Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-14


Stearns.
A long lesson and brief space for com
ments again compels me to omit the text
and ask the student to read with Bible in
hand.
l. Other leaders of hundreds in the
Roman army are mentioned in Math viii,
5-l3; xvii, 81, and elsewhere in the Acts.
Jesus said of the one mentioned in Math.
viii that He had not seen such faith in
Israel as in him.
q Note the goodness of this centurion,
and yet we must conclude from chapter
xi, II, that withal he was not a saved man.
He was devout, feared God, gave aims and
prayed always, but none of those however
good can give salvation. Prove this from
Rom. w. 8; Eph ii, s, 8; Cor xiii, 1-3. He
was, however, an earnest seeker, and did
as well as he knew, and God gave him
light
8. God gave dreams and visions to Abim-
eleck, Pharaoh ,Nebuchadnezza and others
who were Gentiles, but there was a spe-
cial reason for this revelation to this Gen
tile, partly because he so honestly lived
up to the light he had. "If any man will
do His will he shall know of the doctrine"
John vii, ~.
4. He recognized in the angel superior
person, and with awe and reverence asked,
"What is it. LordYr He was Immediately
assured that God had heard his prayers
and observed his devotion. If this was
true of Cornelius, how much more of all
who are saved by Jesus blood and ask
things according to His will. What con
fdence we should have Il John v, IA, 15).
s. g. God knows where to put His hand
upon man whom He can use. He knows
tho town we live in and tho hons so in which
we dwell or soiourn lie recognizes also
orr occupation and the people whom we
entertain in our honse lie notices the To-
cation IF onr bouso In fact "All tbincs
ore naked and onened to fine eyes of Him
with whom we have to do, Heb. iv. 13).
= Obeerve bie nronn+ness He delaved
NOT to do ne he was told Int calling two
servants and n soldier be FASTENED to obey
or1ors Tho soldiar also ia caIIad devo,,t
man Tho ov.mnla If such a centurion
would tell mon all obont him and mon
some viii n,arl,od atTect
g Thev ,rere mon whom no couId reIv
unon. he told them all that the ANGEL had
toId him and sent them n .Jonna Ua
had narfnct confdepce in tba angeI and
cbeerfnllv did as he was told "Willing
and obedient. will ALWAYS Obtain blessinp3
0sa. i 1N.
81 Nvn I'm hi " mi 1pCG m
fftv miles north Of Jonna 90 that If tho
SERVANTS left the sapne avening that Cor.
nelius recei ved tbe vision tbev wo,ld roach
.Tonna some time fine navtdav Now notica
how cod nrenorae petar for tbeir coming
When they are NOT far from Jonna peter
;e lod bv tho cririt 70 ,,o rnon ~ bo,,so-
TONS for nraver CorneIius ,,,ea nrorino
man peter ras n nra,in, ,non. Il ;s 70
such that God revn.is iimSalf
10 While WAITING for food for bis bodv
Cod lave HE b.nd nnor bir, ba coils ;nto
n trance and soos haovari,, thin,,s and ;S
taugbt n e,re,t Iesson "lian doth NOT i;ya
NV broad onIv - and lob could cav bave
esteemed Tor laid mn nar,,inl 10 words
of His month mora than nv necosSarv
foodn neut viii 2. lob viii 10,
II This is one of seven varses in tho
Rible which snnal, of heaven onnned The
of hers are Eek i I. Mntb iii lG. John
n. Acts vii M. Rav 10 I. Wv II Tn
every case N is tn reveal something con.
cerninp Christ or His church
10 The great variety of animals seen in
this vision would melinda MANY which
were to lew unclean All Gentiles were
considered unclean nv the Jews and fine
Thought of a Gentle eniovino eoual snirit.
nal nrivileges with n lew without heinz
circumcised. etc. was simplv too absurd
to he entertained
"a A voice from heaven commands petar
IN risa kin and ont. but peter tbonrb u
low is not ca ohadient os tho Gentile CON,
tnrion The word of Nary to tho serv.
ontsat tbn MARRIAGE in Cana claim ~ ie
a varv belnful ono "ZVbatsoavor Ua saitb
unto Won do itr,
IA pnter boasts of lis obedianca to the
law in tbnt Le had never eaten anvtbinn
unclean r. sounds strange tn hear boast,
inc, of caremonial clennnnss from ona vbc
had denied his Master and forsalen Hin
and an moro thon nr. occaeion allowed
satan to sneak and act II rongh him
* Jesns hnd tau,,ht HE discinIes Tim,
mot Whit tLo, ota ,r,,,1d ALL tba,,, h,,,
that which cometb out of the mouth from
the heart NJath wv ~ And avan pete,
should have known tLat II l. ol,y,ys az
to do as God tolls ms He did Iaarn hi.
lesson boyyever at this tina hefora Cod
cot tbrongh with him for in versa % h.
saws cod hath showed ma that 7 shonIf
moi cau anv one con,ron or MCLEAN I,