From Reader Responses

"Your delightful magazine came today with the usual thought-provoking puzzle. Here is my solution:

1. It must be an animal of some kind.
2. Animals never had the law—no transgression!
3. Must travel long distances.
4. He swallowed Jonah.
5. He vomited Jonah.
6. To travel from pole to pole—must swim.
7. Must leave fluorescent tracks in the water when swimming.
8. After death, material could be obtained to give light.
9. The name can be found in Gen. 1:21; Ezek. 32:2; Job 7:12; Matt. 12:40.
10. It MUST be the whale!

The one you had listing the fifteen books of the Bible I used once in a large Sunday School. It created quite a bit of interest. Thank you for sending it to me.

Yours through grace, M.W.S."

"My answer to the puzzle: Whale (that swallowed Jonah).

Line 2 - Gen. 1:21, fifth day.
Line 1 - Gen. 1:26; sixth day.
Line 4 - Probably refers to Matt. 12:40 
Line 6 - Gen. 2:19.
Lines 13-14 - Jonah 1:17.
Lines 15-16 - Jonah 2:10.
Lines 17-24 - Well known facts about whales. The blubber has lighted many homes, but as a picture of Christ's death and resurrection, it has given spiritual light as well.
Lines 29-32 - The whale is not made in the image of God. Death is merely a return to dust.

The above are my reasons for thinking 'whale.'

In Christ's name, R.I."