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.
15. When God sent the Ninevites a warning message, how did they show their repentance, and what was the result?
What indwelling Power keeps such from sinning?
Of what were the works of Abraham an evidence?
What is necessary where there is a covenant?
What prophet had foretold Christ's ride into Jerusalem?
15. Were there to he no resurrection of the dead, what would be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ?
Where will all the saints then go?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle