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SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 06.
That which Saul called David, when dissuading him from ncountering Goliath.
The father of Bathsheba.
The city to which Demas went when he forsook St. Paul. The place where Zimri "slew his master."
The father of Milcah.
The native land of Ebedmelech.
The woman who was "justified by works."
The mother of David's sixth son.
The materials of which Jabin's chariots were made.
The ruler who was beaten before Gallio's judgment-seat. 'The father of the man to whom Jehu displayed his zeal. The rival of Tibni.
The child whose grandmother was his nurse, The first word written on the wall of Belshazzar's palace.. The initials of these words make a sentence in one of the parables which suggests that the day of grace is not yet past. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 97. 1. The witness-stone that kinsman raised On Gilead's mount on solemn day. 2. Whence came the spoilers whom the sword Of God and Gideon swept away? 3. A hill where outlaws spared a king, And foes were quickly turned to friends. 4. A warrior, whom, with change of name, Ilis chieftain on employment sends. 5. Once nigh to perish; of twelve sons The father, and of mighty race. 6. A city whence invaders driven, In mourning seek Jehovah's grace. 7. Where o'er the pain the idol reared Its height, and martyrs God revered. 8. Unrighteous judge, degenerate child; Brief was the rule his sin defiled. 'Th' initials and the finals show A loyal friend, a traitorous foe; Over a royal head they strive, And one departeth not alive; The latter justly death o'ertakes, The former gratitude forsakes.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 98. 1. A captain and a murderer, With sword he smote and perished so. 2. Foolish, while seeking to be wise, Tempted and tempting, wrought she woe. 8. Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, What else, but this we know "remaineth." i 62 4. God's priest, with too compliant art, A king's idolatry sustaineth. 5. Prince of the sons of Simeon In their appointed place. 6 Title of "the Jews' enemy," That marked his God cursed race. 7. A city "quiet, and secure," Till swift in ruin buried. 8. A Jewess of true Christian faith, To Grecian husband married. 9. Where the angels of God a wanderer met, Like a guardian camp around him set.
Th' initials and the finals show Two cities great and small; The first a kingdom's capital, Rich with all beauty, bright with history's glow; The second honored more, in power less, Little, yet not the least, royal in humbleness.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 99. 1. The first country visited by St. Paul after his conversion 2. Saul's eldest daughter. 3. A judge of Israel during eight years. 4. A town of Crete, by which St. Paul passed. 5. The possession of the children of Lot.
The initials and the finals give the names of two captains unlike in birth and service, alike in their end.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 100.
The city where Amaziah was slain.
The country which was a general resort in time of famine. The rival of Omri.
The word which signifies "Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting."
The man who is emphatically called "the Jews' enemy." The prophet who foretold the death of Ahab and Jezebel. The mother whose love for her children, when they were dead, is without earthly parallel.
Sennacherib's successor.
The man whom God appointed to utter destruction.
The king of Moab whom Israel served eighteen years.
The tribe which was set apart to bear the ark of the covenant. The prophet who foretold the discomfiture of Sennacherib. The mountain where Saul was slain.
The father of the prophet Jehu.
The king of Assyria who distressed Ahaz.
The initial letters of these names form a command which illustrates in the most sublime manner the power of God. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 101.
The man who brought David before Saul with Goliath's head in his hand.
The disciple whose surname was Thaddeus.
The city where St. Paul was when the inhabitants attempted to worship him.
The King of Heshbon.
The man who said, "I will not eat till I have told inine eirand" The first born son of Seth.
The place where the spies were sent.
Absalom's daughter.
The woman who "lent her child to the Lord."
The prophet who was told to anoint Hazael king.
The band to which Cornelius belonged. "The city of waters."
The country to which Jehoshaphat attempted to send ships for gold.
The place where Jonathan found honey.
The city where the angel appeared to the Virgin Mary. The initial letters of these words show the universal selfishness of human nature.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 102.
That which is the Christian's reproach and yet his glory. That which is a burden to be carried, and yet as wings to bear him along.
