A Select Course of Bible Reading
By Editor
We begin a shorter course of reading with the opening year—what might be called a select course. Several books and many chapters are omitted. As a general thing this will please. Those who wish to read the whole Bible, can easily do so. But how many thousands are there who will go with us in this shorter journey? "Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel." Our readings cover the first ten chapters of Genesis, and the first three psalms for Sabbath. In the first ten chapters of the book is an epitome of 1,656 years of the world's history, previous to the great universal Deluge. First is given the creation of heaven and earth, "in the beginning," we know not when. Then came the "laying down of a cosmos," the making of this world and fitting it for the abode of man, all by the creative power of God's Word. "He spake, and it was." Note in the bringing forth of various creatures that each is "after its kind," so stated ten times. Evolution has never broken the barrier of the Word. Note the three acts of the Sabbath. Chapter 1 is a general account of creation, chapter 2 a particular account. The whole Bible stands by the record of the creation and fall. Note God's promise of the coming Seed, the speedy corruption of sinning man, the cause of the Deluge, and God's salvation typical of Christ. Get the lesson of the covenant bow.