The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-08
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!, 3 as.ao-fhikf and the Etlso6lanT
ooGoss TBxe-rEza that believeth on the Son
hath everle4ti q ~, yehhs.sa
l,rhR-Ths sSky sqnmer Of A D. n sooo
after tie last lesson
=. eosD sys,s, ssd ,h,s,a been
The apostles had come from Jerusaiorn and in
dorscd his work. The Holy Spirit had conferred
,hronshs tSs id S9,auS ss,cu.s sves The he
Lord had other MOI Philip From preach
ing q crowds. he must GO long Instance 70
agatn. b Snl&+&8 exsend,ne uos only frou
Jews 70 SamaHtana but Oh 70 foreigners and
the heathen populations, FROM Asia 70 Africa
And we turn from the false disciple Simon, TO
trace tbe stegs ~ which sincere Inquirer
found tfs Coy b t6e Lord Jesus
tLassox NOTES.
" -And the angel OF the l-opir' A
resa up,s4s n$ $* 6g,n ,ng, ny 8 real pc~sare
from God "Spake unto Phil,p" The
deacon. or es<nHelis.. no, the appetite.
~ hsa, and 60 toward the syuti'-
which would lead him d,rsctly acr,ss
oil the roa>is thai led from Jerusalem
70 G..sa That goeth down FOR
Jerusalem was on high land. nnd any
rreai toward the coast must IN a ,is..
sc,<.a.ig ona from Jerusalem un,o
G<Lnl- GoAo wes the chief Of the FIVE
c,tAt~ OF the Philistines. fifty miles
ss~.hrest OF Jerusalem. three miles
from the Mediterranean, and ten miles
from Askalon
~. "Apd he eroee and went," Appar-
emily not knowing the purpose for
which be wae sent. "And behold man
Of Ethiop.a," In it's largest sense the
term Ethiopia was applied 10 all the AT
rican ands south OF Egypt: more detn-
| itely, II included the northern Eutra.
Senaas, Kordofau. and parts of Abys-
sinia Its Inhabitants were black in
color utld large in stature. Their land
| appears 10 have been one OF vve;iith AMI
to have maintained some commercial
! rclutie6ls with Palestine ~ es.nnSh of
great authority" The word, although
meaning chamberlain or scrv.
ant OF the bed-chaInber, denoted. as
now. the condition Of q rr-n who was
chosen TO watch over the women's
| arartu1cut Ia great ho,,ses. Such per-
sons, deprived Of family ambition. were
thought no-e trustworthy than 9TH.
ers, and often held high offices Had
como to Jerusalem for to worship lie
had learned aboit the true God from
the Jews Of his own country, aid about
His temple and worship at the religious
capital.
ea ''Was returning" from bis ex-
| pedition to Jerusalem. He would nat
urally pass through GAIA on his way
to Egypt and bis Ethiopian home be-
yond-
20. Then the Spirit said unto Phil
ip," L e.. by prompting from within:
"Go near, and John thyself to this char
lot" No doubt this royal tro asurer
had q numerous retinue, and o single
traveller ON desert road would be do
ing what wns natural In attaching
himself to train OF people who were
journeying In the same direction. Phil
ip would therefore be able to approach
and hear what was read without being
deemed an intruder.
80. "And Philip ran thither.- Swift
ly. eagerly, obeying the Divine monitor.
And said: "Understandest thou what
thou readestT The very question
would lead the Ethiopian to feel that
Philip was ono that could help him; and
hence the invitation to come up into the
chariot was natural
81. "How can I, except sone man
should guide me7" The passage ipIsaiah
was very difficult one for Jew to
understand II seemed almost impossi-
BILE to put together the idea OF Christ as
q sufferer. a. despised and SLAIN, and
the promise that He should be q glorious
king. triumphing over the world
8S. I'm HIS humiliation His Judgment
was taken away:" His tndgment-the
Judgment Uustioe) due to Him His
rights OF justice were withheld by His
enemies. His life is taken from the
earthi" The Hebrew admits Of no other
meaning than that the sufferer was bur
ried to q viols Mt death
81. ''Of whom speaketh the prophet
this9" Tho earlier Jewish anthorities
all understood Chap IS Of Isaiah to
refer to the coming Messiah
IS. Then Philip began At the
same Scriptures" Which was fulfilled
in Jesus, and has been fulfilled IN no
other. "And preached unto him Jesus:"
Literally, announced 10 him the glad
tidings, JeenA
80. "Unto . certain weter." The site
is absolutely unknown. and the ae-
tempts to Identify It with any existing
spring or wady arc almost necessarily
fruitless. since nos even the road, much
less the location on it, Is known with
any degree Of certainty. what doth
hinder me to be baptized3' Faith With
in and water without were ready.
80. 'He commanded the Chariot He
ordered the chariot-driver to stop, and
of course the whole retinue would see
what took place, and they may certainly
be regarded as the nucleus OF congre-
CATION to be established in Ethiopia.
"He baptized him:" Without waiting
further to instruct him, or delaying for
o public ceremonial Baptism was the
Divine mode Of confessing Christ
80. 1.-THE Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philips" The words clearly re-
late q supernatural disappearance OF
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