The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson vii. Fourth Quarter, Intcrnn-
tiOnnl series, November II.

II. after three days Paul called the
chief of the Jews together" The expires.
sion "thrce days Is 80 suggestive of resur.
rection that ono cannot fail to think of 10
who has anything Of the spirit of Paul,
who had Us one of his heart utterances
THAT 1 may know Him and tho power of
His resurrection" (Phil Iii, 1O). At his
conversion no wns three days without
sight, and then Ananihs camo to him, sent
OF God. Probably he gave himself to prayer
these three days in Rome that he might be
fully In the Lords hands as His messenger
b. accomplish His pleasure, and now tho
principal Jews Of the city have como to-
gother to hear what he has to say
10. There was no cause of death in
me. Yet here he Is in Rome prisoner
by the will of God. So there was no cause
In Christ why Hc should be hated (John
~, 25) or cruoiAod, yet by the will of God
He suffered the just for the unjust. To be-
willing To endure hardship for the good of
Others Is Cbristlikn, for He loved us and
gave Himself for us, leaving His home in
glory for over 80 years and suffering all
the humiliation consequent upon His heing
the sinners substitute, that we who accept
him might not only be saved, but share
His glory.
~. Not that l had aught to accuse my
nation of. y Although it was through his
own people that he was now n prisoner,
yet he would not accuse them, but rather
see The hand of God In II all and continue
10 love and pray for his poor blinded poo.
PIE. SEQ his heart for them In Rom. tx,
D, and X, !, Il could wish that myself
were accursed from Christ for my broth.
rem. Brethren, my hearts desire and
prayer to God for Israel Is that thoy might
no saved. And II was his custom always
as here in Rome to seek tho Jews first
20. For tho hope OF Israel am bound
with this chain. by comparing chapters
KIN, y; xiv, Id; XVI, q, {, IL Is evident
thnt the hope which Paul meant was asso-
ciated with resurrection, the resurrection
OF Christ and thcn of His people. The
resurrection spoken OF In Dan. xii, l-3 and
IN Hos vi, ., and elsowhere--yery fully in
Ezek, xxxvii. where IL Is said that they
shall be ono nation In their own land under
ono King, never to BIO divided or scattered
any more.
VI, 22. "As concerning this sect wa
know that everywhere it Is spoken
against. " They had heard nothing evil OF
Paul, but they had heard the followers OF
this Jesus Christ spoken against Simeon
said to His mother that He would be for a
sign spoken against QLuko II, 34), and 1t Ia
written, "All that will live gotlly In Chrisu
Jesus shnll suffer prosecutions III Tim.
III, ls). The cnrnal mind Is enmity ngaipsp
God, and the wisdom of this world knows
not God.
30, HE expounded and testified the
Kingdom OF God persundiug them con.
corning Jesus, both out of the law OF Moses
ana out OF the prophets from morning til
evening Having appointed him day,
they came to him to his lodging, and thus
he talked to them. The beginning. mid.
die and end Of his talk was Jesus and His
resurrection, looking to tho kingdom Yea
to DO established with Israel as a righteous
nation at the center, Jesus, tho Son uf
David, as their King, and all nations
blessed through them, their King acknowl.
edged by all as King OF kings and LORI;
OF lords.
w. And some believed the things
which we're spoken and some beloved
NOT, so 1t has been and Will always ho
IN TINS age, Paul never expected that all
wound heiieye him, but no lnbored that no
might by oil means save some from. XII.
"a; Cor, TX. as). Our Lord taught us
that some seed will foil by tho waysido.
some on stony soil, some among thorns
ana some on good ground; that the tares
VIII grow with the wheat until the harvest
time.
so'a'. And when they agreed not
among themselves they departed after thar
fnui mad spoken ono word That ono
wofa was a quotation from lisa. vi, o, 10,
anu 10 also found In Math Kill, IA, l5;
.onn IN ~; Rom. xi, s. Isaiah having
seen ms glory and having heard the quos-
s'on, Whom shall ! send and who will 60
for usF' replied, Here am l, send NC
Then no was told that the people 10 whom
no was sent would not all recelye his mss.
sass. Jeremiah and Ezekiel were also tcld
the eAMe thing (fha racond a. A.. L..