Calendar:Aug. 16th to Sept. 15th.

DAILY BIBLE READING:………Aug. 16th, Mark 1; Aug. 31st, Mark 16; Sept. 15th, Luke 15th. MEMORY WORK:………… 1 Thessalonians, chap. 5.
GOOD READING:.."Light at Eventide," and "Fallen from Grace." '

Daily Reading

We finish Matthew by the middle of August, and Mark at the rate of a chapter a day, takes us to the 31st, and so on to Luke 15th. How time flies! And how much there is that we must pass over in our chapter, beyond the careful reading. Don't hesitate to make a note of points for further study, and take them up in your spare time; but let us go steadily along with our chapter a day. I am sure you are becoming more and more familiar with these precious biographies of our Lord, and also I hope more and more engaged with Him.

I have been making my memory outlines of the daily chapters, with their verses, and I think I will just jot down a few chapters to let you know how I do it. And I shall be very glad to get some samples from you also. Here is Matthew 2.

Visit of wise men …………vers. 1-12.
Flight into Egypt……….."13-15.
Slaughter of infants ………" 16-18.
Call from Egypt to Nazareth.." 19-23.

You see it is very sketchy, and does not go into much detail. I think it best not to go too closely for this first book. Later you can subdivide more closely.

Chapter 3:

Preaching and Baptism of John…….vers. 1-12.
Baptism and anointing of our Lord…"13-17.

The subdivisions could be easily seen. Here is a longer chapter, the first of the Sermon on the Mount.

Beatitudes ……………. .vers. 1-12.
Salt and Light …. " 13-16.
Fulfil the law ….. " 17-20.
Killing ……….. " 21-26.
Adultery ……… " 27-32.
Oaths ………… " 33-37.
Retaliation……. " 38-42.
Love and Perfection " 43-48.
These outlines are to be learned and written in from memory. A little review at bedtime will freshen them up, so that by the time you have gone over the whole of Matthew, you should be able to take a bird's eye view of it in your mind. Let me know how you are getting on. Send in a few sample chapters which you have outlined.

Memory Work

The "outline work" is going to take a little more time than some of us usually give to memory, but it will be well spent, and we will be very thankful later on that we have given our time. I might say that it is a good way to read and study with a pen in hand. Bacon said, "Writing maketh an exact man." Charles Hodge, a devoted servant of Christ, used, it is said, to make an outline of every book he read.

To return to our Memory chapter-I hope we have all been able to keep up with the work, and that we will all finish together. There are some very short verses in this chapter, but how pungent and helpful!

Good Reading

For this month I am going to recommend two valuable pamphlets, perhaps familiar to many of you:"Light at Eventide," and "Fallen from Grace, or Castaway." They can be had from the Publishers, 1 E. 13th St., N. Y. The one is a precious narrative of the grace of God, and the other a clear unfolding of the doctrines of grace; so they will go well together. Please let me hear from you as to whether you are reading them.

Your Library

I am thankful for some answers to my request for a list of the books you already have. The first letter is from a dear young brother and his wife which I think I must share with you:

'You ask for a list of the books we have- I haven't very many. The list is as follows:

Cruden's Concordance. Leaves from the Book.
Notes on Genesis, C. H. M. The Bible Student, Vol. III.
Darby's Synopsis-5 vols. The Moral glory of the
Numerical Bible (Acts Lord Jesus Christ.
to 2nd Corinthians.) Retracings of Truth.
Notes on 1 and 2 Corin- Praying in the Holy Spirit.
thians. J. N. D. Gospel Papers.
Song of Songs. J. B. J. Food for the Desert.

Modern Religious Healing. I've a list of others I want to get shortly.

Now that is what I call a good list of books, and I wouldn't be surprised if our brother would build up a good library in time. He certainly has abundance of good things to read even now.
Another letter, which is very welcome, is from a young sister, who says she is very fond of reading. She hasn't as large a list as the other, but I trust she will enjoy useful reading as she grows older. I notice she has "The Life Story of George Whitefield," which is most interesting and helpful. May we have the devoted love of that dear man of God in our hearts also.

Now I shall be hoping for some more lists. I really believe it will be suggestive to others also. Remember our little Department is co-operative, so don't let it be one-sided.

Dear Brother:-

Having seen in "Help and Food" your intention of starting a class in New Testament Greek, I would like very much to be added to what number of applicants you may already have. It has been my desire for some time to know something about the language in which our New Testament was originally written. If it does not require too much time each day I believe it will be worth an attempt on my part. I already have the book by S. Green on New Testament Greek, but find it difficult to get started off right, as there seems to be so many questions I should like to have answered before I can see my way clear to go on. So what I desire is to get started right, and then I will not have to retrace my steps and unlearn some things which I thought I had right. At present it would not be possible for me to spend more than 30 minutes daily on it. Do you think that is sufficient? It will, no doubt, be a little harder for me than the average high school graduate as I am not a native of this country, and have not had the schooling in English that I would like to have had. Anyway, diligence is a good asset, I believe, so will do my best. I hope you are not putting any age limit to those who enroll in this class, as I am a "little older" than the high school graduate.

Hoping I am not too late in sending this to you, but that I may get the benefit of the first lesson, I am yours in our soon-coming Lord.-J. F. P.

Very glad to get this letter. You are not too late, nor too old. Good success to you.-S. R.

Vacation Time

I want to give you a glimpse of a very cheering letter I received this morning, from a brother who is going back to work after his vacation. "To-day, after two weeks' vacation I have been somewhat depressed over the thought of going back to the office to-morrow. But I have the best words of comfort and encouragement, and I have no dread of the morrow. 'Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to-day and forever'; and I do lay all down beside His blood to-night, and my soul is filled with peace. How thankful I am to have been at meeting tonight."

Yes-we can "face the cold rough world again," when we have learned the all-sufficiency of the Lord Jesus. All is vacation time in one way.

Another, a young sister, expects to spend her vacation at Mount Rainier. She says, "Some people have tried to change its name to Mount Tacoma, which means 'God's mountain,' and I think the name would fit it, as it is God's mountain." I trust she and all of us will meet in a very sweet and real way with our blessed" God, wherever we may be.

Correspondence

We have scarcely room for much more in Y. B. D. this number, and as the answers to questions have been a little slow in coming in, I will just add part of an interesting letter I received the other day. Dear Brother:-

Just received "Help and Food" for this month on Lord's Day and enjoyed it very much. I was especially taken up with the account of that Young People's Bible Reading. I only wish we could have one like it here. A few of us brethren having been spending our Lord's Day afternoon on the street. We have a permit to go all over the city except on the main through fares. We have picked mostly side streets where we get a nice hearing. We sing a few hymns and one or two preach the gospel and then sing again and have a word of prayer, and then move on putting a tract or so in each home. We find much joy in this. This far I've been the only younger brother along, but we trust the Lord will increase our number of younger ones. There are from four to seven older brethren. Thus far I haven't spoken, but I'm looking to the Lord for His guidance as to this.

I hope to meet many of you at the Montrose meeting, Aug. 17th. I pray we may have a very helpful and refreshing time with much that will be of special interest to young Christians.