Among the most natural questions for the human mind are these: “Whence have we come? and what is the future of our existence as individuals? and what is the fate of the world?” In the reading for this week, we have the main part of the prophetic portion of the book of Daniel. As suggested last week, “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” a verse-by-verse study of these books, by the late Uriah Smith, is one of the greatest helps to an understanding of them. The prophecies of the Bible are definite, and can be depended upon. God in His mercy saw fit to have these prophecies given hundreds of years before the dawn of the Christian era. We have a long list of centuries that have shown the fulfilment of the prophetic declarations, and they have been fulfilled with minute accuracy; so we may depend upon the rest of these prophetic utterances, and may know, with an absolute certainty, what will be the outcome of this world, and what is to be the future existence of the human race. There is nothing more important to engage the minds of man, than the study of the forecasts of the inspired prophets. * SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 28 Read three chapters each week-day, and five on the Sabbath.