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Key to Enigma No. 72. -Do Good

O-bededem..

O-rpah.

D-avid ...... ......... ... ... ... .Judges iv. 9. .1 Kings xviii. 13. .2 Kings v. 20, 22. .2 Sam. vi. 10.

Ruth i. 4. .2 Sam. xviii. 13.

ΚΕΥ ΤΟ ΕΝIGMA NO. 73. - MOSES-AARON. 1. M-ammo-n. .......

Luke xvi. 9-14. 2. O-n-o...

Neh. vi. 2; xi. 35. 3. S-hina-r.. 4. E-phphath-a........ Mark vii. 34. 5. S-heb-a.....

Gen. xi. 1-9. ...... 1 Kings x. 2, 10; Jer. vi 20; Ezek xxvii. 22.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 74. -THE BRANCH.-2 ec 1.8 71 12 1. T-eman. .. 2. II-or.... 3. E-lisheba.. ..... ....

Gen. xxxvi. 15.

Num. xx. 22, 23.

Exodus vi. 25. 4. Barnabas... .. ..

Acts xiv. 12. 5. R-ephidim........... Ex. xvii. 1, 3. 6. A-mram.. ....... 7. N-icodemus.. 8. C-ephas.. 9. H-anani.

Ex. vi. 20. .John iii. 1, 3. .John i. 42. .2 Chrou. vvi. 7 KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 75.-DAGON.-1 Sam. v. 1-7. 1. D-oeg.. 3. G-edaliah.... 2. A-hithophel......... .2 Sam. xvii. 1-3, 23. 4. O-bed.. .. 5. N-adal. .. .1 Sam. xxi. 7; xxii. 9. .2 Kings xxv. 22-26; Jer. xi, 7- 12; xli. 2-10. .2 Chron. xxviii, 6-15. .1 Sam. xxv. 3, 33.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 76. -" HOW MANIFOLD ARE THY WORKS." -Ps. cix. 24. .... ... ... ....... ....... 1. II-yssop... 2. O-aks of Bashan 3. W-illow trees. 4. M-yrtle tree.. 5. A-lmond tree. 6. N-uts... 7. I-sraelites. ...... .. 8. F-ig tree. 9. O-il tree. ... .. 10. L-ign aloes. 11. D-ry tree. .. ......... 12. A-lmug tree.. ... .... 13. R-ose. 14. E-den. 15. T-ree of life. 16. II-eath. 17. Y-ear by year. 18. W-heat.. ... 19. O-live tree. ... .. 20. R-od.. 21. K-ernels. 22. S-ycamore tree.. ... .. ... ... .... .1 Kings iv. 33.

Isa. ii. 13.

Psa. cxxxvii. 2.

Isa lv. 13.

Eccles. xii. 5.

Gen. xliii. 2.

Exod. xv. 27.

Matt. xxiv. 32.

Isa. xii. 19.

Num. xxiv. 5, 6.

Ezek. xvii. 24. 1 Kings x. 11, 12.

Isa. xxxv. 1.

Gen. ii. 9.

Rev. xxii. 2. .Jer. xvii. 5, 6.

Deut. xiv. 22.

Exod. ix. 32.

Judges ix. 8, 9.

Num. xvii. 8.

Num. vi. 4.

Luke xix. 45. &RY TO ENIGMA NO. 77.-" EVEN CHRIST PLEASED NOT HIM 1. E-sther........ 2. V-oshni... 3. E-li.. ..

SELF."-Rom. xv. 3. .. ........... 4. N-ebuchadnezzer. 5. C-esar 6. 11-ezekiah 7. R-abshakeh.. 8. I-saiah. 9. S-himei. 10. T-homas. .... ... .... .......... 11. P-aul... 12. L-aban.. .. 13. E-ve. 14. A-sabel... 15. S-amson. .. ......... ......... 16. E-sau. 17. D-avid. 18. N-abal. 19. O-badiah. 20. T-arshish.. 21. H-ushai. 22. I-saac.. 23. M-ary.. 24. S-imeon.. 25. E-liezer.. ... ...... .... : .......... ......... 26. L-ebanon. 27. Felix. .. .. .. .. ..

