the severity +of the famine.</li> + +<li>Select six expressions in Chapter 5 that indicate the terrors of the +siege and the severity of the ruin.</li> + +<li>Name the two requests in the Prayer chapter.</li> + +<li>Explain the truth contained in 3:27.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77"></a>DANIEL</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Outline:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>1 to 6. History.</li> + +<li>7 to 12. Prophecy.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Name three things known of Daniel when brought a captive. 1:3 and 4.</li> + +<li><em>Leading Narratives.</em> + +<p>Recite, but record only titles and references.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Chapter 1. Daniel and Drink.</li> + +<li>Chapter 2. Daniel and the Dream.</li> + +<li>Chapter 5. Daniel and the Handwriting.</li> + +<li>Chapter 6. Daniel and the Lion's Den</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Chart of Two Chief Visions of Earthly Kingdoms:</em> Chapters 2 and 7. + + <div class="center"> + <table cellspacing="0"> + <thead> + <tr><td>Part of Image</td><td>Name of Beast</td><td>Name of Country</td></tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <tr><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>2</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>3</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>4</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> + </tbody> + </table> + </div> +</li> +<li>Draw full-page map, outlining with dotted lines the four countries of +above chart at time of their worldwide dominion. Locate the capitals, +record the conqueror in each under the capital, together with date.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78"></a><em>Difficult Prophecy of the Messiah:</em> 9:24-27.</li> + +<li><em>Daniel's Prayer:</em> 9:1-19. + +<ol class="sub"><li>With what acts is his prayer accompanied?</li> + +<li>With what Old Testament books is he evidently acquainted?</li> + +<li>What is the burden of his prayer?</li> + +<li>Name the three leading requests.</li> + +<li>Name the basis of his plea.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Three Leading Lessons:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Purpose is stronger than environment.</li> + +<li>Prayer avails.</li> + +<li>Sterling piety brings elevation.</li></ol> + +<p>Illustrate each of these by events in Daniel's life.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h2><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79"></a>VII</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM RESTORED</h2> + +<div class="center"> + <table cellpadding="5" class="books"> + <tr><td>Ezra</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Nehemiah</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Haggai</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Zechariah</td><td>Page</td></tr> + </table> +</div> + +<h3><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80"></a>EZRA</h3> + + +<p>The study of this book is by chapters. Commit the names of the chapters.</p> + +<ol class="RU"><li>Chapter <em>The First Return Under Zerubbabel:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Who issued the decree?</li> + +<li>Name three commands in the decree.</li> + +<li>Give the date.</li> + +<li>Name number of gold and silver vessels returned.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>The Register of Returning Captives:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Give the number.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>The Renewal of Worship:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name four things accomplished in the restoration of worship.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>The Hindrance of Adversaries:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>State their request.</li> + +<li>State reply of Zerubbabel.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>The Help of the Prophets:</em> + +<p>Prepare two questions.</p></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>The Dedication of the Temple:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>What kings aided?</li> + +<li>What prophets helped?</li> + +<li>What feast was observed?</li></ol></li> + +<li><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81"></a>Chapter <em>The Second Return Under Ezra:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Give the date.</li> + +<li>State the number of returning captives.</li> + +<li>State the distance of the journey.</li> + +<li>Name length of time consumed in the journey.</li> + +<li>Name three things Ezra had prepared his heart to do.</li> + +<li>Name the double office of Ezra.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Chapter <em>At the River Ahava:</em> + +<p>Prepare two questions.</p></li> + +<li>Chapter <p>Prepare a name and two questions.</p></li> + +<li>Chapter <p>Prepare a name and two questions.</p></li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82"></a>NEHEMIAH</h3> + +<p><em>Pictorial Device:</em> A Broken Wall.</p> + +<p>Draw three layers of stone forming lower part of wall. On this draw four +portions of the wall intact, with three breaks between. In these three +breaks place the words: "Temporal, 3 to 6;" "Civil, 5;" "Religious, 8 to +13." On the unbroken portion of the wall place the figure "52" and the +phrase: "A Great Work." Over the device place the word God. Add any +original touches suggested by the book.