12. Are men's hearts now "failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming
on the earth"?
Answer
Everyone familiar with present-day conditions knows that this is the case.
NOTES - 'We are marching toward the unknown. Who knows what tomorrow has in store for
us?"-Signor Crispi, ex-Prime Minister of Italy.
"In regard to the future I am filled with disquietude when I think how easy it is to fan these
international jealousies, and how difficult it seems to allay them." -Lord Balfour, of England.
"In this world of ours we seem to ' be borne down by commercial and spiritual controversy. . . .
We grope in the daytime with fear and trembling for the future. Poor, distracted man is tossed over the
night to a more distraught tomorrow." John Wanamaker, ex-Postmaster-General of the United States.
"The bonds of society are relaxed; traditional principles are losing their sacredness, and perils
hitherto unknown are menacing the life of the social organism." Archbishop Ireland.
These, with forebodings of coming droughts, famines, fires, storms, earthquakes, tidal waves, and
pestilences, are filling men's hearts with fear.
In what prophecy was the work of reconciliation foretold?
What promise is made to the obedient?
For what are we told to pray at this time?
How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary by the Romans then foretold?
What is the character of God, and how only can He be truly worshipped?
What does Christ say about our duty to the state?
Whose prayers does Solomon say are an abomination?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle