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PRISONERS OF HOPE Sep 2009

EDITORIAL..BR N. NKOMO
It has been about four weeks since our family packed our bags and headed into the mission field.
One is never quite sure what to expect in such situations, but we thank God that He has seen us
through every trial that we have encountered so far. When we left, we had a rough idea as to what
our duties and responsibilities in the field would be, but having arrived, an opportunity to serve
the community has arisen. By faith we trust that God will be our guide and lead us.
It is declared in the book of Psalms that God, in His habitation, is “A father of the fatherless and a
judge of the widows”. The number of times that the two are spoken of, in both the New and Old
Testament, leaves one in no doubt as the importance that God places on these two classes of peo-
ple. I am no theologian, but, I have noted that in many instances the word “ithum”, translated
fatherless in the OT, can also mean orphan. In the NT, when James reminds us that “Pure relig-
ion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.”, the word translated fatherless is
“orphanos”, from which we get our English word orphan.

Why do I mention all this? From my experiences in the Adventist church, I sadly feel that this is
one of the areas that we have neglected to a large degree. Yes, some individuals have taken upon
themselves the task of assisting as best they can. Some have even adopted orphans, but we need
to question ourselves as a people as to whether or not we have done enough to assist these groups
of people, given the prominence that they play in the Bible. This is especially more so when one
considers the widows within our midst.

Through Gods‟ leading, we have managed to identify that within the area in which we are based
there are many widows, and that there seems to be very little, if anything, being done for them by
the government and the church. The Lord has laid it upon us that this is a field in which we are to
labour and to seek a harvest for him. We were guided of God to meet with a local Adventist man
that has in his own limited way been trying to assist the widows in the surrounding area; but he INSIDE THIS ISSUE
has lacked the capital and wherewithal to expand his project. He is a firm believer of teaching the
Editorial ......................... ……1
widows to fish instead of giving them fish, which is the philosophy to which we subscribe. His ap-
Mrs. Jobs ....................... .….2
proach has been to teach them how to engage in successful organic subsistence farming, and he
Dress reform ................. .….3
has been supplying natural manure to them free of charge. He has even donated his second corn-
He chose this path ........ ..…5
field, which was closer to a water-source, to a widow in need.
David ............................. …..6
Making Home Happy ... …..7
A complicating factor is that AIDS is prevalent in this area and many of the widows are infected.
This means that they do not necessarily have the fitness of health to take care of their children
and successfully pursue their agrarian way of life. This is made harder by the fact that the use of
mechanical ploughing methods using cows or other animals is not widespread in these parts, and
therefore much of the ploughing is done by hand.

As we have begun to think the project through, and are preparing to put plans in place to see
what we can do to assist our new community over the next few months, we ask that you remem-
ber us often in your prayers. The task seems to be daunting, especially given that the onset of the
rainy season is a matter of weeks away, but we believe that our God whom we serve is able to
guide and to bring the project to fruition.

