TOPICAL QUESTION BOOK, ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE PLAN OF SALVATION, ARRANGED IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER WITH HINTS FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF TEACHERS. DESIGNED FOR Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes. BY REV. JOSEPH BANVARD. Eleventh Edition, making in all 31,000 copies. SALEM: PUBLISHED BY JOHN P. JEWETT. (RECAP) 5962 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, BY JOHN P. JEWETT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED BY GEO. A. & J. CURTIS, NEW-ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. INTRODUCTION. DESIGN OF THE WORK. The object of this book is, to assist Sabbath-School Teachers in their efforts for the conversion of their Scholars. The principle which has been adopted in its preparation is, that truth, in order to produce its greatest and best effects, must be presented to the heart, through the medium of the understanding. Convince the judgment, and then the way is prepared for an appeal to the affections. The book is intended to be used a year, by having a review once a month. Those Schools which recite Catechism or proof texts monthly, can make it last a year without such review. If they should adopt the practice of reviewing, the book may then be used more than a year. PLAN OF THE WORK. 1. Instead of preparing questions upon some particular portion of Scripture, distinct subjects have been chosen, which embrace the various doctrines and duties more immediately related to the plan of Salvation. 2. Each Lesson has a single topic, and the ques tions, with the references, are designed to lead the Scholar to the truth respecting that topic. 5962 144 APR 301914 311370 3. As far as was practicable, the Lessons are arranged in such order, that the subject of each is an advance upon the one preceding; hence they form a consecutive series of subjects. 4. A few questions are thrown into almost every Lesson, addressed to the conscience. 5. No subject is fully exhausted. Ample room is left in each Lesson for the Teacher to introduce other questions, either of a doctrinal or practical character, and to indulge in his peculiar manner of illustration and application. The book is not a Teacher's substitute, but a Teacher's aid. 6. To each Lesson is appended a variety of Hints for the Teacher. These are designed to suggest various kinds of illustrations and trains of thought, which may appropriately be introduced in the recitation of the lesson. They are however mere hints. They do not carry out to its full extent any illustration or argument, but merely suggest what kind of one is required, and then leave it to be amplified by the Teacher. As these hints are intended only for Teachers, they are not introduced into the books which the Scholars will use. |