The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY Is.

Lesson Text: paul Preaching In Athens, !"
! Acts xviii, 2a-St-Goiden Text: Johu
| w., sA-Commentary on the Lesson Of
the Day by the Rev. ID. M. stearns,
| ~. ''Then Paul stood In the midst OF
| Mars hill and said, Ye men OF Athens, /
perceive that in all things ye are too su.
| Perstitious." The r. V. margin says, "Re-
| ligious." 1t was something like much OF
the religion OF to-day, which is described
In lsa. xxx, IL; Ezek. xxxiii., 81; Math,
xv., 10, a Righteousness without any real
ity, without any forgiveness Of sins-all
outward formality. The peoples time was
| spent In talking OF the news OF the day
| lverse 2l); as Paul waited for Silas and
Timothy to come to him from Berea oversees
IA to l6) he made good use OF his time for
his Master, both in the synagogue and in
the marketplace, and every day preached
Jesus and the resurrection.
20. "Whom therefore We ignorantly wor.
ship Him declare l unto you" Hc said
this with reference to the altar to the un-
known God, for 1t would seem that In their
worship Of many gods or idols they had an
altar for one whom possibly they might not
have heard OF as yet, but II there was such
an one, they would like his favor also. Here
Is the one business Of the church. to make
known to those who never heard of Him the
SAN c"Ay h'ihS anu tiuN oou WIZ dlOut Is
worthy to be worshiped
"a. God that made the world and all
things therein, seeing that He is Lord Of
heaven and earth. dwelleth not in temples
made with hands" Prophets and apostles
dwelt much upon the great truth OF crea-
tion, and emphasized that He whom they
preached was the Creator OF all things.
See lisa. Xiv, "a; Jer. ", 12 xxxii., IL;
Acts w., "a. People may know of Him by
Rnf t,,,I q,
Him except through Jesus Christ, who was
God manifest in the flesh (Math. XII, 81;
John l., Is; Tim. ill.,, l6). Life eternal Is
to know Him (John xviii. ~.
20. He giveth to all life and breath and
all things" Giving is His great character
istic, and His crowning act was to give His
ownly begotten Son, or In other words, to
give Himself as sacrifice for our sins.
Having given Himself, He has given all
things, for all things are in Him. The UNI
godly are dependent upon him for the very
breath with which they blaspheme His
name, and the words OF Daniel to Bel
shazzar are applicable to them-"The God
In whose hand thy breath Is and whose arc
all thy ways has thou not glorined." Dan.
v, 23).
20. and hath made OF one blood all ma
ttons OF men for to dwell on all the face Of
the earth" Not only has he determined
,ho pouhus VI tneir hapitullon, pdt me mas
uohe IL Win reference TO HIS people Israel
lDeut; xSSii., %, Tor 1t Is HIS pleasure to
make Israel the centre and bless all nations
through them. As all on earth are His
creatures and He loved the world and gave
Himself for the world, surely it is the great
business OF those who know this to make it
known 10 those VINO know 1t not what
eise are we mere Tor put TO honor him ana
make Him KNOWN
~; Inat they should seek the Lord
LOOK at isa. w., o, Aepn. H., D; Jer. Xxix:,
10, ana Matt. W., 3S on seeking the Lord,
anu observe everywhere that HIS great de-
sire Is 10 nave people turn 10 HIM; By SIN
we nave turneu our packs upon him, ana
mlsIuuSe him, ana misuhderstand Him,
anu think una say naru thihgs OF him; lhe
scriptures enilshteh us aDout him ana Iead
US TO repent or chahGe our ihihd ABOUT him,
anu M Wnen we hLoW MN niahy ure giau 10
receive INN (Jonh l., IL, ~.
2o. FOR III Him we ilVe ana move ana
la'e our peIhg. IL there Is one thihg that
u not known, IL Is the goodness ana love OF
uou. ihose VINO Dear the ha,he Oh christ
are not showing lorth HIS goodness asthey
mlght uay py uay, put are 700 apt 10 COM
pam because OF his cnastenlhgs ana thus
leu1 otners 10 thihk that ne Is hot Soou.
uou Is Soou, uou Is loIe' nnu IL these truths
were ilore nahllest IN ms peopio more
W. "ouiu van, W hhow nun ~, tlo soo.hess
VI on nou IVY. ,eaus W roPen'"nce NOM IL, ~
20; we oush. hot W 'ninh .hat tue you
@ neau Is ilho unto goiu OF SILVER or stone.
craven py aLt anu ni"h uevice' for IL
Gnhhol NH 10 tnat WIN. we lnake niaue US.
Inc Work ol nien MINUS cnnhot Dc nhan
eioa.oi, .ts'', ahu yes Mnal niiiiiohs soenI W
snihk VII, 50 Us tney pow Gown 10 iu9ls OF Woou
sl., ahu stohp. "on 'ho ,ohy pi 'nis iu,,S sct
tortn IN lsa., Nliv,, 9i9 ana in verse ~ see
,, ,ne REASON oi sucn ioiiy, "A ueceNeu hcart
naan na tiIn9u hlli nsiue, ,,
oo. anu the - times OF this ignorance uou
winhnu a' ~. v. oVerlookeul, put now com, :,
1'ahueth Ga1 ali men everywhere 10 repent.
you never makes hsnt oi SIN anu
novsr passes IL py .as II IL were
lothlnS, pu' & ho - long suherlhs' SLOW 10
anSer, I9t wiiiihs tmn' nhy shoulu
perish ~ rev; III, y, ~. now IL must
srieVe nun 20 pe ihisuhuerstoou as ne Is,
to pe thought uhhihu anu cruel Wnen ne Is
Wholly anu ohiy lovei Is IL any WonueI
that he conmahus an 10 repent, put Is !,
hot great wonder that ne oners iuii ana
lIee iorgNehess 10 an VINO turn 10 hih'
lnos' NV, 4; nom nl., "a
5i. because ne hath appointed day IN
wnich ne VIII luuge inc WoIiu in rlgnteoas, :,
mes, mess ny that man wnom ne nutn ofualheu.
, Inc assurance OF this Is iouhu IN risen
ohIist at uous rlght nand. In reference