My challenge to each one of us this month is that we use a concordance and seek all the refer-
ences in the Bible to “fatherless, widow and widows”. Having found them, that you then seek to
understand them and pray that God shows us opportunities to fulfil what he requires of us in the
communities around us and beyond our communities should we be able. May God richly bless
you all throughout the coming month.
 MRS JOBS... BY SR T NKOMO
And neither does Mrs. Abraham…nor Eve, nor Jezebel! owe it to yourself, your salvation hangs upon it.
What do they all have in common? Besides their sex, the fact
Then we have Mrs. Job. "Blessed is the man that endureth
that they weren‟t exactly the best helpmate possible for their
temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of
husbands. Look at what Eve did and where it ended us all up.
life" Ours is to strengthen and encourage those we love. Not
And look at Sarah-because of her ,we now have someone to
to cast more shadows along their path. When the one you love
blame for terrorism. And we all know how wicked Jezebel
is tempted and tried, what do you do? Do you pray for and
was. Remember Mrs. Job? Telling Job to curse God and die?
with him or do you tell him to curse God and die? Whose rep-
Certainly not her finest moment either. The Bible is littered
resentative are you? Satan‟s, the enemy of Christ, or Jesus‟,
with examples of women who have done their best to bring
who even when He was being beaten, whipped, spat upon,
about the downfall of the men in their lives. With wives like
did His Father‟s will without murmuring? And there are
these, who needs enemies?
many ways to be a source of discouragement. “The Christian
mother's work begins in the home circle, in making her home
What caused Eve‟s downfall? The sin of this age is disregard
what it should be, pleasant to her husband, pleasant to her
of God's express commands. The power of influence in a
children. These dear ones are in her hands to educate faith-
wrong direction is very great. Eve had all that her wants re-
fully. . . .
quired. There was nothing lacking to make her happy; but
intemperate appetite desired the fruit of the only tree God
Scolding and fretting, gathering clouds and gloom about the
had withheld. She had no need of the fruit of the tree of
soul, will bring only a shadow and discouragement in the
knowledge, but she permitted her appetite and curiosity to
home life. The mother is God's agent to
control her reason. She was perfectly
Christianize her family. She is to exem-
happy in her Eden home by her hus-
plify Bible religion, showing how its in-
band's side; but, like restless modern
fluence is to control us in its everyday
Eves, she was flattered that there was
duties and pleasures, teaching her chil-
a higher sphere than that which God
dren that by grace alone can they be
had assigned her. Eve, in order to
saved, through faith, which is the gift of
climb higher than her original posi-
God. Let not one word of fretfulness,
tion, fell far below it. This will most
harshness or passion escape your lips.
assuredly be the result with the Eves
Never forfeit your self respect by hasty,
of the present generation if they over-
thoughtless words. See that your words
look a cheerful taking up of their
are pure, your conversation holy. Give
daily life-duties in accordance with
your children an example of that which
God's plan. There is a work for
you wish them to be.--Letter 28, 1890.
women even more important and ele-
(To Sister V., July 1, 1890
vating than the duties of the king
upon his throne. They may mold the minds of their children
Then we find Jezebel. One who was never meant to have been
and shape their characters for usefulness in this world, that
married to an Israelite in the first place. Here we see the re-
they may become sons and daughters of God. p. 28, Para. 1,2,
sults of not marrying one approved by God. Being unequally
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yoked brings about many sorrows and Jezebel was the cause
of not only her husband‟s downfall, but she also harmed
So, the reason Eve is NOT a good example for us? She had an
God‟s servants. Do we say things about God‟s messengers that
unsanctified appetite and decided to go where God did not
are akin to killing them? Do we cast aspersions on their mo-
command her to go. Wives, I hope our appetites are being led
tives and characters? Do we lead our loved ones astray, erect-
by God. May everything we partake of meet His approval. Not
ing gods made of money, material wealth, worldly fashion..?
only because it is His command, as given in the Bible and
SOP, but a proper diet will enable us to teach our children
The only woman worthy of being like, is the pure bride that
with clear minds and open minds, ready for the leading of the
God will marry. Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in
Holy Spirit. And as has been mentioned in previous newslet-
heaven is perfect. Christ‟s bride has His character. Humble,
ters, unlike „restless modern Eves‟ our place is that prescribed
self-denying, pure, truthful, ever seeking the good of others,
in Titus 2:3-5. The world, and even those in the church will
cheerfully taking up the humblest role, being a servant, sub-
not appreciate the high calling that is ours, but be faithful in
mitting to her heavenly Father even if it means death.
discharging that duty, you owe it to your children, and you
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 DRESS REFORM IN THE BIBLE…..BY BR J THIEL
The bible speaks of a gels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
decline in modest John 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at
dressing of those liv- the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus
ing in the last days. had lain.
Philippians 3:19. Luke 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
Whose end is de- thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining gar-
struction, whose God ments:
is their belly, and Matthew 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his
whose glory is in raiment white as snow:
their shame
After sin what happened?
The question is often Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and
asked, why should a they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig
Christian dress mod- leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
estly if we are living
in modern They clothed themselves in fig leaves which was not suffi-
times? Why should cient coverage. Fig leaves as a covering were the first mini-
both men and skirts and shorts the world wears today.
women be covered While they were yet standing in their fig leaves however, God
up? presented the story of redemption to them.
Man was created in God‟s image. Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
after our likeness: thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Man was created in God‟s image. What is God‟s im- He told them about Jesus. There and then in their fig leaves
age? How is He covered? they repented. After their change of heart, God then covered
Psalm 104:1 & 2 Bless the Lord O my soul. O Lord my God, them as the fig leaves were insufficient.
thou art very great, thou art clothed with majesty and hon- Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God
our. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment who make coats of skins, and clothed them.
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain.
God had to make coats of skin for them as their fig leaf loin
God is covered with majesty and honour and LIGHT as a gar- coverings were not enough. To even reveal their legs was na-
ment. If God is covered and made man in his image, how kedness;
did He then create man in the beginning? Would not man Isaiah 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover
also have been made with a covering of LIGHT at the begin- thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over
ning of his creation? the rivers. 3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy
Adam was holy and happy in bearing the image of God and shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not
in perfect obedience to His will. This sinless pair wore no meet thee as a man.
artificial garments. They were clothed with a covering of
light and glory, such as the angels wear. CC page 11. David‟s men where ashamed when their garments were cut
off up to their thighs;
In other words, the sinless pair were covered from their neck, 1 Chronicles 19:3 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants,
to their feet in a garment of light. You could not see their and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst
limbs. hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5Then there
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his went certain, and told David how the men were served. And
wife, and were not ashamed. he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed.
And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
They were naked in the sense that they wore no artificial gar- grown, and then return.
ments – they were covered in majesty and honour – a cover-
ing of light. In heaven, the covering of light will be restored to the re-
deemed;
Man was covered like the angels are. We know this because Revelation 3:4 And they shall walk with me in white: for
the angels are also covered with the same garment. they are worthy.
Hebrews 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the an- Revelation 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one
gels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst of them;
set him over the works of thy hands: Thou has put all
things in subjection under his feet. In the bible, uncovering or nakedness is also a symbol of
sin. We are warned in Revelation to keep watch lest we be
Psalm 8:5 For thou has made him a little lower than the an- found naked in the spiritual sense.

