Reading the Bible Through
(Extracts from a talk given by Elder S. N. Haskell) I BELIEVE that we have lost greatly because we have not taken the whole Bible. We may say that we are interested in a certain portion of the Bible; but why not be interested in the whole of it? Why not begin and read the Bible through carefully and see what God will do for you? Some of you will say that the Bible is such a big book that it will take a long time to read it through. If you should employ ten hours a day, how long do you suppose it would take you to read it through?—Ten days. This is a problem that you can easily demonstrate. You have a thousand pages in your Bible; and by reading ten pages an hour, ten hours a day, for ten days, you will read it through. Now, why is not the Bible interesting to you?—You do not read it enough to get the connection. You ought to read enough of the Bible every day so that you could remember to-day what you read yesterday; and you would then get hold of the principles that underlie all this great fund of knowledge. It is all there in the Book, and you can bring it all out. But one ray of light will strike one mind, and another ray will strike another mind; and just as is the condition of your mind when you read the Bible, just so will the Spirit of God impress the truth upon your mind. If you are weighed down because of your sins, or by some dark shadows which Satan has thrown across your pathway, the moment you begin to read your Bible, there will be a ray of light thrown into your heart which will give peace and joy,—just the very thing you need. It is God speaking from Genesis to Revelation; it is a voice that comes to the soul; and the very God who gave the Bible, is talking to you through the Sacred Volume.