The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

GOLDEN TExr.-when He had spoken these
things, while they beheid, Re was taken up; and
cloud received Him ous Of their sight-Acts
ia
TixE-The Ascension wos Thursday. Msy 10,
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P1AcE-Mount olivet (Acts i.Ia), within the
limits OF bethany uLuke N:bo)
PARALLoL AcCouNTs.-MAtt Se:t6pos Mark
i6:eGo; Luke N:30-b3: John Silica
THE BOOB or Acrs.-L The author wes
Luke, who wrote The third Gospel z The
date OF writing. Not far from A. d g. fec the
narrative breaks OF abruptly at the end OF
Paui's two years residence 81 Rome (his frst
impriaonmenD Why 10 shisi Evidently be-
cause there is no more 10 tell at the time The
writer continues his history up 10 she date Of
his writing aud stops there II be had been
writing after the death Of Puul he would GER
tainly have told us Of tho circumstances OF his
death There is no rntionnl explanation Of this
abrupt ending except thnt the book wne writ
ten obout tho umo whom tho story closes This
was certainly about A. d. 0-Washington
GLADDEN., b. d. s The place Of writing wus
Rome, as is generally agreed among critica =
Tho title should DO Acts Of Apostles "The
book is not the Acts Of tho Apostles. but merely
some Acts Of certain Apostles ~-Cumbridge
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LESSON HELrA
L 1.-THE former trootise:" The Gospel
of Luke. 20 Theophilus," The same
person to whom the Gospel OF Luke is
addressed ''Of (conccrning) all that
Jesus began both to do and tcach:" Tho
former treatise related what Jesus be-
gan to do nnd to teach; and this relates
what He, the same Jesus, continued to
do and TO teach.
q Until the day IN which He wc~
taken up:" With which tho Gospel Z.
Luke ends "llad given commandments
unto the apostles" At various times
during these forty days Jesus appeared
| to His disciples, and instructed them in
| their work of founding the church (ver.
81, as recorded in the Gospels, and In
this chapter. ITO whom also lie showed
Himself" Not merely appeared" but
showed Himself, made Himself appear.
"Alive." The same Jesus who was cruci-
fed, bat now alive on the earth, rs He
was before His crucifxion. After His
passion:" His sufferinSs and death on
the cross. "By many (emphaticl in
fallible proofs" being seen Of them
forty days." Not continuously, bu: ct
intervals. on ten or eleven different oc-
casions, at various times end places
Speaking Of the things pertaining to
the kingdom Of God"
4. 'And being assembled together
with them" Either the conference ap-
pointed by Christ to be held In Gnll!ee,
or al assembly In Jerusalem on the day
of Ascension, whence Jesus led them
out as far as Bethany. "But wait for
the promise Of the Father" The Holy
Spirit promised by Joel to:es, eo), by
Isaiah (44:s) and through Jesus Him
self. (Which ye have heard of
me:" The ail;lsion Is TO the promises
made by our Lord in His last discourses
before He suffered
5. For john" The Baptist, the fore
runner of Christ Truly baptized with
water" The symbol and the type. "Ye
shall be baptized with Tor in) the Holy
Ghcst:" AS the element In which tho
baptism is performed Not many days
hence:" Only about ten days.
8. when they therefore were come
together" On subsequent occasion.
They asked of him, saying, Lord. wilt
Thou (Rev. Vcr. dost thou) at this time
restore again the kingdom to Israeli"
i AS promised again and again in the
Scriptures They probably imagined
that the world would be converted to
| Jutldts,ill, u41tl tIluI JcTuSSltlil, LiIc bClJ
city, would he the resort Of all nations.
the center Of light and power and au-
thority for the world
Z. And He said unto them" The
Lords reply in the seventh and eighth
verses tacitly sanctions their expectation
of great restoration ut is not for
you to know the times or the scasons."
Not "thc times or seasons" Of this one
case merely, but "times or seasons"
generally. (which the Father hath
put in His own powers' SGT within His
own authority.
s. But yo shall receive power."
Jesus does not satisfy useless curiosity,
but gives us what Is far better. "Aftcr
that the Holy Ghost Is Gomez" Tho
power OF the church Is in the holy
Ghost aye shall be witnesses unto
Me:" The words, which are apparently
identical with those of Luke 24:4a,
strike the keynote Of the whole book.
THE utterrnost part of the earth" by
uttermost both time and space arc in
cluded; to the remotest corners OF the
earth, to the remotest period Of time.
8. "Whilc they beheld:" That they
might have as clear proof Of His ascen-
sion TO assure them that there was no
deception. "a cloud received Him out
of their sight," The cloud wns, be-
lieve, the Shechinah OF the Old Testi-
ment, tho symbol Of the Divine presence
and glory.
10 "And while they looked stead
fastly:" Gazing with great eagerncss,
and longing to understand what II
| ~ sspaholl.NN
ness. 1.-TWO men:" Angels in the form
Of men "In white apparel" No
doubt like the angel in Matt as:a
IL "Why stand ye gazing up?" Not
without some hope, perhaps, that He
might reappear. This same jesus"
Jesus in Heaven Is the same as He was
on earth, the same in His Divine nature,
all-powerful TO save. "Shsll SO come in