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Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he
that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk na-
ked, and they see his shame.
Our nakedness is our shame.
Christians are to dress modestly regardless of which period
in history they live in. If God is the same today and forever
and does not change, then should the degree of covering
change also?
2 Timothy 2:9 I will that therefore that men pray every
where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubt-
ing. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety.
In like manner as men dress modestly, so do women.
This is what the transgressors of God’s law have done
ever since the day of Adam and Eve’s disobedience. They
have sewed together fig leaves to cover the nakedness
caused by transgression. They have worn the garments of
their own devising, by works of their own they have tried
to cover their sins, and make themselves acceptable with
God. But this they can never do. Nothing can man devise
to supply the place of his lost robe of innocence. No fig-
leaf garment, no worldly citizen dress, can be worn by
those who sit down with Christ and angels at the mar-
riage supper of the Lamb. COL 311
Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit, and obtained a knowl-
edge which, had they obeyed God, they would never have
had, –an experience in disobedience and disloyalty to
God,–the knowledge that they were naked. The garment
of innocence, a covering from God, which surrounded
them, departed; and they supplied the place of this heav-
enly garment by sewing together fig-leaves for
aprons. This is the covering that the transgressors of the
law of God have used since the days of Adam and Eve’s
disobedience. . . . The fig-leaves represent the arguments
used to cover disobedience. . . But the nakedness of the sin-
ner is not covered. . . .
Had Adam and Eve never disobeyed their Creator, had
they remained in the path of perfect rectitude, they could
have known and understood God. But when they listened
to the voice of the tempter, and sinned against God, the
light of the garments of heavenly innocence departed
from them; and in parting with the garments of inno-
cence, they drew about them the dark robes of ignorance
of God. The clear and perfect light that had hitherto sur-
rounded them had lightened everything they approached;
but deprived of that heavenly light, the posterity of Adam
could no longer trace the character of God in His created
works. {CC 17.5}
If we are to be repairers of the breach and restorers of
paths to dwell in, then everything good and perfect created
by God in Eden is to be restored;
Isaiah 58:12 And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the
old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of
many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer
of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways,
and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good
way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
We cannot, if we would, conceal the fact that women have
feet and limbs that were made for use. But in regard to
the exposure, this is on the other side of the question. We
have travelled extensively the past twenty-five years, and
have been eyewitnesses to many indecent exposures of the
limbs. But the most common exposure is seen upon the
streets in light snow, or wet and mud. Both hands are re-
quired to elevate the dress, that it may clear the wet and
filth. It is a common thing to see the dress raised one-half
of a yard, exposing an almost unclad ankle to the sight of
gentlemen, but no one seems to blush at this immodest ex-
posure.
No one’s sensitive modesty seems shocked for the reason
that this is customary. It is fashion, and for this reason it
is endured. No outcry of immodesty is heard, although it
is so in the fullest sense. But does the popular style of
woman’s dress always hide her feet from the public gaze?
See that lady passing over the muddy street, holding her
skirts nearly twice as far from the ground as ours, expos-
ing, not only her feet, but her nearly-naked limbs. Similar
exposures are frequent as she ascends and descends the
stairs, as she is helped into, and out of carriages. These
exposures are disagreeable, if not shameful; and a style of
dress which makes their
frequent occurrence al-
most certain, we must
regard as a poor safe-
guard of modesty and
virtue. But we did not
design an exposure of
this false modesty in re-
lation to woman’s feet,
but simply a defense of
the style of dress which
we regard, in every
way, truly mod-
est. {HR, May 1, 1872
par. 19}
As the righteousness of Christ is manifest in our lives, this
is to be reflected in our garments.
Amen.
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 He chose this path for thee;
No feeble chance, not hard, relentless fate,
But love, His love, has placed the footsteps here;
He knew the way was rough and desolate,
Knew how thy heart would often sink with fear,
Yet tenderly He whispered: “Child, I see This path is best for thee.”

He chose this path for thee;

Though well He knew sharp thorns would tear thy feet,
Knew how the troubles would obstruct the way,
Knew all the hidden dangers you wouldst meet,
Knew how thy faith would falter day by day,
And still the whisper echoed: “Yes, I see This path is best for thee.”

He chose this path for thee;

Even while He knew the fearful midnight gloom
Thy timid, shrinking soul must travel through;
How towering rocks would oft before thee loom
And phantoms grim would meet the frightened view;
Still comes the whisper: “My beloved, I ace This path is best for thee.”

He chose this path for thee;

What needs you more? this sweeter truth to know?
That all along these strange, bewildering ways,
O‟er rocky steeps, and where dark rivers flow,
His loving arms shall bear thee all thy days;
“A few steps more, and you thyself shall see This path is best for thee.”

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 DAVID: MAN AFTER GODS HEART WHEN OBEDIENT.... BY SR EG WHITE
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto in transgressing his commandments; but that he would surely
them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, punish the guilty, however righteous and favored of God they
and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after might once have been while they followed the Lord in purity of
mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. heart. When the righteous turn from their righteousness and do
evil, their past righteousness will not save them from the wrath
The principles taught in the schools of the prophets were the
of a just and holy God. 1SP, p378, 379
same that molded David's character and shaped his life. The
world of God was his instructor. "Through Thy precepts," he When his child was stricken, David, with fasting and deep hu-
said, "I get understanding. . . . I have inclined mine heart to per- miliation, pleaded for its life. He put off his royal robes, he laid
form Thy statutes." Psalm 119: 104-112. It was this that caused aside his crown, and night after night he lay upon the earth, in
the Lord to pronounce David, when in his youth He called him heartbroken grief interceding for the innocent one suffering for
to the throne, "a man after mine own heart." ED, p48 his guilt. PP, p722
Nearly all the sacred songs of David were arranged in the earlier The prayer of David after his fall, illustrates the nature of true
period of his life, while he was serving the Lord with integrity sorrow for sin. His repentance was sincere and deep. There was
and purity of heart. 1SP 386 no effort to palliate his guilt; no desire to escape the judgment
threatened, inspired his prayer. David saw the enormity of his
1Sam 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways;
transgression; he saw the defilement of his soul; he loathed his
and the LORD [was] with him.
sin. It was not for pardon only that he prayed, but for purity of
The fact that God had taken David into so close connection with heart. He longed for the joy of holiness--to be restored to har-
Himself and had manifested so great favor toward him, should mony and communion with God. SC, p25
have been to him the strongest of incentives to preserve his
Ps 51:1-12: Have mercy upon me, O God, ac-
character unblemished. But when in ease
cording to thy loving kindness: according unto
and self-security he let go his hold upon God,
the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out
David yielded to Satan and brought upon his
my transgressions. Wash me throughly from
soul the stain of guilt. He, the Heaven-
mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
appointed leader of the nation, chosen by
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my
God to execute His law, himself trampled
sin [is] ever before me. Against thee, thee
upon its precepts. He who should have been
only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy
a terror to evildoers, by his own act strength-
sight: that thou mightest be justified when
ened their hands. PP, p719
thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou
This demonstrates the fact that great and judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and
good men, men with whom God has worked, in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold,
will make grievous mistakes when they cease thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in
to watch and pray, and to fully trust in God. the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know
ST Nov. 9, 1888 wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than
But David's transgression had changed his relation to God. The
snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones
Lord could not in any wise sanction iniquity. He could not exer-
[which] thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my
cise His power to protect David from the results of his sin as he
sins, and blot out all mine iniquities .Create in me a clean heart,
had protected him from the enmity of Saul. There was a great
O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away
change in David himself. He was broken in spirit by the con-
from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Re-
sciousness of his sin and its far reaching results. He felt hum-
store unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy]
bled in the eyes of his subjects. His influence was weakened.
free spirit.
Hitherto his prosperity had been attributed to his conscientious
obedience to the commandments of the Lord. PP, p723 David was pardoned of his transgression because he humbled
his heart before God in repentance and contrition of soul, and
Skeptics have assailed Christianity, and ridiculed the Bible, be-
believed that God‟s promise to forgive would be fulfilled. He
cause David gave them occasion. They bring up to Christians
confessed his sin, repented, and was reconverted. In the rapture
the case of David, his sin in the case of Uriah and Bathsheba, his
of the assurance of forgiveness, he exclaimed, “Blessed is he
polygamy, and then assert that David is called a man after God's
whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is
own heart, and that if the Bible record is correct, God justified
the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in
David in his crimes. I was shown that it was when David was
whose spirit there is no guile. MS 21, 1891
pure, and walking in the counsel of God, that God called him a
man after his own heart. When David departed from God, and Whoever under the reproof of God will humble the soul with
stained his virtuous character by his crimes, he was no longer a confession and repentance, as did David, may be sure that there
man after God's own heart. God did not in the least degree jus- is hope for him. Whoever will in faith accept God's promises,
tify him in his sins, but sent Nathan, his prophet, with dreadful will find pardon. The Lord will never cast away one truly repen-
denunciations to David because he had transgressed the com- tant soul. He has given this promise: "Let him take hold of My
mandment of the Lord. God shows his displeasure at David's strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make
having a plurality of wives, by visiting him with judgments, and peace with Me." Isaiah 27:5.
permitting evils to rise up against him from his own house. The
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
terrible calamity that God permitted to come upon David, who,
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have
for his integrity, was once called a man after God's own heart, is
mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly par-
evidence to after generations that God would not justify any one
don." Isaiah 55:7. 6

