The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-04-06

twenty Biblical questions, which were fur.
nished by our correspondents J. II. G., and
give our readers, from the pen Of an accom-.
Plished lady Of this place, the following an.
swers. We also have been furnished with |
a reference to the answers by Mr.. J. Z. NJ, /
but hope he viii as willingly yield &" the
right of way to our fair contributor as we
do:
BIBLICAL INTERROGAToRIEs.
LIST There were twenty kinds Of birds !
which the children Of Israel we're forbidden
to eat What were their names? Ileviticus,
llth chapter and 18th verse The eagle,
ossifrage, vulture, kite, raven, OIL, night.
hawk, cuckoo, hawk, little owl, cormorant,
great owl, swan, pelican, gier eagle, stork,
heron, ospray, lapwing and bat
I'd. What did Agur say that the ravens
of the valley and the young eagles should
do to the eye that Knocked at his father and
despised to obey his mother2 Proverbs,
30th chapter and 18th verse The eye that
mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey
his mother, the ravens of the valley shall
pluck it out, and the young eagles shall eat
it.
Sd. What kind of birds carried bread and
flesh to a man who hid himself at the com
mand of God by the brook of Cherith
LIST Kings 18th chapter and 4th verso Ra.
vens.
4th What bird is represented as bearing
her young on her wing Deuteronomy, 32d
chapter and 18th verse. The eagle.
5th What birds were brought by a wind
and let fall in immense numbers round
about the Israelitish camps ? Numbers,
18th chapter and 3lst verse. Quails
9th. What lesson did our SavioIr teach
his disciples in speaking of the price Of two
sparrows2 Matthew, 10th chapter and 3lst
verse. Special providence fear ye not
therefore, ye are Of more value than many
sparrows.
9TH. What bird when hunted in the
mountains did David liken himself to when
pursued by Saul ? lst Samuel, 26th chapter
and goth verse A partridge
9Th. Our Saviour told his disciples that
they should be as harmless as a certain bird.
What bird was it, Matthew, 10th chapter
and 10Th verse. A dove.
9th What bird is spoken of as scorning
the horse and his rider? Job, 39th chapter
and 18th verse; The ostrich what time
she ifteth up herself on high she scorneth
the horse and his rider
10th A king sent his ships to a distant
country once in three years, and they re-
turned laden with gold, silver, ivory, apes
and birds What birds were they? LIST
Kings, 10th chapter and 22d verse. Pea
cocks
llth A prophet in fore telling the destruc-
ton Of Nineveh, said that birds should lodge
in its upper lintels What birds Zepha-
niah, I'd chapter and 18th verse The cor
morant and the bittern shall lodge in the
upper lintels of it
18th What king of Judah, after having
recovered from a severe illness, wrote of him
self as having chartered like crane or
swallow Isaiah, 38th chapter and 18th
verse Hezekiah, like crane or a swallow,
80 did chatter.
18th. What law was once given to a peo-
pie with reference to young birds that might
be found in nest? Deuteronomy, 22d
chapter ond 9th and 7th verses Thou shalt
not take the dam with the young, but thou
shalt in any wise let the dam go and take
the young to thee
18th. What is compared to a partridge
sitting on eggs and failing to hatch them
jeremiah, 18th chapter and 18th verse. A
fool
10TH Who said of himself that he was
like an owl 1O2d Psalm and 9th verse;
David.
10th What bird is spoken of as making
her nest on the crags of a rock and seeing
her prey afar Off Job, seth chapter and
9th verse. The eagle
l7tb In which parable is a large eagle full
of different colored feathers represented al
cropping young twigs Ezekiel, 18th chap
ter and ID verse A parable unto the house
Of Israel
18th What two persons had fowls pre-
pared for their tables every day? Nehe
miah, 5th chapter md 18th verse Kings
4th chapter and 23d verse. Nehemiah anc
Solomon
10Th. What two kinds of birds were useC
for burnt offerings by the Jews Leviticus
lst chapter and 14th verse. Turtle dove
and pigeons
Doth. Who illustrates certain subject b.
an allusion to the habits of birds whel
frightened from nest of futtering arounc
and chipping and peeping Isaiah, l6t
chapter and I'd verse. Isaiah, for it shall b.
as bird cast out Of the nest, so the daugh
ters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon
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