The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-08

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TINE sunday. May = A D 10 Ten dap
after Inc last lcsson. -Nhitsunaay
-JcruSaltm ~ the upper room where
shc disciples met Tor prayer. p'rhnIe me
same one il which the Lords supper wAs w.
suilutc1
LESSON nrI-IA
..And when the day d pcntccost:"
The second of the three great jewish
fcasts. the Passover being the first. q
the third the feast Of Tabcrnacles, IN
which all the males were required 70 80
upto Jerusalem. WAS fully come Soon
after dawn. some time before nine
o'clock. the third hour ts:i5l They
were ALL The whole one hundred anu
twenty mentioned above. with
accord in one place" The best Mss
have they were all together in n
place. Us Rev. Yer Doubtless IN the
upper room where the apostles abode
. ..And suddenly" Without any
previons indication. and unexpectedly
10 the disciples There came q sound
from Heaven" As q sensible, outward
expire ssion Of the great spiritual reality.
SO that there could be no mistake. no
uncertainty. AS Of q rushing. mighty
wind" II is not said that there was
any wind. but only q sound ~ 81 Q
wind 1T filled all the house" As II
in token OF the wide range over which
the new spiritual power was 70 extend
its working. even unto the whole
church.
s. -And there appeared" l. e.. to the
entire assembly After tho audible
sign Immediately follows the visible.
"Clovcn tongues like as Of FREE" OBJ
serve. not tongues OF fire, but tongues
OF a fiery. burning appearance, though
without real heat And It sat upon
each OF them" There appears 70 have
been no discrimination between the
! apostles and the Others, nor bet wccn
the men md the women.
/. ..And they were all filed with the
Holy Ghost" A strdy Of all the pas
! sa-cs in which this expression is found
leads 70 the conclusion that being
/ filed with Tie Holy spirit or being
baptized In the Holy Spirit" implies q
reception from the Spirit Of ~extraordi-
nary powers. in addition to ordinary
sanctifying grace. "iegan 70 speak
with other tongues Other than their
mother tongue. This showed what
had been meant by tie promise Of
spcai<ia; with new tongues
5. .And there were dwelling at Jeru-
salcm:~ Both permanent residents ard
pilgrims who had come up t. the feast
are probably included. "Dcvout ncn:"
Truly religious men. waiting for the
appearing 81 the promised Messiah.
Out Of every nation under Heaven
Only a very snail portion Of the Jewish
people lived in Palestine curing the
times 81 oar Lord end his APOSTLES: BY
far the largest number were natives Of
other lands. dwelling IN large colonies
or in small communities
q Now when this was noiscd
abroad" Rev. Yer. And when this
sound was heard Literally. This
sound having taken place" The null
titude came together" The house
(ver- y may have been on q 81 the ave
nucs to the temple. throngcd IT this
time by a crowd Of early worshipcrs.
"And were confounded:" Either the in
dividuals were perplexcd, or, prob
ably. the whole assembly were thrown
In confusion and excitement. discussing
the meaning Of the singular phenora-
enon. Every man heard them ives
hearing. impcrfcctl speak in his own
language Tor dialect):' The meaning
Is, not that all the disciples spoke all
the dialects. but that each ono spoke IL
some one. SO that all were heard
4 Are no all these Galileans:" All
the eleven apostles were inhabitants OF
Galilee. end by far the greater part d
the disciples belonged TO the same dis.
trict OF country
=. ''In our own tongue wherein we
were born" This remark excludes the
possibility Of Lulsc's meaning that the
tongues were merely an ~ecstatic or i'm.
FASHIONED style of diacourse-
D. 10. "Parthinns. Medcs, Elanitcs:'
In the Persian kingdom. IL was anon
these peoples that Shnlmanescr. king 81
Assyria. settled the captive ten tribes
"Mesopotamia:" The country lying bc
tween the river Tigris and the river
Euphrates. "Judca:" Judca appears Ia
the catalogue Of nations as the repre-
sentative Of ''Aramaic." because St
Luke desired TO enumcratc all the Ian
guagcs spoken that day BY the disciple.
on whom the Spirit had fallen. Cap
padocia, Pontus. Asia, Phrygia. Pam
phylia:" These were all countries with
in Asia Minor. Egypt" The vas
number OF Jewish residents in Egyp'
had neccssitatcd the translation Of the
Hebrew Scriptures intoa language the,
could understand. The parts Of Libys
about Cyrcne:" Libya laid 70 the ives
81 Egypt strangers from Rome
These were. no doubt. q Latin-speakinf
people ''Jews and proselytcs:" Thi
has reference not merely 70 the Roman'
, last named. but 70 al the countries con
tanned IN the catalogue.
IL. 'Cretes:~ Inhabitants Of Crete
now called Gambia, . large md well
known island in the Mediterranean sea
"Arabians:" Large numbers Of Jew
were settled in Arabia '.The wonder
, full works Of God" The disciples praises
God In these different languages. thu
Offering TO Him. on this birthday Of tn
4 new creation, the homage Of all nations
the haIlelujah Of the human race.
IL. Were all amazed. and were II