D A I L Y - B R E A D


BEING A

CALENDAR FOR READING THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD IN A YEAR

By the late Rev. R. M. M'CHEYNE, M. A.





THE ADVANTAGES

1.     THE WHOLE BIBLE WILL BE READ THROUGH IN AN ORDERLY MANNER IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR. - The Old Testament once, the New Testament and Acts twice. I fear many of you never read the whole Bible, and yet it is all equally divine. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect." If we pass over some parts of Scripture we will be incomplete Christians.

2.     TIME WILL NOT BE WASTED IN CHOOSING WHAT PORTIONS TO READ. - Often believers are at a loss to determine towards which part of the mountains of spices they should bend their steps. Here the question will be solved at once in a very simple manner.

3.     THE PASTOR WILL KNOW IN WHICH PART OF THE PASTURE THE FLOCK ARE FEEDING. - He will thus be enabled to speak more suitably to them on the Sabbath: and both pastor and elders will be able to drop a word of light and comfort in visiting from house to house, which will be more readily responded to.

4.     THE SWEET BOND OF CHRISTIAN LOVE AND UNITY WILL BE STRENGTHENED. - We shall often be lead to think of those dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, who agree to join with us in reading these portions. We shall oftener be led to agree on earth, touching something we shall ask of God. We shall pray over the same promises, mourn over the same confessions, praise God in the same songs, and be nourished by the same words of eternal life.


 

DIRECTIONS

1.     The centre column contains the day of the month. The first two columns contain the chapters to be read in the family. The two last columns contain the portions to be read in secret.

2.     The head of the family should previously read each chapter for family worship, and mark two or three of the most prominent verses, upon which he may dwell, giving a few explanatory thoughts and asking a few simple questions.

3.     Frequently the portion named in the calendar for family reading might be read more suitably in secret: in which case the head of the family should intimate that it be read in private, and the chapter for secret reading may be used in the family.

4.     The portions read, both for family and private readings, 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." (Ps. cxix. 18).

5.     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.

6.     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 line and word of them. Let the marks be neatly done, never so as to abuse a copy of the Bible.

 



 

January

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him.

Family

.

Secret

Genesis

1

Matthew

1

1st

Ezra

1

Acts

1

Genesis

2

Matthew

2

2nd

Ezra

2

Acts

2

Genesis

3

Matthew

3

3rd

Ezra

3

Acts

3

Genesis

4

Matthew

4

4th

Ezra

4

Acts

4

Genesis

5

Matthew

5

5th

Ezra

5

Acts

5

Genesis

6

Matthew

6

6th

Ezra

6

Acts

6

Genesis

7

Matthew

7

7th

Ezra

7

Acts

7

Genesis

8

Matthew

8

8th

Ezra

8

Acts

8

Genesis

9-10

Matthew

9

9th

Ezra

9

Acts

9

Genesis

11

Matthew

10

10th

Ezra

10

Acts

10

Genesis

12

Matthew

11

11th

Nehemiah

1

Acts

11

Genesis

13

Matthew

12

12th

Nehemiah

2

Acts

12

Genesis

14

Matthew

13

13th

Nehemiah

3

Acts

13

Genesis

15

Matthew

14

14th

Nehemiah

4

Acts

14

Genesis

16

Matthew

15

15th

Nehemiah

5

Acts

15

Genesis

17

Matthew

16

16th

Nehemiah

6

Acts

16

Genesis

18

Matthew

17

17th

Nehemiah

7

Acts

17

Genesis

19

Matthew

18

18th

Nehemiah

8

Acts

18

Genesis

20

Matthew

19

19th

Nehemiah

9

Acts

19

Genesis

21

Matthew

20

20th

Nehemiah

10

Acts

20

Genesis

22

Matthew

21

21st

Nehemiah

11

Acts

21

Genesis

23

Matthew

22

22nd

Nehemiah

12

Acts

22

Genesis

24

Matthew

23

23rd

Nehemiah

13

Acts

23

Genesis

25

Matthew

24

24th

Esther

1

Acts

24

Genesis

26

Matthew

25

25th

Esther

2

Acts

25

Genesis

27

Matthew

26

26th

Esther

3

Acts

26

Genesis

28

Matthew

27

27th

Esther

4

Acts

27

Genesis

29

Matthew

28

28th

Esther

5

Acts

28

Genesis

30

Mark

1

29th

Esther

6

Romans

1

Genesis

31

Mark

2

30th

Esther

7

Romans

2

Genesis

32

Mark

3

31st

Esther

8

Romans

3


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February

I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Family

.

Secret

Genesis

33

Mark

4

1st

Esther

9-10

Romans

4

Genesis

34

Mark

5

2nd

Job

1

Romans

5

Genesis

35-36

Mark

6

3rd

Job

2

Romans

6

Genesis

37

Mark

7

4th

Job

3

Romans

7

Genesis

38

Mark

8

5th

Job

4

Romans

8

Genesis

39

Mark

9

6th

Job

5

Romans

9

Genesis

40

Mark

10

7th

Job

6

Romans

10

Genesis

41

Mark

11

8th

Job

7

Romans

11

Genesis

42

Mark

12

9th

Job

8

Romans

12

Genesis

43

Mark

13

10th

Job

9

Romans

13

Genesis

44

Mark

14

11th

Job

10

Romans

14

Genesis

45

Mark

15

12th

Job

11

Romans

15

Genesis

46

Mark

16

13th

Job

12

Romans

16

Genesis

47

Luke

1:1-38

14th

Job

13

1 Corinthians

1

Genesis

48

Luke

1:39ff

15th

Job

14

1 Corinthians

2

Genesis

49

Luke

2

16th

Job

15

1 Corinthians

3

Genesis

50

Luke

3

17th

Job

16-17

1 Corinthians

4

Exodus

1

Luke

4

18th

Job

18

1 Corinthians

5

Exodus

2

Luke

5

19th

Job

19

1 Corinthians

6

Exodus

3

Luke

6

20th

Job

20

1 Corinthians

7

Exodus

4

Luke

7

21st

Job

21

1 Corinthians

8

Exodus

5

Luke

8

22nd

Job

22

1 Corinthians

9

Exodus

6

Luke

9

23rd

Job

23

1 Corinthians

10

Exodus

7

Luke

10

24th

Job

24

1 Corinthians

11

Exodus

8

Luke

11

25th

Job

25-26

1 Corinthians

12

Exodus

9

Luke

12

26th

Job

27

1 Corinthians

13

Exodus

10

Luke

13

27th

Job

28

1 Corinthians

14

Exodus

11-12:21

Luke

14

28th

Job

29

1 Corinthians

15


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March

Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

Family

.

