The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-04-14
Answers to the biblical Questions.

Answers to the Biblical Questions.
The interest in the Biblical Questions is in
creaslng, and this week we have larger num-
Der OF answers than heretofore, besides num-
erous inquiries. Several answers were receiv-
ed last week too late for publication, but are
given this week. Please send in your
answers SO as to reach us not later than
Wednesday morning, otherwise they will have
to go over. Do not fail to sign your names
legibly, and also give the answers to the ques-
tons you ask.
The questions last week were: "What verse
contains all the letters of the alphabet except
one; Where is the word boy found; What is
the name of Pharaohs daughter, and where
found; What chapter has four verses alike
What King had a bedstead of iron; Where the
worm are found; Where the word girls is found;
Where the word partridge is found; How many
words there are in the Bible
Correct answers were received from Miss
Georgia Zepp, Marston, one for words and
one for verses. Miss Ida +. Caple, Finks-
burg. one for Pharaoh's daughter, Bithiah,
LIST Chronicles, 4th chapter and 18th verse;
one for King Og, Sd chapter of Deuteronomy
and 11th verse; and one for words in the Bible
I7S, 746; one for what chapter has verses alike,
Revelations, End chapter and Z, IL, IL and
Doth verses, and in Revelations Sd chapter
and G, Is and 22d verses, also the 2lst verse
of the 9TH chapter of Ezra contains all the
the letters of the alphabet except j. Miss
Birdie Holmes, near Westminster, one for
alphabet, one for King 0g, and says the 10th
Psalm has four verses alike-8, 10, 81 and 81.
Miss Maggie E. Kelly, Waynesboro, Pa, boy
is found in Joel Sd chapter and Sd verse, one
for King Og, caterpillar, cankerworm and
palmer worm in Joel list chapter and 10th
1 OCH ahap nd
Goth verse, alphabet and 773, 692 words. Miss
Annie E. Barnes, Bird Hill, sent correct ans
wers, too late for last week, also c. X. koontz,
Abilene, Kansas, who lives eight miles from
the post office and does not receive the AID
vocATE until too late to reply the next week.
Samuel T. BOSTON, Union Bridge, one for
alphabet and one for words. Michael B.
Cross, Westminster, one boy, one for King
0g, one for worms, one for girls, two
for partridge and one for words. Mar
celia Fox, Double Pipe Creek, one for al
phabet, one for words, one for King Og, FIVE
for partridge, one for worms and one for
verses. Miss Irene Koontz, Nc Kinstry's Mill,
one for words. Samuel G. A. Brown, fancy
town, one for alphabet, one for boy, one for
King Og, two for partridge, 592, 439 words in
the Old Testament, 1Sl ,253 in the New-total
773, 692 and in the Apocrypha 1872, 1876 words.
Harry Roberts, Sans Creek, one for alpha
bet, one for boy, two for worms, one for par
fridge, and one for words. Wilbur h. buck
ingham, Westminster, one for worms H. S,
Steyer, Silver Run, one for alphabet and one
for words. Charles K. Demmitt, Denning's,
gives the number of words as 592, 436. Dorry
K. Zepp, Marston, one for verses and one for
the alphabet. Cornelius Haines, New Wind
sor, one for partridge and one for boy. Miss
Lillian C. Price, Harrisburg, Pa, one for al
phabet, one for verses, and one for worms
and words. II. S. Steyer, Silver Run, one
for alphabet and one for words. Master Will
Sellman, Warfeldsburg, one for boy. Miss
Daisy Zepp, Marston, one fer words. Miss
Anna Lane, Avondale, Nd, one for alphabet
and one for words. Mrs. j. a. Mitchell,
Westminster, one for boy and one for girls.
Elmer A. Keefer, Harrisburg, Pa, one for
boy, one for verses, one for King Og,
one for worms, one for girls, one for
partridge, one for words; there is no such
word as lady, it should be ladies' Miss Irene
NJ. Albaugh, Denning's one for alphabet, one
for verses, one for words.
Miss Birdie Holmes asks "Where and how
often red hair is mentioned" Miss Irene
Koontz and Miss Georgia zepp ask "How
often does the word lily occur, and how often
the word Lord occurs and where" Miss
Maggi E. Kellys question is answered above.
Miss Annie Z. Barnes asks 'Where and how
often does the word college occur. G. K.
Koontz asks "How often the word mule is
mentioned Samuel G. A. Brown asks
Chow many Marys are mentioned in the
New Testament" Michael B. Cross asks
"Where the shortest verse in the Old Testa-
ment is found" Miss Lillian c. Price, Har-
risburg, asks "Where eternity is found. !" H.
S. Steyer asks allow many letters the Bible
contains Samuel T. BOSTON asks 'What
is the greatest number of sylables contained in
single word, and how often the word and
occurs" Charles K. Demmitt asks "Where
is Samson's riddle given and explain it, where
is the word hen found and how many letters
does the Bible contain" Dorry R. Zepp
asks Chow often the word and occurs"
Cornelius Haines asks "Where Cornelius is
first found and who Gain married. Mrs. ].
A. Mitchell asks "What is the name Of the
mother of Hehidee's children and where
foupd.n Miss Anna Lane asks SHOW many
letters the Bible contains Daisy Zepp asks
sin what chapter does each verse end alike.
Miss A. May snader asks 'How often Christ
is mentioned in the New Testament. Frank
H. Willet asks "Where the words the boys
and girls playing in the streets are found"
Elmer A. Keefer asks 'Where this sentence
is found-that we may buy the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of shoes" Miss
Irene NJ. Albaugb asks "Whst is the middle
verse Of the Bible and how often the words
Lord and and occur"
A. May Snader, of New Windsor, says;-
| think there is quite mistake in the answer
to lady In last weeks paper. foq will find
ladies in the LIST chapter of Esther, 18th verse,
but ladies is not lady. You will find lady in
the Second Epistle of John, the LIST and 9Th
verses.