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 leads sinners to repentance?
9. In what words to Peter did Jesus indicate the kind of service a converted person should render to his brethren?
What did the wise men of the East do when they had found Jesus?
Who were brought to Him for healing?
In what miracle did Christ bring to a climax His works on earth?
10. Because the disciples plucked a few ears of corn on the Sabbath day to satisfy hunger, what accusation did the Pharisees make against them to Christ?
What instruction does the Apostle John give touching this subject?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle