Is this, for the time being, a source of pleasure?

Answer

"Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the
peaceable, fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Verse 11.
NOTE -- 'Many of the sweetest joys of Christian hearts are songs which have been learned in the
bitterness of trial." "Many a cold, icy nature is made warm and tender by the grief that crushes it.'! -"Week-Day Religion," by J. R. Miller, D.D., pages 91,93.

What does God design that His Word shall be to us in this world of darkness, sin, and death?
What ordinance is closely associated with believing the gospel ?
What concrete example makes clear the meaning of this doctrine?
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
How did the devil seek to induce Jesus to worship him?
By what three distinct acts, then, was the Sabbath made?
What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle