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c? unbcui - cKlVof INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR MAY 2. Subject: rani’s First Missionary Jeurney-Cyprus, Acts 13:1-12 —Golden Text, Mark 16:15 Commit \ erses 2, 3—Comments, TIME. —4S A. D. PLACE.—An tioch, Salamis, Paphos. EXPOSITION.—I. Barnabas ami Saul called by the Holy Spirit, set apart by men, sent forth by men and by the Holy Spirit, 1-4. The church at Antioch had five “prophets and teachers” worthy of mention by name. This early Gentile church be came a fountain of light and life to many other places. The Holy Ghost spoke to them “as they ministered to the Lord and fasted.” If we would spend more time and strength in ministering to the Lord and in fast ing, we would have more frequent and clearer leadings of the Spirit. A Spirit-filled mind rarely accompanies an over-filled stomach. Greater sim plicity in our living would be condu cive to a clearer perception of the mind of God. It is not said how the Spirit spoke, whether in an audible voice, or silently, in the inner re cesses of the heart, but He spoke in an unmistakable way. It was no vague, uncertain impulse sucn as men sometimes call “the voice of the Spirit.” He is ready to speak to-day, if we will supply the proper condi tions and listen. It was the Holy Spirit’s work to call; it was man’s work to recognize the call, and set the called apart for the work. Those who ignore ordination by man are as unscriptural as those who ignore a call by God. But it was “for the work whereunto” the Spirit called that they w r ere to be set apart. Too often we set men apart for a work whereunto the Spirit never called them. Spirit called men are a great need of our day. We have far too many men whom men have called; or. worse yet, who have called them selves. Every step in that early church was taken in prayer. It was prayer to which men gave themselves so heartily that they withdrew them selves even from their necessary food to pursue it (v. 3). The prompt ness with which this church obeyed the Spirit’s command is worthy of note. He had demanded the best and they gave them up without a murmur. They would have liked to have kept Barnabas and Saul, but the Spirit called them elsewhere, and “they sent them away.” But. while they sent them back of it all they were really “sent forth by the Holy Ghost.” Wonderfully suggestive and inspiring words these. With what confidence a man can go forth when he can confidently affirm, “I have been sent on the errand by the Holy Ghost!” He may not know just where he is going, or just what he is to do, or just what awaits him. No directions seem to have been given as to where they were to go; so they made straight for the nearest port and thence for the old home of Barna bas (ch. 4:36). 11. Triumph of Saul, filled with the Spirit, over Elymas, Full of all Guile and all Villainy, 5-12. They were true to their commission, “they preached the word of God.” Many a man has been sent forth by the Holy Ghost who has afterward forgotten what he was sent to preach; and so a mission that was divine in its origin has come to nothing in its execution. If there was ever a day in which their example needed imitation, it is to day, when men are preaching any thing and everything but “the word of God” (comp. 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 4:2). Opponents of the gosnel, who make great pretensions and do amaz ing things, are not at all new. One need not be frightened because men who make astonishing claims, and who display extraordinary gifts, arise to lead men astray. It was so in the first days of the church's history, and yet the church went right on, in face of this apparently dangerous opposi tion. The “theosophists” and “Chris tian Scientists” of to-day are no more dangerous than the Simons and Ely mas of early days. Spirit-filled men were needed to oppose and confound them then, and Spirit-filled men are needed to oppose and confound them now. The proconsul, Sergius Paulus, gave good proof that he was indeed “A man of understanding;” “he called unto him Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.” Whatever claims to prudence and wisdom and common sense a man may make, he is not “a man of un derstanding,” if he is not desirous “to hear the word of God.” Elymas did not give up without a fight. The devil never does (2 Tim. 3-8). His chief business is turning men