PRISONERS OF
HOPE
This newsletter is authored by
members of the SDA church
whose desire is to provide a
thought provoking newsletter
for Adventists dwelling on the
banks of Jordan; in the process
appealing to entire fidelity to
the Bible and the Spirit of
Prophecy.
MAKING HOME HAPPY
1. Where and by whom were the foundations of home laid?
"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had
formed." Gen. 2: 8.
2. In making this home, what besides man was needed?
"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet
[one adapted, or suitable] for him." Verse 18.
3. After creating Adam and Eve, what did God say to them?
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."
Gen. 1:28.
4. To what are the wife and children of the man who fears the Lord likened?
"Happy shall thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of
thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table." Ps. 128:2,3.
5. What are children declared to be?
"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord." Ps. 127:3. "Children's children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of child are their fathers." Prov. 17:6.
6. How should the wife relate herself to her husband?
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head
of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church." Eph. 5: 22, 23.
7. And how should husbands regard their wives?
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it. . . . So
ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Let every
one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her hus-
band." Verses 25-33.
8. Against what are husbands cautioned?
"Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." Col. 3:19.
9. Why should wives he in subjection to their husbands?
"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the Word, they also
may without the Word be won by the conversation [manner of life] of the wives." 1 Peter 3: 1.
10. Why should husbands be considerate of their wives?
"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as
unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hin-
dered." Verse 7.
11. Why should children obey their parents?
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Eph. 6:1.
12. How should parents bring up their children?
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admoni-
tion of the Lord." Verse 4.
13. Why. should fathers not provoke their children to anger?
"Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Col. 3: 21.
14. By what means may the mother bind the hearts of the loved ones at home to-
gether?
"She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." Prov. 31: 26.
15. How will such a mother he regarded?
"Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." Verse 28.
16. How faithfully should parents teach the precepts and commandments of God to
their children?
"And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when you risest up."
Deut. 6: 7.
17. What is the great secret of a happy home?
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." Prov. 15: 17.
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