The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-10-27

the SUNDAY 0cHook.
Lesson for Ortob<r 50. fsos-rhe ts>.spsa
.rrescfsed at Autioch-Acts l1.10-3o.
cIncrrsrAscEss-Tbe experience Of Peter
with Cornelius showc0 clearly the mind of the
spirit as 10 the reception Of the Gcntilcs But
this trash must DC indcrscd BY the church OF
Jerusalem II this ncw dag Is to dawn without
tempests and earthquakes in the church. After
remaining for . time ID Cwsarca Peter returned
70 Jerusalem Hcre being nccrscd Of rningltae
. 100 freely With Gcntiles be rchecrsed the story
Of bis visit - Corrclius. and the church saw IN
ts the hsu1 Of the Lord iaod re1o.ccd in the I'd.
nissioo Of the Coutilcs.
LESSON NOTES.
10. 'Thcy which were scattered
|. .abroad:- Tho history now turns back
for moment 70 Chapter s:i-4. A. d.
u, and briefly reviews the last three
yessA Upon the persecution that
asoee about Stcphen:~ The very ef-
5orse % 4sstroy, ,ths, Gospel were made
he hstfdment1 o{ spreading Il still
ons@ 1raselsSS = far as Phenice:"
Or PA0ASsln, q n Res. ver. Properly,
tSe s94g q eosh< about one hundred
sd svehtt, mica long and twenty
.hsueA. ,sxssaAing from the river
z1esehesus tnssr AradnusD TO little
spueh a xre, sn4 belonging at this
!, kns e o. 1euvince of syria (see Chan.
lssss ma. z a.'Cypres:- A large islsnd in
tie NediessTsnean. about sixty miles
.1sDm ~ Dast Of Palestine. "And
Antsochs" The capital city Of Syria,
9ooo& 1ixeeeu iuale8 rom the seocUast,
On the river Opsuteay ltwas three hum
dred mk2es north, of Jerusalem.
ssp~s> >~ssv>~ ea> yV<~a.~ Th<so &h>$
dsd fron pessecution did not fec from
theie works uay. they threw them,
0clvoe into laxgeF field Of opportunity
tAas 6s6use -Unto the Jews only"
This vaa. Of sourse, TO be expectede In
~ work of those who had left Jerus4.'
lem before the eouversion Of Cornelius
bed ruled the case otherwise.
u ''ssons Of them Il. q, Of these dis-
eipsss who wero prsaching) 'were msu.
(nativssaof ~Cyprus:" These were, fr,m
shs naAsss d Tia case, HellenistiG O.
Gresk-spealing Jews, who had be9ums
ChrisHiaus. .~And cyrene:'' In THAI pert
OF the soass Of Africa, OF which Cyreue
WAS the sabtsal, fmrnediately TO the wese
oa Egypt and opposite Cyprus ON tie
sousA. the Jews wdre very numerouA
: ..Spoke uuso the Grccians:" The best
MSS have Uuseks is in Rev.. ver.). and
this b eiearly the correct reading.
2l. Tho hand of the Lord:~ Conn
Ink. i,oG The hand Is 4 SYMBOL Of
power; here probably. as in chapter
s:so. It was stretched forth TO heal, thus
aifordine q manifest sign of Divine an
proval ON this extension of the evan9el-
istse work 70 the Gentilcs. "And great
numbef:- This was the first large ad.
dition to tic Church from the Gentiles.
believed turned unto the Loni:~
The .beliesing~ b the root, and the
turning. the fruit which. it bears.
..Turned unso the I>ord:~ Tbs. no less
than the miracles, afforded a sign Of
Divine approval; for though success &
NOT ALWAYS q proof OF Gods approbar
tion. xudrftxal success in sp;ritual work
alwnvs Il
a ."Then tidinQs of these things
eamss- probably after the report of Peter
coucerninQ Cornelius, and the reception
Of Gentilesi into the company Of disciples
- Oesaeea The church which was in
Jerusalsm:" This - the oldest and
stsoogsse body oe believers, and In 1
specil eeanas&iGn with the apostles,
would naturally b the most influential
6ody, WHOSE approval all would highly
regard
3h ~Then6p0tud Rarnnbas:" There
va % 1anh wsgk 70 b edone-Antioch
was soSscA b peomise--tha& he needed
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Srl . 80 asals" Ths vord seek Inn
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