</p> + +<ol class="RU"><li>Give a brief narrative of Nehemiah's return as recorded in Chapters 1 +and 2.</li> + +<li><em>General Contents:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Rebuilding the temporal wall.</li> + +<li>Rebuilding the civil wall.</li> + +<li>Rebuilding the religious wall.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>3. A list of the wall builders.</li> + +<li>12. The dedication of the wall.</li> + +<li>13. How a Mayor enforced the Sabbath law.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Striking Phrases:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>4:6: "The people had a mind to work."</li> + +<li>8:10: "The joy of the Lord is your strength."</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name Nehemiah's position and its duties.</li> + +<li>Locate Shushan.</li> + +<li>Measure the distance from Shushan to Jerusalem.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83"></a>Name eight classes of people who aided in rebuilding the wall.</li> + +<li>Name any three gates mentioned and note their location on Bible map +of the city of Jerusalem. Map No. 10.</li> + +<li>Describe in brief the kinds of gatherings that occurred at the city +gates. Give examples from Bible history. Read articles in Bible +Dictionary on "Gates" and "Walls." Record references.</li> + +<li>Name three hindrances to the rebuilding of the wall. Chapter 4.</li> + +<li>Name four wise plans of Nehemiah as general.</li> + +<li>Mention the ways in Chapters 5 and 6 in which Nehemiah proved his +intense patriotism.</li> + +<li>In what length of time was the wall completed?</li> + +<li>Name four things covenanted by the people. Chapter 10.</li> + +<li>Name three leading features in the dedication of the wall.</li> + +<li>Record and locate the ejaculatory prayers of the book. Name a lesson +therefrom.</li> + +<li>Name five leading qualities of Nehemiah, giving an example from his +life to illustrate each.</li> + +<li>Name four striking lessons for Christian activity gleaned from the +book.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84"></a>HAGGAI</h3> + + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">A Study of the Four Brief Prophecies of the Book</span></p> + +<p><em>Prophecy Number One: Chapter 1:1-15.</em></p> + +<ol><li>To whom spoken.</li> + +<li>Name the reason assigned by the people for not rebuilding.</li> + +<li>Name four reasons given by the prophet why the people should rebuild.</li> + +<li>State the result of the prophet's appeal.</li></ol> + +<p><em>Prophecy Number Two: Chapter 2:1-9.</em></p> + +<ol><li>To whom spoken.</li> + +<li>State the evident feeling of those who had seen the former house. See +verse 3, also Ezra 3:12.</li> + +<li>Name the three promises of Jehovah calculated to remove this sting of +disappointment.</li></ol> + +<p><em>Prophecy Number Three: Chapter 2:10-19.</em></p> + +<ol><li>State moral condition of the people.</li> + +<li>Name the three causes of material loss.</li> + +<li>State the promise.</li></ol> + +<p><em>Prophecy Number Four: Chapter 2:20-23.</em></p> + +<ol><li>To whom spoken.</li> + +<li>Name the two prophecies in your own words.</li></ol> + +<p><em>Questions:</em></p> + +<ol><li>What word indicates the small number who had returned?</li> + +<li>Commit words, with location, of a striking verse, 2:8.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85"></a>In how many days did they begin to work after the first appeal was +made?</li> + +<li>What length of time do the four prophecies cover?</li> + +<li>What statement is accepted by many as a prophecy of Christ? Use the +marginal reading.</li> + +<li>By what two terms is Haggai called?</li> + +<li>What word does Haggai use, and how many times, to set the people to +thinking?</li> + +<li>By what expression is God most frequently described?</li> + +<li>Why, possibly, was no prophet sent to Nehemiah?</li> + +<li>Give an appropriate title to Haggai.</li></ol> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86"></a>ZECHARIAH</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>The Visions of Chapters 1 to 6:</em> + +<p>Record and commit, with chapter location.</p></li> + +<li><em>The Striking Phrases and Verses:</em> + +<p>Commit and locate the following:</p> + +<ul class="off"><li>"Apple of the eye." + +<p>Give meaning. State what other books of the Bible contain the phrase.</p></li> + +<li>"Prisoners of Hope."</li> + +<li>"Who hath despised the day of small things?"</li> + +<li>"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts."</li> + +<li>"Wounded in the house of my friends."</li></ul> + +<p>(Use concordance in finding location.)</p></li> + +<li><em>The Prophecies of Christ:</em> + +<p>Give the four names by which the Christ is described. See 3:8, 9:9, +13:7.</p> + +<p>Name four events in Christ's life prophesied in the following verses: +9:9, 11:12, 13:1, 13:7.</p></li> + +<li><em>General Questions.</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Compare the beginning of Zechariah's prophecy with that of Haggai in +point of time.</li> + +<li>Which of the major prophets and which of the minor prophets does +Zechariah resemble most?