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Devotional Hours with the Bible, Volume 1: Introduction

By J.R. Miller


      Devotional Hours

      with the Bible

      J. R. Miller,
      1908

      Volume 1.

      From the Creation--to the Exodus

      This eight volume set was published between 1908 and 1913.

      Volume 1 From the Creation--to the Exodus
      Volume 2 From the Exodus--through the Life of David
      Volume 3 Gleanings From the Psalms
      Volume 4 From Solomon--to Malachi
      Volume 5 From the Gospels, on the Life of Christ
      Volume 6 From the Gospel of Matthew
      Volume 7 From the Gospel of John
      Volume 8 From the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation

      INTRODUCTION

      There are two methods of studying the Bible. One is, verse by verse, giving close thought to every word, even looking into etymology and grammatical construction, so that the exact sense of the text may be learned. Commentaries that take us over the Bible in this microscopic way are valuable. We need every particle of light on the Scriptures we can get.

      Then another way of studying the Bible--is in order to get from it practical lessons for our own daily common life. What does the passage teach us? What Divine instruction have we in it for ourselves?

      It is not an exegetical study of the Scriptures that is now proposed. No textual criticism is given. There is no discussion of questions of dates, of localities, of authorships, or archaeological researches, etc. Its single aim is to suggest some of the spiritual and practical lessons which may be gathered from great passages.

      The book does not attempt to cover every chapter; to do this would make it altogether too long--it deals only with what appears to be leading and representative portions of the Bible.

      It is a book for use in the inner chamber where life receives its impulses for conduct, for duty, for service, and for devotion. The Bible is a very ancient book, but it is also a book for today. It brings us face to face with God, and its teachings are meant to guide us in all our ways.

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See Also:
   Introduction
   Chapter 1 - In the Beginning God
   Chapter 2 - The First Temptation
   Chapter 3 - The Story of Cain and Abel
   Chapter 4 - The Story of Enoch
   Chapter 5 - The Story of the Flood
   Chapter 6 - The Call of Abraham
   Chapter 7 - Abraham and Lot
   Chapter 8 - God's Promise to Abraham
   Chapter 9 - Abraham's Intercession for Sodom
   Chapter 10 - The Outcome of Lot's Choice
   Chapter 11 - The Offering of Isaac
   Chapter 12 - Isaac and His Sons
   Chapter 13 - Isaac the Peacemaker
   Chapter 14 - Jacob's Dream at Bethel
   Chapter 15 - Jacob a Prince with God
   Chapter 16 - Discords in the Family of Jacob
   Chapter 17 - Joseph and his Dreams
   Chapter 18 - From Prison to Palace
   Chapter 19 - An Interpreter for God
   Chapter 20 - Joseph and his Brothers
   Chapter 21 - Joseph and his Father
   Chapter 22 - Joseph in Old Age and Death
   Chapter 23 - Israel Oppressed in Egypt
   Chapter 24 - The Childhood of Moses
   Chapter 25 - The Call of Moses
   Chapter 26 - Moses and Pharaoh
   Chapter 27 - The Institution of the Passover
   Chapter 28 - Crossing the Red Sea

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