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June 9, igog.
Sunday
REVIEW I
Sunday, Jul
GOLDEN TEXT.?"With great |
of the resurrection of the
SHORTER C
Q. 60. How Is the Sabbath
A TK ~ OnLL?ii- l- a - *
xv. 1UC oauuo.111 is lO Uti &
that day, even from such word!
as are lawful on other days; a
the public and private cxercisi
, much as is to be taken up i
mercy.
1. Peter and Cornelius. A<
every nation he that feareth hii
accepted with aim."?Acts 10:
2. Peter Delivered From Pri
?"The angel of the Lord enci
fear h'm, and delivereth them.3.
Thj Conversion of Saul.
"He fell to the earth, and heard
Saul, why persocutest thou me.
4. The Gospel in Antioch.
"The disciples were called Chi
11: 26.
5. Paul's First Missionary ,
Golden Text.?"Go >e into all tl
to every creature."?Mark 16:
6. Paul's First Missionary
Acts 13: 13-16, 33-49. Golden
was published throughout all th
7. Iconium and Lystra, <
the nations are idols: but th
Ps. 96: 5.
8. The Council at Jerusalei
Text.?"We believe that throug
we shall be saved, even as the
9. Believing arid Doing. J
"Faith without works is dead.-'
10. The Power of the To
Text.?"Whoso keepeth his mo
poul from troubles."?Prov. 21:
11. Heroes of Faith. Heb. '
is the substance of things hot
not seen.'-?Heb. 11: I.
LESSON C
The lessons of this quart
opening of the work of Forel
chapters of the Acts (last quai
ing of the work of evangelizin
commission which Christ gave
the world." It has told us ho\
Jerusalem, and how they were
Now the second quarter op<
of Tarsus whom God had sele
Gentiles.
Necessarily there would be
or presenting the Gospel to id
into the Church of Christ with
of the Jewish ritual. In orde
give the very strongest intimat
1. He makes the converslc
special appearance of the rise:
stances of Saul's conversion v,
to his whole mission. Over an
the presence of one tribunal
effect.
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THE PRESBYTERS
School
-ESSON
ne 20, 1909.
power gave the apostles witness
Lord Jesus."?Acts 4: 33.
JATECHISM.
to be sanctified?
lapctifled by a holy resting all
y employments and recreations
nd spending the whole time in
js of God s worship, except so
n the works of necessity and
:ts 10: 1-20. Golden Text.?"In
n, and worketh righteousness is
35.
son. Acts 12: 1-11. Gojd.en Text,
impetli round about them that
?Ps. 34: 7.
Acts 9: 1-19. Golden Text.?
I a voice saying unto him, Saul,
"?Acts 9: 4.
Acts 11: 19-30. Golden Text.?
istians first in Antioch."?Acts
lourney.?Cyprus. Acts 13: 1-12.
lie world, and preach the gospel
15.
' Journey?Antioch in Pisidia.
Text.?"The word of the L?ortl
e region."?Xets 13: 40.
Qolden Text.?"All the gods of
e Lord made the heavens."?
n. Acts 15: 1-5, 22-29. Golden
[h^ the grace of the Lord Jesus
y."?Acts 15: 11.
ames 2: 14-26. Golden Text.?
?James 2: 20.
ngue. James 3: 1-12. Golden
uth and his tongue keepeth his
23.
11: 17-29. Golden Text.?"Faith
IpH f r?r 1 Ho ovi/lonnn of pntnnro
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OMMENTS.
er have a grouping. It is the
gn missions. The first seven
rter s lessons) tell of the openg
Judea. It has presented the
to the disciples, "Go ye into all
v they discharged that duty in
treated in consequence,
ens with the conversion of Saul
icted to be the apostle to the
! much antagonism to the idea
lolater3 and to receiving them
out circumcision or acceptance
r to meet this, God pauses to
.ions of his will in the matter.