aside from the'faith (v. 8; cf. Cor. 4:3, 4; Luke 8:12). But the opposition of Elymas for all his marvelous powers were vain, for he had run up against a Spirit-filled man. Paul had been filled with the Holy Spirit soon after his conversion (ch. 9:17). But now a new emergency arises, and there is a new filling for the new need. Wo ought not to be content because we have once, or fifty times, known what It was to have the Spirit of God come rushing upon us and taking posses sion of our minds, and giving us words of wisdom, boldness and power to utter. As each new emergency arises we should cast ourselves upon Him anew. Paul’s words are very se vere and very searching. They pose the depths of the infamy of Ely mas. Plainness and boldness or speech is a characteristic of a Spirit filled man (Acts 4:31; Eph. 6.19J* gl/| erry Side 111 ....of Life A HARD LUCK STORY'. If I was a squirrel I’d have nothin’ much to do, Lxeep to scamper roun’ de tree when pe» pie come in view. If I a catfish or a shiner or a bass, 1 d simply have to swim aroun’ an’ let de seasons pass. If I was a bird I’d go a-floatin’ thro’ de skv A-pickin out de climate dat I thought would satisfy. If I was a bulldog or a setter or a spitz, I d romp aroun’ an’ bark an’ scare de strangers into fits. If I was mos’ any critter dat I ever sees i d spend a heap o’ time in doin’ mos’ly as I please, A-livin in de sunshine or where leafy shadows lurk; But ’cause l’s human folks, doggone! I’s got to go to work! —Judge. SELDOM DOES. “His last merger was an utter fail ure.” “How so?” “He tried to combine business with pleasure, but it wouldn’t go.”—Kan sas City Journal. NOT VORACIOUS A BIT. “Is your husband voracious in his appetite, madam?” “I can’t say as he is, doctor. He’ll eat anything and everything as long as there’s anything to eat.”—Balti more American. UNANIMOUS RESIGNATION. Deacon—“ Are you willing to go?” Unpopular Citizen (dying)—“Oh, yes, I am.” Deacon—“ Well, I’m glad you are for that makes it unanimous.”- Judge. YOU CAN’T PLEASE SOME. “He is more disgusted with churches than ever.” “How now?” “He visited one, expecteing to be snubbed, and was made welcome in' stead.”—Houston Chronicle. WHEN ALEC FAILED. "Alexander the Great conquered the entire world.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “He conquered it; but some of us moderns could have shown him a thing or two about making it pay dividends.” —Washington Star. HOW HE KNEW. “So your daughter Is improving in her piano playing?” “Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “You enjoy it?” “No. But it doesn’t make me as nervous as it used to.”—Washington Star. A DEFINITION. Lawyer (examining juror)—“Do you understand the difference be tween character and reputation?” Juror —“Reputation is the name your neighbor gives you; character is the one they take from you.”— Pick-Me-Up. READING THE SIGNS. Wigg—“So you believe in signs, eh? Well, when a man is always making new friends what is that a sign of?” Wagg—“lt’s generally a sign thai his old friends are onto him.” —Phil, adelphia Record. IN NEW YORK. “All our tables are engaged twc years in advance.” “That’s all right. I have subleased a table, and here are the documents, Now, can I get an option on a steak, with trimmings to match?” —Louis- ville Courier-Journal. CARING FOR THE CAT. Mrs. X. (away from home) “John, did you leave out anything for the cat before you started?” Mr. X. (who dislikes the beast) — “Yes; I left a can of condensed milk on the table, with the can opener be side it.” —Boston Transcript. BOTH DETERIORATING. “Yes,” said Mrs. Nexdore, “my daughter is very persevering in her ipiano playing. Do you notice that she's improving?” “No,” replied Mrs. Peppery, “and I also notice that my husband’s tem per isn’t.” —Philadelphia Press. THE AUTOMATIC SOUBRETTE. “I suppose your play starts with a housemaid dusting the furniture and soliloquizing about the family af fairs?” “No; we’ve cut all that out. In stead, we have a vacuum cleaner with phonographic attachment.” Pitts burg Post. AS IT USUALLY IS. “Pa,'' asked little Willie, looking up from his book, “what a ‘mis-an thropist?’ ” “A minanthropist,” replied his pa, “is the sort of fellow who after catch ing himself cheating at solitaire de cides that all men are liars and frauds.” —Philadelphia Press. URGBUMD" wsf IjWIETE BUILMeV IN MIDDLE GEORGIA. 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