Articles liés à Introductory Hints to English Readers of the Old Testament
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He ventures to hope that this endeavour, as far as it has been successful, may prove a recommendation of these Hints to some whose duty it is to teach the Bible to the young, and who are anxious that the religious instruction which they impart may rest upon as secure a foundation as possible. There can be no doubt but that some, at least, of the unbelief which now prevails is due to the fact that many persons have been taught as children opinions about the Bible which the stronger reason and increasing education of maturer years have made it impossible for them to retain, and that in rejecting the error they have thrown away the truth with it. It is not necessary, nor would it be right, to turn the Scriptural education of the young into a series of lessons on Biblical Criticism; and fhe mistake of adopting too negative a style of teaching is one that may easily be made. To teach negations is not to teach religion. But the judicious instructor will be anxious to avoid as much as possible allowing the minds qf the young to receive any wrong impressions about the Bible, which may prove dangerous to their faith when they grow older. Children should not be allowed to believe, as too many have been taught, that doubtful matters of history are part of a perfect Divine Revelation, or that the morality and wisdom of a comparatively rude age are the highest attainable by mankind, because the record of them is to be found in theB
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