Why is sorrow better than laughter?
Answer
"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Eccl. 7: 3.
NOTE - 'Many of the loveliest songs of peace and trust and hope which God's children sing in this
world they have been taught in the hushed and darkened chambers of sorrow. . . . Afflictions, sanctified,
soften the asperities of life. They tame the wildness of nature. They temper human ambitions. They burn
out the dross of selfishness and worldliness. They humble pride. They quell fierce passions. They reveal to
men their own hearts, their own weakness, faults, blemishes, and perils. They teach patience and
submission. They discipline unruly spirits. They deepen and enrich our experience."-"Week-Day
Religion," by J. R. Miller, D.D., Pages 92, 93.
Did Jesus ever make use of ordinary means in performing His miracles?
Why. should fathers not provoke their children to anger?
9. What testimony did the Apostle Peter bear concerning his experience on the mount of transfiguration?
18. What is said of those who live to see the deliverance from modern Babylon, and the restoration of the true gospel?
When God brought His people out of Egypt, how did He republish His law?
What is the love of God?
When are the righteous to be recompensed?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle