Calendar: 1881-1882 Page 603

604 TRENCH PRIZE Compare the parables of the Pounds and of the Talents as to the points which they have in common and in which they differ What distinctive truths are taught by the latter What parables especially teach the efficacy of prayer What difficulty attaches to the mode in which that efficacy is set forth What different aspects of the same truth are presented in the parables of the Lost Sheep and of the Lost Piece of Money What was the occasion of the following parables the Labourers in the Vineyard the Two Debtors the Unmerciful Servant the Good Samaritan β the Great Supper VI--Cejrtual Criticism of fitfo CcStatmnt Enumerate the chief causes of variation in MSS of the Greek Testament and deduce from them the leading Canons of Textual criticism Give an account of the materials used in writing manu- scripts and of the style of writing as guide in ascertaining their date Explain the terms στίχοι-τίτλοι-Ammonian sections- and Eusebian Canons as connected with New Testament MSS Give brief account of the history and character of the Alexandrian the Vatican and the Sinaitic MSS What Versions are of most importance in ascertaining the true text of the New Testament Give specially an account of the Old Latin and the Gothic versions Give brief account of the chief editions of the New Testament and of the principles by which the editors were guided What variations in the text of the New Testament are of most dogmatic importance State briefly in each case the evidence on either side and your own conclusion