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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 34.

OUR BIBLE BAND

Schedule for the Week Ending Sept. 11, 1909.

Day	Month	Date	Morning	Evening
Su.	Sept.	5	Ps. 146, 147	1 Cor. 15: 1-28
Mo.	“	6	“ 148 to 150	“ 15:29-58
Tu.	“	7	Prov. 1, 2	“ 16
We.	“	8	“ 3, 4, 5	2 Cor. 1
Th.	“	9	“ 6, 7	“ 2
Fr.	“	10	“ 8, 9	“ 3
Sa.	“	11	“ 10, 11, 12	“ 4

Suggestive Notes.

Our morning readings are Psalms 146 to Proverbs 12. How rich are Psalms 147 and 148. “Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.” “Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His loving-kindness.” And this wonderful treasury of God's word, the book of Psalms, in which every human need, every human longing is met in prayer and praise, closes with a song of praise. Surely it would seem that those who read it in a devotional spirit could carry with them forever the last verse of the last psalm: “Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.”

The book of Proverbs consists of short, pithy sayings of a moral character, written by Solomon; the same have been gathered from other sources. They are packed full of excellent instruction. Some of them are great and deep sayings upon which one needs to meditate. They are especially instructive in all the practical things of life. No young person could memorize to better advantage any literature which would do more good than the first and fourth chapters of Proverbs, and yet it is difficult to discriminate. All the others are filled with valuable instruction.

Our evening readings begin with the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians and close with the second chapter of the second epistle. The 15th chapter is especially valuable, containing as it does Paul's wonderful discourse on the resurrection, showing its necessity, the very gate itself to eternal glory at the second coming of Christ.

Second Corinthians seems to have been written very shortly after the first epistle. It shows that the first epistle had its effect; that the one who had committed the grievous sin had been set aside, or disfellowshipped from the church; that it had had the effect of breaking his heart because of his sin and leading him and others to sincere repentance, and the apostle pleads with them to receive him. Chapter 3 contains one of the moot questions over the law of God; very simple if we will get hold of the true principles which underlie God's government. No. 149 Bible Student's Library will help us very much in the study of this question. The climax of the blessing of the Christian ministry is beautifully portrayed in verses 16 to 18 of our last chapter.