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Scripture Enigma: Christian

By these initials you will plainly see, To live like Christ, unselfish we must be.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 78. 1. What good physician was Paul's loving friend? 2. A place to which, for gold, they used to send? 3. What tree did Jesus with himself compare? 4 The vale whence finest fruits the spies did bear ? 5. How oft might man approach the holy place ? 6. Ilis house where God's ark rested for a space ? 7. Whom did God smite because he touched the ark? 8. Who, old and wise men's counsels would not mark? 9. A holy man of God who never died ? 10. Who sought his coming unto Christ to hide 11. An Israelitish king, by Zimri slain. 12. Who over Judah reigned the longest reign? 13. Whom did his son deceive when old and weak? 14. What prophet dumb became, and could not speak ? 15. Who owed to woman's wise advice his fall, His head thrown lifeless from the city wall?

If men obeyed this precept more, There soon would be an end of war ; For love would bid contention cease, And give to all the nations peace.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 79. 1. The pious mother of an eminent Christian pastor. 2. A king who records the prophecy taught him by his mother. 3. A stranger and an exile, but a faithful friend. 4. A people who dwelt in the mountains of Canaan. fire. 5. An idol to which the heathen burnt their children in the 6. The father of a bitter enemy of the Jews.

The initials and finals give the names of two prophets in Israel SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 80. 1. A woman who guarded the bodies of seven slain men. 2. A queen who was good and beautiful. 3. A koman emperor who trembled under the reasoning of Paul. 4. A horned and untamable animal never used for sacrifice. 5. A climbing tree of rapid growth, under which the prophet Jonah once sat. 6. The name given to fierce wind mentioned in Acts.

The initials give that which Christ promised believers in time. of trouble.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 81. 1. Word that God alone can claim. 2. A slave who won a dearer name. 3. A holy woman raised to life. 4 A man who took a gleaner wife. 5. A feast of triumph after pain. 6. The robe that martyr myriads gain. 7. The name that "laughter" doth express. 8. A bishop charged to faithfulness. 9. A counsellor and faithful friend. 10. A thing once yours, for ever gone. 11. A name of Christ that means "the end." 12. The light from Aaron's breastplate thrown.

In these initials doth there lie, The full form of the word good-by SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 82. 1. The first military captain on record. 2. One who interceded with the king for the release of the prophet Jeremiah, when he lay in the dungeon of a prison. 3. The first man who was called a Hebrew. 4. The name given by Jesus to Simon when presented by Andrew. 5. An encampment of the Israelites where were twelve wella of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees.

The initials form the legacy Christ left his disciples. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 83. 1. The founder of Samaria. 2. A prophet who was imprisoned because his prediction was displeasing to the king. 3. A distinguished soldier, and one in high favor with his king, yet who was afflicted with a horrible disease. 4. A son of Saul who was murdered in his bed. 5. A base time-server, who cursed King David in his adversity, and fawned upon him in prosperity. 6. Naomi's second son. 7. The town to which Paul and Barnabas went when driven from Antioch in Pisidia. 8. A village to which the disciples were going when Jesus joined them after his resurrection. 9. One who, according to the laws of Mosaic economy, sepa rated himself unto the Lord by a vow. 10. The disciple who, not recognizing the risen Saviour, celated to him the circumstances of his own death and burial. 11. A prophet whom the Jews expected would reappear upon earth.

The initials form one of the incommunicable attributes of the Deity.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA. No. 84. 1. Sweet home! from whence the feet of Jesus sped, With tender sympathy to raise the dead. 2. "Twas Rezin's mighty king this city chose, To give Syria, driving thence her foes. 3. From out these vineyards came a lion wild, In angry rage, 'gainst Manoah's favor'd child. 4. Within this city's walls they mourned for shame, When evil tidings of Damascus came. 5. An aged patriarch, ere he closed his life, Bade his loved son go seek from thence a wife. 6. Oh! woe was thine, for those who dwelt in thee, Through Israel's sword, entered captivity. 7. This city of the Jews, in peace he trod, Waiting in faith the kingdom of his God. 8. There the disciples saw their risen Lord, And worshipped Him, though not with one accord, 9. "Go to this land," he said, "there corn to buy; Hasten, my sons, or we shall surely die."

Nearing Jerusalem, to this place they came. (My nine initial letters tell its name), Where Jesus bade his two disciples speed, To loose a colt, and say, the Lord hath need; Thine mighty God, is all on land and sea; Yet wonderous love! the Lord has need of thee.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 85. 1. A teacher of the church of Antioch who ministered to the Lord. 2. A man who is mentioned by one of the apostles as being "subject to like passions as we are." 3. A wicked man who tried to prevent Paul from converting a deputy. 4. A man of Benjamin, whose son was a choice young man and goodly. 5. The time when it is good for a man to bear the yoke. 6. One who was said to be the first fruits of Achaia unto Christ. 7. A man who wrote one of Paul's epistles. 8. A hill where David once hid. 9. One of the boundaries of King Ahasuerus' kingdom. 10. One of three women, who were fairer than any in the land. 11. A son of Amoz, who wrote a book. 12. A woman whose name signified pleasant. 13. A man who received a visit from an angel, while thresh. ing corn. 14. One of the kings of Chaldea of the seed of the Medes. 15. A Moabitess, who married a man of the seed of the Ephrathites. 16. The name of a relation of a leader of the Jews. 17. A prophet to whom the Lord sent a vision concerning Edoın. 18. One of the governors of Cæsarea. 19. One of the chief cities of the Philistines. 20. A place where the children of Israel pitched. 21. The wife of Felix.

