Why is sorrow better than laughter?
Answer
"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Eccl. 7: 3.
NOTE - 'Many of the loveliest songs of peace and trust and hope which God's children sing in this
world they have been taught in the hushed and darkened chambers of sorrow. . . . Afflictions, sanctified,
soften the asperities of life. They tame the wildness of nature. They temper human ambitions. They burn
out the dross of selfishness and worldliness. They humble pride. They quell fierce passions. They reveal to
men their own hearts, their own weakness, faults, blemishes, and perils. They teach patience and
submission. They discipline unruly spirits. They deepen and enrich our experience."-"Week-Day
Religion," by J. R. Miller, D.D., Pages 92, 93.
What does God design that His Word shall be to us in this world of darkness, sin, and death?
What, in prophecy, is symbolized by waters?
Against what three things does the third angel of Revelation 14 warn men?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
By what means were the three Hebrews protected while in the fiery furnace?
How should we sympathize with others in their sorrows?
Whom will they be like?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle