The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-19
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raeL ~ l,sras
sg,ar Juu = u-Acr.1r 70.

A. Lysifa g1pelled from Aaisoch.
he ssioasFies bad gone eastward 10.
Icopinm. the capital Of the province u.
LycaoaiA. There they ~remaiBed for =
considerable tine. preaching 10 the
synagogaes with grea, success. A
gfra, mululude. both Of Jews and Of
( Greeks believed. Bet here. a. else
where. sharp divisions arose Tie
gospcl i something that aust be either
accepted Or rejected. II tradition.
wofsbipiBg Jews bad their reasons for
not accepting il. Greeks and the rect.
bad also theirs. aud IL the bottom of
the matter they were not so very differ
eni. The evil heart of unbelief add
dis0hedlonce. which viii not believe
because Il docs not want 20 obey. To.
Que who means 10 stick 10 bis sius. no
udlngs can seem glad iidings. provided
they require him to iorsAke bis sins.
The persecution wAs formidable, aud,
as Paul aud Bamabas saw, likely To be
fatal Accordingly, they quietly push
forward 10 new fields. Attempts TO put
al eud 10 the evangelizing work were
oyerrulcd rather 10 the furtherance Of
Il, Lystra, whittier they had come
from Ieonium was southeast from that
city about twenty miles not a large
town. at The foot ~ what ID called the
Black Mountain. There is a place near
there which the Turks call Binbir-
kilisseh, " the thousand and one
churches.
The MyracIe at Lystra: s 10.
Similar TO that Of the impotent man
whom Peter healed at the gate Beauti.
ful Of The Temple in Jerusalem. (See
Aets iii. Lame from his birth a born
cripple, who never had walked"
rho same heard Paul speak !" the
word 10 the original used here implies
that be repeatedly. habitually heard
him. His singular attention. more
than the fact of his lameness, had at
tracted the preachers notice. The
preacher knows who listen most, and
easily reads the heart 10 the face. The
cripple may not once have thought OF
being made the subject Of a miraculous
bodily cure, yet Paul perceived that
the germ of a mighty faith was in him
the kind of faith which believes Gods
word aud accepts Gods gracious power
TO the fullest.
The Startling Command 10 As
startling as it was abrupt and sudden.
Singled out from the crowd, the preac-
or trans6xing him with his penetrating,
inspiring gaze, shouts a word Of com
maud 10 tones that shoot like electricity
through all his soul "Stand upright
on thy feet |" Impossible ! yet nothing
easier Not sooner said than done.
Not only "stood upright" but "leaped
and walked" The picture of an in.
Simultaneous. complete. joyful regenera-
ton. The outward miracle only the
shadow Of the deeper miracle expert.
enced by the crippled, %impotent soul.
It is the miracle which is ver be.
ing repeated in all the church.
The Outburst Of Popular Supersti-
ton lib. There was an element
Of truth in it,. Such a deed, they rea'
soned. and rightly, was proof Of some
divine presence and a supernatural
agency. In that couutry the myths
respecting the visible appearances Of
the classical diyinities, such as Jupiter
and the rest, were familiar household
traditions. And the L~ycaonians, it is
SAID, made a specially OF worshiping
Jupiter. "father Of gods and men"
Mercury" was Jupiter swift.winged,
wiit-footed messenger and chief
spokesman. Paul was the chief speak.
er, Barnabas the older OF the two, and
probably the more. imposing ia personal
appearance.
How Paul made the Strange Occur
renee = Text 70, a Sermon f: II 81
II was with the greatest difficulty the
peoplc,could be restrained from actually
paying divine donors TO the strangers
But il was 20 part Of the mission OF
these missionaries TO allow themselves
TO be idolized il was just the opposite,
to turn men away from such like wan
tiles" 1t panied them beyond express
sion TO see the people hasing after IN.
realities. The religious nature aud
sentiments meant for different uses
, What was needed was to give q new
turn TO ii. tara it 10 worship Of the
, living God. But they bad made 40 *
hibition, at once Of the dignity Of their
nature as religious beings. aud Of their
awful perversion Of il 1t helped them
TO see and know themselves. II CON-
/ PEELED reelection upon the deeper con
= Germs Of religion. /, turned them about
> to listen TO God himself. Probably
: many were persuaded TO hear with JOY
. the glad lidings Of the one real Incsr-
nation and Divine manifestation. the
actual religion aud the glorious saliva
ton. But how must the great heart