</li> + +<li>By what name is Satan described in Chapter 3, and what other Bible +writers use the same description?</li> + +<li><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87"></a>Name three general encouragements given by the prophet to Zerubbabel +in Chapter 4 to rebuild the temple.</li> + +<li>Record the cities prophesied against in Chapter 9.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Questions on Chapter 14:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Of what is this a prophetic picture? Verse 9.</li> + +<li>Name the facts about the capture of Jerusalem. Verses 2 and 3.</li> + +<li>Name the three strange happenings in nature. Verses 4 to 8.</li> + +<li>Name final result. Verse 11.</li> + +<li>Name the two plagues to be visited.</li> + +<li>What one of the feasts is to be kept and why?</li> + +<li>Give words and meaning of the placard in verse 20.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h2><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88"></a><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89"></a>VIII</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM'S TRUE KING</h2> + +<div class="center"> + <table class="books" cellpadding="5"> + <tr><td>Matthew</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Mark</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Luke</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>John</td><td>Page</td></tr> + </table> +</div> + + + +<h3><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90"></a>THE FOUR GOSPELS</h3> + + +<h5>I. <span class="smcap">Brief Introduction</span></h5> + +<ol><li>Name five portions of Scripture that are repeated.</li> + +<li>Four reasons why the Lord's life is recorded four times: + +<ul class="off"><li>(1) To emphasize its importance.</li> + +<li>(2) To multiply the testimony to His life in the flesh.</li> + +<li>(3) To present the different aspects of His character.</li> + +<li>(4) To reach different classes of people.</li></ul></li></ol> + +<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—The Gospels were originally sermons, and the authors +preachers. They are not designed as biographies. One has described them +as "memoirs of a life, to teach a religion." Hence one need not expect +chronological order. Their purpose is not to record the life of Christ, +but to win a lost world to the Savior.</p> + +<h5><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91"></a>II. AUTHOR CHART.</h5> + +<table cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td> </td><td>Matthew</td><td>Mark</td><td>Luke</td><td>John</td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr><td>1. Business</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>2. Nationality</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>3. Apostle or not</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>4. Eye Witness or not</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +<p>To aid in filling blanks in this chart and in the following one, read +accounts of the four authors in Bible Dictionary.</p> + +<h5><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92"></a>III. CONTENTS CHART</h5> + +<table cellspacing="0"> +<thead> +<tr> +<td> </td><td>Matthew</td><td>Mark</td><td>Luke</td><td>John</td> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr><td>1. For Whom written</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>2. Purpose touching Christ</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>3. Keyword</td><td>Kingdom</td><td>Straightway</td><td>Compassion</td><td>Believe</td></tr> +<tr><td>4. Quality from Standpoint of Author</td><td>Business Accuracy</td><td>Vividness</td><td>Completeness</td><td>Warmth</td></tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +<h5><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93"></a>IV. <em>Questions on Matthew:</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Name three expressions in Chapter 1 that manifest the author's +occupation.</li> + +<li>Name one expression in each of the first three chapters that manifest +the kingship of Christ.</li> + +<li>Why does Matthew record the fulfillment of prophecy?</li> + +<li>Name the prophecies recorded as fulfilled in the first four chapters, +and the author of each prophecy.</li> + +<li>Number and locate the word kingdom as recorded in the Sermon on the +Mount.</li></ol> + +<h5>V. <em>Questions on Mark:</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Underline and number in Chapter 1 the words straightway, astonished, +amazed.</li> + +<li>Select three other words in Chapter 1 that manifest vividness.</li> + +<li>With what event in Christ's life does Mark begin? and state reason.</li> + +<li>Name and number the miracles in the first five chapters.</li> + +<li>Name and number the parables in the first five chapters.</li> + +<li>Why would you expect such a result in answers to questions 4 and 5?</li></ol> + +<h5>VI. <em>Questions on Luke:</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Name three words in the introduction that indicate the three +characteristics of the book.</li> + +<li>What do you note by comparing 1:5, 2:1 and 2, and 3:1 and 2?</li> + +<li>Name six expressions in Chapters 1 and 2 that indicate Luke's +occupation.</li> + +<li>Record three expressions, and by whom spoken, in first three +chapters, that manifest that God's salvation is for all people.