>n of Saul conspicuous by the
a -Christ to him.. The circumrere
such as to give authority
d over does Paul plead this In
or another, and always with
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of the south.
2. Almost simultaneou
o the fore'gn work, God ca
cislon, up to the housetop
sheet" and to hear the mesi
call not thou common." C
thrice repeated record, so
And the command to welc
Paul, but to Peter, the Je
3. In the last verses
nrlclno frniio or? ?-?P ^
"wnafeC ui llie VJ-S
Antlcch in Syria. It took t
them great pleasure. Thej
that "all nations shall flo
4. In the early veises
step, which in like manner
Gcd. "The Holy Ghost"
subject. And the subject
Saul for the work" of cai
parts of the earth. As tt
Holy Ghost, there could
5. God gives us next a
must expect in preaching tl
they met with the wiles ol
reached Perga, on the soi
with exposures- so great th
iiuu ne au. naonui tnem. V
Saul were starting up a
uplands of Asia Minor, so
could not bo arranged on
alternately on the east bai
stream every little while
swelling the stream into a
be utterly cut off, being ui
possibly unable to climb s
be drowned. We are n
failed him.
And the prospect bef
centuries before, when A1
through these uplands of
boldness pf the mountain
stole the very camp kettlet
in the presence of an ar
three lonely evangelists? '
th*?m fnr Pfliil was etnnoH
6. Next cornea the retu
from Perga to Antioch in I
east to Iconium and L?ysti
their steps to PeVga and b
to Jerusalem. Everywhere
the Gospel gave the great*
the Church.
7. Tha narrative tells
to leave behind them a w
and it shows that the pi
followed in the Presbyterl
tinctive mark of Presbyte
14: 23, we read, "When t
every church." Notice thi
of these churches not b>
8. Lastly our course ol
the propriety of having ai
settle disputed po'nts, and
lower courts to respect th
For the question whether
keep the Mo-aic law was
and when it rendered a d
to the churches "for to
b. sis of our chu-ch govern
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sly with the appointment of Paul
1!b Peter, the apostle of the circumto
receive the vision of the "great
sage, ' What God hath cleans?d, that
>f this, l!ke the former, we have a
as to make it prominent and sure,
ome the Gentiles was given not to
w.
of Acts 11, God records the surpel
among the idolatrous Greeks at
he Church by surprise; it also gave
r saw in it the Dromise of tsntnH >
w unto" the Church of God.
i of Chapter 13, we have another
was marked by the obvious seal of
gave a special command on the
was, "Separate me Barnbas and
rying the Gospel to the uttermost
le orders came distinctly from the
he no questioning of them,
picture of the oppositions which we
lie Gospel. In the island of Cyprus,
! Elymas, the sorcerer. When they
ith coast of Asia Minor, they met
at the courage of John Mark failed
V'e are not surprised. Barnabas and .
narrow defile, from Perga to the
narrow and steep that a footpath
either side of the stream, but ran
lk and the west bank, crossing the
on a log. If a rain should come,
torrent, the luckless traveler would
sable to gs back or forward, and
one very steep mountain side and
ot surprised that John's courage
ere them was of violence. Some
exander the Great had marched
Galatia the thievishness and the
eers had been so great, that, thev
5 of the anny.If they would act thus
my, how would they treat two or
The sequel tells how they did treat
and left on the ground for dead,
rn to Jerusalem. After going north
Msidia (here study your maps), and
a and Derbe the apostles retraced
ack to Anticch in Syria, and thence
i the report of their fruitfulness in
est joy. It meant the extension of
us how careful were these apostles
ell organized church in each town,
uu was just teat which has been
Ian Church, and which is the disrian
Church government. In Acts
hey had ordained them elders in
it they ai ranged for a government
> the congregation, but by elders,
f lessons th's quarter settles for us
i appellate court in the Church to
the obligations which rest on the
e decisions of this appellate court.
the Gentile3 must be required to
3 referred to this appellate court,
ecision, it sent down that decision
keep." ' And this example is the
ment tcday.