, 1876-07-25
Interesting Address by the Rev. ].
Monro Gibson.-'Dif1cultiea
in Teaching.

Nv f[1E 1NGkLQH6 VI tIA@ttte1 0tNA
liz ii to glye them Information OH points where
''og 2nE I'm REGULAR E MORNING ADDRESS SERVICE
vas held at 1O:3o, J. Y: Dcnn, 81 ctisagf,, ae..
ng as s,ns ChaFt1l ; an n''s AropII,s,rcr nI,s, yery
swcetly. The attendance wns nugt Leg than .,'0 On
thc previous tlnys, only small fraction ot tho
tcnt-seats belng filled. After slgn!nE sevefal
hymns tne audience listened a. TO rayee an 1y s0 so
dress by tho Rev. j. Aonro 1!Dson, VI tfIo set.
untl Presbyterian Church Of chlsaao, wio .nnk
for Ills subject Methods q snasimg Fly W. ~
mnde in studying tho Bible was TO-
i,ok ior aotno peculiar VIZ OF Work;
ss.r hs'i nesno wes Il ho pSa tSsa should bs stiea
INV Inv 1,ok , e Of tc klnd. Therc were two parts
Ifhe INTELLECTUAL and splrftun1-nl tho study Of
hc Dlb1o; md The former .a was n,h ta SiS a q te
14udIcd i WITH the expectation Of finding aomc
Meaning to every passage. 10 show that thls
fas npt altogether unnecessary, tlic speaker
b EffIfuoted job, Gimp. 90, Vorse 90: -"The noise
|Ahqreof sllewcth ronccrn1hg u, Tue cattle a4so
81 IIa I,ad no doubt tl,at many Of his hearers had
Istnl thfs mud felt better for 1t without the
EHIrhtcst idea Of what It meant IT had n9
55Snt tiio Bible was full Of such places; II was
l)bt, and tho verse named was thu only ono that
could quote.
kTha next thing to expect vas 70 nna = so,l.
ction n a thc parts reaa, Is 1In wa Ssen
i |3om Luke to provo It,.
Mhe next thing was for the reader to impress
!! @,self With tho idea that the AUTHORS meant
!; 6Rat they said. The complement TO tl,at WIS
:2t tho bible should be understood Just liken any
Tier book. Nfnny insisted upon interpreting
;ifbic poetry by the stElcs rules Ut sctcucc, md
'stSintainci, for instanco, that thc Blbie was IN
u speang Of o snns tst fiffng fg s',. w.c @ o no
n aI pfosen ca ts earge
saHslcrably, aud quoted many passages with
,&ning comment, ut times eatiricnl aud always
:t{cstalning.
The next point was that tho biolc Should 10
l86lic1 conaeculivelv, met straight through
I'm Genesis to Revelation OF necesslty,-cIior
z&c Dlble was nude up OF many books. The
fopcr method Was to study the most lmpor.
&8nt book first, and tho others III oraer, out
Wien book consteutiye'y. This Was iar prefer
k2Acd hls hearers to use the consecutlVs Hetloa
#ffst md tho topical afterward. lc then Enyo
II ano entertaining aud Improving INSTANCES OF
~ eyl!s resulting from topical atudy without
&fhc rtallng OF attending passages. Among
Acsc wcre tho curious misuse Of texts, taken
a$#3n alone. Tho speaker then advised
&tls hearers to mako sgropscs OF tho several
24bboks and wrttc them put. uc also advised
W lEGA tAi A40 " AS4@f4N AAA t+o0o ~
saims written by him, The same method
thould bG taken in studying the prophets, TO-
getLcr with their contemporary history and tho
[wTtlngs OF Taul ut the same time, with Ills I'D
Tho speaker discussed topical study Of the
&bible, and approved 1t, provided 1t were based
pn thorough consecutive study: lis would
advise tAcui to hc sure they found tue subject
then they would got great blessing through
topical study:
In closing, hc sald that method was, aftcr all,
mot tho most important thing In study :;
hut, more interest was what was
noedcd. lie hal warned them iii beginning
that tho intellectual was only all Introduction
to thc spiritual, nnl he thorcforu closed lis re-
marks l'y apologizmg for the fact that lle de-
voted all tic tiine allotted to tho 1ncet!ng to tho
altlrGss wns we'll received throughout, aud was
altutttcd To be ono Of tho mnst Interesting al,u
fYaluable contributions Of thc Assembly.
AIter dinner tho Itev. N. N. Parhhutbt, being
pa hour Il, tho museum ii, sort Of lecture or
cunning commentary OH the various articles con-
aimed tllcrcin. IIaving d full knowledge IT the
ubjccts to b. described, lle tnatle ttd lecture
Fcry interesting and valuable to tl,ose Of Ills
rtlcles in tho museum.
fnR pno0nAMNE Fon TUE AFTERNOON SESSION
Telegram, received Just before the service com.
&f1CIIleAt 5tAtN1 tHAt lAG nun <D1 INV AOk tAG
rain, and could not reach tho ground In time.
~ this strait It VIA determined to continue the
ubjcrt Of the morning ullll Elye It to tho meet
{hg fur a general dixpissun. After tho intro,
lIrtory exercises, Albert e, Lane, Chairman oi
the session, introduced Mr.. GIbson, who gave a
yfehort rcear!tulat!nn oE his morning d!acDurac,
\ for tho hchelt uf those who had not been pres
4 cnt at TINT tlme.
Tue Rcy. II. N. rarkhurst opened the discus.
sion by asking whether 1t Was proper anu wlst
10 Qlotg Rt4 d!senss i general meetings the
9auntinl i'assaEcs, pr those whiet, were s.isccpt
bic o. several meanings. ie answered his 0wI
4ueation W suytng TINT Ito thought 1t was best
tn have ala ttc tcIts submitted and explained.
Mr. i.t'e satd that ~ mad met MAny diilfcn2
ties IN tl,c way anco io begun to teach Sun
any.seh1oa s,. s'ass. ny u had y loun4 Y harl tc
lnak9 :tsio 6clulnfs !>rahs tlIelF n!hIGs and uat
them tnstcntl VI tf!o lcssotl-i@pefH. The cAsse.
alloultl he sEown fho ~ay III Which tho lessont
"Gre worked o1t, atta tten lucy would follow.
Ite NeV. mr.. Ni!!laiIlsoh Thought that uHe
Jul hbnr could hc spent III na"tag pordona VIII
inu met ulislcnststs III lchcllhg Present them
lnr solution. lle began ny aeR'tE'
"llow shall we secure tilc preparatory stua1
o. r!e s'n,yf tesso! py ae pnn ro ,yen ,,sov.
Dlyide tho !csson iutp paris and give ono tt
each Gcl,olur.
Get the pupiFs family Interested IN the work
otuuy sAe 1cason at !al'lli5 F""yesS' Serso "