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94"></a>Name contents peculiar to Luke in Chapters 10, 14, 15, 19 and 23 that +manifest God's salvation as world wide and for the lowest.</li></ol> + +<h5>VII. <em>Questions on John:</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Name the phrase in Chapter 1 that describes the Lord's birth.</li> + +<li>Name the "I am's" of Christ in Chapters 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, +and give reason why possibly John alone of the four records them.</li> + +<li>State the purpose of this gospel. See 20:30, 31.</li> + +<li>Underline the words "sign," "believe," "life" (live), in Chapters 1 +to 6.</li> + +<li>Note the "signs" mentioned in first four chapters and the results.</li> + +<li>Name the four witnesses to Christ's divinity mentioned by Him in the +closing paragraph of Chapter 5.</li></ol> + +<h5>VIII. <em>Leading Chapters:</em></h5> + +<ul class="off"><li><em>Matthew.</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>1. Genealogy and Birth of the King.</li> + +<li>2.</li> + +<li>4.</li> + +<li>5 to 7. The Sermon on the Mount; or, The Principles of the Kingdom.</li> + +<li>13. The Eight Parables of the Kingdom.</li> + +<li>17.</li> + +<li>25. The Judgment of the King.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Mark.</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>1. A Busy Sabbath in Our Lord's Life.</li></ul></li> + +<li><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95"></a><em>Luke.</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>2. The Birth and Boyhood of Jesus.</li> + +<li>3. The Genealogy of Jesus.</li> + +<li>4.</li> + +<li>10.</li> + +<li>14. The Three Parables of Hospitality.</li> + +<li>15. The Three Parables of Lost and Found.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>John.</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>3. The New Birth.</li> + +<li>10.</li> + +<li>11.</li> + +<li>14. Comfort.</li> + +<li>15.</li> + +<li>16. The Holy Spirit.</li> + +<li>17. Christ's Intercessory Prayer.</li></ul></li> +</ul> + + + +<h2><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96"></a><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97"></a>IX</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM CONQUERING THE WORLD</h2> + +<div class="center"> + <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="books"> + <tr><td>Acts</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Paul's Epistles </td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Outline for Study of Epistles</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>I Thessalonians</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>I Corinthians</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Romans</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Philippians</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>II Timothy</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>The General Epistles</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Questions on the Book of James</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>Studies in I and II Peter</td><td>Page</td></tr> + <tr><td>I John</td><td>Page</td></tr> + </table> +</div> + +<h3><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98"></a>THE ACTS</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Author:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name.</li> + +<li>Number of books written by him.</li> + +<li>Three reasons for his fitness to write this book: + +<ol class="AL"><li>A Gentile.</li> + +<li>Devoted to Christ as the World's Savior.</li> + +<li>A companion of Paul during a portion of his missionary journeys.</li></ol></li></ol></li> + +<li><em>The Inscription:</em> 1:1. + +<ol class="sub"><li>To whom?</li> + +<li>Reference to what book?</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Chronology:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name beginning and ending dates.</li> + +<li>Length of time of contents.</li> + +<li>Contents during the reigns of what four Roman emperors.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Analysis of the Key Verse:</em> 1:8. + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name the Divine Agent.</li> + +<li>Name the Human Instrument.</li> + +<li>Name the Equipment.</li> + +<li>Name the Method.</li> + +<li>Name the Threefold Division of the Field: + +<ol class="AL"><li>City.</li> + +<li>Home Land.</li> + +<li>Foreign Lands.</li></ol></li></ol> + +<p><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99"></a><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—This verse outlines the progress of the kingdom in this +book during one generation. It also outlines the plan of God touching +the work of each disciple, each individual church, and the church +universal. Here is the pattern. With hunger to know and willingness to +do should every disciple study this pattern book. Am I measuring up to +the plan of God? Is this church measuring up to the plan of God?</p></li> + +<li><em>Outline of Contents:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>The Kingdom's Witness in the City. Chapters 1 to 7.</li> + +<li>The Kingdom's Witness in the Home Land. Chapters 8 to 12.</li> + +<li>The Kingdom's Witness in the Uttermost Parts of the Earth. Chapters +13 to 28.