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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 25, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 45.

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 29, 1913

Day	Date	Reading
Sunday	November 23	Gal. 5, 6; Ps. 103
Monday	" 24	Phil. 1; Ps. 108
Tuesday	" 25	Phil. 2; Ps. 110
Wednesday	" 26	Phil. 3, 4; Ps. 111
Thursday	" 27	Col. 1; Ps. 112
Friday	" 28	Col. 2; Ps. 113, 114
Sabbath	" 29	Col. 3; Ps. 115

Two more of Paul's epistles enter into this week's reading, namely, Philippians and Colossians. The epistle to the Philippians was written while Paul was in prison in Rome, to the Christians in Philippi, an important town of Macedonia, on the great highway from east to west. It had been named after Philip II by himself. In St. Paul's time it was a Roman colony. Here, when Paul first visited it, he had been grievously maltreated, and yet it was that church which sent once and again to his necessities when he was elsewhere. The great apostle pours out his heart to his friends, and entreats them to be of one accord and one mind, and thanks them heartily for their great kindness to him.

Colosse was situated in southwest Phrygia, on the river Lycus. In the fifth century B.C. it was great and prosperous, but was gradually dwarfed by Laodicea. It was known to St. Paul seemingly only by report, and was probably founded by Epaphras. There had appeared in Colosse, however, some philosophical teachers who were endeavoring to graft upon Christianity their subtle schemes. It is an epistle full of great power and richness. There fall within this week psalms 103, 108, 110-115. These are all very helpful in spiritual life.