The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Lesson for January 10 from Acts a
First TO Thirteenth Verses.

!. Ana when the day of Pentccost was
fully come they We're all with one accord
in one place. - The waiting days Of prayer
between Ascension and Pentecost were
marked by one event, the choosing OF Mat
thias, which may have been Of God or
may have been due TO Peters restless
spirit, which, as on other occasions, found
/, difficult 10 whit quietly without doing
something. Tho word ''pentecost" is only
found elsewhere in Acts Ky, 10; ! Cor xvi,
s, but "Icntekosta' is the Greek for
"ffty,' and the law said that 30 days after
the day after passover Sabbath Israel was
to offer a new meat offering unto the ord
Iey. xiii, lo). This meat offering. tvpic-
al of the gathering Of the thousands TO
Christ at Pentccost, was baked with lcav-
en-, suggestive Of tho evil still in the be-
lever which Is met only by the sacrifice.
2, And suddenly there came a sound
from heaven, as OF "a rushing mighty wind,
and 1t filled all the house where they We're
sitting. There had been nothing unusual
during those waiting days, but just quiet
continuance in prayer and waiting for
the fulhllmcnt Of the promise How He
would come--I moan the promised Com.
forter-or whom, they had not heen told.
and whether any Of them thought of the
levitical ilttieth day or not we are not
told. They werc to pray, 10 wait and 10
expect with unwayering faith in their alb.
sent Lord.
B And there appeared unto them clio
ven tongues Ike as of fire, and it sat upon
each Of them. " John had said He shall
hapti2c you with the Holy Ghost and with
fire. (Luke iii, l6), and here was fulfill
mont On Christ the Spirit came as q dove
tLuke iii, 22), for in Him was no sin nor
dross needing purifying fire. We do not
read that He came again rs fire nor did
they again need 10 wait, but as they prayed
or spoke the spirit filed them (Acts iv, 81
K, 4ii6). The Spirit having come there is
no need to wait for Him MS at Pentecost
but II VIC really desire TO be filled with
the Spirit for Gods glory, He will quickly
do 1t. Yet we may need to wait To be made
ready
4. And they were all Glled with the
Holy Ghost and began to speak with 9th
er tongues as tho spirit gave them utter
ance- What contrast Is here to Babel
(Gen. xii, whore there was but one Ian
guage and tho people were gathered to-
gcthcr against God Here they are with
ono accord for God and are enabled In
moment to speak all languages There Is
no credit whatever due 10 them, nor Is it
through one particle of skill on their part,
but the Holy Spirit takes possession OF
them and speaks through them the words
of God concerning the works OF God (verse
II, chapters iv, 81. X, 4G)
o. And there were dwelling at Jerusa-
lem Jews, dcvout men, out OF every ma.
ton under heaven " From all tho world
they had come To worship God according
to their law-to keep the Passover and tho
feast of weeks, or OF the flfticth day. Tho
time will come again when Jews from all
nations shall be gathered 10 their own
land, the Spirit Of the Lord shall lie pour
cd upon them, ard then with Paul-liko
devotion to Jesus OF Nazareth will they tell
to all nations the joyful tidings ,Ezek
xxxvi, 2i-2S, lisa xvii, 6, Ps xvii, l.
?, o.
6. Now, when this was noised abroad.
tho multitude came together and were con-
founded, because that every man heard
them speak in his own language" The
revised version says when this sound
was heard In some way it was soon
made known throughout the city, and the
people came together. Tho disciples had
no difficulty In getting "a congregation, as
many have today. They did not adver-
tise, nor even blow u trumpet us the law
permitted them To do (Num. X, y. This
was wholly the work of God and Of His
Holy Spirit
q s. And they wcre all amazed and
marveied, saying ono to another, Behold,
are not all these which speak Galileans
Ana how hear we every man in our own
tongue, wherein We We're born?'' The two
men at the ascension addressed them as |
10 men OF Calico" Il, ~. They were
Nt1A IL
inc hoiy city. They We're not from any OF |
the schools or the centcrs of human Wis. |
dom. They were very common pcople in |
tho eyes OF the world, ard vet they airs |
heard speaking all the languages under
bqAvep. This Was truly AN ,,nha.rA -