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Pattern Chapters for Church Work:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>1. A Model Prayer Meeting.</li> + +<li>2. A Model Sermon and Revival.</li> + +<li>6. A Model for Church Officers.</li> + +<li>8. A Model for Personal Work.</li> + +<li>9. A Model Conversion.</li> + +<li>10. A Model Minister.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Chapter Questions:</em> + +<p>The ten following questions are to be answered in the first ten +chapters, one in each consecutive chapter as numbered. If desired, ask +pupil to be ready to answer any question propounded by the teacher on +these chapters.</p> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name the apostle selected in the place of Judas, the method of +selection, and why disciples never afterward used this method.</li> + +<li>Name the <em>immediate</em> results of the outpouring of the Spirit.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100"></a>With what three things touching Christ did Peter charge the Jews?</li> + +<li>What three things did the magistrates note about Peter and John?</li> + +<li>Name the offenders, the offense, the penalty and the reason for such +severe punishment.</li> + +<li>Name the two classes of church officers, the number of each, and the +work of each.</li> + +<li>Name the first martyr and state how the circumstances surrounding his +death resembled those surrounding the death of Christ.</li> + +<li>Name the new city entered, the two chief converts mentioned, and the +three leading workers.</li> + +<li>In Saul's conversion name three factors and three proofs, also three +trials following.</li> + +<li>Name the change wrought in Peter through the vision.</li></ol></li> + +<li><em>Outline Map of Paul's Life:</em> + +<p>Draw full-page map, locating thereon the following: (1) Place of Birth. +(2) Place of Student Life. (3) Place of Conversion. (4) Place of +Wilderness Sojourn. (5) Place of Pastoral Work. (6) Place of +Imprisonment and Death.</p></li> + +<li><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101"></a>CHART OF PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY + +<p>1. Location in Bible: Acts 13 and 14. 2. Name the workers. 3. Name the +preparation.</p> + +<table cellspacing="0"> +<tr style="text-align: center;"> +<td><span class="smcap">Place</span><br />(Only towns and cities are given)</td> +<td><span class="smcap">Time Spent</span><br />(Give only as recorded)</td> +<td><span class="smcap">Place of Work</span><br />(Building)</td> +<td><span class="smcap">Kind of Work</span><br />(Preaching teaching)</td> +<td><span class="smcap">Incidents</span><br />(Any happening)</td> +<td><span class="smcap">Results</span><br />(Of whatever nature)</td> +</tr> +<tr><td>1. Seleucia</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>2. Salamis</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>3. Paphos</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>4. Perga</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>5. Antioch in P.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>6.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>7.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>8.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>9. Lystra</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>10. Iconium</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>11. Antioch in P.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>12. Perga</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>13. Attalia</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>14. Antioch</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr> +</table> +</li> + +<li><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102"></a><em>Full-page Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey:</em> + +<p>Draw map of Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries. Locate the +provinces of Asia Minor, the fourteen places on the chart, and trace the +route.</p></li></ol> + +<hr style="width:45%" /> + +<h3><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103"></a>THE PAULINE EPISTLES</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>To Whom Addressed:</em> + +<p>Record the words of address as found in the opening of each epistle. The +following is given as an example:</p> + +<p>Romans: "To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints." +1:7.</p></li> + +<li><em>Location of Churches Addressed:</em> + +<p>Draw full-page map of Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries, +locating the churches, seven in number.</p></li> + +<li><em>Names in the Superscriptions:</em> + +<p>Record the names addressing the epistles as given at the beginning of +each, together with descriptions attached. Describe the persons whose +names are made companion with Paul's. Note whether they are regarded as +writers, and why Paul adds their names. Note I Cor. 16:21, Phil. 1:21, +and II Thes. 3:17. The following two are given as examples:</p> + +<p>Romans: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ.</p> + +<p>I Corinthians: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, * * * and +Sosthenes, our brother.</p> + +<p>Sosthenes was ruler of a Jewish synagogue (Acts 18:17). He was probably +converted later. He is not regarded as aiding in the authorship. It was +probably sent in his name to add weight.