At the request of the Western Presbytery, Mr. Alexander Macaskill came from Thurso to Dingwall towards the end of February of this year. Class-work was begun on February 26th.
I. In the Greek Class, we have taken up so far Miller’s Guide to Textual Criticism, also McClymont’s work on the New Testament and its Writers. Attention is still being given to the Greek Grammar.
For exegesis, etc., the Epistle to the Hebrews was taken, and so far we are about half-way through the Epistle.
I may add that in the critical part, I wish as much as possible of Burgon, Vol. II., to be got over before we close.
II. In the Hebrew part of the class-work we have got through Green’s Canon, and are partly through his Text.
We have also gone over generally, for practice and revision, the Verb in the Hebrew Grammar, that is, of course, the whole field of the irregular verbs.
In reading, we began with Genesis, and got as far as Chap. XI. I propose to stop at this chapter and have a few chapters in Exodus read, from Chap. XXV. onwards as far as possible, as these bear on the Tabernacle, its furniture, the high-priestly garments, etc., and are closely related to what we peruse in the Epistle to the Hebrews on the other side.
I found Mr. Macaskill to be a diligent and painstaking student.