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 condition is attained in obeying the truth?
Does the Papacy acknowledge that it has changed the Sabbath?
When the church had received help from the state to this extent, what more did she demand?
How long was Jerusalem to be trodden down of the Gentiles?
Where are the dead when they hear the voice of Christ calling them to life?
In bereavement, like whom should we not sorrow?
When Peter was imprisoned and about to be executed by Herod, what did the church do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle