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 is said of the tender compassion of God?
By what are men sanctified?
Against what are husbands cautioned?
Who did He say would enter the kingdom of heaven?
Who is this dragon said to be?
How does this association regard the Catholic Church on this point?
With what feelings does the Lord look upon His children?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle