The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
GIVES T" METHOD OF BIBLE STUDY
 FOR INDIVIDUALS


 Before she left last Thursday for other cities where she. will conduct other Bible classes in, behalf of other stu dents. Miss Angy Manning Taylor sent message to the many friends who re- gently attended her classes in Birming- ham.
 This message she delivered in person twice while she was here. when repre- sentatives from all denominations were present at the meeting of All Saints guild at the church of the Advent and before an audience gathered at the Y w. c. A. Because somebody who was not there may wish to adopt a simple method for daily Bible study. she sends the following message;
 Tell everybody who wishes to know about :he IT method of studying the Bible. | recommend it most earnestly for individual daily study, for it's de- votional as well as for Its intellectual value.''
 THE TT" METHOD
 The "T' method? Here it is, just as Miss Taylor uses 1t in her morning study of the Bible, and just as she sen Is it to everybody who wishes to know.
 Directions: Each passage of scripture, a chapter or shorter portion, is to be
  ter the first time record in your note book. in your own words, brief con densation of the contents Do not use over 10 or 15 words,
 "The next day read the portion tha second time to learn what truth the chapter teaches.
 "The third day read it to select the best verse or golden text.
 Read a fourth time to fix. upon q rrd or nh ca- vpil a,, able you to recall the contents of the chapter.
 "tThe aim is to record in writing:
 The thought or what is told
 "The truth or what is taught.
 "The text or what to take.
 ''The title or what to term it.
 "Example: Read St. John 1-1:1S. .-~''The thought. The Divine Word be- came man. He gives eternal life to all believers.
 "The truth. I became child of God possessor of eternal bfe-by believing Christ and receiving Him into my life.
 "The text. 1;i2.
 '~rhe titlea "The Word" ADAPTABILITY OF "T' METHOD
 T don't know where the TT method originated Miss Taylor said. T dis covered it in New York, and since that time I have found it wonderful in its adaptability to many usaees. X srlen- did value is that it's use offers the mas tering of Biblical material through the text itself, in the expression of it in ones own words.
 Concentration in this method is nec- essary," she continued, "becanse an en- tire chapter is condensed in 15 words
 "A student at Washington university and a young woman in the industrial life of one of our cities, who were both eager to know more of the Bible, were discouraged at first because of the diff culty of this condensation. but after giv- ing the TT method fair trial, they are delighted with the results.'
 These were only two of the many from whom Miss Taylor hears the most en- couraging news regarding the method.
 Not only has it been found valuable in individual study" she said, but to classes in preparation of the Interna- tional Sunday School Lessons. There are several hundred belonging to class in a northern city who have adopted 1t, and in one of the Episcopal churches of the south members of large class study each week for the following Sunday Every Friday evening the rector of thls church meets with the class, and after hearing a report of the work accom- plished,, he makes clear, concise sum mary of the whole.
 The Bible teacher referred to the in troduction of the "T"' method in foreign countries in the mission fields of the world Among other considerations, she recommends it to all because of it's sim plicity.
 Numbers of friends are looking forward to Miss Taylor's return to Birmingham after another F months When she re- turns, how many wifi greet her with the news that her farewell message was re- ceived and that the ''T'' method has been used for individual Bible study every day for a year?