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Read Ebook: Æsthetic as science of expression and general linguistic by Croce Benedetto Ainslie Douglas Translator
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INTRODUCTION
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Key. 10
Why Read the Bible? 11
Why are Bible Readers so Few? 12
PART I
THE CHILD AND THE BIBLE
The Mother's Part: How Can I Use THE BIBLE STORY with My Child? 15
Questions to Ask Little Children, for general review of all the foregoing lessons. 26
PART II
CHARACTER AND LIVING
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Make the Bible Heroes your Friends. 31
Jesus' Character-Building Stories 32
Foundation Stones 33
Try Lincoln's Way 37
History and the Bible 38
Living with the Bible 42
Questions on the Text 45
THE LAND OF THE BIBLE
A Bird's-eye View of the Land 97
Understanding Geography by Pictures 100
Locating Bible Characters in the Land 105
PART IV
THE BIBLE IN LITERATURE
The Bible's Place in Literature 113
Questions bringing out the Bible's Literary Value 116
The Bible's Gift to Our Language 125
PART V
THE BIBLE AND THE TEACHER
PAGE How the Foregoing Suggestions for the Use of THE BIBLE STORY may be Employed by the Bible School Teacher 161
PART VI
PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY
INTRODUCTION
KEY
Throughout this volume initials are used to indicate titles of volumes in which references are found, as follows:--
G.B. Golden Book.
H.T. Hero Tales.
T.J. Tales of Old Judea.
L.J. Life of Jesus.
S.A. Songs of the Ages.
INTRODUCTION
Why Read the Bible?
If Bible readers everywhere could return their answers what diverse and interesting points of view the replies would bring!
For instance, one perceives in the Bible record the worst and the best that men have always thought and felt; for him it is full of the universal motives of humanity. He has noticed, too, that in sketching often but the single act of a character, the Book brings the essential man or woman vividly out of the darkness and into the light for all time. As a student of men, we can imagine such a one replying that the Bible is "The Book of Human Nature."
Another knows that it has been the inspiration of countless writers, and that its sayings and teachings are woven by the hundreds and thousands through and through the texture of our English masterpieces. A student of books might well say that the Bible is the chief "Source-Book of Our Literature."
Still another would say, "The Bible is the beginning of many of our customs. Our common law is largely founded on its laws and many of our institutions are based upon those it sanctions." So a business man, a man of affairs, might very naturally call it, "The Foundation-Book of Christian Civilization."
For many the Bible is "The Book of Salvation," pointing the way into the presence of God.
Still others draw from it counsel and strength for those who depend upon them for guidance. "God could not be everywhere, so he made mothers." And in their hands the Bible becomes "The Book of Character."
The marvel of it is that each of these viewpoints is true. And many others are equally true. For the Bible, like the diamond, reflects its light from many facets. Which one you see depends upon where you stand, upon your point of view. How clear and strong the light for you depends upon how far you have come within the circle of its radiance.
Why are Bible Readers so Few?
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