p. 240 | Thorough Bible Study by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 15.

Thorough Bible Study.

By Editor

FEW men are doing more to encourage thorough study of the Old Testament than Dr. W. R. Harper, of Morgan Park, Ill. It is doubtful if any other man in the country is exerting a direct influence on more thinking people than he is. Through his Hebrew Correspondence School he is assisting hundreds to a working knowledge of the language in which the Old Testament was written, thus leading them to the more careful study of that book. Besides this the Old Testament Student, of which he is editor, deals solely with the Old Testament for English readers. While there are views taken by correspondents, with which we cannot agree, we can heartily indorse the doctor's method of studying the individual books of the Bible. Whoever will study First and Second Samuel according to the directions given in the March and April numbers of the Student, cannot fail to know what the books contain. Reading the Bible is good, but it is not sufficient; the Bible must be studied. The Bible cannot be understood as it should be without hard work, but the results more than pay for the labor expended. People cannot get too full of the Bible; and we hope that very many will come under the influence of Dr. Harper's hearty and infectious enthusiasm in this matter.