The Hartford Seminary Record (Volume 18)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... these five separate rules of work will complete the exposition of method. Following this description of method will be set down an enumeration of the benefits and advantages which this method of study enfolds, and may be expected to yield. Here reference will be made to issues and effects natural to result in the student's conception of human life, of religious logic, of intellectual clarity and energy and facility and breadth, of moral elevation and fire, and of professional leadership and freedom. There' will then be given, in conclusion, a second sample study, taken from a widely separate part of the Bible, and offering an entirely different Biblical style. A SAMPLE STUDY Luke xviii: 9-14 And he spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterous, or even as this pub-lican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. I. Analysis. 1 The Phar1see: --a Boldly faces God. b Proudly parades himself. c Coldly disdains all other men. d Forgets to praise or pray. Thus betraying: --c A shallow mind: --in his view of God; in his ideal of worth; in his sense of sin; in his judgment of men; in his respect for truth. / A graceless heart: --...