That which upon his forehead, is either the badge of Christ's soldier, or the brand of the deserter-may be discovered by the last letters of the following words: 1. One who digged again the wells of his father, which the enemy had stopped. 2. The mountain in which Esau dwelt. 3. A King of Egypt whose name consists of two letters. 4. The head of a household baptized by St. Paul. 5. The name of the Apostle who took the place of the traitor Judas.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 103. 1. First name a woman whose heroic faith Saved all his kindred from impending death. 2. A proposition next proceed to find, Two words of gracious invitation joined. 3 Whc judged God's people three-and-twenty years? 4. Who Abraham's brother's first born son appears?
The final letters form the name of one Who was that first heroic woman's son.
The initials give his name (his willing bride) Who was to her near kinsman first allied.
Both bride and mother came of heathen race Yet both were honored with special grace.
From them not kings alone may trace their birth, But one far greater than the kings of earth.
When God vouchsafed to take our mortal frame, Him as their child may both these woman claim.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 104.
Into what "parts" was Jesus led, What time he had four thousand fed?
And what was Paul, by birth, that he Should be from bonds and scourges free?
What epithet was once applied To him who Israel's host defied.
To Dura's plain the grandees go, Their seventh high rank and title show.
Through what was Christ, Pilate led, "Denied" and "killed" as Peter said?
Who is that king who gave the word, That he had from his mother heard?
Jezreel and Lo-ruhamah-tell Their young brother's name as well.
What "King of Kings" of mighty fame To Ezra wrote? Take half his name.
With care and diligence combined, An answer to each question find.
Write down each name of subject next, And prove it from the sacred text.
The first and final letters scanned, Behold! two names conjunctive stand.
One was a Jewess, one her lord, Who heard a Roman prisoner's word.
He said, though trembling, "Go thy way; I'll hear thee more another day."
Like him, alas! too many hear, But their obedient faith defer.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 105.
When Ruth had gleaned the field all day, She threshed and bore my first away To where the good Naomi dwelt, And eased the care the master felt.
When Barek fought and Sisera fled, My second came into his head; By Jael forcibly suggested, And Deborah's song the deed attested.
When Paul was in Damascus kept, My third conveyed him while they slept, That so he might escape their hand, And safely reach his fatherland, Divide in halves these terms rehearsed, And of their sections take the first; Then with due care combine the same, And you shall find a good man's name.
With Paul at Lystra see him now- They hail him Jupiter! and bow; But soon they drive, with changed opinion The apostles forth from their dominion.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 106.
Go to the land of Uz; that tried one see; Ask for his second daughter-lo! 'tis she.
Go to that mighty man, the third of three; Ask for the Hararite-behold! 'tis he.
Go to Shusham, a proud man's sons there be; Ask for the second, and behold! 'tis he.
Go to your tent; the childless patriarch see; Ask for his steward, and behold! 'tis he.
Go to Jerusalem; David's children see; Ask for Bathshua's eldest-lo! 'tis he.
Go down where Moses and his people be; Ask for the son of Raguel-lo! 'tis he.
The initials down, the finals upward trace, And lo! the scene of Israel's dire disgrace.
God said, "Go up, possess the land!"
But they drew back from his command.
There they rebelled. Through unbelief they fell.
If we their said example shun, 'tis well; We too are called a rest to win, But only faith shall enter in.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 107.
The father of Shimei.
The man who took Kirjath-Sepher.
The wife who delivered her husband into the hands of his en mies.
A servant in the house of John surnamed Mark.
The only one of our great religious festivals that is mentioned in the Bible. The name of the palace of Artaxerxes.
The place to which Paul and Barnabas came when they were expelled from. Antioch in Pisidia.
The wilderness between Elim and Sinai.
The birth place of St. Paul.
The man who in the most ungodly age of the world prophesied of the coming of the Lord with all his Saints. An impostor who collected 400 followers, but was eventually slain The place which was built seven years before Zoan.
The place "whose merchants" were princes and "whose traffickers" were "the honorable of the earth."