Calendar:August 16th to September 15th.

DAILY BIBLE READING:……..Aug. 16th, Ps.23; Aug. 31st, Ps. 38; Sept. 15th,Ps. 53. SUPPLEMENTARY READING:…. Aug. 16th, Rev. 3; Aug. 31st, Rev. 18; Sept. 15th, Matt. 11.

We are reminded by our completion of the reading of the New Testament, of its brevity in comparison with the Old. The latter has nearly five times as many chapters as the New Testament, and, should the Lord permit, we shall be able again to complete our daily chapter there long before reaching Malachi.

Does not this comparative brevity suggest that all truth is focused in the New Testament about the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ? God spoke in times past "in many parts and many ways," and in tracing His dealings with men these various ways are gone into, necessarily, at length. Man was being proven, by the forbearance of God, to be in himself entirely without strength and unprofitable. "The flesh profiteth nothing." The coming of our Lord upon earth and His cross and resurrection mark a new beginning, not with the natural man, "the first man," but with the Second Man, the Last Adam, where all is perfection, Hence the concentration of all about Him, and those who as born again and indwelt by His Spirit are linked with Him.

But though brief in extent, there is a depth and fulness in the New Testament which cannot be measured. This is, of course, true in regard to the entire Word of God, but "the abundance of revelation" in the New calls for special study and meditation, and justifies our giving additional time to its careful perusal. So shall we not continue this "supplementary reading?" May our Lord make it of special help, and blessing to us all.