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The Bible Year

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 12, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 51.

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The Bible Year

By Lynn H. Wood

DURING the present year more than thirteen hundred persons in the Southern Union have enrolled to read the Bible through. As I have talked with different ones at the camp meetings this summer, I have found that over fifty per cent of these are up to date in their reading.
A PICTURE OF THE BIBLE YEAR CHARTS AT THE KENTUCKY CAMP MEETING
A PICTURE OF THE BIBLE YEAR CHARTS AT THE KENTUCKY CAMP MEETING
At a number of the camp meetings a Bible rally day was held, and many spoke with pleasure of what the Bible Year meant to them. Last year there were only fifty persons in the entire Union who succeeded in reading the Bible through. At the Kentucky camp meeting a picture was taken of the charts that were brought in from the different churches. Not all the churches had sent in their charts, but from those in the picture one could get a very good idea of the way the people are taking hold. Their names are enrolled on these different charts, much the same as on the Sabbath school record. Instead of the thirteen columns for the thirteen different Sabbaths, there are twelve columns for the different months of the year, headed “J” for January, “F” for February, etc. At the end of each month, if a person is up according to the assignments in the Morning Watch Calendar, he is marked “present” on the chart. This enables the conference to know the standing of the different members throughout the year.
The worst record of all in this picture is made by the conference church, and this is due to the inability of the secretary to get a reply from some who enrolled. Some who had their names recorded are not Adventists, but over eighty per cent of those whose names are on these charts have taken up the work in earnest, and are pretty well up to date. Throughout all the different meetings, the expression was heard again and again, “The Bible has meant more to me this year than it ever meant in the past.” May God help us that his Word may continue to grow dearer to our hearts, so we may learn how to be of greater service to him.
LYNN H. WOOD.