BIBLE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE BIBLE; ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND PLACE IN THE WORLD 13
THE VALUE OF BIBLE STUDY ...........................................................20
PART I
THE BIBLE; HOW TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND IT
THE SCRIPTURES .................................................................................25
THE STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES ....................................................28
POWER IN THE WORD ........................................................................33
THE LIFE-GIVING WORD ....................................................................37
CHRIST IN ALL THE BIBLE ................................................................40
PART II
SIN; ITS ORIGIN, RESULTS, AND REMEDY
CREATION AND THE CREATOR ........................................................47
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL ...........................................................................50
THE FALL AND REDEMPTION OF MAN ..........................................53
CREATION AND REDEMPTION .........................................................57
THE CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD ..............................61
THE LOVE OF GOD ..............................................................................63
THE DEITY OF CHRIST ........................................................................67
PROPHECIES RELATING TO CHRIST ...............................................70
CHRIST THE WAY OF LIFE .................................................................75
SALVATION ONLY THROUGH CHRIST ...........................................79
PART III
THE WAY TO CHRIST
FAITH ......................................................................................................83
HOPE .......................................................................................................86
REPENTANCE ........................................................................................89
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS ....................................................92
CONVERSION, OR THE NEW BIRTH .................................................96
BAPTISM ..............................................................................................100
RECONCILED To GOD .......................................................................104
ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD ................................................................106
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ...............................................................110
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LIFE ............................................................115
CONSECRATION .................................................................................118
BIBLE ELECTION ...............................................................................121
BIBLE SANCTIFICATION ..................................................................124
IMPORTANCE OF SOUND DOCTRINE ............................................127
PRESENT TRUTH ................................................................................131
THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH .............................................................136
PART IV
LIFE, PARABLES, AND MIRACLES OF CHRIST
BIRTH, CHILDHOOD, AND EARLY LIFE OF CHRIST....................143
CHRIST’S MINISTRY ..........................................................................148
CHRIST THE GREAT TEACHER .......................................................151
PARABLES OF CHRIST ......................................................................154
MIRACLES OF CHRIST ......................................................................157
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ..................................................................163
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST ....................................................169
A SINLESS LIFE ..................................................................................173
OUR PATTERN ....................................................................................175
OUR HELPER AND FRIEND ..............................................................177
PART V
THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND His WORK .................................................181
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT ........................................................................184
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT ........................................................................187
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY ..................................................................189
THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT .................................................195
PART VI
THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY
PROPHECY; WHY GIVEN ..................................................................201
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM .......................................................204
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM .....................................................209
FOUR GREAT MONARCHIES ...........................................................213
THE KINGDOM AND WORK OF ANTICHRIST ..............................218
THE VICAR OF CHRIST .....................................................................224
A GREAT PROPHETIC PERIOD ........................................................230
THE ATONEMENT IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE ................................238
THE JUDGMENT .................................................................................245
THE JUDGMENT-HOUR MESSAGE .................................................251
THE FALL OF MODERN BABYLON ................................................254
THE CLOSING GOSPEL MESSAGE ..................................................259
SATAN’S WARFARE AGAINST THE CHURCH ..............................264
A GREAT PERSECUTING POWER ....................................................268
MAKING AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST ..............................................271
THE SEVEN CHURCHES ....................................................................280
THE SEVEN SEALS .............................................................................284
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS ....................................................................289
THE EASTERN QUESTION ................................................................296
THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES ............................................................301
THE MYSTERY OF GOD FINISHED .................................................306
PART VII
COMING EVENTS AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES
OUR LORD’S GREAT PROPHECY ....................................................311
SIGNS OF THE TIMES ........................................................................319
INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE ............................................................326
CONFLICT BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR ..............................329
CHRIST’S SECOND COMING ............................................................332
MANNER OF CHRIST’S COMING ....................................................337
OBJECT OF CHRIST’S COMING .......................................................340
THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST ................................................343
THE WORLD’S CONVERSION ..........................................................347
THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL ...........................................................352
THE MILLENNIUM .............................................................................355
LENGTH OF THE DAY OF THE LORD .............................................360
ELIJAH THE PROPHET .......................................................................362
PART VIII
THE LAW OF GOD
THE LAW OF GOD ..............................................................................369
PERPETUITY OF THE, LAW ..............................................................374
WHY THE LAW WAS GIVEN AT SINAI ..........................................379
PENALTY FOR TRANSGRESSION ...................................................383
THE LAW OF GOD IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGE ..........................386
THE LAW OF GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ..............................389
THE MORAL AND CEREMONIAL LAWS ........................................393
THE Two COVENANTS ......................................................................397
WHAT WAS ABOLISHED BY CHRIST .............................................405
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL ...........................................................409
PART IX
THE SABBATH
INSTITUTION OF THE SABBATH ....................................................415
GOD’S MEMORIAL .............................................................................418
REASONS FOR SABBATH-KEEPING ...............................................421
MANNER OF OBSERVING THE SABBATH ....................................425
CHRIST AND THE SABBATH ............................................................430
THE SABBATH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ....................................435
THE CHANGE OF THE SABBATH ....................................................439
THE SEAL OF GOD AND THE MARK OF APOSTASY ...................446
THE LORD’S DAY ...............................................................................451
