------------------------------------------------------------------------ M'Cheyne's calendar for daily readings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A concise course whereby one can read through the whole Bible once a year-- the Psalms & the New Testament twice Arranged by Robert Murry M'Cheyne 1. The centre column containes the day of the month. The first two columns contain the chapters to be read in the family. The last two columns contain the portions to be read in secret. 2. The head of the family should previously read over the chapter indicated for the family worship, and mark two or three of the most prominent verses, upon which he may dwell, giving a few explanatory thoughts, and asking several simple questions. 3. The portions read, both for family and private reading, would be greatly illuminated if they were preceded by a moment's silent prayer; 'Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law' (Psalm 119:18). 4. Let the conversation at the family meals frequently turn upon the chapter read; thus every meal will be a sacrament, being sanctified by the Word and prayer. 5. Let our private reading precede the dawning of the day. Let God's voice be the first we hear in the morning. Mark two or three of the richest verses and pray over every word and line of them. 6. Above all, use the Word as a lamp to your feet and a light to your path -- your guide in perplexity, your armour in temptation, your food in times of faintness. This calendar is published by the Banner of Truth Trust as an aid to systematic Bible reading. Included in the Trust's wide range of titles are a number of commentaries which will be found helpful for understanding the Word of God. Among them are A Commentary on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole (3 volumes) and The Four Gospels by David Brown. Write for illustrated catalogue THE BANNER OF TRUTH TRUST P.O. Box 621, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 17013, USA Sold in quantities: minimum order 10 copies, 60c; 25 copies $1.35 --------------------------------------------------------------- January This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Family | | Secret Genesis 1 Matthew 1 | 1 | Ezra 1 Acts 1 2 2 | 2 | 2 2 3 3 | 3 | 3 3 4 4 | 4 | 4 4 5 5 | 5 | 5 5 6 6 | 6 | 6 6 7 7 | 7 | 7 7 8 8 | 8 | 8 8 9,10 9 | 9 | 9 9 11 10 | 10 | 10 10 12 11 | 11 | Nehemiah 1 11 13 12 | 12 | 2 12 14 13 | 13 | 3 13 15 14 | 14 | 4 14 16 15 | 15 | 5 15 17 16 | 16 | 6 16 18 17 | 17 | 7 17 19 18 | 18 | 8 18 20 19 | 19 | 9 19 21 20 | 20 | 10 20 22 21 | 21 | 11 21 23 22 | 22 | 12 22 24 23 | 23 | 13 23 25 24 | 24 | Esther 1 24 26 25 | 25 | 2 25 27 26 | 26 | 3 26 28 27 | 27 | 4 27 29 28 | 28 | 5 28 30 Mark 1 | 29 | 6 Romans 1 31 2 | 30 | 7 2 32 3 | 31 | 8 3 --------------------------------------------------------------- February I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Family | | Secret