The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
nm SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON - 'r SERIES, JAN 24'

Acts ~. 1-16-Mem-
Is't Of y" ,s.lo-GoIden Text Acts iu'
on o. commentary by the REV.
stesrns .ha Acts
l. Athoas, Il might be called the acos
dtbe Apo Paul, for these are .he .wo
dPeter anu the Spirit is seen working
through "iioD hore associated with feter'
John Is seen SEEMS M TO be the principal actor.
but Peter s s'teresting to follow these TWO,
III most irV. ,,os formed the inner circle
who, with 'a. friends The ninth hour
dtGs 10 about p. m. duke tAa,, ,, ,ln
would n ~ when Jesus died, ana we " ,t 30
the hOm agipe these two tiiRlng Vi ~ "'
safely l ,,'ed 70 the temple together
they Wai re "a n pitifully helpless case,
. he a. 40 Years Of age (chapter w. aSh
nan oNs' n no walked a step, ana VINO
who pau n oa,riod by friends and lald at
was ual ..,s,, cate of the temple that nc
the Deau'n noi,e aims from the passerspy.
migh' ~, no think of the man 80 years
he man ~ nool of Bethesda (John v %
SICK AZ a sr,oe1 ana hopeless, but tuese are
% sou The tSc cases which SOW forth t-lG Low,
la ico w as in the Ll.' '"an ara lazarus
'I0hr Il. 3; xi. . slino' -, 80
! Jun case in hir = % C.'EINo JESUS
hOpit into the world q s.....o Sinners 10
Geek and save The lo.V =, potor and
%, ,hov both looked ut him, and when
John tl1y lick lick ON us, " he thought sure
fe,ei I'll receive something from them
E ~ mot possibly have had a thought o!
pu' az =" ,ras going TO receive. If one had
VIVA, ~ thot duy as he was being carried
.O't the temple This is our last trip WIN
W. for YOU won't need to come again. ne
s .''sht have asked If they thought he would
Mi - another great healer had come,
Wv wv, can hardly be but that he had both
~. ~ and seen the Lord Jesus But III
Ial az had not Jesus healed him9 Can 1t
:, thot Jesus passed him by In order that
potor and John might have the honor anu
INV Of doing SOP Possibly.
asilyer and gold have l none. That
ra. enough to make him drop his hand,
for IL was money he wanted But such
osI have give / thee" What could ne
have worth giving II he had no moneys
%Ir the name of Jesus Christ OF Nazareth
riso m and walk" Could he believe his
oorc9 Did he say, Rise and walk?' And
Ala beuse that name, Jesus Of NAZARETH
yes even So And there is something su
nornatural in their looks and words, for II
i Jesus Himself who by His Spirit II
looking through their eyes and speaking
with their lips.
Peter took him by the hand, lifted
him up and instantly strength came to hi
feet and ankle bones. 1t is true story
actually happened, and such things ar
beinp done in our own time by the yer.
same Jesus, for He is the same yesterday
today and forever. The Christian Allianc
and other papers record many such.
s. Standing walking, leaping, praisini
God. he entered into the temple with Pete
and John. Another illustration of lisa
XIV, 6, and proof of the fact that tn
Lord Jesus lives and has all power. Blu
let us not be understood as teaching or bt
lievng that every sick person could b
healed if they had faith enough, and tina
the Lord has no use for physicians. I'll
facts are that believers both then and no'
were sometimes healed and sometimes u
lowed to remain sick and die. The Lor
sees fit to bless the skill and medicine {
the physician, and sometimes to restore
health even from the verge of the gray
without either 1t is our place to have fu
confidence in and trust Him To do VIII;
seemeth Him good, magnifying Him III
der all circumstances (Phil. |, 20).
h.. l. Ia f.a.f1
whole They knew him as the lame man
the beautiful gate, but they never saw hi,
after this fashion. Day after day and We;
after year had he continued helpless, b'
at last his deliyerance came suddenly M
Unexpectedly. 1t is the waiting and Il
patient continuing that tries ones soul
the going on in the same routine and u
Der the same trials with no prospect of
uyerance But deliverance will come
His time and way. Here is the patien
and iaith OF the saints (Rev. xiii, 10).
Ill, X The lame man, now healed, hol
On TO Peter and John US if he thought
healing might depart II he let them s
and the crowd has gathered and looks
Mtonlshment upon Peter and John as
they had done It. How prone we are
zee The human fundamentally and hon
IT. and how prone our human nature is
nel that itself Is some great onel We 6
ana sing, Not j, but Christ" but ~
maps the Searcher Of Hearts sees deep wi,
IN US something that says, "See WI
ohrist did through Me- You can't col
up to that"
10 AT once Peter points them to Jes
Nazareth, the glorihed Son Of the God
aoraaam, lsaao and Jacob, and aecu
Mem on being guilty Of His death and
spcnsiole for II. We are not apt 30 wa
saviour unless we know that we
SINNERS The first thing necessary, thereto
"our aivation Ia q conviction Of ain.
II now often have we by deed or w,
Dneu him and preferred the murder
"IIe'er we are ashamed to own that
~o MS and that we do not care to do {
H. A"'' OF so here or there because we KIN
az would not like 1t, or when we prs
~ aV "mpany OF the world to His compa
nH denial Of Him and a prefere
~, ~, 'ne prince OF this worldS Ii we pre-
r" W. worldly one to the holy one, or
are to righteousness, what be,
l.. Oah those who crucified Chr
N Ca. IN Imagination stand by the CT
tb,nh nist ard honestly confess what
NJ Inc central truth throughout
,lo. H ana In all the preaching of the n,
sss Is That jesus Ia alive from the d.
hlaa vheVers are witnesses to that 4
both Una. mat God had foreseen and foret