WALKING As HE WALKED ...............................................................454
THE SABBATH IN HISTORY .............................................................457
SABBATH REFORM ............................................................................463
PART X
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY
THE AUTHOR OF LIBERTY ..............................................................471
THE POWERS THAT BE .....................................................................475
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY ....................................................482
UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE ....................................................484
SABBATH LEGISLATION ..................................................................488
WHO PERSECUTE AND WHY ...........................................................491
PART XI
LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST
ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND DESTINY OF SATAN ..............................499
WHAT IS MAN? ...................................................................................505
LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST .......................................................................509
THE INTERMEDIATE STATE ............................................................511
THE Two RESURRECTIONS ..............................................................514
FATE OF THE TRANSGRESSOR .......................................................519
THE MINISTRATION OF GOOD ANGELS .......................................523
THE DARK MINISTRIES OF BAD ANGELS ....................................530
SPIRITUALISM ....................................................................................533
PART XII
CHRISTIAN GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE
GROWTH IN GRACE ..........................................................................541
THE CHRISTIAN ARMOR ..................................................................543
WALKING IN THE LIGHT ..................................................................547
SAVING FAITH ....................................................................................551
TRIALS AND THEIR OBJECT ............................................................554
OVERCOMING ....................................................................................557
THE MINISTRY OF SORROW ............................................................560
COMFORT IN AFFLICTION ...............................................................562
TRUSTING IN JESUS ..........................................................................567
PATIENCE ............................................................................................569
CONTENTMENT ..................................................................................571
CHEERFULNESS .................................................................................573
CHRISTIAN COURTESY ....................................................................576
CONFESSING FAULTS AND FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER ..........577
THE DUTY OF ENCOURAGEMENT .................................................580
UNITY OF BELIEVERS .......................................................................582
MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY ............................................................585
SOBRIETY ............................................................................................589
WISDOM ...............................................................................................591
DILIGENCE...........................................................................................594
PERFECTION OF CHARACTER ........................................................597
SOWING AND REAPING ....................................................................599
PART XIII
PRAYER AND PUBLIC WORSHIPIMPORTANCE OF PRAYER ...............................................................603
MEDITATION AND PRAYER ............................................................607
WATCHING UNTO PRAYER .............................................................609
ANSWERS TO PRAYER .....................................................................611
PUBLIC WORSHIP ..............................................................................614
REVERENCE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD .........................................617
CHRISTIAN COMMUNION ................................................................621
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING .........................................................623
THE VALUE OF SONG .......................................................................625
PART XIV
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
THE GIFT OF GIVING .........................................................................629
PREACHING THE GOSPEL ................................................................631
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS WORK ....................................................635
MISSIONARY WORK ..........................................................................638
THE POOR, AND OUR DUTY TOWARD THEM ..............................641
CHRISTIAN HELP WORK ..................................................................644
VISITING THE SICK ...........................................................................647
HEALING THE SICK ...........................................................................648
PRISON WORK ....................................................................................652
ORDER AND ORGANIZATION .........................................................654
SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY ...........................................................657
FREE-WILL OFFERINGS ....................................................................661
HOSPITALITY ......................................................................................663
WHO IS THE GREATEST? ..................................................................664
PART XV
ADMONITION’S AND WARNINGS
PRIDE ....................................................................................................669
SELFISHNESS ......................................................................................671
COVETOUSNESS ................................................................................672
DEBTS ...................................................................................................678
RESPECT OF PERSONS ......................................................................681
BACKSLIDING ....................................................................................684
UNBELIEF ............................................................................................687
JUDGING ..............................................................................................690
GOSSIPING AND BACKBITING ........................................................693
ENVY, JEALOUSY, AND HATRED ...................................................697
HYPOCRISY .........................................................................................698
DANGER IN REJECTING LIGHT .......................................................700
THE JUST RECOMPENSE ..................................................................701
PART XVI
THE HOME
THE MARRIAGE INSTITUTION ........................................................705
A HAPPY HOME, AND HOW TO MAKE IT ....................................709
RELIGION IN THE HOME ..................................................................712
HONOR DUE TO PARENTS ...............................................................715
CHILD TRAINING ...............................................................................719
THE MOTHER ......................................................................................723
TEACHING THE CHILDREN .............................................................725
PROMISES FOR THE CHILDREN ......................................................729
EVILS OF CITY LIFE ..........................................................................731
PURITY .................................................................................................734
PART XVII
HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE
GOOD HEALTH ...................................................................................739
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE ...............................................................741
EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE ..............................................................745
THE WORLD’S CURSE .......................................................................748
SCRIPTURE ADMONITIONS .............................................................752
TRUE TEMPERANCE REFORM ........................................................755
PART XVIII
THE KINGDOM RESTORED
THE KINGDOM OF GLORY ...............................................................759
THE SAINTS’ INHERITANCE ............................................................760
PROMISES TO THE OVERCOMER ...................................................763
THE SUBJECTS OF THE KINGDOM .................................................765
ETERNAL LIFE ....................................................................................770
THE HOME OF THE SAVED ..............................................................772
THE NEW JERUSALEM ......................................................................778
THE CONFLICT ENDED .....................................................................782
PLEASURES FOR EVERMORE ..........................................................785
THE GAME OF LIFE ............................................................................787