OUR BIBLE BAND

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 23.

Schedule for Week Ending June 25, 1910 (Sunday) June 19 Psalms 46-49 (Monday) " 20 " 50-54 (Tuesday) " 21 " 55-58 (Wednesday) " 22 " 59-64 (Thursday) " 23 " 65-68 (Friday) " 24 " 69-72 (Sabbath) " 25 1 Chron. 1-3

Most of the week we spend in our journey in resting with the wonderful Psalms 46 to 72 inclusive. Psalm 46 is the one on which Luther's great hymn is based, but God's people will never know its fulness until they pass through the last of the troubles just this side of the kingdom. What lessons are given in these psalms! How man's frailty and weakness and utter need are set forth! And yet supplementing all these are the great strength and love and mercy of God. Chapter 50 refers to Christ's second coming, and the need of God's people's standing so clean and clear from sin that they shall be able to meet Him with full hope. Psalm 51 is David's prayer on the repentance of his great sin; and yet it is one inspired by the Spirit of God, which most people can pray with sincere heart. Psalms 62 and 63 are excellent psalms for meditation; songs which one can make their own in times of trouble. What a beautiful poem of God's goodness is Psalm 65. All these psalms contain blessed memory verses, which would prove a real keeping power in times of trouble. Take for instance verse 19 of Psalm 68, "Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation." Or verse 28, "Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought for us." Our lesson of this week in Psalms closes with the prophecy of Christ's kingdom, and with the second division of the Psalms, Book II.

The book of Chronicles was probably written by Ezra. Its title in Greek means "the things omitted or passed over." It deals more largely with the things of Judah than with matters in Israel. We can rapidly pass over these first chapters of chronology; and yet there are gems shining with helpfulness, and also striking facts, brought out in connection with the dry record, as for instance, 1 Chron. 1:12, and 2:7.