The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-08-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


rhe Apostles I'ersecuted-Acts 5fe5-41-
August 81, 1ses-
Especially Arranged from s. s. QuaYterly.l
GOLDEN TExT.-We ought 70 obey God rath-
ef thnn rnen-Acts b;2Q
CENTRAL TRurR-9od changes the storms
against His people into favorine gaiea
TIME--A. u. S0S3 Soon after the last les
son.
PLAcK-Jerusaleul Court II the temple,
and the hall Of the Sanhelrtn.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcBs-eA "Csptstn."
Of the temple guard "Fcared the peoples"
while the apostles feared only God q "Strait-
ly:" strictly. "F'lled Jcrusaiern:" testimony
to the success OF the apostles 81 I'VE are Hia
Witnesses" they boro witness to what they had
seen and heard-Christ's words, miracles, res
direction, mighty works; changed lives, e0pe-
rtenced blessedness $50 Is also the Holy
Ghost," by the wonders OF Pentecoet and mir
ecles OF healing ind conversion q souls by the
power OF the Holy Ghost 8S "Cut 70 the
heart;" literally, sawn asunder. D. '0ams-
hel:" the teacher Of Pnul; moderate Phari-
see, He and the Pharfsees were favored by the
doctrine of the resurrection. 81 '"fheuias:"
leader about the time Of the birth Of Jesus.
The Jews were very resttve under the Roman
rule, nnd there were many insursections 81.
sThe days Of tile tax1ngsT during the boyhood
OF Jesus Roman tNxeH were BY many Jews re-
garded as treason 10 their religion. They ac-
knowfedged allegiance 30 God only. 10 Beat
en- them" with scourgea, 10 express their dis
appreciation Of the apostles disobedtence to
their command snd ss substitute for the se-
verer punishment which sotne desired 10 fnfliot
LESSON NOTES
The Master had said to these same
apostles before He died, "ln the world
We shall have tribulation and sorrow,
but be Of good cheer. have overcome
the world" This they found to be
true, for no sooner had they begun to
make headway In this new religion
than their enemies were aroused and
began to persecute them with fierce
hatred This lesson Is but another In
stance of this Now, what wes the
charge that they brought against them
at this timer II was "that they had
filed Jerusalem with their doctrine"
Well, was that 30 dreadful thing,
after alp Judging by what their enc
mics said, one would think that this
doctrine must be something very
harmful. But il you hook at it little
carefully you will see that instead of
being anything that should be sup
pressed it was kind Of doctrine that
was calculated to bring a blessing on
that city. Years before this poor
Jerusalem had undergone q terrible ex-
perience for not receiving the doctrine
Of the prophets, and now here she was
again going In the face Of the doctrine
that came to her from God through the
few moments
One of the cardinal principles that
they taught was that man should love
the Lord his God with all his mind, and
heart and soul and strength; and
another was that he should love his
neighbor as himself. Was that such
awful doctrine as TO legitimate this per-
secution2 Was II fearful thing to put
love In the place Of hatred? That which
has all along cursed mankind Is the
hatred which men have indulged, and
the great difference between Heaven
and hell is that the one Is governed by
the low of love and the other by that of
hatred. In this world the great differ
ence between happy and miserable
home lies In the same difference of ac-
tion, and with hatred In the heart there
can be no real home" anywhere in the
world Yet this council found fault
with the apostles for filing Jerusalem
with ''their doctrine"
Another of the doctrines that they
taught was that all men were to be |
holy, even as the Lord their God was |
holy. In the place Of all manner of |
sinful filthiness, they wanted to substi-
tute holiness that would cleanse the life |
of man and make him like his Heavenly |
Father.
Yet another doctrine that they taught
was that OF peace In the place Of strife
and war, these men taught that the
peace makers were blessed" Now
what mankind has suffered from for
centuries is this very spirit of variance
and strife, and to supplant that with
peace is truly O benediction- Yet for
such doctrine as this these men were
arrested So we see that they had no
for the charges that were brought
against them. They were the real ben
efactors Of their fellow-men, and yet
for this very thing they were called
upon to suffer. Truly Jesus had proved
q true prophet when He told them that
they were to be the salt OF the earth
and the light Of the world, and yet men
would think that they did God service
If they imprisoned and killed them
The world has not changed its spirit
much since then Look at any Of our
great cities and see II the spirit Of inn
purity and od selfishness does not rule
as 1t did IN Jerusalem in the days Of the
twelve. War, variance, jealousiea, ha-
tired, impurity are still to be found on
every hand; and, alasi the rulers of our
day are not free from these sins. Po-
itical parties are guilty of selfseelsing
and OF all manner of evil practices in
many OF our states. Vice and crime are
70 entTenched that II you attack them
they turn on YOU and accuse you OF evil
motive, and II possible they overcome
you BY ways right or wrong. The