To whom has God promised to look? Isa. 66: 2. What does the apostle say upon this subject? James 2: 5. May a person be rich in worldly goods and at the same time poor in spirit? 4. What is the second beatitude ? For what was Jesus sent into the world? Isa. 61: 2. What does he impart to mourners? Isa. 61: 3. What is said of mourning in Isa. 51: 11? Will all mourners be blessed, if they misimprove their afflictions? Is it right to weep and mourn, when deprived of relatives and friends? What example has Jesus set us on this subject? John 11: 33, 35. How can we find relief under affliction ? Matt. 11: 28-30. 5. What is said of the meek? What is meant by meekness? What does the prophet say of the meek? Isa. 29: 19. Will the meek bow submissively under affliction, and partake with joy of every blessing conferred in this state? In what sense, then, will the meek inherit the earth? What does the Psalmist say of the meek? Ps. 22: 26. What again in Ps. 37: 11? What temporal good attends the humble? Prov. 22: 4. Is the reward of meekness confined to temporal blessings? Ps. 149: 4. Was Jesus Christ an example of meekness? By what does the apostle beseech us? 2 Cor. 10: 1. Can we be Christians if we are filled with pride and vanity? 6. What is said of those who hunger and thirst after righteousness? What is meant by righteousness? What is to hunger and thirst after righteousness? If we earnestly desire righteousness, what shall we do to obtain it? If we make suitable exertion will God second our holy desires? PART II. 7. What is said of the merciful? What is it to be merciful? What are we commanded to put on? Col. 3: 12. How can we break off from iniquity? Dan. 4: 27. To whom is it our duty to be merciful? Do we pray for the mercy of God? Can we expect to enjoy it, unless we are merciful to our fellow-creatures? Is God merciful to us? What is required of us in view of the divine character? Luke 6: 36. What awaits him who showeth no mercy? James 2: 13. What does the wise man say on this subject? Prov. 11: 17. How should every Christian pray? Luke 18: 13. 8. What is said of the pure in heart? What is here meant by heart? If the heart or affections are pure, what will the external conduct be? What is meant by seeing God? Can God be seen by the natural eye? 1 John 4: 12. Will external benevolence render a man acceptable if the affections are impure? What does the wise man command us to do? Prov. 4: 23. 9. What is said of peace-makers? Is God the creator of all men? God being the creator of all men, are not all men his children? What then is meant by children of God in this passage? In what sense are sinners said to be the children of the devil? In what sense are saints the children of God? How may the children of the devil become children of God? Gal. 3: 26. How can God be the creator and father of all, and yet none but the virtuous be his children? In what will the meek delight themselves? Ps. 37: 11. What does the apostle say on this subject? James 3: 18. What is the requisition of the apostle? Heb. 12: 14. What is the portion of the contentious? Rom. 2: 8, 9. 10. What is said of those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake? Are good men ever persecuted? Which is better, to suffer for well doing or 1 Pet. 3: 17. evil doing? 11, 12. Under what circumstances can men rejoice? Where is their reward? When will the virtuous and good be recompensed? Luke 14: 14. What must be the character of those who persecute the good? What will be their reward? LESSON L. Christ's Sermon continued. Matt. 5: 13-26. 13. To what does Christ compare his fol lowers? What is the utility of salt? For whose sake would God have spared Sodom? Gen. 18: 23-32. In what respect then are Christians like salt? 14. To what else are Christians compared? What would be the condition of the world, if there were no Christian people? In what sense were the disciples the light of the world? 15, 16. For what purpose do men light a candle ? Why should Christians let their light shine before men? Must we be virtuous simply to be seen of men? What is meant by glorifying our Father in heaven? 18. Will all the law have its fulfilment ? Is the law against the promises of the gosGal. 3: 17-21. pel? 19. What is said in this verse? What is meant by the kingdom of heaven? 20. What is said of those whose righteousness does not exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees ? Who were the scribes? Who were the Pharisees? What was the general character of the scribes and Pharisees? Will such persons be admitted into the kingdom of heaven without repentance? Who does the apostle say shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 1 Cor. 6: 9, 10. Will any person be saved who commits these crimes? 1 Cor. 6: 11. Will God wash all sinners from their guilt on repentance ? Will these Pharisees who in the days of Christ rejected his gospel ever be brought in? Rom. 11: 26. 21, 22. What was said by them of old time? What did Christ say to them? |