Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-04-01
The SUNDAY SCHOOL
international Lesson for April 4,
1897 Peter Working Miracles
Acfn o t.s2-i3

Acts 0i32-43-
IArranged from Pelounei's NotesI
GOLDEN TEXT.-Jesus Christ maketh
thee whole.-Acts s.54
The section includes simply the lesson
with a glance backward at the word OF
Peter IL the first year Of the church.
TIME--PrObably about A. D. A.. The date
is confirmed By the fact that during A. u.
- aid 40, PetrorIus, the governor o. syria,
was causing great CONSERVATION among
the Jews by attempting 10 set up the statue
Of Emperor Caligula in the temple at
Jerusalem. The Jews had thus 50 much 20
attend % themselves that they had no time
y engage in prosecuting Christians. Hence
the rest from persecution referred 10 in
verse Il
PLACE.-Lydda. city in northwestern
Judea. > miles siigatly northwest OF
Jerusalem, and Joppa, ten miles northwest
II LYDIA
LESSON NOTES.
Ian Eyangelizirg Tour. Eneas the
Paralytsc Cured.-Ns 32-35. As Peter
passed throughout all quarters: To
confirm tie churches founded bv those
Who were scattered abroad by perse-
cuiion (s:4), as he had done at Samaria.
"a be saints which dweit al LYDIA"
al Christians were called saints, that
is. sanetilied, holy. because that was
their aim and the characteristic Of their
lives. LYDIA was lie Iud 81 tae Old
Testament, in the rieh plain 81 SHARON
in northwest Judea
-. There he found certain Iaan:''
Hefouud this man. Hewas led, that is by
Divine Providence To this lame man. rot
by chance. Which had kept lis bed
eight years." There could therefore.
nature of his cure. The word bed.
used commonly of the couches Of he
lower class (see Mark 2:4). suggests the
thought that poverty also was added to
his sufferings And was sick Of the
palsy. Palsy is a contraction Of the
word paralysis" The term is used by
the ancient physicians in a much wider
sense than by our modern men OF
science. II included rot only what we
call paralysis, which is ~ely very pain
ful. but also catalepsy "a tetauus: j. e.,
cramps and loekiaw
81 Jesus Christ maketh thee
whole:' Or, literally, Jesus. the
Messiah, healeth thee Observe tile
care with which Peter guards against
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