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ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
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"Persecution."—2 Timothy iii. 12.
P otiphar Genesis xxxvii. 36.
E noch Genesis iv. 17.
R ehoboam 1 Kings xi. 43.
S apphire Ezekiel i. 26.
E bal Joshua viii. 30.
C andace Acts viii. 27.
U r Genesis xi. 28.
T hyatira Revelation i. 11.
I ram Genesis xxxvi. 43.
O thniel Judges iii. 9.
N oah Numbers xxvii. 1.
Minnie Legg
(Aged 12 years). Edinburgh.
AN OLD CLOCK'S ADVICE.
A correspondent says that in his great-grandfather's house, as he has heard his mother tell, there was a clock on which was the following inscription—