</p></li> + +<li><em>General Contents:</em> + +<p>Secure these by reference to Bible Dictionary. The following is given as +an example:</p> + +<p>Romans and Galatians: The doctrines of sin and grace.</p></li></ol> + + +<h4><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104"></a>OUTLINE FOR STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL EPISTLE</h4> + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Author.</em></li> + +<li><em>Place and Date of Writing.</em></li> + +<li><em>Description of Addressed Ones.</em> (The people, the city, the +church.)</li> + +<li><em>Number of Chapters.</em></li> + +<li><em>Key Word or Verse.</em></li> + +<li><em>Outline of Contents.</em></li> + +<li><em>General Purpose.</em> (Or brief description of letter as a whole.)</li> + +<li><em>Three Leading Phrases.</em></li> + +<li><em>Three Leading Verses.</em></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters.</em></li> + +<li><em>Leading Thought About Christ.</em></li> + +<li><em>Questions.</em></li></ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105"></a>I THESSALONIANS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li></li> +<li></li> + +<li><em>Brief Description of Founding.</em> See Acts 17. Also a brief word +about the city.</li> + +<li></li> + +<li><em>Wait.</em> <em>Comfort.</em></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>To command, to exhort, and to describe the second coming of Christ +as a means of comfort, and as a stimulus to right living.</em></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>"<em>Pray</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Quench not</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Hold fast</em> * * *"</li></ul> + +<p>(Complete the phrases and locate.)</p></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>1. A Model Church.</li> + +<li>4 and 5. The Second Coming of Christ.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Christ is Coming Again.</em></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Name three chief things commendable in these Thessalonian Christians. +Chapter 1.</li> + +<li>By what two illustrations does Paul describe his relations to them? +Chapter 2.</li> + +<li>By what two expressions does Paul describe the large place they +occupied in his heart? Chapter 2.</li> + +<li>Why did not Paul visit them, according to his desire? Chapter 2.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106"></a>What did Paul say would be life to him? Chapter 3.</li> + +<li>For what two purposes did he send Timothy? Chapter 3.</li> + +<li>What do you regard as the most striking exhortation of Chapter 4?</li> + +<li>Is 5:16 possible? (See Phil. 4:4.)</li> + +<li>What expression in Chapter 5 is taken from the words of our Lord?</li> + +<li>Locate and write out one reference in each chapter to our Lord's +second coming.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + +<h3>I CORINTHIANS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li></li> +<li></li> +<li><em>Description of Corinth and of Church at Corinth.</em></li> + +<li></li> + +<li><em>Wisdom.</em></li> + +<li><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>Threefold purpose: (1) To restore unity; (2) To teach doctrines; +(3) To remove evils.</em></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>"<em>Ye are bought</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>O death, where</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Quit you</em> * * *"</li></ul> + +<p>(Complete the phrases and locate.)</p></li> + +<li><em>Record these and commit them:</em> + +<p>3:16; 13:1; 15:58.</p></li> + +<li><em>Assign names to the following chapters:</em> + +<p>11; 13; 15.</p></li> + +<li><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107"></a><em>Christ our Wisdom.</em></li> + +<li><em>The questions are chapter questions:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>Chapter 1. Upon what four persons was the church divided? + +<p>Give total number of times the words "wise" and "wisdom" are found in +the first three chapters. Underline these two words in these chapters.</p></li> + +<li>Chapter 4. Whom does Paul command the church to imitate, and is he +justified in so doing?</li> + +<li>Chapter 6. What is the body called?</li> + +<li>Chapter 7. What strong position does Paul take about the eating of meat? +State the principle in other words.</li> + +<li>Chapter 9. How does Paul act in order to win people to Christ? What two +Grecian games does he use as illustrations?</li> + +<li>Chapter 11. Why does Paul record the teaching regarding the Lord's +Supper?</li> + +<li>Chapter 12. What comforting truth to the Christian worker in verses 12 +to 25?</li></ul></li></ol> + + +<h3>ROMANS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li></li> +<li></li> + +<li><em>Brief Description of Roman People.</em></li> + +<li></li> + +<li>1:16 and 17.</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li><em>Chapters I to II: Doctrine.</em></li> + +<li><em>Chapters 12 to 16: Practice.</em></li></ul></li> + +<li><em>To prove that sinful men are saved not by works, but by faith.</em></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108"></a>"<em>The wages</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>If God is for us</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Overcome evil</em> * * *"</li></ul> + +<p>(Finish the phrases and locate them.)