Child. The fallen children of fallen parents, born into this sinful world.
F. What does the burning mountain, and the lightning, and the hill-storm, represent?
C. The wrath of God ever burning against sinners.
F. Who is He who warned these thoughtless children?
C. The Lord Jesus, who, by His ministers, warns men to “flee from the wrath to come.”
F. What are the boats by which they are to escape?
C. The “ark of Christ’s Church,” into which we are admitted by baptism.
F. Many of the children who embarked in the boats were lost,—what is shewn by this?
C. That it is not enough to be received into the congregation of Christ’s flock; but that we must always “manfully fight under His banner against the world, the flesh, and the devil, and continue Christ’s faithful soldiers and servants unto our lives’ end.”
F. What is the compass, and the musical instrument, and the bread, and the water?