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Anagrams, Acrostics and Puzzles: Israelitish

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 9. 1. A man who made a wretched choice. 2. A man raised up as a deliverer. 3. A woman beautiful and well-favored. 4. A woman called " a mother in Israel." 5. A king of Egypt who besieged Jerusalem. 6. A king of Israel rebuked by a prophet. 7. A queen who made a great feast. 8. A queen who saved her nation. 9. A city famous in the early history of the world. 10. A city in Asia mentioned in the New Testament. 11. A letter which commences no name in the Bible. 12. A letter of the earliest-named place in the Bible. 13. A nation often at war with the Jews. 14. A nation that had wars with Assyria: 15 A place mentioned in Paul's last voyage. 16. A place visited by Paul and Barnabas. 17. A mountain possessed by the Edomites. 18. A mountain where the Lord spake to Israel.

The initials give words spoken in a time of great peril. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 10. 1. The father of Dathan and Abiram. 2. The beloved physician. 3. The surname of a traitor. 4. The name of a miraculous spring. 5. The mount of cursing. 6. Where a herd of swine perished. 7. A valley where a famous event took place. 8. A city of Phrygia, to which Paul addressed an (pistle 9. The place where a Syrian captain was defeated.

The initials of the answers will give the name of a sojourner in the land of Moab, and the finals that of his native town. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 11. 1. An Israelitish leader who conquered the host of Midian. 2. A cunning hunter. 3. A prophet, a native of Elkosh. 4. One whom the Lord refused for his anointed. 5. The wife of Zebedee. 6. The second son of Kohath. 7. The chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth.

The initials and finals of the answers will give the names of two books of the Bible.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 12. 1. This sacrifice was offered at Ilis birth.

Who lived, despised and poor, upon the earth. 2. Calling the wise men (for he greatly feared), Ile asked of them what time the star appeared. 3. Warned by an angel, thither Joseph went, Ere the dark hours of night were fully spent. 4. He slept, and God, in pity and in love, Gave him, in this, a glimpse of heaven above. 5. The tribe of one who served God night and day, And in the temple lived to watch and pray. 6. Take it upon you, in your Saviour's might; In youth 'tis easy, and 'tis rest at night. 7. Men saw its light, at heaven's eastern gate; It passed before them, and their joy was great. 8. In haste 'twas eaten, with the staff in hand; For Israel's children sought a better land. 9. Her little ones as Christian martyrs slept, She knows not, and refusing comfort wept. 10. The prophecy, a virgin shall conceive, Will tell the name which she her Son should give. 11. 'T was here in wisdom and in stature too, And grace with God and man, our Saviour grew. 12. The place where Christ bade his disciples stay, Whilst he should leave them for a time to pray.

The initials give the whole.

Through God's great mercy, in sin's blackest night It came from heaven, to give his people light; To bid our fears in death's dark shadows cease, Guiding our feet into the way of peace.