Excerpt from The Bulletin of the Western Theological Seminary: A Review Devoted to the Interests of Theological Education; Published Five Times During the Year: In January, February, April, July and October, by the Trustees of the Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Some time ago I listened to an encyclopedic and able paper on the subject of "The Material and Method of Theology." This article is a contribution to the second division of that subject - viz., the Method of Theology. It might be thought in advance that the material is more important than the method. But a knowledge of the history of discussion contradicts that view. It will be found that method has been more potent than material. The reason is plain. Method has determined the point of view. The point of view has been the organizing principle in the use of material, so that the worth of material has been made relative. Its bearing upon and value to a system of thought has been influenced by classification, the place assigned it in the construction of the system. Ministers are familiar with this thought. When they have gathered the material for a sermon they do not have the sermon by any means. The use made of the material is relatively the important thing. 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.