The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-08-11
the SUNDAY SCHOOL.

the SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Ananias and sapphira--Acss b. i-ii--An-
gust IL. 1902.
Especially Arranged frrm s. 8. ouarterly.l
GOLDEN TEXT. Be not deceived; God Is not
shall he also reap.--Gal. e;7
CENTRAL TBuTH.-The hope Of the hypocrite
shall pexiah
T1Mh-A. D. sosa within two or three years
q the last lesson
PLACk k-Jerusalen
HELPS OVER HAND Pi.ACEs~--k "Aparins:"
grace Of God Nothing Is known Of him bus
what is related here @Sapphira:- q sapphire
or beauty. '.Sold:- ostensibly to give 10 the
poor. z "Kept back parts" while pretending
10 Give IL an w. o.. His wife also being privy
TO IT," mentioned to show that the sin wes do
ties feet.- In public. at . meeting. thus
seeking to gain notorfety as Q gener>
GUS man and . saint "Lfe to
the Holy Ghost" because the oderfns wse
made 10 God rather than to man while II
remained" undedicated 70 God No one COM
pellcd him to give owny hie money. & "oave
up tho ghoet," his spirit ftfe Peter did not
kill him. It was tho direct act Of God q
"Buried hirn:" the Jews usually buried their
dead the same dag they died Z, g His wife>"
Peter give her an opportunity Of confession
Hut he did not watt for her to know how her
husband had died. for then her confession would
have been insincere 1And great fear Cswe)
came upon al the chufch:" greet fear, fear
OF God, ON Intelligent fear Of his searching vis-
ion and uperring Judgment and dread convic.
ton Of the deadliness Of SIN 10 produce such
o fear as should deter others from Ike odense
was Gods intention IN this miracle Of punish-
nent The church were afraid to stn, afraid to
be hypocrites and this tended to their purity.
The natural result Of this was seen In great
numbers added to the church ". ~. And God
through tho spostiea Spdritunl and
temporal blessings nbounded. % "Upon the
world Upon Es many as heord:" others we're
(d) afraid on account Of their sins, and this
tended to their conversion l) Having wit
messed the aw full consequences Of Inconsistency
tn the profession Of the Christian faith, they
felt that there was no little peril In joining
community onduod with miraculous power of
discriminating hypocrisy and unworthy motives,
as well as with gifts of Languages and healing.
And this tended ". lD TO save the church from
all pretenders and hypocrites, and keep II pure
and powerful for it's work. The punishment of
these is not Q more signal proof Of Gods hatred
of fslsehood than the sparing OF so many liars
Is an evidence OF His mercy.
LESSON NoTEA
The early church was in great danger
from false adher ents, owing 80 the fact
that for reasons that seemed wise to
them, all the converts sold their prop
erty and pooled the proceeds from
which they all lived IN common. 1t
was to be feared that designing people
would for 'loaves and fishes" creep into
the church. and at It's very infancy
make it O gathering of those who were
hypocriticaL This would have injured
1t much at time when IL needed more
than ever to be pure. And suppose
that this wes the reason why such
stern measures were taken BY Peter to
punish those who by their Hypocrisy
tried to get Into the church for the sake
of gain.
Now you may well take up the r1ao.
ter of lying. That this Is very COM
mon sin, no one who knows anything
will for o moment doubt tits far more
prevalent than drunkenness, and just as
bad in many ways Now there is no
one who says that 1t Is right at times
and under proper circumstances to get
drunk But I am sorry to say that
there are many people, and not few of
them Christians, who say that there are
circumstances in which it is right to
tell lie This has been repeatedly af-
frmed by some persons in days past
when our lessons have led us to such O.
discussion.
A lie is never tusti1able- Now as
soon as anyone says this, there are
those who begin TO say: "Wcll, under
such and such circumstances would it
not be right to Her That is not the
way to come at this matter Let me
suggest better way to begin Ask a
few plain questions first.
Question ]. Who Is the Mlthor of the
truth9 God In fact, He is the truth.
From Him all truth flows, and for Him
It is impossible to lie. II God should,
under pressure OF circumstances, tell
one lie, all Heaven would stand aghast,
for they would say. THE foundation
of the truth has been undermined If
God has lied once, we never can tell
when He will lie again"
Question a Who is the author of hes9
Satan. HE Is liar and the father OF
1T" John S+44) All who tell lies are
by that very act made children of him
who is the first liar.
Question g. How did all the evil that
Is In this world start2 By lie. Satan
lied to Eve, and she believed and acted
on his lie, and the result may in part be
seen to-day The full result will only
Be seen In he'll when eternity comes to
an end
Question a. What does God say will
be the portion OF liars? "All HAIRS shall
hsVe their part In The lake that burneth
with fire and birthstone" Does this
verse make no exception as TO some
ltnrse No, It says all liars, and that
leaves none out even If they tell lies
that "ase allowable" ~
Question 8. Do You ever want anyone
70 he to you9 No, certainly not Then
what right he~e you to lie to anyone
rise, even II you think that IL is for
their good9 Anyway, who gave you
the right to judge as to when you have