HOW TO MASTER THE ENGLISH BIBLE HOW TO MASTER THE ENGLISH BIBLE AN EXPERIENCE, A METHOD A RESULT, AN ILLUSTRATION BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D.D. MINISTER IN THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH AUTHOR OF "SYNTHETIC BIBLE STUDIES" "THE ANTIDOTE TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE" "PRIMERS OF THE FAITH" ETC. ETC. EDINBURGH AND LONDON OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER 1907 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Story of the Case II. Explanation of the Method III. The Plan at Work IV. Results in the Pulpit V. Expository Outlines NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS OF THE BRITISH EDITION The success of the author's book, _Synthetic Bible Studies_, has been such that it is a pleasure to us to introduce this little book to British Bible students. NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS OF THE AMERICAN EDITION The author of this book requires no introduction to the Bible-loving people of our time. A time it is of unusual quickening in the study of God's Word along spiritual and evangelical lines, toward which, as the editor of a leading newspaper has said, no one man has contributed more than Rev. James M. Gray, D.D. "He knows what is in the Book," says the _Christian Endeavour World,_ "and when he sounds the clear, strong notes of God's love, of victory over sin, of the believer's assurance, it is no wonder that thousands of young people wax as enthusiastic over the Bible as others do over athletics or art." The interdenominational Bible classes which he has carried on, and to which his work directly and indirectly has given rise, are the largest and in other respects the most remarkable known. His work has revolutionised the method of teaching in some Sunday schools; it has put life into dead prayer-meetings; in not a few instances it has materially helped to solve the problem of the second service on the Lord's day; it has been a boon to many pastors in the labours of study and pulpit, whose gratitude is outspoken; it has contributed to the efficiency of foreign missionary workers, whose testimony has come from the uttermost parts of the earth; and it has reacted beneficially on the instruction given in the English Bible in some of our home academies, smaller colleges and seminaries. The secret of these results is given in this book.