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GENTILES BELIEVE.
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, NOV. 27.

Text OF the Lesson, Acts xiii, Al, to xiv,
7-Memory Verses. 46-is-Golden Text,
Acts xiii, 47-Cop,no entary by the Rev.
ID. VI. stearns.
A. "And Tie next Sabbath day came
almost the whole city together to hear the
Word of God" The apostles had no doubt
spoken to many in private through the
week and those who had heard the pre-
reding Sabbath had not been quiet about
the wondrous resurrection story, and the
consequent great redemption so fully and
freely proclaimed 1t became the talk of
the town and an immense congregation
assembled not to hear the wisdom nor the
oratory of the apostles, but to hear the
Word of God.
45 Such manifest working of the Holy
Spirit could not but provoke the adversary
TO envy and blasphemy. Compare Acts "
80; vii, o. If none of the religious people
of community are stirred to talk against
the preaching it is an evidence either that
they are al, wonderfully in sympathy vita
Christ, o. that the preaching lacks salt
Oh Tim iii, 12; Col. iv g.
sc. "To the jew first vas the principle
acted upon H. all apostolic preaching (RUp
l. 1G), thes to the Gentilps Man has the
power of receiving or putting from him
this great gift of everlasting life which
God has provided AT such infinite cost, bui
If any one Judge, himself unworthy of
life. it is equai + Judging himself worthy
Of death (!ohn III, 80, RoE H. f. 81.
A.. Pauls commission was TO bear thl
name OF the Lord nos only before the chill
drcn cf Israel but before the Gentiios
(Acts ix. Is. ard he quotes from Isa. Xix,
- al l,,,
Servant Of the Lord. II will also give thee
for n ligh= to Tie Gentilcs. that thou may
est he my salvation unto the end of the
earth" While the mystery of the church
is not revealed n he Cid Testament (Eph.
iii, 5, G., the calling OF the Gentle nations
after s."fe! shall have been converted is
IN oft repeated fact; and yet Paul seems
TO gather from this passage something
conccs1;-.c his mission to the Gentiles.
4s. The Gentiles gave hce1 10 the mes
ssge. az, hy receiving the word of the Lord
they " 1rifei it and were made glad, and
rs macy as wee Ordained to eternal life
believed. Not all are now given to Christ,
rlt az who are given shall come (John vi,
81, and whosocvcr will may come C}Pv.
xxi, ~, sure that none WI he cast out.
This is the time Of salvation for the elect
church. after w1iCa shall com? the saliva
nf q {
Ky, 14-l1(.
40 ".nf the Word Of he Lord was pub
usbad tbro .orop, All fine rcgiou " This
i tha wori, ~ ire church and of every in
iividnn, n-4,rrer Of il. ia proclaim cyery-
,,.b.ro a f,,,I mad free redeu;ntic, throurh
,ha deotb and resurrection Of Jesus that
oil NAV her tho. 50 from oil tbe elect
cLurch ms he 0atrcred Her song indi-
,ates flint she ie 70 be made M of believers
from oil narts Of the eprth (Rev. y.q
5o How litt}. thosp bonoraT,le women
and chief n.,, tho1ipbt that by his
Conduct tbev ,ver, declaring themselves
ogain., Cnd opd Hts Christ When fine
seventv wore sent ont Jesusssid etbat
dasnisstb Won dr.,,ieetI me. and he that de-
sntinth me- deeni.etL HIM int sent me-,
II uI,.x II But tnis rorpo wind would
un,L COR GLORY b,.scotierinp vet more
,Ln ,,...;ou. I.ei "Su,.l,- the iyratn of
,no, ,h.II nro;.. tLe.r ~. lxvvi 10,
- "L,,+ toe-. shoot. off tbe dust Of tl,o;r
f.,t ag,i,,,t thcn and came unto leo.
,irrn = Ccr.rnra chanter xviii. G. and see