The result of this letter was the formation of a Bible Class, and the commencement in July of the “Bible Student.” Each month some subject was subdivided among the class (now numbering considerably over too), and the result of the search was published in the magazine. Should any be willing to help one another in these studies, by written or personal communication, they will find a double blessing. It may, perhaps, have occurred to you how much evidence is given of the verbal inspiration of Scripture, by the constant recurrence, in so many different forms, of a thought or principle, not expressed, but left to the discovery of those who are willing to bestow patient labor in the searching out of the thoughts of God. Many passages may be overlooked by one student, but discovered by others, and thus by communication with one another, much more might be brought to light than by solitary labor. By uniting together in this search, the result of the labors of each would be helpful to all. No doubt there are many ways of doing this, but the thing I would suggest is in reference to only one of these ways, namely, the study of special subjects, looking out through the Scriptures, from beginning to end, all that we can find in reference to them . Homer) the following letter from a well-known writer “Dear Friends,-I do not know whether any of you have ever felt as I have, that it is a difficult thing to make the most of occasional spare hours over the Bible. Last April there appeared in the pages or the “Young Believer” (W.
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