THE UNIVERSITY OF CAICAGH ae 
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CONSTRUCTIVE BIBLE STUDIES 
Edited by WILLIAM R. HARPER and ERNEST D. BURTO) 
ORIGIN: The Constructive Bible Studies are the outgrowth of ts 
conviction that the prevailing systems of Sunday-school instr 
tion are insufficient to meet the growing demands of the times 
PURPOSE: Believing the Sunday- school to be the great education 
branch of the church, the editors of the Constructive Bible Studie 
have sought to produce a series of religious textbooks based « 
the fundamental laws laid down by trained educators. One 6 
the most important of these laws is the principle that the currice 
lum must be adapted to the capacity of the pupils, giving to ead 
grade work which is suited in material and method of treatmes 
to the stage of development of the pupils. 
PLAN: The Studies comprise four series, each corresponding 10 
definite stage of development in the pupil. 
THE KINDERGARTEN SERIES 
takes up work of a more general character, 
mental facts of the Bible and the religious life. 
dealing with the fst 
THE ELEMENTARY SERIES ink 
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ble 
is intended as an aid in broadening the view of wae 
and as an introduction to the study of particular books 
THE SECONDARY SERIES 
has for its object a closer acquaintance both with the 
and with religious concepts. 
biblical mae 
THE ADVANCED SERIES 
has been planned with a view to promoting 
of the historical data, and naturally inv 
religious problems and the various attempts 
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jon of 
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at their solution. — 
