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 exhortation is based upon Christ's love for us?
Whose voice had more weight with Saul than had the commandment of God?
What promise is made to the obedient?
By what was the third universal empire symbolized?
In this covenant with Israel, what obligation was imposed upon the people?
26. When Israel had apostatized, and were almost universally worshipping Baal, what appeal did Elijah make to them?
When are the righteous to be recompensed?

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