The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-31
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,asiF .i;;d i ioy Iyads,ls 5; .ssssss eonso' a
"And tho Hoyt Vas upon him." Here
Is tho secret OF pf o please God: "By
my NY Spirit @ saith Prd Of Hosts" ..Yo
come upon you; ar y In Jerusalem until
ye be endued wit4ss , ower from ON high"
tZcc. iv., q; IActsInotL Luke xiv. 4gD. Let
us earnestly seek StpSsss pSs filled with the Spirit"
again and again, ih1 anew for every SER
vice. -.
26 "And It had zen revealed unto him by
tho Holy Spirit" sThe things of God none
knoweth save the Apirit OF God" "The Spirit
OF Truth will guile you into all truth" Il
Cor. H., II; John 2vi., 49,. Il is impossible
for the natural mapto understand spiritual
things; Gut being ibTua OF God, born from
above, and having bcome psrtakcrs of the
Divine nature, We hse Ono In Us who il pc,.-
feet in knowledge, fho Himself wrote oil
Scripture, and il VT will only be still and
honTken s,,,h g diligently, aill guido US unto all
noss. iss," and he syi4N srd, to some p1r-
' e. "And swM Ehe Spirit into the
temple" Notice three things said of the
Spirit in relation y Simcon: The Holy
Spirit was upon bit, He led him into the
temple just at the ri INT tine TO see the child
also Tvs 3S.) Now, d Sirnons day the Holy
Spirit had not beeII give as He was after
ward given at PentecOst so, IL Simeon on
joycd so much Of the pirits powor and
teaching, how muc6 moe should we enjoy
with 1s the i,s, greater eiit with 1;. our reach
and blessed COD (RSVI Simeon has never
forgotten that day, fhcrin his arms lay tho
Holy Chilli Jesus, CD mnifest In tho flesh.
He had long befors rcceed Him by faith
into his heart butInow his hands handled
and his very eyes Ssw the)eliverer of whom
n N tho nrrnhpts hkH stt<r Thnvo,, ,,,,
never ike Mary of SiH,n, bold tho child
to take caro- OF cnilc Ire1 10 dis sake, and He
will say TO them, "erRcE as ye did 1t to
one of tho least Of hv,Wo may ull
depart IN i ytalshy word.n
No fear OF do I'D lived with
God on eartlf n,s " seen the be-
PsoDSs's Ps gSs sIs Ss$ %s|1 was rssdy yy1s ss
Jacob for tho cdplcts fuifiiiment of the
mercy promised tthom tAIic. vii, 20,.
30. "Minc oyesave seen Thy salvation"
Jacob said, ThaA waited for Thy salvation,
. Lord" lsaiahhng, Behold, God is my
salvation" Mos and David sang The
come my salvatio' lfIcn. Xix, Is; Isa. Kill,
2; Elk. XIV, 2; Pscxyiij., 14). But Simeon
is privileged to ST that he had seen the sal
vation of Jehova for whatever salvation
has been, is, OF e'r will bc manifest on this
earth, is alwaysihrough jehovah, God of
Israel, God manist in tho flesh, Jesus of
81. (which Thu hast prepared before the
face Of all people, Whether we look at the
person of Jesusfr the words pr works of
Jesus all is of Oh. As t, HiA body it is
written: "A bodJhast Thou prepared Me-"
and as t, His w,ds. and works hear tteso
words: "Thc FatEer who sent Me, IIc gave
Me commandnl what 1sshe;ld say and
1dlHeilssd sdiiS sp pIS,B BSfkss BffSkssr1 1fist thst
X, 5; John xii, 4. Then asto tho
great salvation Wsch rs Vaas wrought out
for Israel and forfl the pc.,flc it is written,
~ have trcddcn te wine prcas alone; and of
the people therebVas none with mo" lisa.
kill, ~. The so}at!on of Jehovah is n fully
prepared snlvatih presented to IT'S for our
acceptance.
~. "A light foFevclntiOn tn the Gentilcs,
and the glory of by people lsraep ,R. VI.
The Spirit throua Simeon speaks again Of
that which He I'D before spoken through
the prophets; thsi tho Messiah should not
only be the gloylof Israel but Il light to
tighten the MATHIS Qsa. Kill, g; xlix, Gl:
and In lisa. TX, II 'wo, have tho order uf
events, where VI aie told that darkness
shall cover the erE and gross darkness the
people, hnt the Leti1saiau ar!so upon Israel
and tils glory SID bc see,, Upon them, and
the Gentiles sha; Zone "a thcir light and
kings to the jiiSifesY of :Ieir rising
SO. 'And His Jf!,cr md His mother were
mnrvciing mt th1hiug3 which we're spoken
concerning him. n:cur last lesson Tvs 1g
we saw Mary kef< qnf Pondering the say
ings OF the shcp 8 E11dsl ot,r next lesson
we shall SEQ her <riaE rpd eyidentIy pom
dering the say of <1eass Tvs. 81. while
AUfk we eeG rii&fvff3 12,x3 fnyiups of
prehcnd many So y Iho Spirit caused
them to write, 5ilea,t fiionn ] Pet l., 10
II, it is not to a dered at that neither
Mary nor Joep|'hcllt tcainJrohcnd all that
the the shepherds ID Bia,esaI said about tho
az, "Bcnold II Child rs SET for the fall aud
rising ngnn OF !:tiy inds-aei.n How Isracrs
Messiah could I.ior f5e fall OF many in IT,
racl must have tn,nt thet tinlo II dark say.
ing; and yet thet5sfiit tliI ough Isaiah had
said, 'Hc shall for stone OF stumbling
and for a rock obfonsc To both The hs,,3e.
OF Israel; rms maliy anrag them
shall stun BILE andaIl." cJ: J,a viii, IL, l..j
The Spirit throub Paul tcils us that thny
stumbled 6ecaui they, woull not accept
Christ cs their righteousness, ciIIo.inf la.her
thc works Of thnw t.an I4ip in" nom all
the law was iiuifl,d. but pcul also -a5s as
rrIso again; their lll ha: proved a gan 20 the
I;i:eatllcs, but thu, .ri,ing -.eS'fh shah be as
htn from tue dcatto tho WHO'S world
= %hnd form sig wilcn SI.,ll. b, sp,.sg
aniffheGstI nfaSII Asi!Joah VAS n sign TO tho
inncV'.Ss, G'I.tSt'Y ssn1r riae.S '.ro s!sns u
Israel, 10 Jesus ,aS sign u tho p.,si,, %:
That Eencrntion As thsy rrsisGcl a,il 70.
fused ID hear to p.Ophots. - tn.y SPIKE
nSninGt jesus md therefore G.a mo, O..
Nin.vGl' shall ise, II, in the judgn:cos
against Item IL Ec x., 23-3I
81. "A swor shall pierce through thy
own soul CLIO. hat re Thoughts OF many
hearts may Soio, cs'cd.' Let fcny wcnan
put herself Ill nsSinati II IN h.oTy's p!nce
and consider wat may aa"o b,cn kiuTy's
shferihg from lc toll .,ucs III oSLcIs 8 in con.
Ecctioni with frc.birth OF jesus, snd what
her soul agonj+t-ilis death, a:iI thsy will
HAYS Some IisI Oh alhs verse. i.eru us aIi ro-
member thatI scrvaat ranqot expect
better treatnldbt than his Iia~Ler, and iha.
''ali that will 4ro Cody in Chrjjt jesus Shall
suffer pe.sccufvn pt Tim. ILL.,, i2.--Lesson
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