The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-09
BOOK BY BOOK
THE BIBLE GREW
1t Was Written Book at a Time
as Emergency or Neces-
sity Required.
BEST METHOD OF STUDY
The Most Profitable Course to Pursu.
Is to Study One Book at
Time-Various Depart
ments Organized.

ments Organized.
wednesday was devoted to the or
ganization of the different depart
ments of the Chautauqua to be con-
Quoted during the present encamp-
ment. The various directors are high
ly elated with the start that has been
made, and the initial meetings were
entirely satisfactory in every respect.
1t was a source of regret that Dr.
Worden could not be present and
take up the Sunday school teachers
training work with the opening of
the assembly, but his place is being
ably filled by Mr.. w. N. Virgins.
DR.. William Evans is worthy
successor to DR.. Black as director of
the department of bible study. A
large class heard his first lecture
Wednesday Z. m. DR.. Evans Is direc-
tor of the course of bible study in
the Moody Bible Institute at Chica-
go. His expositions of the scripture
are clear, true and strong. He is
man of manifest spirituality, elo-
quent and pleasing in address. He
develops the truth clearly and drives
the same home to the heart with
sledge hammer blows In delivering
his lecture Tuesday morning DR..
Evans said in part:
fna bi1ie has bcsn wsff carried, He ! !,
The Boo;s. 1t is the book of books;
the finest book in all literature and
Is as superior to all other books as
God is superior to man. Yet, for the
purposes OF study. we must remem-
ber that the bible is q library con-
tanning sixty-six books, thirty-nine OF
which constitute the old and twenty
seven the new Testament. These
books were written by about forty
different authors, in at least two Ian
guages, and during period of time
covering about 1900 to 1900 years.
The bible consequently was made
bookwise One book at a time was
written as an emergency or neeessi-
ty requiring such writing arose,
and thus book by book the bible
grew from one volume to sixty-six
volumes. Then the written revelation
of God was closed.
'tIt follows from this, therefore,
that the best method of bible study
is that which keeps in mind and is
guided by the law of the bibles
structure. The study of the bible by
books is the most profitable method
to study it's contents. We are to take
up the study of Paul's letter to the
Ephesians."
Afer a brief outline of the New
Testament as whole, DR.. Evans
gave an outline of the epistle. He
said:
"Paul's letter to the Ephesians di-
4 vides itself as almost all other of his
letters do. into two great parts:
Doctrine and Practice. In chapters
one to three We have the
great doctrinal truths of the
epistle set forth. Ii chapters
four to six the practice or practical
exhortations based on the great doc
trines before enunciated. The theme
of the first part is the Glory of the
church This is seen In three ways
In chapter one the church is set forth
as it was in the mind of God before
the world was; as the plan Of 8
building is In the mind of the archi
tect even before spade of earth ii
turned up. Thus we have a picture
of the hcurch In the past in chapter
one. In chapter two the church in the
present is presented. Here God is seer
forming the church, the members O
which he finds dead in sin, whom h,
quickens, makes alive, and uses then
as living stones in the great spiritua
ltemple ~ God. fSee 2:19-20.)
| 'In chapter three the future of tn,
church is set before us. (3:10-20-21
II we would know what great plan
God has in store for the church II
the ages to come study this chapter
| "The second great part of thi
epistle. viz: The walk Of the churcl
Is then taken up from practica
viewpoint. Note the word. 'therefore