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 God called in the Scriptures?
What are the Scriptures able to do for one who believes them?
16. When the prodigal son, in the parable, repented and turned toward home, what did his father do?
How much was included in the gift of Christ for the salvation of man?
By what title is the first state of the church distinguished?
What promise did God leave for these persecuted ones?
With what were many possessed in Christ's time?

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