In Genesis, the world was made by God's creative hand;

In Exodus, the Hebrews marched to gain the promised land;

Leviticus contains the Law, holy, and just and good;

Numbers records the tribes enrolled - all son's of Abraham's blood;

Moses in Deuteronomy records God's mighty deeds;

Brave Joshua into Canaan's land the host of Israel leads;

In Judges their rebellion oft provokes the Lord to smite;

But Ruth records the faith of one well-pleasing in His sight;

In first and second Samuel, of Jesse's son we read;

Ten tribes in first and second Kings revolted from his seed;

The first and second Chronicles see Judah made captive;

But Ezra leads a remnant back by princely Cyrus' aid;

The city wall of Zion, Nehemiah builds again;

While Esther saves her people from the plots of wicked men;

In Job, we read how faith will live beneath affliction's rod;

And Psalms of David are precious songs to every child of God;

And Proverbs, like a goodly string of choicest pearls appear;

Ecclesiastes teaches man how vain are all things here;

The mystic Songs of Solomon exalts sweet Sharon's rose;

Whilst Christ the Saviour and the King, the "rapt Isaiah" shows;

The mystic Jeremiah apostate Israel scorns ;

The plaintive Lamentations their awful downfall mourns;

Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of dazzling mysteries.

While kings and empires yet to come, Daniel in vision sees;

Of judgment and of mercy, Hosea loves to tell;

Joel describes the blessed days when God with man shall dwell;

Among Tekoa's herdsmen, Amos received His call;

While Obadiah prophesies of Edom's final fall;

Jonah enshrines a wondrous type of Christ, our risen Lord;

Micah pronounces Judah lost - lost, but again restored;

A view of Chaldea's coming doom Habakkuk's visions give;

Next Zephaniah warns the Jews to turn, repent and live;

Haggai compares disobedience and obedience to God;

The Zechariah lifts by an encouraging word;

Malachi was the last who touched the high prophetic cord;

It's final notes sublimely show the coming of the Lord.

Mathew and Mark and Luke and John, the Holy Gospel wrote;

Describing how the savior died - His life and all He taught;

Acts proves how God the apostles owned with signs in every place;

Paul, in Romans, teaches us how man is saved by grace;

The apostle, in Corinthians, instructs, exhorts, reproves;

Galathians shows that faith in Christ alone the Father loves;

Ephesians and Philippians tell what Christians ought to be;

Colossians bids us live to God and for eternity;

In Thessalonians we are taught the Lord will come from heaven;

In Timothy and Titus, a bishop's rule is given;

Philemon marks a Christian's love which only Christians know;

Hebrews reveals the Gospel prefigured by the law;

James teaches without holiness, faith is but vain and dead;

Peter points the narrow way in which the saints are led;

John in his three epistles on love delights to dwell;

Jude gives awful warning of judgment, wrath and hell;

The revelation prophesies of that tremendous day,

When Christ - and Christ alone - shall be the trembling sinner's stay.

( Selected - Author unknown)