</p></li> + +<li><em>The three therefores:</em> 5:1, 8:1, 12:1.</li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>1. The Fearful Picture of Sin.</li> + +<li>7. The Christian's Wrestling Match with Sin.</li> + +<li>8. Safety.</li> + +<li>10. Missionary.</li> + +<li>11. Conversion of the Jews.</li> + +<li>12. Practical Religion.</li> + +<li>13. Citizen and Ruler.</li> + +<li>16. Salutations.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Christ, our Righteousness.</em></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Locate as to book and chapter Paul's quotations from the Old +Testament in Chapters 3, 4 and 10.</li> + +<li>Name three truths in Chapter 8 that are assurances of the believer's +safety.</li> + +<li>Number the commands in Romans 12:9-21.</li> + +<li>By what phrase is a civil ruler described in Chapter 13?</li> + +<li>Whither did Paul expect to go? Chapter 15.</li></ol></li></ol> + + +<h3>PHILIPPIANS</h3> + +<ol class="RU"><li></li> + +<li></li> + +<li><em>Brief Description of the Founding.</em> (See Acts 16.)</li> + +<li></li> + +<li><em>Gain and Joy.</em></li> + +<li><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109"></a><em>Omit.</em></li> + +<li><em>A personal letter of gratitude, testimony and exhortation.</em></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>"<em>To die</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Work out</em> * * *"</li> + +<li>"<em>Rejoice in</em> * * *"</li></ul> + +<p>(Complete the phrases and locate.)</p></li> + +<li><em>Record and Commit these three verses:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>1:6. A promise.</li> + +<li>2:5. An exhortation.</li> + +<li>3:14. A personal testimony.</li></ul></li> + +<li><ul class="off"><li>2. <em>Paul's Double Picture of Christ.</em></li> + +<li>3. <em>Paul's Marvelous Personal Testimony.</em></li></ul></li> + +<li><em>The Immeasurable Worth of Christ.</em></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>Underline the word "gain" and state number of times found in the +book.</li> + +<li>Underline the words "joy" and "rejoice" and state number of times +each is found in the book.</li> + +<li>How many times does the personal pronoun "I" occur in Chapter 1?</li> + +<li>In Chapter 2 what two men's names are mentioned and what facts +regarding them?</li> + +<li>In Chapter 3 what three things was Paul determined to know?</li> + +<li>In Chapter 3 what four words or phrases are taken from the race?</li> + +<li>In Chapter 4 what three things did Paul say he had learned?</li></ol></li></ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110"></a>II TIMOTHY</h3> + +<p>Read the book three times, slowly, thoughtfully, prayerfully. Enter as +far as possible into the surroundings and feelings connected with this +last letter of the martyr Paul—this personal letter to this loved son +in the faith. Then write your impressions and ideas regarding its +contents, using three hundred words.</p> + +<hr style="width:45%" /> + +<h3><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111"></a>THE GENERAL EPISTLES</h3> + +<ol class="RU"> +<li><em>The Authors—A Brief Biography of Each:</em> + +<p>See Bible Dictionary.</p></li> + +<li><em>To Whom Addressed.</em> + +<p>See the beginning of each letter. The following is an example:</p> + +<p>James: "To the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion."</p></li> + +<li><em>Place and Date of Writing:</em> + +<p>See Bible Dictionary. The following is an example:</p> + +<p>James. Jerusalem. About 62 A.D.</p></li> + +<li><em>General Purpose of Contents:</em> + +<p>See Bible Dictionary. The following is an example:</p> + +<p>James. A book of practical morals. Also to comfort the scattered and +persecuted Jewish Christians.</p></li></ol> + + +<h3>QUESTIONS ON JAMES</h3> + +<h5><em>Chapter 1</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Why can a person be joyful when falling into temptation? Verses 2, 3 +and 4.</li> + +<li>How does temptation begin?</li> + +<li>Give meaning of phrase: "Father of Lights."</li> + +<li><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112"></a>What six words voice the author's strong exhortation regarding the +Word?</li> + +<li>Name the two elements of pure religion.</li></ol> + +<h5><em>Chapter 2</em></h5> + +<ol><li>What charge is made against the wealthy worshipers?</li> + +<li>Name the royal law.</li> + +<li>What two factors are necessary to salvation and which does James +emphasize?</li> + +<li>What do demons believe? Give proof.</li> + +<li>What two illustrations are taken from Old Testament biography?</li></ol> + +<h5><em>Chapter 3</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Give a title to the chapter.</li> + +<li>How large a part does the control of the tongue have in the making of +character? Explain.</li> + +<li>To what two things is the tongue compared in verses 3 and 4?</li> + +<li>What three things does the writer declare the tongue to be?</li> + +<li>If no man can tame the tongue, what two things must follow on the +part of every one who desires to get it under control?</li></ol> + +<h5><em>Chapter 4</em></h5> + +<ol><li>Name the cause mentioned for unanswered prayer.</li> + +<li>Give the author's recipe for causing the devil to flee.</li> + +<li>Give the author's recipe for securing the presence of God.