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U 1 / Young People's S LIFE LESSONS FRO Topic for Sunday, August 1: Life L Book of Acts. Acts 27:18-44. DAILY READING Monday: The need of the Spirit. Tuesday: Turning to God. Acts 2: Wednesday: God is not mocked. . Thursday: Spread of the seed. Act Friday: A chosen vessel. Acts 9:1 Saturday: An epoch-making speech. The writer of the Book of Acts, Li scholar, the evangelist expressly tells he wrote, that this book is another t did and taught. It is the second volume of Luke's n first dealing with his work in the worl and this dealing with his work throi the agency of his Apostles. The title, "The Acts of the Apostle a misnomer. It should rather be Through His Apostles." Very few, ii are even so much as named in the boo The lessons to us are many and i that we need not attempt to address until" we have sought God's Spirit. Another is that in waiting 011 hii receive the preparation we need for ef work. And concerted prayer as well needful. Another is that the simple Gospel unto salvation, and its preaching and for spreading the Kingdom and de^ larger life in all believers. Another is that fellowship with o beautiful and at times needful. The < the first disciples prepared them thi which soon came, when persecution sc Another is that God requires faithi one another, and looks upon the viols against the Holy Ghost. Ananias and ? uod when they made false statements The Holy Ghost is a person. Only t against. Satan is a person. He put Sapphlra's hearts to sin as they did. 1 personality of the Spirit will help us t< of the devil. The suffering of the righteous for th evident token, and God-given, of sal accused of speaking against Moses, appear as that of an angel, with a t since Moses had been made resplende Stephen saw the Son of ^lan standii God?not sitting as everywhere else i ing, as if he had risen to receive an< martyr. Royalty rises only to "welco are joint-heirs with Christ. They are i unto the Lord. There is hope of even the wickedes * threatenines and alanehtpr 1ntAvl/>nt Stephen, regardless of whether bel women, continued his havoc of the him and converted him into the greate The missionary lesson is a great on \fied, In the vain attempt to avoid goinj city, to offer redemption. In the sa Peter to forget, the distinction betw And when the vision was over the mi Roman, were at the door to escort Pel That best portion of a man'i His little nameless, unrememl Of kindness and of love. t 'HE PRESBYTERL Societies M ACTS. essons for me from the iS. Acts 1:1-8. 37-42. A nfo K.1 1 1 s 8:8,34-40. 0-19. Acts 17:22-31. ike, the physician, the i Theophilus, to whom reatise on what Jesus larrative of Christ, the Id by his own presence jgh the Spirit and by >s." commonly used, is 4 The Acts of Christ ideed, of the Apostles k, except once, iractical. The first is ourselves to our work n in prayer we shall ficiency and success in as personal prayer is is the power of God living the best means reloping the new and ne another is always ;ommunity principle of e better for the time attered them abroad, 'ulness on our part to ition of truth as a sin iapphira sinned against i to Peter. i person can be sinned ; it Into Ananias' and The recollection of the > resist the personality eir faith is to them an Ivation. Stephen was God made his face to jlory with which none int. lg at the right hand of -epresented, but standI welcome his faithful me royalty. Believers nade kings and priests t. Saul, breathing out ed with the blood of lievers were men or Church. God stopped ist of the Apostles. ie. Prom Joppa Jonah I to Nineveh, a Gentile me JODnn. P.nH tnncht een Jew and Gentile, en from Cornelius, the ter to Caesarea. s life is still bered acts ?Wordsworth. \N OF THE SOUTH. Prayer ] TOPIC?HOPE A 1 Peter 1:1 Kor the Week Begii This passage is designed to enfo expressed in 2 Corinthians, where rationality of enduring trial, "whil which are seen, but at the things things which are seen are tempori not seen are eternal." To encourage the new convert! the writer reminds them that tim the salvation that was to be re means by which it should be pr that provision that they searched ascertain the meaning of those tb revealed to them and which, upo kbown. They are represented as truths as the miner does the# ] unearth. For four thousand year and the glory that should folk theme of revelation in manifol predictions. It was an expression souls for the "desire of all na appear, fulfilled all righteousness, cross his earthly ministry, entere ascended the Apostles bore testir prophets had foretold. The appeal that is made to n diligently the inspired messages assurances of a finished salvation shall not we train ourselves to " our confidence steadfast unto tl ojedient children, not fashioning former lusts in our ignorance"? which We have and the marvelo which we have received, it beco manner of conversation." A warning is given against im realities which engaged the profoi who foretold them, and are a subj the minds of angels. Our God is but does and will ever "judge acoi Genuineness is a requisite to all i judgments of God are according t to pass the time of our sojourning profound reverence for the auttn must finally give account. The seriousness of our relatioi intensified by the very fact of the glory of redemption. "Ye are not things, as silver and cold frm received by tradition from your fat blood of Christ, as of a lamb wi spot." The very fact of our being blood of the Son of God rend redemption all the more culpable him "who hath trodden under foo counted the blood of the cov< sanctified an unholy thing, and h spirit of grace; for we know him belongeth unto me: I will recomp It heightens our appreciation of it was not an after thought nor ? the eternal purpose of God conce expression of eternal, changelet estimate we seem at times to se souls, and how short-sighted the \ in the universe of God! But he w redemption "verily was foreordal of the world, but was manifest i who by him do believe in God tha and gave him glory; that your fi God." : July 21, 1909. Meeting iND DUTY. 12-20. ining July 25. rce a truth that is concisely the Apostle is showing the e we look not at the things which are not seen; for the il, but the. things which are 3 in steadfastness of faith, prophets of old had foretold ivealed and the marvelous ovided. So wonderful was I with intensest interest to lings which the Holy Spirit n his authority, they made searching to discover these precious ore that he may s "the sufferings of Christ >w" constituted the great d symbols, promises and i of the yearning of devout tions," who, when he did and, having finished on the d into his glory. After he nony to the facts that the is is, shall not we search that contain such Joyful i so freely bestowed? And hold fast the beginning of le end," that we may be ourselves according to the With the abundant light us nature of the salvation mes us to be "holy in all lifference to those sublime ind interest of the prophets ect of marvelous inquiry to "no respecter of persons," ding to every man's work." eligious profession, for the 0 truth. We are, therefore, ; here in fear?that is, with ority of him to whom we 1 to our sovereign God is > surpassing excellence and redeemed with corruptible n your vain conversation .hers; but with the precious thout blemish and without ; redeemed by the precious era the rejection of that i. Terrible is the guilt of t the Son of God and hath onnnt whorou/HK Ka ?"? ??.? .. ?bu uc nao iath done despite unto the that hath said, Vengeance ense, salth the Lord." redemption to realize that in expedient, but a part of rning us, and therefore an is love. . How small the t on the value of our own rislon we have of our place rho is the author of eternal ned before the foundation r? h ? 1??* 4 * ? - ? m ?-? u iucic iam iiuies ror you t raised him from the dead aith and hope might be in