We do not confound patriarchs with prophets, or passages from the epistles with the Psalms of David.
I am continually confronted by illustrations of the truth that the "contract system" prevails in religious teaching as extensively as in the manufacture of garments and food and furniture, and that the results in all cases are the same.

Machine work cannot compare in neatness and durability with hand-made goods.

The complaint, "I cannot get my Bible class to study the lessons," is almost universal.

I have known large classes of adults to be made up with the express proviso that none of the members should be expected to prepare the lesson.
Their appearance in the classroom at the stated hour fulfills their part of the compact.

In thus presenting themselves they "press the button." The teacher does the rest.