Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, SECOND QUARTER IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, JUNE 27.


ID Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ
Stearns.
LESSON I-Peter Working Miracles
Acts tx, 32-43). Golden Text, Acts tx.
a. Jesus Christ maketh thee whole" "
Luke's concise statement of his gospel as
giving an account of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach is in this book follow
ed by an account of all that Jesus contin-
ued TO do and teach through His apostles,
but specially through Peter and Paul
Whether it be either of these, or the proph
cts If the Old Testamcn&, or our Lord
Hin self, and whether it he miracles or
prophecy, it is all the selfsame Spirit work
ing and dividing TO every man sevcrally as
He will-that is as the Spirit will Il Cor.
xii, IL, Isl Neither the healing of lEneas
nor the raising to life of Dorcas was be
cause of any goodness or power in Peter,
but wholly through the Lord Jesus Christ,
to whom many turned because of these
things
LESSON II-Conversion of Cornelius
(Acts X. 3O-4D. Golden Text, Acts X, 43,
"Whosoevcr holieveth in Him shall receive
remission of sins " God in heaven readeth
and regarCleth the hearts of all men, and
where He secs any one honestly and ear
nestly living up to the light they have and
seeking with all the heart for more He will
find way to reveal Himself to them. In
this case He used an angel and men to
bring to Cornelius one whom He knew
would show him the way. Peter preached
the life and death and resurrection of Jesus
of Nazareth and the forgiveness of sins
through Him.
Lesson III-The Resurrection q Cor
fT
"Now is Christ risen from the dead and
become the first fruits of them that slept.
The alternate lesson for this day showed us
/ Barnahas and Paul spending year at An
tioch teaching the people This rcsurrcc-
ton lesson undoubtedly sets before us the
substance OF that which they would teach
namely, that I'll believers should cloave
unto risen Christ. who is in heaven at
God right hand for us
Lesson IN.-Fctcr Delivered From Pris-
on (Acts xii, $40. Golden Text, Ps
xxxiv, :, "The angel of the Lord cncamp-
eth round about them that fear Him and
delivercth them The great enemy Of
God and man cannot destroy the work OF
God, nor the soul that is redeemed by
the precious blood of Christ, but he will,
if he can, destroy the body Of the believer.
1Ess N V.-Paul Begins His First Mis-
sionGIy Tour (Acts xiii, 1-13). Golden
Text Ozark xvi, 15) Go yo into all the
world and preach thJ GOSPEL to every crea-
ture lie truth set forth in the first les
son in ills l-'view is here made very prom
inent, that all real work for God whatever
or whoever RAY be the channel, is the
work Of TIE Holy spirit. He calls, sepa-
rates fills ard serds forth Barnabas and
Saul to do the Lord 5 work by preaching
the word of God The Spirit moves, the
word is spoken, and the work is done. BE
filled with tie Spirit.
LESSON NI-Paul Preaching to the Jews
! (Acts xiii, 26-59). Golden Text, Acts xiii,
! 3o, Through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness of sins This sermon
was at Antioch in Pisidia in the synagogue
on the Sababth day, and the substance OF it
was, as always, the death and resurrection
of Jesus, and through Him the forgiveness
OF sins, to the jew first, and also to the
gentiles. One has said that the Christian
ity that does not start with the forgiveness
of sins through the blood of Christ is i'm
potent Beware of it.
LESSON VII-Paul Preaching to thu
Gentilos (Acts xiv, 11-22) Golden Text,
Acts xiii, A, Il have set thee to be d
light of the gcntiles From Antioch to
Iconium then to Lystra and Derbe, Paul
and Barnabas went on preaching the same
| gospel everywhere and enduring persecu
ton everywhere for Christ's sake and the
gospels. 1t is probable that Saul's expert
ence, as described in ii Cor. xii, 2, I, was il
connection with his being stoned at Lystra
Lesson VIII. The Conference at Joru
salem (Acts XIV, Is, 22-2G Golden Text
Acts Ky, IL, Through the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, ever
as they" The devil hates God 5 way OF
peace by the blood of Christ alone anC
will either suggest some other way with
out the blood, Gains way, the way Of oul
new theology people, or something in ad
dition to the blood and the free grace OF
God, like these false teachers from Judma
and many among us who, while they pro
fess to trust in Christ, think they must dc
their part or they cannot be saved, anC
thus they dospise the grace Of God.
LESSON IX.-Christian Faith Leads tC
Good Works GAS. ii, 1929. Golden Text
JAS ii, IS, Il will shew thee my faith by
my works The last verse of this lessor
makes it plain that james is as clear Il.
Paul upon righteousness imputed to II.
apart from any works of ours, and sucI
passages as Eph ii, 10; Titus iii, s, show
Paul to hc as clear as James upon the ne
cessity of works as an evidence to men OF
our salvation. We are saved, not by oul
works, but hy His work alone, in order
that, as saved people, we may serve tn,
living ana true God while we wait fol
His son from heaven Il Thess. i, 9, 10)
Lesson X.-Sins OF the Tongue (Jas iii
1-13). Golden Text, Ps. xXXiv, -, "KeeI
thy tongue from evil and thy lips from
speaking guie Not only works but
words must indicate that we have beer
born of God and have become new crea
lures in Christ Jesus. Ii the heart is right
and filled with the word OF God, then III,
lips will speak right things, for out of the
abundance Of the heart the mouth speaketl
(Prov. xiii, 49, Math. xii, "a, 3d.
LESSON NI.-Paul's Advice to Timothy
III Tim. i, II; iii, 1910 Golden Text
ii Tim. iii, 10, From child thou hast
known the Holy Scriptures, which are able
to make thee wise unto salvation" TC
know the Scriptures from childhood is the
greatest blessing "a child can have, and tn,
mothers and grandmothers who, like Eu
nice and Lois, thus train the children will