shall be shaken, and Satan shall be east d o w n" (Rev. 12:7-9). " O u r God shall come and shall not keep silence; a' fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people" (Ps. 1:8, 4). " A n d the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lightning down of His arm, with the indignation of His anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with In Genesis all things begin; In Exodus God's son goes out; Leviticus provides for sin; And Numbers notes the pilgrim-route. In Deuteronomy they're charged The Law to keep without rebuke; Then Moses sings, his task discharged, And thus completes the Pentateuch. The Historical Books. In Joshua God divides the land; In Judges oft the tribes rebel; In Ruth the Kinsman gives his hand, Then First and Second Samuel And First and Second Kings, will tell The rise, division, and the fall Of Judah and of Israel. Two Chronicles review it all. In Ezra Jews return; the band, In Nehemiah, build the wall; While Esther _ shows the hidden-hand In J ewr y 's rise and Haman's fall. The Poetical Books. Job teaches faith to wait and bear; The Psalms are Zion's melodies; The Proverbs wisdom's words declare; Ecclessiastes vanities. The Song of Songs now hymns the love Between the Bridegroom and the Bride; Next Prophets, lightened from above, Exhort, and tell what shall betide. The Prophetical Books. Isaiah gospel grace proclaims, Christ's passion, triumph, and His reign; Then Jeremiah, numbering, names The length of captive Judah's chain; And Lamentations mourns her fall. The wonderous wheels Ezekiel sees, A temple, too, surpassing all; Daniel the end-time mysteries. Hosea chides the adulterous one; Joel predicts the last dread day; Amos the fall of David's throne;
scattering and tempest, and hailstones'' (Isa. 30:30). This hour is close at hand; yet today He is still saying, ' ' Lottk unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the e a r t h ; " " H o every one that thirsteth, come ye to the w a t e r s ;" " A n d who- soever will, let him take of the water of life f r e e l y " (Isa. 14:22, 4:1; Rev. 22:17). ' ' Wherefore-, the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your h e a r t s" (Heb. 4:7, 8). (Extracts taken from Phillip Mauro's new book on " M a n ' s Da y . ") Its rise again to rule for aye. In Obadiah Esau fails, Jacob by grace the birth-right wins. In Jonah life from death prevails To turn even Gentiles from their sins. Micah beholds the Star of Day On Bethlehem Ephratah's skies; Nahum the pride of Nineveh Ignoble fall, no more to rise. Habakkuk, Chaldea's doom detailed, For bloody deeds and cruel wrong, Declares that faith, tho all things failed, Would make Jehovah still her song. Then Zephaniah sings of rest When all the ransomed gather home; And Haggai sees that temple blest To which the Lord Himself hath come. In Zechariah springs the Branch, Two Shepherds; cloven Olivet; Last, Malachi foretells of staunch Elijah who is coming yet. The New Testament Books. Matthew, and Mark, and Luke entwine The words and deeds of Jesus, Lord; John proves the Savior, Christ, Divine; And Acts the Spirit's work records. F a i t h 's righteousness in Romans trace; The Church in both Corinthians; Galations proves us saved by grace; ' ' In H i m ' ' unlocks Ephesians. Philipians hath the message sweet, "Rejoice, r e j o i c e "; Colossians shows Believers all in Christ complete; i The Thessalonians propose The Christ and Antichrist to come. The Timothies and Titus, too, May pastors to their hearts take home; Philemon breathes a friendship .true. In Hebrews better things are said To be in Christ than Moses knew. James speaks of fruitless faith as dead, Of steadiest hope the Peters two. John's letters, three in number, treat Assurance, fellowship, and love;
THE BOOKS AND THEIR BURDENS. The Pentateuch.
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