The first letter of each of the following responses will form the words David said as to who might find an abiding relationship of life in this world. [3] The number in brackets indicates the number of words in the answer. (Additional clues may be found on page 256.)
1. A scribe's evaluation of the dissertation regarding the greatest of the commandments. [1]
2. A sacred word ascribed to the Lord by a praying mother who had just made a loan of her most prized possession. [1]
3. That which a certain upright man eschewed which even Satan himself could not discredit. [1]
4. A directive of one kinsman to another regarding a parcel of land which, if purchased, carried an additional obligation. [2]
5. Words used to quantify how many of the children of men have gone back (wards) and become defiled with the pollution of this world. [2]
6. That which an imprisoned slave was called on to do when a certain monarch proclaimed, "I have dreamed a dream." [2]
7. A kind of feeling a distraught king found lacking in his servants, because of the league his son had made. [1]
8. The proximity of trouble sensed by one in great anguish of heart when no one was able to help. [1]
9. That which the Egyptians told Joseph they would give in exchange for bread during the great famine, indicating their willingness to be slaves in their own land. [2]
10. Something Israelite parents imparted to their sons on the eighth day, which in the case of Elisabeth and her husband caused much consternation among neighbors and kinfolk. [1]
11. That which was not created vainly, but formed for habitable purposes. [1] Answers to these questions will be found in the next issue of Christian Treasury. R. Erisman