Esther vii. 3. 1 Chron. vi. 28. .1 Sam. iv. 10, 11. .2 Chron. xxxvi. 20.

Luke ii. 1. .2 Kings xx. 1-7. .2 Kings xviii. 19. .2 Kings xix. 5, 6. .2 Sam. xvi. 5.

John xx. 24.

Acts ix. 8, 16.

Gen. xxxi. 24.

Gen. iii. .2 Sam. ii. 18. .Judges xvi.

Gen. xxv. 27-34. 1 Sam. xvii. 49. 1 Sam. xxv. 10. 1 Kings xviii. 1. 2 Chron. ix. 21. .2 Sam. xv. 32 Gen. xxvi. 7.

Mark xvi. 9.

Gen. xlii. 24.

Gen. xv. 2; xxiv. .2 Chron. ii. 8.

Acts xxiv. 27.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 78. -LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. - Matt v. 44 1 L-uke......... 2. O-phir... 3. V-ine.... 4. E-shcol... .1 Tim. iv. 11; Coi. iv 14. .1 Kings ix. 28; x. 11.

John xv.

Numbers xiii. 23. 5. Y-early...... 6. O-bed-Edom .. 7. U-zzah 8. R-hoboam. ..... 9. E-lijah.. ... ... 11. E-lah. 10. N-icodemus.

IHeb. ix. 7, etc. .5 Sam. vi. 11. .2 Sam. vi. 6, 7. 1 Kings xii. 8. .2 Kings ii. 11. .John iii. 1. 1 Kings xvi. 10. 12. M-anasseh (55 years). 2 Chron. xxxiii. 1. 13. I-saac.

Gen. xxvii. .. 14. E-zekel. ...... ......

Ezek. iii. 26; xxiv. 27. 15. S-heba.. .. .2 Sam. xx.

ΚΕΥ ΤΟ ΕΝIGMA NO. 79. - ELIJAH-ELISHA 1. E-unic-e. .. ..... .. 2. I-emue-l.. 3. I-tta-i.. 4. J-ebusite-s. 5. A-drammelec-h. .. 6. H-ammedath-a ... .. .2 Tim. i. 5.

Prov. xxx. 1. .2 Sam. xv. 19-21.

Numbers xiii. 29. ..2 Kings xvii. 21.

Esther viii. 5.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 80.-REFUGE. -Heb. vi. 18; vii. 25 1. R-izpah...... 2. E-sther... 3. F-elix.. .......... 4. U-nicorn.... 5. G-ourd.. .. .. ... .. 6. E-uroclydon.. .. ........ .2 Sam. xxi. 8-10.

Esther ii. 17.

Acts XXIV. 24, 25.

Numbers xxiii. 22.

Jonah iv. 5, 6.

Acts xxvii. 14.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 81. -GOD BE WITH YOU. 1. G-ood.. 2. O-nesimus. 3. D-orcas... .... ..... 4. B-oaz... 5. E-aster.. .Matt. xix. 16, 17. .....

Phil. x. 16.

Acts ix. 36-41 Ruth iv. 13. .1 Cor. v. 7, 3. 8. W-hite.. 7. 1-saac. . T-imothy...

H-ushai. 10. Y-esterday...... 11. O-mega. 12. U-rim.. .. ............ ........

Rev. vii. 13, 14.

Gen. xxi. 4. 6. 2 Tim .2 Sam. xvii. 5-14.

Ps. xc. 4.

Rev. xxii. 13.

Ex. xxviii. 30 KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 82. - PEACE. - John xiv. 27 1. P-hicol.. 2. E-bedmelech. 3. A-bram. 4. C-ephas. 4. E-lim. 1. O-mri. .............. ......... ........... ...

Gen. xxi. 22.

Jer. xxxviii. 7, etc.

Gen. xiv. 13..

John i. 42.

Exodus xv. 27.

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