The Bible Year, 1916 by M. E. KERN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 30, 1915

The Bible Year, 1916

By M. E. KERN

At the beginning of 1915 the Missionary Volunteer Department adopted the plan of reading the Bible through during the year. Daily assignments and brief notes have appeared weekly in the Youth’s Instructor. The interest manifested in this plan by children, young people, and adults has been a source of great encouragement. It shows that Seventh-day Adventists love the Bible.

In order to reach all, the Bible Year notes for 1916 will appear in the REVIEW, beginning in this issue. We will read in partial chronological order, instead of the exact order in which the books are given in the English Bible. In the Old Testament the order of events will be followed in a general way. Hence the book of Job is inserted after the eleventh chapter of Genesis. (Genesis is the only book that is broken, except the Psalms.) In the New Testament we follow the order in which the books were probably written.

What better New Year’s resolution could any Christian form than to read the Word of God through during the year? Let our church elders and Missionary Volunteer leaders take up this matter at once, and send to the Missionary Volunteer secretary of the conference the names of all who will join our Bible Year band. M. E. KERN.