Papers For The Schoolmaster 1853 Vol 3 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Papers for the Schoolmaster, 1853, Vol. 3 In' the Notes of a Lesson on the life of a Scripture character, as above, a Teacher may propose merely to give the incidents of the life, with such lessons as are fairly deducible from them or he may propose to bring out prominently the character of the individual, making use only of those incidents which are best adapted to his design. In either case a distinct method must be pursued. In the former the Biography would furnish a series of ordinary Narrative Lessons. Which might be treated on the same principles as that on Gehazi in the present number. In the other case, the Teacher has another and quite distinct obj ect in view than to furnish the biographical facts; his design is to bring out the leading feature in the individual's character, and from that to deduce the practical les sons it is intended to convey. In this case, an acquaintance with the incidents is supposed. In the first case, the lessons might be addressed to any section of the school; in the latter, only to the upper one. Looking then at the Notes before us, we find neither of these objects kpt dis tinctly In view; but in fact a combination of both First, we have a very fair array of the events in the life of David if, however, it is the Teacher's purpose to give the children an acquaintance with these events, we hesitate not to say that his design could not be accomplished effectually in balf-a-dozen lessons, but if the design is, as we think it should be, to present Vividly the character of David then this array of facts is unnecessary. Then, in the second division, we have several distinct lessons drawn from particular facts in his history Here again we have more attempted than the children of any standing could properly receive - a little and Well being much better than much and ill. Again we fail to recognise any leading principle of David's character to which these particular features may be attributed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.