"A disciplined mind will—
(1) Patiently gather all available facts;
(2) Hold in its grasp many facts at once;
(3) Educe by continuous reflection their connecting principles; and
(4) Suspend final judgment until the conclusions reached are verified by Scripture and/or experience.
To educe means to draw forth, to evoke, to draw out, to deduce. Such a student will think of all the
facts he has before him, and will by continuous reflection be able to discover the relation of these facts and their connecting principles. He will discover that all truth, wherever found, is one.
Facts in themselves do not necessarily constitute truth. It is the arrangement of the facts that counts. Two facts that are each perfectly true may be so combined as to constitute an untruth. A classic instance is that of two texts from the Bible, each a truth in itself, but together teaching error: Judas "departed, and went and hanged himself ;" "go, and do thou likewise." Matt. 27:5 Luke 10:37."
M.L. Andreasen
(1) Patiently gather all available facts;
(2) Hold in its grasp many facts at once;
(3) Educe by continuous reflection their connecting principles; and
(4) Suspend final judgment until the conclusions reached are verified by Scripture and/or experience.
To educe means to draw forth, to evoke, to draw out, to deduce. Such a student will think of all the
Facts in themselves do not necessarily constitute truth. It is the arrangement of the facts that counts. Two facts that are each perfectly true may be so combined as to constitute an untruth. A classic instance is that of two texts from the Bible, each a truth in itself, but together teaching error: Judas "departed, and went and hanged himself ;" "go, and do thou likewise." Matt. 27:5 Luke 10:37."
M.L. Andreasen
