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(c) Analogy.
(d) Prophecy.
14. Questions.
15. Items of Special Interest.
16. Individual Finds.
NOTES ON HISTORICAL OUTLINE AND ITS USE
Most of the books in the first four divisions will be studied with this outline as a basis. In
the pursuance of these lessons the numbers left vacant in the outline are to be wrought out
by the pupils. In recording the work in the blank book the first page is to be given to the
pictorial device. One of these will be printed in its appropriate place. Let students prepare
the others. Urge the pupils to use originality of thought and pen in producing them. The
aim of the device is to impress by a simple picture the contents of the book as a whole.
Under No. 2 the kind of literature may be described, as history, law, discourse, biography,
etc. Secure answers to Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 in Bible Dictionary. As a rule, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
will be given. Under No. 10 part of the chapters will be named, and part are to be read
and named by the pupils. After the pupils present the names of these chapters in class,
one must be agreed upon, so that the names will be uniform. When the names of chapters
are given in the outline, require the pupils to glance over the chapters and verify them.
Under No. 13 the foreshadowed facts of Christ are given, so as to manifest Him as the
living center of the Book. Only the leading ones are selected. The teacher or pupil may
add others. For convenience sake they are classified as follows: (a) Symbol; (b) Type; (c)
Analogy; (d) Prophecy. Though the words symbol and type are not technically distinct,
we have agreed to use the word symbol to designate an object or animal that prefigures

Christ, as "star" or "lamb," and the word type to designate a person that prefigures Christ,
as Melchizedek or Moses. We have also agreed to limit the symbols and types to those
directly or indirectly mentioned in the New Testament. By analogy we mean a person
who, though widely differing from Christ in many particulars, bears some one
resemblance to Him in quality or deed. These analogies are not mentioned in the New
Testament. The word prophecy in the outline is confined, then, to facts foretold regarding
Christ. Under No. 15 let the teacher call for five or ten (suit the number to conditions)
items of peculiar interest, touching the literary form, events, facts, teachings, etc. This
topic is in accord with the first article of the Creed recorded on the opening page of the
book. Under No. 16 let the teacher assign at least one chapter rich in contents for
individual search upon the part of the pupils. Let the pupils record and number their
individual finds. This in accord with the fifth article of the Creed. The purpose is to
cultivate the "seeing eye" and to develop originality in Bible research.

GENESIS
I. _Pictorial Device._
_____ ,-'| GOD |'-. ,-' , ----- . '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-.
+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ |2 | |6 | |12| |21| |25| |37|
+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ |A | |N | |A | |I | |J | |J | |D | |O | |B | |S | |A |
|O | |A | |A | |R | |A | |C | |S | |M | |H | |A | |A | |O | |E | | | | | |H | |C | |B | |P | | | | | |A | | | | | |H | |
| | | |M | | | | | | | +--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ | BEGINNINGS |
+-----------------------------------------------+ | GOD |
+-----------------------------------------------+
NOTE.--In order to make the work and the method of recording it as clear as possible, the
outline study of Genesis is printed in full, except the answers to the questions.
II. _Kind of Literature:_ History.
III. _Meaning of Name:_ Beginning.
IV. _Author:_ Moses.
V. _Beginning and Ending Dates:_ 4004 B.C. to 1689 B.C., making 2315 years.
VI. _Outline of Contents:_
1. 1 to 11. God's Dealings with the Human Race.
2. 12 to 50. God's Dealings with the Chosen Race.
VII. _Key Verse:_ 1:1 in part: "In the beginning God--"
VIII. _Leading Thought:_ God before all and in all and over all.

IX. _Leading Phrases and Verses:_
4:9--"Am I my brother's keeper?"
15:1--"Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
18:4--"Is anything too hard for Jehovah?"
X. _Leading Chapters with Names:_
1. The Six Days of Creation.
3. The Temptation, the Fall and the Promise.
4. Cain and Abel.