The initial letters of the answers to the above questions give & Scripture exhortation of the highest importance.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 86.

An element sometimes used as a symbol of the Holy Ghost. The place to which he belonged who, together with Nico demus, buried Christ.

A disciple whom Peter raised from the dead.

The father of Achan.

A river by the banks of which Daniel saw a vision.

An inspired herdman.

A prophetess who endeavored to intimidate Nehemiah when engaged in rebuilding the well of Jerusalem.

One who stirred up a revolt against Paul at Ephesus. One who, for his godly zeal, had conferred upon him and his posterity an everlasting priesthood.

A king of Syria who drove the Jews from Elath.

A place of which it was proverbially said, in old time," They shall surely ask counsel, and so end the matter."

That which is good for a man to bear in his youth.

The initials of the above words form a solemn admonition given by our Saviour.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 87. 1. The son of Phineas. 2. A city in central Palestine 3. A name borne by one of the children of Anak. 4. One of the sons of Ashur. 5 An herb named by our Lord. 6. The builder of Jericho.

The initials and finals give the names of two great prophets. SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. SS. 1. A doubter. 2. A proud courtier. 3. A scribe. 4. A king who remembered his mother's teachings. 5. The first judge of Israel. 6. A foolish young man. 7. A heathen king who acknowledged the power of the true God. 8. A king's son who was murdered in his bed. 9. One who tried craft to hinder a good work. 10. One who wished to entertain an angel. 11. A burden, which, when Christ's, is easy and light. 12. A selfish nephew. 13. The assassin of one of Nebuchadnezzar's governors. 14. One who suffered for avarice and untruthfulness. 15. A man whose wife was more famous than himself. 16. A king of Assyria, at the time Pekah king of Israel. The initials give a saying of the Psalmist expressing faith and joy.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 89.

One who, when the evil deeds he subsequently committed were foretold by the prophet, was horrified at the recital. One whose covetousness was punished with death.

One "who through faith subdued kingdoms."

A man who, when a woman threw a stone upon his head, begged his armor-bearer to slay him, that he might escape the reproach of being killed by a woman.

The city of waters.

The initials of the preceding words form the name of the first person on record to whom an angel appeared.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 90. 1. To what doth God compare His holy Word ? 2. What did a refuge to our race afford? 3. From whence was Paul compelled in haste to fly? 4. A city famed for cloth of choicest dye. 5. The haven where we all desire to go, Reserved for those who serve their Lord below.

If these initials side by side you place, You find what strengthens every Christian grace; What doth this world of pomp and sin o'ercome.

And give us power to reach our heavenly home.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 91. 1. That to which the trial of faith is compared. 2. That by which the Lord confirmed his promise to Abraham. 3. The wages of sin. 4. Ile who, according to Solomon, shall suffer hunger." 5. An emblem to which our Saviour likens the righteous, 6. The mystic form in which the Saviour was seen by Johr in the Apocalyptic vision. 7. An animal with which Israel is unfavorably contrasted for ever the dumb beast knoweth its owner. 8. That which at the crucifixion was torn asunder, as a sign that the Mosaic economy was superseded. 9. The bird to which David compared Saul and Jonathan in his lamentations for their death.

The initials form a statement which fills the heart of him who realizes it with adoration and joy.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 92. 1. The name of one connected with anotherー The eldest born of a great patriarch's brother. 2. In peace and purity her life was past, Till entered sin, and sorrow came at last. 3. His daughters an inheritance was given, Because a son had been denied by Heaven. 4. The mother of a minister of truth, Who knew the sacred Scriptures from his youth. 5. They failed him in the day of his distress, When sickness came, and none stood by to bless. 6. Faithful and true where'er the king might be.

A stranger in a foreign land was he. 7. The thing his mother valued most he took, And straightway burnt, by Kidron's peaceful brook. 8. This man is known under two separate names; He glorified his Maker in the flames.

My final letters of a sovereign tell Who lost his eyesight when Jerusalem fell; And my initials form another name, To whom, in prayer, a gracious answer came.

Both bent in patience 'neath the chastening rod; So must our wills before the will of God.

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 94.

The physician beloved by St. Paul.

The name which signifies "a prince of God."

The tree used as a figure of Christ and His people.

The place where there was twelve wells and seventy palmtrees. The Church that ministered to St. Paul when he was in Thessalonica. "A ready scribe in the law of Moses."

The prophet whose words were quoted by St. James, in his address to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

The province in which St. Paul was born.

The son of Josiah whose name was changed to Jehoiakim. The captain of Saul's host.

The mother of Solomon.

The tribe that left the kingdom of Israel for that of Judah. That time when it is good for a man to bear the yoke. The initial letters of these names compose a precept which, obeyed, would cause "wars to cease."

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No 95. 1. On Lebanon, the trees of God, The stately cedars, grew; What strength supplied them as they stood, And made their beauties new?

What sends the Lord of Nature forth In morseis from the frozen north