What is the favorite view-point in picturing Noah's ark (the procession--a source of never-failing interest to old and young--is a conspicuous feature); in Abraham's sacririfice (Andrea del Sarto seizes the moment when Abraham is about to slay Isaac and the ram appears in the thicket); in the early life of Moses? Note also the subjects in the life of Christ oftenest chosen by the artist. In what parables does Christ choose a definite locality well known to his hearers, definite characters, a definite point and only one, a definite purpose, and a clearly defined and applied moral? In the presentation of which parables do we _not_ find simple language, direct discourse, a dramatic style, and a question in order to drive home the point? Try the effect of substituting in any one of the parables indirect discourse for direct, statements for questions. Make a study of the Sermon on the Mount with a view of finding opportunities for picture-work. On how many and on what occasions did Jesus use objects in his teaching? Might he not have gotten along without using the objects themselves on those occasions? What seems to have been his purpose? What was the result? _Seeing._ Suppose that you were an artist searching in the Bible for scenes to paint: 1. What picture would you find in Matthew VIII., verse 1? verse 2? verse 3? verse 4? Can you see (and hear) each of these? 2. What is _the_ picture in the whole passage (verses 1-4)? How many elements has it, in respect of number, form, color, sound, atmosphere? 3. Which of these should be chosen in telling the story to children, and in what order? 4. How many pictures are there in verses 5-13? What is the central picture? 5. In verses 23-27. How many pictures are there in this passage? Which is the central picture? How would you lead the pupils to see it? What first? what next? what last? 6. In Matthew, chapters ix. and xiii. How many separate pictures are there? Which are the most important to try to see? What objects, pictures, drawings, maps, would you use in making it real to your class? _Construction._ In the previous chapter there was brought out the need of adapting the stories of the Bible to the comprehension of modern hearers. Suggestions were given both for cutting down and filling in. Choose a story, as of the brave Hebrew boys who stood by what they thought was right even in captivity; the young king who asked God to give him wisdom and whose way of ruling showed that his request had been granted; the shepherd boy whom the Lord chose; or choose an incident, or a period of a year of the life of Christ (as the "Year of Beginnings," the "Year of Popularity," the "Year of Opposition"). Subdivide each of these into smaller stories or incidents (Daniel, for instance, had three great tests, each complete in itself, and lived under three kings), then combine into a whole, applying the principles of story-telling and of adaptation.