Genesis 33 Mark 4 | 1 | Esther 9,10 Romans 4 34 5 | 2 | Job 1 5 35,36 6 | 3 | 2 6 37 7 | 4 | 3 7 38 8 | 5 | 4 8 39 9 | 6 | 5 9 40 10 | 7 | 6 10 41 11 | 8 | 7 11 42 12 | 9 | 8 12 43 13 | 10 | 9 13 44 14 | 11 | 10 14 45 15 | 12 | 11 15 46 16 | 13 | 12 16 47 Luke 1:1-38| 14 | 13 1 Cor 1 48 1:39-80| 15 | 14 2 49 2 | 16 | 15 3 50 3 | 17 | 16,17 4 Exodus 1 4 | 18 | 18 5 2 5 | 19 | 19 6 3 6 | 20 | 20 7 4 7 | 21 | 21 8 5 8 | 22 | 22 9 6 9 | 23 | 23 10 7 10 | 24 | 24 11 8 11 | 25 | 25,26 12 9 12 | 26 | 27 13 10 13 | 27 | 28 14 11,12:1-21 14 | 28 | 29 15 --------------------------------------------------------------- March Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Family | | Secret Exodus 12:22-51 15 | 1 | Job 30 1 Cor 16 13 Luke 16 | 2 | 31 2 Cor 1 14 17 | 3 | 32 2 15 18 | 4 | 33 3 16 19 | 5 | 34 4 17 20 | 6 | 35 5 18 21 | 7 | 36 6 19 22 | 8 | 37 7 20 23 | 9 | 38 8 21 24 | 10 | 39 9 22 John 1 | 11 | 40 10 23 2 | 12 | 41 11 24 3 | 13 | 42 12 25 4 | 14 | Proverbs 1 13 26 5 | 15 | 2 Galat 1 27 6 | 16 | 3 2 28 7 | 17 | 4 3 29 8 | 18 | 5 4 30 9 | 19 | 6 5 31 10 | 20 | 7 6 32 11 | 21 | 8 Ephes 1 33 12 | 22 | 9 2 34 13 | 23 | 10 3 35 14 | 24 | 11 4 36 15 | 25 | 12 5 37 16 | 26 | 13 6 38 17 | 27 | 14 Phili 1 39 18 | 28 | 15 2 40 19 | 29 | 16 3 Leviticus 1 20 | 30 | 17 4 2,3 21 | 31 | 18 Colos 1 --------------------------------------------------------------- April O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me. Family | | Secret Leviticus 4 Psalm 1,2 | 1 | Proverbs 19 Colos 2 5 3,4 | 2 | 20 3 6 5,6 | 3 | 21 4 7 7,8 | 4 | 22 1 Thes 1 8 9 | 5 | 23 2 9 10 | 6 | 24 3 10 11,12 | 7 | 25 4 11,12 13,14 | 8 | 26 5 13 15,16 | 9 | 27 2 Thes 1 14 17 | 10 | 28 2 15 18 | 11 | 29 3 16 19 | 12 | 30 1 Tim 1 17 20,21 | 13 | 31 2 18 22 | 14 | Eccles 1 3 19 23,24 | 15 | 2 4 20 25 | 16 | 3 5 21 26,27 | 17 | 4 6 22 28,29 | 18 | 5 2 Tim 1 23 30 | 19 | 6 2 24 31 | 20 | 7 3 25 32 | 21 | 8 4 26 33 | 22 | 9 Titus 1 27 34 | 23 | 10 2 Numbers 1 35 | 24 | 11 3 2 36 | 25 | 12 Phile 1 3 37 | 26 | Song 1 Hebrews 1 4 38 | 27 | 2 2 5 39 | 28 | 3 3 6 40,41 | 29 | 4 4 7 42,43 | 30 | 5 5 --------------------------------------------------------------- May From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures. Family | | Secret Numbers 8 Psalm 44 | 1 | Song 6 Hebrews 6 9 45 | 2 | 7 7 10 46,47 | 3 | 8 8 11 48 | 4 | Isaiah 1 9 12,13 49 | 5 | 2 10 14 50 | 6 | 3,4 11 15 51 | 7 | 5 12 16 52-54 | 8 | 6 13 17,18 55 | 9 | 7 James 1 19 56,57 | 10 | 8,9:1-7 2 20 58,59 | 11 | 9:8-10:4 3 21 60,61 | 12 | 10:5-34 4 22 62,63 | 13 | 11,12 5 23 64,65 | 14 | 13 1 Peter 1 24 66,67 | 15 | 14 2 25 68 | 16 | 15 3 26 69 | 17 | 16 4 27 70,71 | 18 | 17,18 5 28 72 | 19 | 19,20 2 Peter 1 29 73 | 20 | 21 2 30 74 | 21 | 22 3 31 75,76 | 22 | 23 1 John 1 32 77 | 23 | 24 2 33 78:1-37| 24 | 25 3 34 78:38-72| 25 | 26 4 35 79 | 26 | 27 5 36 80 | 27 | 28 2 John 1 Deut 1 81,82 | 28 | 29 3 John 1 2 83,84 | 29 | 30 Jude 1 3 85 | 