PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY. 
The life of Jesus closed with over five hundred brethren; the Pente¬ 
costal revival, with five thousand conversions. In the first fifteen cen¬ 
turies there was a gain of one hundred million. In the next three, the 
number was doubled; and in the present century the number has been 
doubled again. 
CONTENTS OF THE BIBLE. 
Leading features and characteristic topics of each book may be stated 
as follows (from Bagster’s Teacher’s Bible): 
A. THE OLD TESTAMENT. 
i. The Hexateuch. 
1. Genesis.—The early history of mankind and the patriarchs. 
2. Exodus.—The exodus and the moral law. 
3. Leviticus.—The priestly law. 
4. Numbers.—The social and political law. 
5. Deuteronomy.—The prophetic- law. 
6. Joshua.—The conquest of Canaan. 
2. The National History of Israel. 
1. Judges.—The dark ages of Israel. 
2. Ruth.—An idyll, with hope of better days. 
3. Samuel.—Establishment of the kingdom. 
4. Kings.—Political history of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. 
5. Chronicles.—Priestly history of the two kingdoms. 
6. Ezra.—The priestly restoration after the captivity. 
7. Nehemiah.—The political restoration. 
8. Esther.—A picture of the exile. 
3. Poetical Books. 
1. Job.—The drama of Providence. 
2. The Psalms.—Hebrew lyrics and hymns of worship. 
3. Canticles.—The Hebrew pastoral. 
4. Lamentations.—Hebrew elegies. 
4. Books of Wisdom. 
1. Proverbs.—Didactic practical wisdom. 
2. Ecclesiastes.—Reflective practical wisdom. 
5. The Four Great Prophets. 
1. Isaiah.—The evangelical prophet. 
2. Jeremiah.—The prophet of sorrow. 
3. Ezekiel.—The priestly prophet. 
4. Daniel.—The apocalyptic prophet. 
6. The Twelve Minor Prophets. 
1. Hosea.—The prophet of divine love. 
2. Joel.—The preacher of the locust judgment. 
3. Amos.—The lay prophet and unconventional preacher of righteous-, 
ness. 
4. Obadiah.—The preacher of judgment upon Edom, 
5. Jonah.—The foreign missionary. 
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