p. 6 | Not Weary by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 11, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 15.

"Not Weary."

By Editor

ONE of our Bible-Band readers says about following the readings:

"I haven't grown weary yet, I enjoy it more every day. I enjoy reading the blessed pages of the SIGNS, so full of the Gospel. It surely has taught me the narrow way, which I did not know before."

Schedule for Week Ending Nov. 21, 1908.


Sunday,	Nov. 15	Amos 7, 8	1 Cor. 12
Monday,	" 16	" 9	" 13, 14
Tuesday,	" 17	Obadiah	" 15
Wednesday,	" 18	Jonah 1-4	" 16
Thursday,	" 19	Micah 1, 2	2 Cor. 1
Friday,	" 20	" 3, 4	" 2
Sabbath,	" 21	" 5-7	" 3, 4

Suggestive Notes.

In the Old Testament our lessons cover Amos 7-9 and the books of Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah. Amos concludes with some striking prophecies, typical also of last-day conditions, when the wicked, having rejected God's word, will in time of calamity wander from sea to sea, and from north to south to find it, but will not be able. Then will God save His people and build up the tabernacle of David that is fallen.

"Obadiah" means "Servant of God." He lived in the time of Jeremiah. But one of his prophecies has come down to us, that of one chapter, against the Edomites. The sixteenth verse very clearly shows that those who abide in the class of the oppressors of God's people, the wicked among the nations, shall be utterly destroyed so that they shall be as tho they had not been.

"Jonah" means "dove." All that we know about this prophet besides what is told in the book written doubtless by himself is found in 2 Kings 14:25, which refers to a prophecy he made concerning Jeroboam II. Jonah is one of the first books which was questioned by the higher critics, and yet there is nothing in it at all which is in any wise unreasonable if God chose so to do. The book is a witness of the remarkable power of the Spirit of God through humanity when man will yield himself to God's work. It clearly shows that we can not run away from the presence of God.

"Micah" means "Who is like Jehovah." He was born at the little village of Moresheth, southwest of Jerusalem, and prophesied in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah; an early contemporary of Isaiah, whose prophecies Micah's resemble. This is especially seen in the prophecy of the fourth chapter of the latter days. The closing chapter of the book is a stirring last-day prophecy, when God will gather His people. It contains one of the most wonderful expressions of God's loving mercy to His children. It gives the lie to all those who would have us understand that the Old Testament treats of wrath alone, while the New treats of mercy. No appeal can be stronger than that of the eighteenth and nineteenth verses of Micah 7.

Our New Testament readings conclude the book of 1 Corinthians with the apostle's masterly argument on the resurrection and cover 2 Corinthians 1 to 4. What wonderfully encouraging chapters those are! The first records that the apostle's reproof in the first epistle was heeded, for the sinning one had repented.

A better understanding of chapter 3 can be had in the tract entitled "What Was Done Away in Christ?" On sale at this office, price, two cents. Chapter 4 is an expression of the apostle's faith under all kinds of discouragement.