Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

"The first chapter appeared in the Congregationalist of America; all the others in the Homiletic review."--Preface.

Includes index.

Includes indexes.

I. The teacher's use of the Old Testament -- II. Tales of the early world -- The creation (Genesis 1:1-2:3) -- Man the crown of creation (Genesis 2) -- The nature and origin of sin (Genesis 3) -- Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-15) -- The test of Abraham's faith (Genesis 22:1-19) -- Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:27-34, 27: 1-45) -- Jacob at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22) -- The sin that excludes from the Promised Land (Numbers 20:1-13) -- Balak and Balaam (Numbers 22 and 23) -- III. Tales involving miracle -- The call of Moses (Exodus 3) -- The plagues of Egypt (Psalm 105:23-36) -- Crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 13:17-14:31) -- Manna (Exodus 15:27-16:36) -- Quails (Numbers 11:4-33) -- Crossing the Jordan (Joshua 3) -- The fall of Jericho (Joshua 4:13-6:27) -- God's care of Elijah (1 Kings 17:1-16) -- Elijah and the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18) -- Elijah's flight (1 Kings 19) -- Elijah's ascension (2 Kings 2:1-12) -- Elisha and the Shunammite woman (2 Kings 4:8-37) -- Elisha heals Naaman the Syrian (2 Kings 5) -- Elisha's heavenly defenders (2 Kings 6:8-23) -- The den of lions (Daniel 6) -- IV. Tales of judges and kings -- The sin of Achan (Joshua 7) -- The song of Deborah (Judges 4 and 5) -- The call of Gideon (Judges 6) -- Gideon's three hundred (Judges 7) -- The call of Samuel (1 Samuel 3) -- Saul anointed King (1 Samuel 15) -- The "rejection" of Saul (1 Samuel 15) -- David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17) -- Solomon anointed King (1 Kings 1:1-2:12) -- Solomon's choice of wisdom (1 Kings 3:4-15) -- The queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon (1 Kings 10:13) -- The kingdom torn asunder (1 Kings 12:1-20) -- The sorrowful end of a brilliant reign (2 Chronicles 26) -- V. Psalms, Proverbs, and Job -- The Good Shepherd (Psalm 23) -- The joy of forgiveness (Psalm 32) -- The land of hope and glory (Psalms 85 and 126) -- The tragedy of intemperance (Proverbs 23:19-21, 29-35) -- Light upon life's mystery (Job) -- VI. The prophets -- Man's inhumanity to man (Amos 1 and 2) -- Prepare to meet thy God (Amos 3 and 4) -- Fair play (Amos 5 and 6) -- Visions of doom (Amos 7 and 8) -- The happy future (Amos 9) -- Bands of love (Hosea 11) -- The call of Isaiah (Isaiah 6) -- How to secure international peace (Isaiah 2:2-4, 11:1-9) -- The prophet as a watchman (Ezekiel 2 and 3) -- The need of good government (Ezekiel 34) -- Reconstruction (Malachi 3:1-12) -- The all-embracing love of God (Jonah 3 and 4) -- The brute kingdoms and the human kingdom (Daniel 2).