</li> + +<li>What phrase must a believer use when speaking of a future act, and +why?</li> + +<li>Give James' definition of sin and state how it differs from John's. +(See I John 3:4, Authorized Version.)</li></ol> + +<h5><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113"></a><em>Chapter 5</em></h5> + +<ol><li>What two illustrations are taken from Old Testament history?</li> + +<li>What is meant by the phrase, "the end of the Lord," in verse 11?</li> + +<li>What command resembles one in the Sermon on the Mount?</li> + +<li>What are the sick exhorted to do?</li> + +<li>What two results occur when one turns a sinner to Christ?</li></ol> + + +<h3>STUDIES IN I AND II PETER</h3> + +<p>The two letters of Peter afford splendid opportunity for noting the +impress of the writer's character and experience upon his writings. Let +the teacher judge as to the extent of this study. The following are +suggested:</p> + +<ol><li>Name ten chief events in Peter's life, recorded in the Gospels.</li> + +<li>Name ten chief events in Peter's life, recorded in the Acts.</li> + +<li>Name six leading qualities of Peter's character.</li> + +<li>Note now in I Peter 1 and II Peter 1 any words or truths suggested by +the writer's character and experience. The following are given as +examples: + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">I Peter 1.</span></p> + +<ul class="off"><li>Verse 3: "Inheritance." See Matt. 19:27. "What shall we have?"</li> + +<li>Verse 5: "Guarded through faith." See Luke 22:31, 32.</li> + +<li>Verse 6: "Manifold trials." Name Peter's tests.</li></ul></li></ol> + + +<h3><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114"></a>I JOHN</h3> + +<ol><li>In the introduction, 1:1-4, record under the three following topics +the words of the writer: + +<ol class="sub"><li>John's Personal Experience with Christ.</li> + +<li>John's Sharing this Experience.</li> + +<li>The Purpose of Sharing this Experience.</li></ol></li> + +<li>Name the books written by John.</li> + +<li>Name the purpose of this letter. Chapter 5:13.</li> + +<li>Select five tests in Chapters 2 and 3 by which we may know that we +are the Lord's disciples.</li> + +<li>In the following diagram of steps supply a verb after the pronoun "I" +that sets forth the thought of each respective book: + +<div class="center"><img src="images/image2.png" width="500" height="334" alt="" /></div> + +</li> + +<li>Are there any signs in this book of the "Boanerges" remaining? If so, +mention them.</li> + +<li>Name the two definitions of God and state why John would be enabled +to record them.</li> + +<li><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115"></a>How many references to Old Testament characters in the letter? How +many in James? In I Peter? Why fewer in John?</li> + +<li>Write out Chapter 4, underlining the word "love" and its derivatives, +numbering the same.</li> + +<li>Where in the catalogue of graces is love placed by James, Peter, +John, Paul, Christ? Select and record the verses. (See concordance.)</li> + +<li>In what ways may these cold hearts of ours be made to beat with +fervent love toward God and men?</li></ol> + + +<hr style="width:65%" /> + +<h2><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116"></a><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117"></a>X</h2> + +<h2>THE KINGDOM TRIUMPHANT</h2> + +<div class="center"> +<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="books"><tr><td>The Revelation</td><td>Page</td></tr></table> +</div> + + +<h3><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118"></a>THE REVELATION</h3> + + +<ol class="RU"><li><em>Author.</em></li> + +<li><em>Place and Date of Writing.</em></li> + +<li><em>Leading Verses:</em> + +<p>The thought of the verse and the number of the chapter are given. Find +the verse and record it.</p> + +<ul class="off"><li>3. The Christian's Feast.</li> + +<li>14. The Blessed Dead.</li> + +<li>22. A Description of Christ.</li> + +<li>22. The Last Invitation.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Leading Chapters:</em> + +<ul class="off"><li>2 and 3. Letters to the Seven Churches.</li> + +<li>20. The Millennium.</li> + +<li>21, 22. The New Jerusalem.</li></ul></li> + +<li><em>Questions:</em> + +<ol class="sub"><li>This book is a revelation of whom, to whom, sent by whom?</li> + +<li>Who is described in Chapter 1?</li> + +<li>Draw map of Asia Minor and locate the seven churches, also Isle of +Patmos.</li> + +<li>What phrase and what sentence are common to the seven letters?</li> + +<li>As you turn the pages of the book, by what name do you note that the +Lord is most frequently called?</li> + +<li>Name the three chief events prophesied in the millennium chapter.</li> + +<li>Name seven negative descriptions of "the holy city" in Chapters 21 +and 22.</li> + +<li>Name two occupations of the inhabitants of "the holy city" mentioned +in Chapter 22.</li></ol></li> +</ol> + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible +by Frank Nelson Palmer + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BIBLE *** + +***** This file should be named 16461-h.htm or 16461-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/4/6/16461/ + +Produced by Karina Aleksandrova and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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