22. What did Augustine, the father of this theocratical or church-and-state theory, teach concerning
it?
Answer
"Who doubts but what it is better to be led to God by instruction than by fear of punishment or affliction?
But because the former, who will be guided only by instruction, are better, the others are still not to be
neglected. . . . Many, like bad servants, must often be reclaimed to their Master by the rod of temporal
suffering, ere they can attain to this highest stage of religious development. "-Id., pages 214, 215.
With what words do the Scriptures conclude the record of Christ's early life?
What course on the part of children is well pleasing to the Lord?
Is there danger of delaying correction too long?
Who was the last Babylonian king?
Have the worthies of old gone to their reward?
7. Near the close of the three and one-half years drought in Israel, brought about as a judgment did King Ahab bring against Elijah?
What did David say with reference to his being afflicted?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle