"TAKE heed that no man deceive you," are the ringing words of the Master; and He adds, "Many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." See Matt. 24: 4, 5. His prophetic announcement is that many will be deceived, but His warning to "take heed" is for the purpose of avoiding the deception. The arch-deceiver, who is the embodiment of all that is known of the arts and crafts of fraud and delusion, did his best to deceive and overthrow the Master. The record of the mighty struggle may be read in the fourth chapter of Matthew. The Master's invariable defense was the written Word. The Old Testament Scriptures contain 929 chapters, and the New Testament 260, or a total of 1,189. A simple problem in mathematics shows us that if we read three chapters regularly each week-day and five chapters on the Sabbath, we will finish the Bible within the year. Every lover of the Bible, and every one who can be induced to love its sacred teaching, should set before himself the pleasure of reading entire this great Book at least once during each year. How many will try it during this year 1914? SUGGESTED PLAN OF READING
For the month of January, read one chapter a day in Genesis during the week-days and two on the Sabbath; read one psalm each day in the week; read one chapter in Matthew each week-day and two on the Sabbath. If you have not started this systematic study with the first day of the year, seize a little time for extra reading until you catch up with the schedule. The first part of the book of Genesis is the divinely sublime record of creation. Science falsely so called has attempted to overthrow this record. "The Fundamentals of Geology," by Price, is a splendid help in the study of this part of the great Book. "Patriarchs and Prophets" is also one of the best of helps in the study of the entire book of Genesis. For helps in the study of the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, no better book can be found than "The Desire of Ages."