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SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 18. 1. What office did our Lord fulfil in offering Himself a sacrifice for sin? 2. What expression is used concerning Christ as of the house of David? 3. In what term does St. Paul, in his epistle to the Corinthians, speak of the relation of Christ to the Father. 4. What title of Christ, though given him in contempt.by nis enemies, was the fulfilment of a prophecy? 5. A name of our Saviour that indicates his wisdom? 6. In what prophetic language is the essential attribute of God ascribed to Christ. 7. A title by which our Lord's human descent is described? 8. Under what designation does prophecy indicate Christ as cleansing from all iniquity? 9. Name the grand office of Christ as our Divine Teacher. 10. What prophetic title of our Saviour shows Him to be both God and Man? 11. One of our Saviour's names taken from the Greek alphabet? 12. How does our Lord show IIimself to be the support of that temple built up of his elect? 13. What is it that Christ's people find in Him?
From these initials you will find The love of God to human kind.
He sent his Son from heaven on high, For us to suffer, bleed, and die.
Oh, happy time, when He shall come To bring us to our heavenly home- The war, and strife, and sin shall cease, And Jesus come to reign in peace.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 19. 1. One whom Paul called his own son in the faith. 2. A king who helped Solomon to build the temple. 3 A prophet who was seen hundreds of years after he died 4. The eldest sister of Rachel. 5. The grandfather of King David. 6. The eldest son of Jacob. 7. The youngest son of Jesse. 8. A distinguished teacher at Antioch. 9. A Roman officer who saved Paul's life. 10. A warrior who killed Goliath's brother. 11. A scribe who carried a message to Isaiah. 12. A king's son who killed his father. 13. One of the judges of Israel. 14. One of the best of the kings of Judah. 15. One of the ancestors of our Lord. 16. One of Job's comforters. 17. A great man among the Anakims. 18. A prophet who rebuked King David. 19. A prophetess who judged Israel. 20. The father of the first King of Israel. 22, The steward of Abraham's house. 22. The mother of Timothy. 23. The third Apostle called by Jesus. 21. An orator who accused Paul. 25. A king reproved by John the Baptist 26. A false prophet who withstood Paul. 27. A true prophet in the land of Chaldea The initials express an affectionate wish and devout benedie tion .
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 20. 1. "These have the world turned upside down." Where was this said ? this said? 2. Paul here, now nearly worshipped, now cast forth as dead. 3. The man whose purchased floor became the Temple's site. 4. In art and learning's seat, who hailed the gospel's light? 5. His people to chastise with scorpions, who had will? 6. Who David, weak through age, in battle hoped to kill ? 7. Twelve stones were here set up, which they from Jordan drew. 8. The mount where died the chief whose grave ne'er mortal knew. 9. The father of a queen who God's own prophet slew. Of 1 and 9, initials three retain ; Of 3, 5, two; and one of what remain :
A text in Psalms appears, which well may cheer The heart in every doubt, distress or fear.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 21. 1. A servant who gained part of his master's property by slander and deceit. 2. A high priest who tried to hinder a great work of the Lord. 3. A title of honor which our Lord told his disciples to refuse when called by it. 4. One of those classes of people who shall be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death. 5. The division of Palestine of which, at the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry, Philip, the husband of Herodias, was Tetrarch. 6. The soldier who, when with David, took away Saul's spear and cruse of water, while his guards were asleep. 7. The cousin of a prophet who bought a field from him, as a token that the children of Israel should return from their captivity in Babylon.
The initials and finals give the names of two women, sisters of a famous king of Israel. The first the mother of brave men, in connection with whom her name is often mentioned. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 22. 1. A man whose end exemplifies that "the love of money is the root of all evil." 2. A man who "prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord." 3. The town to which Elkanah belonged. 4. The country which bounded the dominions of Ahasuerus on the east. 5. The king of Elam who took Lot prisoner. 6. One of the prophets who incited the Jews to the building of the second temple. 7 The name which Joshua originally bore.
Ine initials of the above names form the name of a city taken by the Israelites where only one family was spared; the fins, of a city built by Omri, which was also his burial-place. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 23. 1. A tree with which a famous temple was built. 2. A tree under which idols were buried. 3. A prophet whom a king of Judah slew with the sword. 4. A city in Egypt, prophesied against by three prophets. 5. A tree into which one climbed to see Christ. 6. The place where the spies obtained the bunch of grapes 7. One called "the beloved physician." 8. One whose heart the Lord opened. 9 One from whom our Lord was a descendant. 10. One who caused her son to deceive.
The above initials form a name by which our Lord was called in the Old Testament.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 24. 1. What prophet did the Saviour's birth-place tell When He came down as man with men to dwell? 2. A term employed in God's most holy Word
Which doth His truth and faithfulness record? 3. A striking monument of heavenly grace
Who saw his blessed Saviour face to face? 4 The village where our risen Lord appeared,
And thus two sorrowing disciples cheered? 5. A holy seer who lived in David's davs,
And sang to God in sweetest songs of praise? 6. To whom did God an holy angel send, That He to Peter's message might attend? 7, What bird does on its wings its offspring bear,
An emblem of our Heavenly Father's care? 8. Who on King David's fortunes did attend,
And in his trials proved a constant friend? 9. The land from whence arose the world's true light,
When all around were sunk in deepest night? 10. What prophet's lips were touched with holy fire,
And spoke great words that still our hope inspire? 11. What beuteous plant did shadow forth our Lord,
And of His much-loved Church a type afford? 12 A stone the prophet Samuel did raise,
His God for a deliverance great to praise? 13. Whence did he come who, at his God's command,
Left home to sojourn in a foreign land? 14. Who in much trouble Zion's walls did raise;
Then to his God did render songs of praise? 15. The ancestor of one renowned for grace,
From whom descended the whole Jewish race? 16. A seer who led his people once to show Pity and mercy to a fallen foe? 17. What glorious time did shadow forth that day
When from this earth the curse shall pass away? 18. A prince, who by a pious king was sent,
That he might lead his people to repent? 19. What mystic word, inscribed on palace wall
By unknown hand, foretold great Babel's fall?
The initials take in order due their place, And then are read calm words of heavenly grace:
The last best gift that our Redeemer gave To those loved friends He came from heaven to save : Oh Lord, give ear unto our earnest prayer, And grant that we this blessed gift may share.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 25. 1. The cousin and wife of one of the patriarchs. 2. A king of Bashan who fought against Israel 3. A disobedient wife. 4. A beautiful girl who was the adopted child of her cousin. 5. A burden which we are to carry which is light and easy 6. One who is mentioned by St. Paul as a faithful and beloved brother. 7. Paul's helper in Christ. 8. A faithful daughter-in-law. 9. A high priest who helped to rebuild Jerusalem. 10. A captain of the Syrian army in the reign of Benhadad. 11. The eldest brother of a great king of Israel. 12. The heathen god for whom Paul was mistaken. 13 An archer who was the ancestor of a great nation. 14 One who became greater than his elder brother. 15. One who, with his daughters, built the wall of a ruined city.
The initial letters of the answers give one of our Lord's commands to those who follow Him.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 26. 1. The fifth son of a patriarch's earliest wife. 2. A prophet hither sailing risked his life. 8. "An Israelite indeed," as Christ declared. 4. Who, next to Korah named, his ruin shared, 5. Seditious boaster, whom Gamaliel mentions. 6. Here blindness foiled Elisha's foes' intentions. 7 A widow who her home would not resign, And say, "Thy God and people shall be mine. 8. The priest, before whom first our Lord they took 9 Loving this present world, who Paul forsook? 10. A word; but disintangle first the rest, And memory, then, this last link will suggest.
Of 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, initials two combine With three or 4 and 5, and one of 3 and 9.
Gracious appeal! thy highest weal at stake.
Bethink thee well what answer thou wilt make.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 27. 1. The only queen that over Judah reigned,
And her brief reign with cruel murder stained? 2. Who for herself did carve a tomb on high,
Then died an exile 'neath a foreign sky? 3. A city where who once its portals gained
Protection from pursuing foes obtained? 4. Who nobly braved a wicked monarch's ire
And walked unhurt amid the blazing fire ? 5. A symbol, first of God's forgiving grace,
That afterward showed the folly of our race ? 6. A shapeless stone which did from heaven fall
On which for aid the heathen world did call? 7. An emblem of our Saviour's gentle sway,
Easy to those who do their God obey? 8. Who did the brother of Goliath slay,
And valiantly upheld king David's sway? 9 A beauteous type of Christ's life-giving power, Who doth on earth the richest blessings shower 10. Who, when a ruler was oppressed with care, Assisted him to persevere in prayer? 11. Whose son taught men to strike the tuneful lyre,
And did their minds with harmony inspire? 12. Where did the patriarch a pillar raise
For visions sweet and bright his God to praise ? 13. Who made a feast, that former friends might prove
The blessings of a Saviour's care and love? 14. What mighty empire o'er the earth bore sway
When here on earth our blessed Lord did stay? 15. Who, when a prophet was by grief oppresst,
Did come to aid him and procure him rest? 16. The land for Israel's sake supremely blest,
Type of the Christian's everlasting rest? 17. An altar raised, for Israel's sons to trace
That they belonged to that much favored race? 18. Who was the grandsire of a mighty seer
Who taught the Jews to overcome their fear? 19. A beauteous emblem in the temple riven,
To show that Christ our Lord hath opened heaven ? 20. The holy priest who Israel's thousands led,
And before whom the waves of Jordan fled?
In these initials you will find Precept and promise both combined.
If you, by grace, the first obey, You then will find the heavenly way That leads you to the realms above, Where all is peace, and joy, and love.