Secret

Exodus

12:22ff

Luke

15

1st

Job

30

1 Corinthians

16

Exodus

13

Luke

16

2nd

Job

31

2 Corinthians

1

Exodus

14

Luke

17

3rd

Job

32

2 Corinthians

2

Exodus

15

Luke

18

4th

Job

33

2 Corinthians

3

Exodus

16

Luke

19

5th

Job

34

2 Corinthians

4

Exodus

17

Luke

20

6th

Job

35

2 Corinthians

5

Exodus

18

Luke

21

7th

Job

36

2 Corinthians

6

Exodus

19

Luke

22

8th

Job

37

2 Corinthians

7

Exodus

20

Luke

23

9th

Job

38

2 Corinthians

8

Exodus

21

Luke

24

10th

Job

39

2 Corinthians

9

Exodus

22

John

1

11th

Job

40

2 Corinthians

10

Exodus

23

John

2

12th

Job

41

2 Corinthians

11

Exodus

24

John

3

13th

Job

42

2 Corinthians

12

Exodus

25

John

4

14th

Proverbs

1

2 Corinthians

13

Exodus

26

John

5

15th

Proverbs

2

Galatians

1

Exodus

27

John

6

16th

Proverbs

3

Galatians

2

Exodus

28

John

7

17th

Proverbs

4

Galatians

3

Exodus

29

John

8

18th

Proverbs

5

Galatians

4

Exodus

30

John

9

19th

Proverbs

6

Galatians

5

Exodus

31

John

10

20th

Proverbs

7

Galatians

6

Exodus

32

John

11

21st

Proverbs

8

Ephesians

1

Exodus

33

John

12

22nd

Proverbs

9

Ephesians

2

Exodus

34

John

13

23rd

Proverbs

10

Ephesians

3

Exodus

35

John

14

24th

Proverbs

11

Ephesians

4

Exodus

36

John

15

25th

Proverbs

12

Ephesians

5

Exodus

37

John

16

26th

Proverbs

13

Ephesians

6

Exodus

38

John

17

27th

Proverbs

14

Philippians

1

Exodus

39

John

18

28th

Proverbs

15

Philippians

2

Exodus

40

John

19

29th

Proverbs

16

Philippians

3

Leviticus

1

John

20

30th

Proverbs

17

Philippians

4

Leviticus

2-3

John

21

31st

Proverbs

18

Colossians

1


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April

O send out thy light and thy truth! let them lead me.

Family

.

Secret

Leviticus

4

Psalms

1-2

1st

Proverbs

19

Colossians

2

Leviticus

5

Psalms

3-4

2nd

Proverbs

20

Colossians

3

Leviticus

6

Psalms

5-6

3rd

Proverbs

21

Colossians

4

Leviticus

7

Psalms

7-8

4th

Proverbs

22

1 Thessalonians

1

Leviticus

8

Psalms

9

5th

Proverbs

23

1 Thessalonians

2

Leviticus

9

Psalms

10

6th

Proverbs

24

1 Thessalonians

3

Leviticus

10

Psalms

11-12

7th

Proverbs

25

1 Thessalonians

4

Leviticus

11-12

Psalms

13-14

8th

Proverbs

26

1 Thessalonians

5

Leviticus

13

Psalms

15-16

9th

Proverbs

27

2 Thessalonians

1

Leviticus

14

Psalms

17

10th

Proverbs

28

2 Thessalonians

2

Leviticus

15

Psalms

18

11th

Proverbs

29

2 Thessalonians

3

Leviticus

16

Psalms

19

12th

Proverbs

30

1 Timothy

1

Leviticus

17

Psalms

20-21

13th

Proverbs

31

1 Timothy

2

Leviticus

18

Psalms

22

14th

Ecclesiastes

1

1 Timothy

3

Leviticus

19

Psalms

23-24

15th

Ecclesiastes

2

1 Timothy

4

Leviticus

20

Psalms

25

16th

Ecclesiastes

3

1 Timothy

5

Leviticus

21

Psalms

26-27

17th

Ecclesiastes

4

1 Timothy

6

Leviticus

22

Psalms

28-29

18th

Ecclesiastes

5

2 Timothy

1

Leviticus

23

Psalms

30

19th

Ecclesiastes

6

2 Timothy

2

Leviticus

24

Psalms

31

20th

Ecclesiastes

7

2 Timothy

3

Leviticus

25

Psalms

32

21st

Ecclesiastes

8

2 Timothy

4

Leviticus

26

Psalms

33

22nd

Ecclesiastes

9

Titus

1

Leviticus

27

Psalms

34

23rd

Ecclesiastes

10

Titus

2

Numbers

1

Psalms

35

24th

Ecclesiastes

11

Titus

3

Numbers

2

Psalms

36

25th

Ecclesiastes

12

Philemon

1

Numbers

3

Psalms

37

26th

Song of Songs

1

Hebrews

1

Numbers

4

Psalms

38

27th

Song of Songs

2

Hebrews

2

Numbers

5

Psalms

39

28th

Song of Songs

3

Hebrews

3

Numbers

6

Psalms

40-41

29th

Song of Songs

4

Hebrews

4

Numbers

7

Psalms

42-43

30th

Song of Songs

5

Hebrews

5


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May

From a child thou hast known the Scriptures.

Family

.

Secret

Numbers

8

Psalms

44

1st

Song of Songs

6

Hebrews

6

Numbers

9

Psalms

45

2nd

Song of Songs

7

Hebrews

7

Numbers

10

Psalms

46-47

3rd

Song of Songs

8

Hebrews

8

Numbers

11

Psalms

48

4th

Isaiah

1

Hebrews

9

Numbers

12-13

Psalms

49

5th

Isaiah

2

Hebrews

10

Numbers

14

Psalms

50

6th

Isaiah

3-4

Hebrews

11

Numbers

15

Psalms

51

7th

Isaiah

5

Hebrews

12

Numbers

16

Psalms

52-54

8th

Isaiah

6

Hebrews

13

Numbers

17-18

Psalms

55

9th

Isaiah

7

James

1

Numbers

19

Psalms

56-57

10th

Isaiah

8-9:7

James

2

Numbers

20

Psalms

58-59

11th

Isaiah

9:8-10:4

James

3

Numbers

21

Psalms

60-61

12th

Isaiah

10:5ff

James

4

Numbers

22

Psalms

62-63

13th

Isaiah

11-12

James

5

Numbers

23

Psalms

64-65

14th

Isaiah

13

1 Peter

1

Numbers

24

Psalms

66-67

15th

Isaiah

14

1 Peter

2

Numbers

25

Psalms

68

16th

Isaiah

15

1 Peter

3

Numbers

26

Psalms

69

17th

Isaiah

16

1 Peter

4

Numbers

27

Psalms

70-71

18th

Isaiah

17-18

1 Peter

5

Numbers

28

Psalms

72

19th

Isaiah

19-20

2 Peter

1

Numbers

29

Psalms

73

20th

Isaiah

21

2 Peter

2

Numbers

30

Psalms

74

21st

Isaiah

22

2 Peter

3

Numbers

31

Psalms

75-76

22nd

Isaiah

23

1 John

1

Numbers

32

Psalms

77

23rd

Isaiah

24

1 John

2

Numbers

33

Psalms

78:1-37

24th

Isaiah

25

1 John

3

Numbers

34

Psalms

78:38ff

25th

Isaiah

26

1 John

4

Numbers

35

Psalms

79

26th

Isaiah

27

1 John

5

Numbers

36

Psalms

80

27th

Isaiah

28

2 John

1

Deuteronomy

1

Psalms

81-82

28th

Isaiah

29

3 John

1

Deuteronomy

2

Psalms

83-84

29th

Isaiah

30

Jude

1

Deuteronomy

3

Psalms

85

30th

Isaiah

31

Revelation

1

Deuteronomy

4

Psalms

86-87

31st

Isaiah

32

Revelation

2


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June

Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear.

Family

.

Secret

Deuteronomy

5

Psalms

88

1st

Isaiah

33

Revelation

3

Deuteronomy

6

Psalms

89

2nd

Isaish

34

Revelation

4

Deuteronomy

7

Psalms

90

3rd

Isaiah

35

Revelation

5

Deuteronomy

8

Psalms

91

4th

Isaiah

36

Revelation

6

Deuteronomy

9

Psalms

92-93

5th

Isaiah

37

Revelation

7

Deuteronomy

10

Psalms

94

6th

Isaiah

38

Revelation

8

Deuteronomy

11

Psalms

95-96

7th

Isaiah

39

Revelation

9

Deuteronomy

12

Psalms

97-98

8th

Isaiah

40

Revelation

10

Deuteronomy

13-14

Psalms

99-101

9th

Isaiah

41

Revelation

11

Deuteronomy

15

Psalms

102

10th

Isaiah

42

Revelation

12

Deuteronomy

16

Psalms

103

11th

Isaiah

43

Revelation

13

Deuteronomy

17

Psalms

104

12th

Isaiah

44

Revelation

14

Deuteronomy

18

Psalms

105

13th

Isaiah

45

Revelation

15

Deuteronomy

19

Psalms

106

14th

Isaiah

46

Revelation

16

Deuteronomy

20

Psalms

107

15th

Isaiah

47

Revelation

17

Deuteronomy

21

Psalms

108-109

16th

Isaiah

48

Revelation

18

Deuteronomy

22

Psalms

110-111

17th

Isaiah

49

Revelation

19

Deuteronomy

23

Psalms

112-113

18th

Isaiah

50

Revelation

20

Deuteronomy

24

Psalms

114-115

19th

Isaiah

51

Revelation

21

Deuteronomy

25

Psalms

116

20th

Isaiah

52

Revelation

22

Deuteronomy

26

Psalms

117-118

21st

Isaiah

53

Matthew

1

Deuteronomy

27-28:19

Psalms

119:1-24

22nd

Isaiah

54

Matthew

2

Deuteronomy

28:20ff

Psalms

119:25-48

23rd

Isaiah

55

Matthew

3

Deuteronomy

29

Psalms

119:49-72

24th

Isaiah

56

Matthew

4

Deuteronomy

30

Psalms

119:73-96

25th

Isaiah

57

Matthew

5

Deuteronomy

31

Psalms

119:97-120

26th

Isaiah

58

Matthew

6

Deuteronomy

32

Psalms

119:121-144

27th

Isaiah

59

Matthew

7

Deuteronomy

33-34

Psalms

119:145-176

28th

Isaiah

60

Matthew

8

Joshua

1

Psalms

120-122

29th

Isaiah

61

Matthew

9

Joshua

2

Psalms

123-125

30th

Isaiah

62

Matthew

10


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July

They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily.

Family

.

Secret

Joshua

3

Psalms

126-128

1st

Isaiah

63

Matthew

11

Joshua

4

Psalms

129-131

2nd

Isaish

64

Matthew

12

Joshua

5-6:5

Psalms

132-134

3rd

Isaiah

65

Matthew

13

Joshua

6:6ff

Psalms

135-136

4th

Isaiah

66

Matthew

14

Joshua

7

Psalms

137-138

5th

Jeremiah

1

Matthew

15

Joshua

8

Psalms

139

6th

Jeremiah

2

Matthew

16

Joshua

9

Psalms

140-141

7th

Jeremiah

3

Matthew

17

Joshua

10

Psalms

142-143

8th

Jeremiah

4

Matthew

18

Joshua

11

Psalms

144

9th

Jeremiah

5

Matthew

19

Joshua

12-13

Psalms

145

10th

Jeremiah

6

Matthew

20

Joshua

14-15

Psalms

146-147

11th

Jeremiah

7

Matthew

21

Joshua

16-17

Psalms

148

12th

Jeremiah

8

Matthew

22

Joshua

18-19

Psalms

149-150

13th

Jeremiah

9

Matthew

23

Joshua

20-21

Acts

1

14th

Jeremiah

10

Matthew

24

Joshua

22

Acts

2

15th

Jeremiah

11

Matthew

25

Joshua

23

Acts

3

16th

Jeremiah

12

Matthew

26

Joshua

24

Acts

4

17th

Jeremiah

13

Matthew

27

Judges

1

Acts

5

18th

Jeremiah

14

Matthew

28

Judges

2

Acts

6

19th

Jeremiah

15

Mark

1

Judges

3

Acts

7

20th

Jeremiah

16

Mark

2

Judges

4

Acts

8

21st

Jeremiah

17

Mark

3

Judges

5

Acts

9

22nd

Jeremiah

18

Mark

4

Judges

6

Acts

10

23rd

Jeremiah

19

Mark

5

Judges

7

Acts

11

24th

Jeremiah

20

Mark

6

Judges

8

Acts

12

25th

Jeremiah

21

Mark