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. 1865 Excerpt: ...Whatever may be incidentally taught in the course of a lesson, let the main truth--the central stem--be steadily kept in view, from the commencement till the close. I must not, however, lose sight of the fact that in the instruction of elder children the botanical figure which we have adopted will not always hold good. ...
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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. 1865 Excerpt: ...Whatever may be incidentally taught in the course of a lesson, let the main truth--the central stem--be steadily kept in view, from the commencement till the close. I must not, however, lose sight of the fact that in the instruction of elder children the botanical figure which we have adopted will not always hold good. Ordinary Sunday school subjects rarely furnish exceptions, for whether the title be doctrinal or historical, the reading lesson is almost invariably a narrative, the facts of which form the roots of the class exercises in either case. But many teachers--professional teachers in particular--find it interesting and advantageous to prepare lessons of a different type, which we may call textual;--A verse or two, constituting a given doctrine, is selected and read-or repeated by the class, and the teaching consists of explanation, illustration, and application of that doctrine. ' The scholars being somewhat advanced, their knowledge of Scripture history is drawn upon for various illustrations of the truth set forth in the text, the interrogative and elliptical methods predominating throughout. For an example of a textual lesson I would refer you to pp. 48--53 of Mr. Sydenham's valuable "Notes of Lessons." I mention this form of subject because I think its occasional adoption will be found useful by those who have charge of elder Scripture classes. The Application, or Branches.--As the doctrine springs from the root, so does the practical application from the doctrine. As one stem divides into many branches, so one Scripture truth has manifold applications. How varied are the aspects and bearings of such truths as the omniscience and omnipresence of God, the love and mercy of Christ, the influences of the Spirit, the prevalence of temptat...
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