Produced by Al Haines
Twelve Studies on
The Making of a Nation
The Beginnings of Israel's History
1912
The best of allies you can procure for us is the Bible. That willbring us the reality—freedom.—Garibaldi.
If the common schools have found their way from the Atlantic to thePacific; if slavery has been abolished; if the whole land has beenchanged from a wilderness into a garden of plenty, from ocean toocean; if education has been fostered according to the best lightsof each generation since then; if industry, frugality and sobrietyare the watchwords of the nation, as I believe them to be, I say itis largely due to those first emigrants, who, landing with theEnglish Bible in their hands and in their hearts, establishedthemselves on the shores of America.—Joseph H. Choate.
And, as it is owned, the whole scheme of Scripture is not yetunderstood, so, if it comes to be understood, it must be in thesame way as natural knowledge is come at; by the continuance andprogress of learning and liberty, and by particular personsattending to, comparing and pursuing intimations scattered up anddown it, which are overlooked and disregarded by the generality ofthe world. Nor is it at all incredible that a book which has beenso long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths asyet undiscovered.—Butler.
Mr. Lincoln, as I saw him every morning, in the carpet slippers hewore in the house and the black clothes no tailor could make reallyfit his gaunt, bony frame, was a homely enough figure. The routineof his life was simple, too; it would have seemed a treadmill tomost of us. He was an early riser, when I came on duty at eight inthe morning, he was often already dressed and reading in thelibrary. There was a big table near the centre of the room: thereI have seen him reading many times. And the book? It was theBible which I saw him reading while most of the householdslept.—William H. Crook, in Harper's Magazine.
The Bible has such power for teaching righteousness that even tothose who come to it with all sorts of false notions about the Godof the Bible, it yet teaches righteousness, and fills them with thelove of it; how much more those who come to it with a true notionabout the God of the Bible.—Matthew Arnold.
The Rediscovery of the Bible.
The Object of These Studies.
The Plan of Work.
Books of Reference.
STUDY I. MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD. The Story of Creation, Gen. 1,2
1. The Different Theories of Creation. 2. The Priestly Story of Creation. 3. The Early Prophetic Story of Creation. 4. A Comparison of the Two Accounts of Creation. 5. Man's Conquest and Rulership of the World. 6. Man's Responsibility as the Ruler of the World.
STUDY II. MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTS. The Story of the
Garden of Eden, Gen. 3
1. The Nature of Sin. 2. The Origin of Sin According to the Story in Genesis 3. 3. The Different Theories Regarding the Origin of Sin. 4. The Effects of Sin upon the Wrong-doer. 5. God's Attitude toward the Sinner. 6. The Effect of Sin upon Societ