(1888-1965) was a well-known
Bible lecturer who made her home in Kensington, CA. Some of her outstanding
writing contributions were various series on the Bible such as: Studies in the
Bible, Studies in the Apocalypse of John of Patmos*,
and Studies in the Psalms. Mrs. Hoyt emphasized the spiritual
revelations in scripture and taught how to distinguish them from the cultural
and historical parts of the Bible.
She was fatally
injured in an automobile accident in Palm Beach, FL, where she was lecturing on
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* Although Edyth
Armstrong Hoyt was a student of Christian Science, her book makes
no mention
of any affiliation with the Christian Science denomination. She presents
an outline of how she
taught, in a public university setting, the overall understanding of
this book as well as a verse by
verse translation of the Apocalypse.
"The use of the English word, as talents in music, sports, etc, came from this source. Jesus taught that men differ in talents. But all have some talent. No man is without some gift essential to the building of his dominion. Each one must prove his stewardship, individually as well as nationally. There are many more one talent men than five talent men. Every man is needed, and especially the one talent men, to bring fulfillment and completeness. To use what one has, means that one enters into the joy." Studies in the Bible for the Modern Reader
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