30 | 31 Revel 1 4 86,87 | 31 | 32 2 --------------------------------------------------------------- June Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear. Family | | Secret Deut 5 Psalm 88 | 1 | Isaiah 33 Revel 3 6 89 | 2 | 34 4 7 90 | 3 | 35 5 8 91 | 4 | 36 6 9 92,93 | 5 | 37 7 10 94 | 6 | 38 8 11 95,96 | 7 | 39 9 12 97,98 | 8 | 40 10 13,14 99-101 | 9 | 41 11 15 102 | 10 | 42 12 16 103 | 11 | 43 13 17 104 | 12 | 44 14 18 105 | 13 | 45 15 19 106 | 14 | 46 16 20 107 | 15 | 47 17 21 108,109 | 16 | 48 18 22 110,111 | 17 | 49 19 23 112,113 | 18 | 50 20 24 114,115 | 19 | 51 21 25 116 | 20 | 52 22 26 117,118 | 21 | 53 Matthew 1 27,28:1-19 119:1-24| 22 | 54 2 28:20-68 119:25-48| 23 | 55 3 29 119:49-72| 24 | 56 4 30 119:73-96| 25 | 57 5 31 119:97-120| 26 | 58 6 32 119:121-144| 27 | 59 7 33,34 119:145-176| 28 | 60 8 Joshua 1 120-122| 29 | 61 9 2 123-125| 30 | 62 10 --------------------------------------------------------------- July The received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily. Family | | Secret Joshua 3 Ps 126-128| 1 | Isaiah 63 Matthew 11 4 129-131| 2 | 64 12 5,6:1-5 132-134| 3 | 65 13 6:6-27 135,136| 4 | 66 14 7 137,138| 5 | Jeremiah 1 15 8 139| 6 | 2 16 9 140,141| 7 | 3 17 10 142,143| 8 | 4 18 11 144| 9 | 5 19 12,13 145| 10 | 6 20 14,15 146,147| 11 | 7 21 16,17 148| 12 | 8 22 18,19 149,150| 13 | 9 23 20,21 Acts 1 | 14 | 10 24 22 2 | 15 | 11 25 23 3 | 16 | 12 26 24 4 | 17 | 13 27 Judges 1 5 | 18 | 14 28 2 6 | 19 | 15 Mark 1 3 7 | 20 | 16 2 4 8 | 21 | 17 3 5 9 | 22 | 18 4 6 10 | 23 | 19 5 7 11 | 24 | 20 6 8 12 | 25 | 21 7 9 13 | 26 | 22 8 10,11:1-11 14 | 27 | 23 9 11:12-23 15 | 28 | 24 10 12 16 | 29 | 25 11 13 17 | 30 | 26 12 14 18 | 31 | 27 13 --------------------------------------------------------------- August Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. Family | | Secret Judges 15 Acts 19 | 1 | Jeremiah 28 Mark 14 16 20 | 2 | 29 15 17 21 | 3 | 30,31 16 18 22 | 4 | 32 Psalm 1,2 19 23 | 5 | 33 3,4 20 24 | 6 | 34 5,6 21 25 | 7 | 35 7,8 Ruth 1 26 | 8 | 36,45 9 2 27 | 9 | 37 10 3,4 28 | 10 | 38 11,12 1 Sam 1 Romans 1 | 11 | 39 13,14 2 2 | 12 | 40 15,16 3 3 | 13 | 41 17 4 4 | 14 | 42 18 5,6 5 | 15 | 43 19 7,8 6 | 16 | 44 20,21 9 7 | 17 | 46 22 10 8 | 18 | 47 23,24 11 9 | 19 | 48 25 12 10 | 20 | 49 26,27 13 11 | 21 | 50 28,29 14 12 | 22 | 51 30 15 13 | 23 | 52 31 16 14 | 24 | Lament 1 32 17 15 | 25 | 2 33 18 16 | 26 | 3 34 19 1 Corin 1 | 27 | 4 35 20 2 | 28 | 5 36 21,22 3 | 29 | Ezekiel 1 37 23 4 | 30 | 2 38 24 5 | 31 | 3 39 --------------------------------------------------------------- September The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. Family | | Secret 1 Samuel 25 1 Cor 6 | 1 | Ezekiel 4 Ps 40,41 26 7 | 2 | 5 42,43 27 8 | 3 | 6 44 28 9 | 4 | 7 45 29,30 10 | 5 | 8 46,47 31 11 | 6 | 9 48 2 Samuel 1 12 | 7 | 10 49 2 13 | 8 | 11 50 3 14 | 9 | 12 51 4,5 15 | 10 | 13 52-54 6 16 | 11 | 14 55 7 2 Cor 1 | 12 | 15 56,57 8,9 2 | 13 | 16 58,59 10 3 | 14 | 17 60,61 11 4 | 15 | 18 62,63 12 5 | 16 | 19 64,65 13 6 | 17 | 20 66,67 14 7 | 18 | 21 68 15 8 | 19 | 22 69 16 9 | 20 | 23 70,71 17 10 | 21 | 24 72 18 11 | 22 | 25 73 19 12 | 23 | 26 74 20 13 | 24 | 27 75,76 21 Galatians 1 | 25 | 28 77 22 2 | 26 | 29 78:1-37 23 3 | 27 | 30 78:38-72 24 4 | 28 | 31 79 1 Kings 1 5 | 29 | 32 80 2 6 | 30 | 33 81,82 --------------------------------------------------------------- October O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Family | | Secret 1 Kings 3 Ephesians 1 | 1 | Ezekiel 34 Ps 83,84 4,5 2 | 2 | 35 85 6 3 | 3 | 36 86 7 4 | 4 | 37 87,88 8 5 | 5 | 38 89 9 6 | 6 | 39 90 10 Philipp 1 | 7 | 40 91 11 2 | 8 | 41 92,93 12 3 | 9 | 42 94 13 4 | 10 | 43 95,96 14 Colossi 1 | 11 | 44 97,98 15 2 | 12 | 45 99-101 16 3 | 13 | 46 102 17 4 | 14 | 47 103 18 1 Thess 1 | 15 | 48 104 19 2 | 16 | Daniel 1 105 20 3 | 17 | 2 106 21 4 | 18 | 3 107 22 5 | 19 | 4 108,109 2 Kings 1 2 Thess 1 | 20 | 5 110,111 2 2 | 21 | 6 112,113 3 3 | 22 | 7 114,115 4 1 Timothy 1| 23 | 8 116 5 2 | 24 | 9 117,118 6 3 | 25 | 10 119:1-24 7 4 | 26 | 11 119:25-48 8 5 | 27 | 12 119:49-72 9 6 | 28 | Hosea 1 119:73-96 10 2 Timothy 1| 29 | 2 119:97-120 11,12 2 | 30 | 3,4 119:121-144 13 3 | 31 | 5,6 119:145-176 --------------------------------------------------------------- November As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. Family | | Secret 2 Kings 14 2 Tim 4 | 1 | Hosea 7 Ps 120-122 15 Titus 1 | 2 | 8 123-125 16 2 | 3 | 9 126-128 17 3 | 4 | 10 129-131 18 Philem 1 | 5 | 11 132-134 19 Hebrews 1 | 6 | 12 135,136 20 2 | 7 | 13 137,138 21 3 | 8 | 14 139 22 4 | 9 | Joel 1 140,141 23 5 | 10 | 2 142 24 6 | 11 | 3 143 25 7 | 12 | Amos 1 144 1 Chro 1,2 8 | 13 | 2 145 3,4 9 | 14 | 3 146,147 5,6 10 | 15 | 4 148-150 7,8 11 | 16 | 5 Luke 1:1-38 9,10 12 | 17 | 6 1:39-80 11,12 13 | 18 | 7 2 13,14 James 1 | 19 | 8 3 15 2 | 20 | 9 4 16 3 | 21 | Obadiah 1 5 17 4 | 22 | Jonah 1 6 18 5 | 23 | 2 7 19,20 1 Peter 1 | 24 | 3 8 21 2 | 25 | 4 9 22 3 | 26 | Micah 1 10 23 4 | 27 | 2 11 24,25 5 | 28 | 3 12 26,27 2 Peter 1 | 29 | 4 13 28 2 | 30 | 5 14 --------------------------------------------------------------- December The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Family | | Secret 1 Chr 29 2 Peter 3 | 1 | Micah 6 Luke 15 2 Chr 1 1 John 1 | 2 | 7 16 2 2 | 3 | Nahum 1 17 3,4 3 | 4 | 2 18 5,6:1-11 4 | 5 | 3 19 6:12-23 5 | 6 | Habakkuk 1 20 7 2 John 1 | 7 | 2 21 8 3 John 1 | 8 | 3 22 9 Jude 1 | 9 | Zephaniah 1 23 10 Revel 1 | 10 | 2 24 11,12 2 | 11 | 3 John 1 13 3 | 12 | Haggai 1 2 14,15 4 | 13 | 2 3 16 5 | 14 | Zechariah 1 4 17 6 | 15 | 2 5 18 7 | 16 | 3 6 19,20 8 | 17 | 4 7 21 9 | 18 | 5 8 22,23 10 | 19 | 6 9 24 11 | 20 | 7 10 25 12 | 21 | 8 11 26 13 | 22 | 9 12 27,28 14 | 23 | 10 13 29 15 | 24 | 11 14 30 16 | 25 | 12,13:1 15 31 17 | 26 | 13:2-9 16 32 18 | 27 | 14 17 33 19 | 28 | Malachi 1 18 34 20 | 29 | 2 19 35 21 | 30 | 3 20 36 22 | 31 | 4 21