Connecticut western news., 1876-04-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS.
By Rev. Mnson Noble, Jr.
FOR APRIL BOTH. 1876,

FOR APRIL BOTH. 1876.
 THE LAME MAN HEALED-ACTS3 1 II
 GOLDEN TEXT. T.-And his name. throl olgh faith ln hls name, hath made thls man strong. Acts III. 16.
 HE BEAUTIFUL GATE.-[1-2l Josephus, the Jewish historian, says ot tnls temple, EWars of the Jews. book V, chap. V, ,Sl: Nine of these gates were on every side covered over with gold and silver. as were the Jambs of their doors and their hntes; but there was one gate that was without the inward court of the uoly house, which was of Corinthian brass. and greatly ex- celled those that were only covered over with silver and gold. Its height was fifty cubIts (75 feet } aud It's doors were forty cubits,and it was adorned after richer and thicker plates of geld than the others It took tue strength of twenty men to open or shut the doors of this gate. A man lay at thls beautiful gate. He had was forty years old. he was so helpless that he had to be carried. and when his friends laid hIm down there, there he lay, hour after hour. until they came to carry him back to his home. He was poor, and depended upon the alms lcnarltable gifts) of those who pltied his helplessness. His friends brought him 10 tue gate of the tcOple. because the good people of Jerusa- lem went to the temple daily at the reRu- lar hours of prayer, nlne, twelve and three o'clock. and must pass by inn as he lay, and he could ask them for the help he 1 needed. Peter and John, gong to the | temple at the ninth hour tthree o'clockl, saw this man, in hlS deformlty, lying at the beautiful gate,
 THE PRAYER FOR HELP.-[3 5l The man, when he saw them. asked an alms.' He l had been lad there daily, we do not know for how long. Most men, however help l less, feel ashamed when they beg. This 1 man probably dld, and his eyes were cast down. Those whom be asked for help stopped, and one of them said, Look on us.' The man looked up his attention was awakened though many passed by and did not heed his begging. he thought this man who spoke to hlm would do.somG- thing for him.
 THE WONDERFUL ANswER.-[6 Sl Then Peter said. Silver and gold have none l but such as have glve l thee.' There are Iother things that can be done for those Tn need besides giving them money. But when money is needed. and we have ie, | X, 35, and many other passages of Scrip
 ture. It wou d be good to try how many examples of giving money you can find in the Blble). Whenever you sec people m | trouble, do the best you can for them. Pe- ter, who had no money, had something | else. He said to the man, n the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk Power is not gwen us, in natural thlngs,tO | work miracIes. Jesus had told the apOs- ties they should have this power. He has not told us so. But we can do what He has told us we may do. And we can say to otoers who have fallen and are weak through sin. In the name of Jesns Christ rise up and walk But Peter, first, had
 made the man listen. That was worth a
 great deal. Then after hs spoke to hun he
 helped him. He took him by the hand, by
 the right hand, and lifted him up. He didn't tell him what to do, and stand of to
 see whether he did it but he took hlm by
 the hand and helped him. And the man
 was cured. He leaped up; standing, W ak ing and jumping with joy at the great gift he had received. We do not know what
 kind of man he had been, or how he had
 felt. But now is heart was turned to the
 Saviour who bad cured him, and with the
 apostles he entered the temple praisip c
 God.
 THE AsToNIsHED MULTITUDE.-[9.11I No
 good act is without It's good effect upon
 others. besides the one for whom It IS done. The astOnished witnesses gladly heard the
 preaching of Peter and this good act in
 f1ueEced many for good. Soe PeteI's speech aud chapter iv, 4-16.21,31.