Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-16

6, th.h cyca the BIB o 10 Chris: Feed not that
any ,nlu leach them, being oil tau!ht ti God'
II John II. u
HELPS IN BIBLE STUDY.
The best commentary on tho Bible IS the
Bible itscii. A good r:trrtrc, Bible Is lndls-
pensat!e Tor q thorough sGdg Gi scripture.
With su,h cory of the Bible, ono nceds 90
other help 10 understand tho main teachings oi
the book. When passage is to be studied It
| will Do found that careful re:diog CT the par
aIial rasslge5 r;t,r.cd to will den lliIy abd
clearly explain the mi0d CT the Spirit.
Besides good Get ii raicrcGc!S comes Mex
good c1nctrl1nco. The fail aId abridged
ciiioas Of Crudou's corc9rdaooe supply oil
| that is uacjed. With these aay w2rd cin be
tri c:d through the Scriptures So as 70 a:c'r-
,sio clearly TIC SpIlis uso OF tha. word. An-
| other tx :eedicgiy valuable help IS The Bible
Text Book, or The ri0oipal texts rtIalag 10
tho ptls los, Places aad sal ,c;S occurring IN
the LILY Scriptures, arranged Ei;h variety OF
| usctai tapgs" This is published by The
American Tract Society and fer mes: persons
would supply all the c)Icordaoce aod rcttr5accS
needed, [. oJsIs about IS cents bound seps.
ralciy. II IS bcuod up with the Scriptures 10
| the TegcteT'J Bible, which, !iko the Bagstcr
| Bibles, has very complete apparatu; 1or the
teIp Of tho student OF Scripture. 1t is believed
tha; The American editions Of the Bible have
batter get Ct r,!cfccccs than the Bags!er Bibles,
cud they tire now bcsiabing 10 bind them as
veil also. .. ,,,.,,.
| IN rc,a;d to c,nm,ottr.cs Mir. Williams
warned against tho danger ct using th1m Whsre
W cuvr. TO use tho Bible itself, With such
he!ns ss have already teen mentioned. And
vet they are not to BIZ 6ospised. but used with
good Judgment, AID always in such way IS to
Give The Scrirtures themselves the chlet Dlao;.
lie took occasion to mention the notes OF Y. IL.
Mackipto:h ca Geocais, Exodus L,Vitcas,
ADD Numbers as cnlnontly suggestive and Valu
able helrs.
|, may be Ytli hcru to give hlr Moody 3
estimate Of these h0lk5. About thrco years
ago." he writes, II had ICY attention C !lItd to
e. Fl. Ms notes. aud va: 81 much pleased,
and at the samc lUc pro6.eu By the way they
ouese;! up Scripture truths, that secured at
cnc: I'll The writings OF tho same author, and II
they cju,d cot be replaced would rather paEt
with my whole library, cE,cping my Bible,
than these wrltiogs They hav. been 10 me a
livery key 70 tic Scriptures
Ii is q real help to have good cIi'iou Ct the
Bih!c. Gu coed paper. 10 good type, aod Well
bound SO Is TO last for years. We get familiar
rag. aud this IS great help otten 10 rstslrlug
10 it.
|. i. we'll too, ~ mark passages .hlt strike
US, or have ia any way been especially blessed
10 w. The best plan of making IS to draw @
fac line under The passage with ruIlog pen.
THIS does not blot as the COMMON pen IS apt to
do when you rule with it. Ii could BIZ scen
how Mr.. Williams Bill, was thus malktd
Oa opeui9g at any page you would See Of oncc
what pas ages had thus become familiar to him.
and the marking made i. very easy for him TO
tied ;ham when he wished 10 US. them.
Tue Bible student ought at once 10 be per.
fco:iy familiar with the ualnss and the order OF
the books 10 both The old and the uow Tesla.
mcnt. |. was amusing phcn Dir. Williams
asked ell who knew perfectly the names and
order Of The bouks OF the new Testament TO
raise their hands TO sec how iaw did IT, Fewer,
e. course could have raised their hands if he
had asked for the old Testament. But The
writer lluad oGc person next day VINO said she
had learned Tic list fox the new Testament that
Day, ana Mas going righ! on to do the ssmo Tor
the cid.
l. is veil, toa, to knew the number Of Chap
tcrs in each borl, ot The Bible and The cJmpa-
ralivJ siz, OF the books, ~ /! greatly helps ons
&c liad the hooks readily.
tiryrsh 1t Is sitii1. in order TO gaia 80 idea OF
lie grutrs 'rilIi u! III, book before lie nilutc
details ate Studied.
Again il Is We'll somhiimra 10 d,vJtc vera!
noaths 10 miaue study Of !: siuGIc bo0k, Is
Mr.. Williams did Last Fnmmrr with the cpis.
il. 10 the GslitIans. TIii mcthod Of Iii
uu;o iu}y il. alic illustrated by his own
study cf the IIth Chapter Of John. I'akiug
the frs Verse, Now ctrau ,nan Was sick,
named Lzuu7, OF Bethany, the town Of Mary
aod her lister Martha" lie fouod when he bad
USED Eli the RESOURCES at hand 10 fed out oil
ina. he could about I,Zsru, and Bethany and
May and Martha. lie had an immense number
CT Thoughts s0(i.;ed with these lanes, which
crowded into his m:ni Whca ;hc remcs were
mentioned.
The importance CT o:csc attention 10 The very
words ct Scripture Tas shown from Eph. w.,
81, "!f 50 be that &c have heard llin, (Cbiist.l
aud have been taught by Him. as the truth is
10 Jesus" Often this is qaoted as if it were,
"aId Lave bean taught by Him the truth, as
it is 10 Jesus" ItRas claimed that much was
lost by tho change. The changed expression
would teach That you might find tho truth in
many places, but enc form Of it in Jesus. The
exact scripture implies. on tho contrary, that
the truth caa be found only in Je5u5-the truth
either as 10 VIA! mau is, and what man needs,
and the truth ss to what God is, ard how era.
ciousIy and perfectly he has conc down to meet
aud satisfy all mans need. Sc true is this that
Jesus says, He that hath seen Me hath seen
the Father xiv, 9-Ard TO know tho
true God and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent
is eternal l;fc-John xvii. 3.
Mr.. Williams said he often ftu3d it pro6ia
bic to collect e number Of passages 10 which
the same Word or phrase vas used by The
Spi!i!. Sometimes he frames his discourses
this Va7, as Mr.. Moody also does. Tsko such
words, fer ilstacco, as "Beh0ld," "Ovorcomc,"
II am, Shall not" 10, 10
He showed tho importance Of taxing pas
sage 10 is entirety, instead OF really nu.ila,ing
Gods Word as many unconsciousy de- For
instance, take the passage John y, "a "Vcri.
II, verify, | sag ua.o you. he that hcarsth My
word, and bslieveth o9 Him that cent Me, hath
everlasting life, aud shall not come into con.
demraicn; but is passed from death unto iic."
Hero tho phrase Verify. verify, l cay unto
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