Sunday-School Success: A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and OfficersWells, Amos R. (Amos Russel)
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Sunday-School Success: A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers
Wells, Amos R. (Amos Russel)
Sunday schools
1. "The Interwoven Gospels." Rev. William Pittenger. (5 × 7-1/2
inches, pp. 245. New York: John B. Alden. Price, 90 cents.) Five
plates give clearly the various journeys. The Gospel fullest in each
event is taken as the standard, and its verse-numberings given,
while sentences and phrases interwoven from other Gospels are
preceded by an inconspicuous letter, to designate the book from
which they come. This seems to me the ideal plan. There is a table
for finding in the monotessaron any verse of any Gospel. There is a
very distinct synopsis. The time is indicated only at the heads of
the five divisions of the story. The place is given at the head of
each one of the one hundred and seventy-one sections. The index is
scant. The typography is excellent. The American Revised Version is
used.
2. "The Gospel Commentary." J. R. Gilmore ("Edmund Kirke") and Lyman
Abbott, D.D. (5 × 7 inches, pp. 840. New York: Fords, Howard &
Hulbert. Price, $1.50.) This monotessaron is combined with an
excellent and very full commentary, selected from the works of three
hundred authors. These multitudinous notes somewhat mar the
impression of unity and continuity for which the monotessaron is
peculiarly valued. No maps. Information as to sources of the
combined text is given only by references at the top of the page--an
indefinite way. There is a table for finding in the monotessaron any
verse of any Gospel. There is a chronological synopsis, but no
diatessaron table. There is a good index of thirty-two pages, and a
marginal synopsis. The time is minutely indicated at the head of
each page, and the locations shown irregularly, in notes, chapter
headings, or marginal synopsis. There are forty-three chapters. The
typography is clear. The King James Version is mainly used.
3. "The Fourfold Gospel." J. G. Butler, D.D. (5 × 7-1/2 inches, pp.
212. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Price, 75 cents.) This is taken from
Butler's "Bible Work." The sources of the text and transitions are
indicated as in Pittenger's, but not quite so minutely. Places are
given at the head of the one hundred and sixty-six sections. Times
not shown. A good diatessaron synopsis, and a table to find in the
monotessaron any verse from any Gospel. Two sketch-maps. No index
whatever. King James Version.
4. "The One Gospel." A. T. Pierson, D.D. (5 × 7-1/2 inches, pp. 203.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company. Price, 75 cents.) This
monotessaron contains the gospel story in forty-seven sections, with
no section headings, and no indications whatever of times, places,
or sources of the various portions of the text. Valuable for
reading, but unsatisfactory for study. A capital index. No table for
finding verses, no synopsis or maps. King James Version. Retains
more than the others nearly equivalent words and phrases.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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