The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
orr second Quarter. intcrh"'
,,o,,i series, April ..

~. go bcrri Of Peter &c was with John
.-a.,l',,- rho wirri % TIE Lord AS they re-
!t,..,',.5 an, ean.aria g. jerusalem, having
,,i,,,.sssd the great work OF the LORD
.t.,,,-h philip In Samaria tchapter WI
OK In te-r,sSlcm the number of disciples
,o,,tipliel uroa,ly. and great company u
,be r-,e.ts believed ichapter II, y. In an
$40 land the churches had rest, and Were be-
,n- huilt M. and were multiplying, Walk
.nyin the fear O! the Lord and in the COM
| fr-t 81 the Holy Ghost (chapter *, 81
! p..s- see,ns TO be iiinerating little ana
! beIrin, the saints here and there Notice
/ 49, ,,rn,e "saiutsn We are not called 10
| ~ saj,ts but we are called saints thom.
: anitting the italics, also Cor. !, ~
he ,i--De of orr oneness with Christ.
/ Every believer Is slint.
gs And there be found certain man
named -5inas. which had kept his bed eight
| ve.rS and was sick Of the palsy We
| would Infer that INNS was one OF the
| saints TO whom Peter came, and finding
| MIN IA this helpless condition he had COM
pnsslon upon him. Possibly -fnas and
Others had been praying that the Lord
wo,,ld send some one that way through
| whom health might come, remembering
! Nath xviii, 10. How very suggestive of
I the utter helplessness Of the sinner is the
condition Of this pa-alytic who had been
eight years In bed
! 81. And Peter said unto him. -Inas,
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. Arise
aud make thy bed And he arose irnme-
4 diaiely. Peter was greatly used Of the
Lord in the healing Of the body . well as
! az the soul see chapters III. e. :; Y, IS, l6.
] E.sesN .4a.. ~sa-,
~ the shadow ot Peter falling upon them
So And al that dwelt at LYDIA and
Sar0n saw Him, and turned TO the Lord ~
God SOW that this showing forth Of His
power through Peter would he the means
OF many turning to Him he does not
hc1l all VINO me sick hut T. this day he
Goes, b7tn III ard without medicine, heal
many VITO a71 SICK. H. knows whet. e. It
j. best fer u, % abide here o. be with Him
III home, and whether, abiding here. il IS
best fer rs 70 tue sick cr we'll The great
thing Is to eloriiy God that people may
turn u Him (2hil i %; John xvii, -.
81. NOV. there was at joppa d certain
disciple named 1abitha, which By inter
prstar!on IS called Dorcas. This volusn
was fLi. Il good works and aims deeds
wlich sGe did Shc was u Christian i'll
deed. due u the kind that is missed when
Size Fes swGy All who truly receive
Chris ole saved (Jchn i, l2) Disciples
49, ta4so who live upon His word and FOL
low H!E fully at any cost duke xiv. 26,
20. Those who ute both OF these and slso
fuu Of good works and kindness to the
poor must come specially near TO the heart
Of Christ. for he. being full of the Spirit,
went about doing good and healing the op-
pressed.
81. And it came to PASS in those days
that she was sick and died, whom, when
they lad washed they laid her in an upper
chamber. Her workdays over, she II
absent from the body and present with the
Lord; she has departed TO be with Christ,
which is lar better phil. i, 81. %; ii Cor.
:, 81; She has truly experienced great
gain, We arc not told if her sickness was
long nor II she suffered much. but she has
gone from them, and all they have OF her
Is the body in which she lived and wrought
among tLein. No, they have also her good
works and blessed memories Of her.
is, They sent unto him two men, de-
string him that he would not delay to
come TO them. LYDIA was not far from
Joppa, and the disciples. hearing that Peter
was there, sent thus urgently for him, for
they longed 10 have Dorcas with them once
more. This is the natural longing of the
heart to keep our loved ones with us even
though we know that their departure is
their gain.
80. An the widows stood by him weep
ing ana showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas made while she was with
them. Fondly remembered by what she
had done, they make us think of the words:
" Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the
spirit, that they may rest from their la
bors, ana their works do follow them
Rev xiv, 49,
10. she opened her eyes, and when she
saw Peter she sat mp. Many miracles Of
healing had been wrought through Peter,
but this is his first case of resurrection
from the dead Alone with the dead BODY.
he poured out his soul to God, douitIa $
pleading the promises of God the commits
sion IN Math. I, 5, the Assurance of John
XIV IL, and withal asking in complete sub
ID mission 10 the Will Of God John xiv, 49,
IA John " l6). He must have re
ce'Ned some assurance that his request was
granted Tor he turned TO the body and said
i"oi'ha' arise And she sat up, looking
upon him.
anu nv gave hcf ms hand and Eff.
ell her up, and when he had called tho
saints and widows presented her alive
There are three rcslurcctions of the dead
IN the Old Testament, three in tie lifo Of
Christ ana this is the first of three after
ials ascension tActs xiv, 10, 90; XIX, le).
we have no record of any utterances Of
those who had been dead and had been
brought back 10 this world. Paul saws II
was not possible for him to utter what he
heard IN paradise III Cor. xii, a, doubt
less When he was stoned To death at Lystra
az And IL was known throughout all
.IoppA' ana many believed in the Lord. ~
me resurrection Of Lazarus led 70 many
removing on Jesus (1ohn y.;i, III, and here
Is another case in which the Lord saw
mat resurrection would be the means Of
ie'ulhg many TO Him. 1t does not seem
as II poreas would have been sent from
paradise back To earth without her cor.
sent she may have been informed of tho
results that would follow, and for the sake
OF winning these souls to Christ ana fc~
Christ's sake she doubtless came boc,,
cheerinlly for His pleasure. We do not
Know Of any results from the resurrection
o! inc many who rose when Christ ala