now and then at intervals men carried along by this stream, uttered them¬ 
selves in words as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. The historical 
parts came out of facts, the devotional parts came out of experiences of 
the heart, the letters came out of circumstances, and the Gospels out of 
all three. Thus the Bible grew out of religion—was its effect and not 
its cause.” 
This process continued during a period of sixteen hundred years, 
until forty authors, from the shepherd to the king, had made their con¬ 
tributions to its contents. The fact that men from every station of life, 
the learned and the unlearned, the rich and the poor, were instruments 
in its composition, writing at long intervals, and often without knowledge 
of what had been previously written, yet with unerring accuracy unfolding 
the same system of truth, this fact constitutes one of the strongest internal 
evidences that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” and that 
these men wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES TEACH. 
The Scriptures principally teach “what man is to believe concerning 
God, and what duty God requires of man.” They are divided into two 
main parts—The Old Testament (Covenant), and The New Testament 
(Covenant). 
The Old Testament contains, primarily, the history of creation and 
redemption, and is naturally divided into six Epochs:— 
i. From the fall of man to the flood. 
2.. From the flood to the calling of Abraham. 
3. From the calling of Abraham to Moses. 
4. From Moses to David. 
5. From David to the captivity into Babylon. 
6. From the captivity into Babylon to the incarnation of Christ. 
Genesis —A book of origins—beginnings— 
1. The beginning of creation—Gen. 1:1. 
2. The beginning of sin—Gen. 3 : 6. 
3. The beginning of the Gospel—Gen. 3 :15. 
4. The beginning of National civilization—Gen. 4 : 17-24. 
5. The beginning of nations and languages—Gen. 11 : 1, 9, 17. 
6. The beginning of the church—Gen. 12 : 1-3, 17 : 7, 
PERIODS OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. 
C D A E D E C 
C to C.—Creation to Christ. 
C to A.—Creation to Abraham. 
D to D.—Deluge to David. 
E to E.—Exodus to Exile. 
C to A.—History of the race. 
A to C.—History of the Covenant people. 
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