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Title: Hurlbut's Bible Lessons
For Boys and Girls

Author: Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Release Date: June 8, 2009 [EBook #29067]

Language: English

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HURLBUT'S

_BIBLE LESSONS_

_FOR_

BOYS AND GIRLS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ON

The Old Testament and the New Testament

COMPRISING

A COMPLETE COURSE OF STUDY

Designed to carry one through the Old Testament in one year, and through
the New Testament in one year

BY

REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D.

COPYRIGHTED 1907
BY
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

* * * * *

PRINTED IN U.S.A.

PREFACE.

This lesson-book was prepared in order to meet a need realized in my own
work as a pastor; a need which is felt by many pastors and workers among
the young.

In the Home, Sunday-School and Church are children of all ages, from six
to sixteen. It is found impracticable to give to all this varied company
the same teaching. The lessons that are admirably adapted for boys and
girls between ten and fifteen are utterly unsuited to the children
between six and ten. Moreover after looking carefully, I have not been
able to find satisfactory lessons which can be taught to the young
children except by one especially trained for the work; and such
instructions are hard to find.

After various experiments I adopted in my own teaching the following
plan. We divided the children into two sections; the First Section
including all over nine years old, the Second Section all those under
nine.

I selected for twelve lessons, twelve Bible stories following in
succession, beginning with the story of Adam and Eve. On each of these
stories I prepared a catechism of very sim