Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-02

God should enter into all our ministerial
duties. There must be work, earnest
work, certainly in the study 1t IS mat
ter of conscientious integrity with the
minister to maintain regularity in his !
method of word. We must keep abreast /
of the times There should he thorough |
ness upon II certain line of work. We
should cultivate directness in preaching. /
Our discourses should be written out be |
forehand but we should add to their de
livery the enthusiasm of eXtemporaneous
Rev. MIR. Upham of Montreal was called
upon, and emphasized the duty of earn
estness and transparent honesty toward
God.
The morning address, on "The lnduc-
tive method of Biblical study" was then
delivered by DIR. II. G. Weston of Chester,
Pa. 1t was an exceedingly instructive
and original discourse, Astounding III apt
illustrations and examples, which our
brief abstract cannot reproduce. Inc
main points of the address were as 1Ol-
| lows
REV. DIR wEsToNs ADDRESS.
The remarks which am to make to you
will he made from pastor point OF view.
! There is no course indicated here but
| what any preacher can pursue, or any man
with an English Bible III his hand. The
| term induction we will use i'll its primal
significance, that is, the inference drawn
piled to the Bible, this system demands as
a foundation knowledge of the whole
Scripture. This is Indispensable. No man
can take II text, paragraph or chapter and
interpret it properly and protitably hY 1t
self God has made everything on plan,
and the thing for every investigator many
department of knowledge Is to understand
Gods plan This inductiVe method marks
eminrntly all Christ's teaching. For in
stance, the synoptic gospels are
divided into two great divisions.
l. Who Christ is. :. How hls
redemption is to he accomplished. III
order to study the Bible by the inductive
method, we must first become thoroughly
acquainted with the contents of the Bible
Read the New Testament until 1t stands
before Yuu in all its entirety ANA All IL
parts until there cannot he any mistake
. You ought to nave the New Testament -
that YOU could stand cross examination on
it so that YOU could have the point U
view of each writer and know what pe
longs to each writer. Having acquired
Z this broad and thorough acquaintance
l. with the contents OF scripture, pursue
\ lust the opposite course with any partlcu
- lar subject, parable, verse or anything II
which Won are Interested Now you nect
to take each paragraph, chapter, scene
, and subject and look at 1t uhtll You ar
| sure YOU have taken in every partlc
n ular there. We want the power o
e sitting down and looking at the wore
Y with fixed, unobstructed gaze, so a. t.
r take in all there is there. ltls marvellous
i what power the gospel has in sell-lnterprt
: tatiou The true Biblical Interpretation
t arrived at by the iuductive method, WI
B. be Biblic0i Interpretation as opposed
y IL natural Interpretation. 1t must D.
: spiritual as opposed to sentlmental'
must be Biblical, as opposed to an ant
e Biblical, condcmnatory spirit. The inter
It probation of Scripture by the IL
d ductive method includes the tim
n when the portion was written ina
:. YOU are studying. We must take INT
is account the time of each occurrence. W
p must also take the point of view OF tn
l. writer, and the point of view OF the pc
', sons addressed. Finally, the interpreti
V ton must be one i'll accordance with III
y facts.
v The address was followed by discusslo
v and questions of an interesting natur
IS which consumed the remainder OF II
he morning session.