My Brother's Keeper

Chapter 1

1. Ought I to read the Bible in regular order?

I think you ought. Not that this should be the only way of reading— but every day you should be going forward. Suppose you were roaming through a beautiful estate, and that your object was to learn all about it. You migh

Chapter 2

2. Ought I to commit verses to memory?

Most certainly you ought; at least half a dozen every day. The more you learn by rote, the more you will be able to learn. If you get six verses every morning, for one year, you will have learned more than two thousand v

Chapter 3

3. Ought I to read the Bible for amusement?

Not exactly. If you mean reading it with a thoughtless, careless mind, certainly not. But if you mean, reading its beautiful narratives, and its lively descriptions, because you admire them, and because it refreshes and

Chapter 4

Genesis, and I find it more charming than anything I ever saw in any

history or romance. Now there is no harm in your going to the Bible for pleasure, rather than to any other book. It is remarkable that more people do not find out how much interesting history the Scriptures contain. Just

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3. It should be of some use to body or mind.

The first requisite, that is entertainment, you will readily seek and find; but boys are not so careful to amuse themselves in a profitable, or even a harmless way. Let me call your attention to some of the amusements wh