We have the book of Jonah in this week's reading. Skeptics have made a great deal of sport of it; but the Master Himself placed the stamp of approval on this book, when He was here in person. The trouble with men who jeer at such utterances as are made in the book of Jonah, is that they are not acquainted with the God of the Bible—they have not taken pains to observe His infinite power as shown in the great things He has created. Any being who could make a world like this upon which we live, and who can form millions of suns, around which other worlds are circling, is certainly able to form a fish that would be capable of rescuing the prophet. For note that the Word says the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. The record does not speak of an ordinary fish straying along at the particular time when Jonah was thrown overboard, and incidentally swallowing him; but the infinite God, who had created suns, and systems of suns, and worlds to revolve about them, had performed upon that occasion the much smaller task of preparing a fish for the purpose of swallowing Jonah. There was nothing difficult for Him about this; nor is it difficult for the individual who understands the God of the Bible, to believe. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 19
Read three chapters each week-day, and five on the Sabbath.