Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume II: First Samuel through Nehemiah.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents



PSALMS.


§ I. THE TITLE.

1. In the Hebrew, Praises.

2. In the Septuagint, Psalms: i. e., Poems to Be Sung.

3. In English, often Called The Psalter.

§ II. DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK.

1. Five Separate Collections, Each Ending with a Doxology.

§ III. AUTHORSHIP.

1. Two Sources of Information.

2. The Inscriptions.
3. The Contents.
§ IV. THEIR VALUE.

1. Hymn Book of the Jews and of early Christians.

2. Basis of Many of Our Modern Hymns: e. g., Ps. xix, cf.
Hymns, 68, 69, in New Christian Hymn and Tune-Book; Ps. xxii,
cf. 73, 368, 475, in the same; Ps. ciii, cf. 30, in the same.

3. They show the Best Effects of Jewish Law and History on
the Hearts of Good Men.

4. The Study of Them Promotes Devotion.

5. By Their Variety of Occasion and Sentiment They Are
Adapted to Edification in All Conditions of Life.

6. Defective in Sentiment: As to Enemies: e. g.,
Ps. cxxxix. 21, 22; et al. [43]

7. Their Inspiration.


REVIEW.

FIRST AND SECOND SAMUEL.

I. GENERAL QUESTIONS.

II. ELI AND HIS SONS.
III. SAMUEL.

IV. SAUL.

V. DAVID.

1. His Early Life.

2. His Career as an Outlaw.
3. His Struggle to Obtain the Kingdom. II. Sam. Part I. §§ I-III.
4. The Prosperous Part of His Reign. II. Sam. Part II.
5. David's Adversities. II. Sam. Part III.


FIRST CHRONICLES.


THE PSALMS.

[CNSH2 42-51]

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