The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-08

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90 i.s5t 2. + .>-..cRY NOTES
g,r,.er -leeilIss---N- IL AAs 4
ssy ~ Peniecosi." THE nj 4
W g-- after the Passover II WAS
- t.-..-t i.ree s-rra; fcasis Of the Jews
49, fnliy Gomez" Hrre Ms an eA-
80. ~ ..l.at.I Jesus had said ll-sl. Thai
4,s.,cs and SEASONS" were not Tor
- know. They knew great
- WAS coming. but when or how
M not know. Thus they were
,.a 10 watch and pray, 20 open
- minds 20 the truth. - be bound
.--~,ser in love. 10 purify sheir hearts
ar ~. coming giii-
~. promise Fulfiiled--N- ? And
si,nlv:- They were expecting the
.-isinent OF Christ's promise ,chsp-
!. hut in what manner il would
:, sr,tilled they did not know
-, sound as OF n rushing
u;-hrx wind r. V. as the rushing OF
-r-irh,v wind tits notsaid that there
- any wind. but only sound as Of
,,ira and il filed all the house" mo-
r.-slv the upper room Of 1:l3. This
token that the SPIRIT would Ill
.A.rAole church. which Is the house 81
cosn Tim. 3:15). and that il flied every
a.. and faculty Of the SOUL which Is
=. -e-rnle OF the Holy Ghost
Ana there appeared. J. e. IN the
.-,i-e .ss-rnbly. After the audible sign
;--lr7a-ely follows the visibie--Mey-
. -T.ven tongues like IS of tire:"
~ i'm. hut with the appearance %
~. a. the burning hush which Moses
saw -Cloven:- Parted as from n cen
ri Haure. The idea is not that each
-s--re II fire was divided or fo-ke3-
BIT that the fiery appearance Al first
r-.sertinr itself as n single BODY. soon
diFilea into separate tongues Of flame.
orr for each person in the assembly
ard it, the appearance of fame ore
tongue. sat upon each Of them"
.resfirs. lavrncn. and women .-s-a,~
dero-cs the appearance WAS not no
rnerf1Tv fash: and The influence. W hich
il SYN bolize5. was 10 L. permanent.
I. and they were al filed with ihe
HOLY Ghost Filled can mean no-h-
inr less than that the Whole c-rlri-v
q each man was orcurit-i. and al his
ieirg under the influence The d----ee
az reoep;iyi-v varied 10 couhf. hu1 thc
lesser ard the greater vessels were nj
fui.. began 10 speak with ether
tongues" Other than their mother
tongue which they had learned This
fulfilled Christ's promise tla-k ic:-7l.
That they should -sf-ak with new
tongues" II j. not said that each ore
spoke all the languages that vcr.d
lave been needless --As the Spirit f-ave
them uttera-ice.- The Spirit decided
:or them VIVA; languz re each orc should
speak They were nouthpieces CT tie
Spirit
5. And there were dwelling II -Jcrr-
salen:- 10th residents tfnr -be for
eipn Jews loved to send their Gsclin-
ing years tlierel and PILGRIMS who Ind
come up TO the Penfecost feast -Ile-
vout men, Truly religious r,eE
waiting for the appearing Of the prom
ised Messiah These were the persons
most likely TO become Christians -O-.
Ct every nation under Heaven Only
avery small portion Of the jewish peo
II lived in Palestine during the TINS
q cur Lord ard HIS apostles
Now =. hen this was noise
itaad:- Better in T. Y. Ard VIE,
81 - % ~.
folndel:- Either The irdis idUals wcr
Is7lexed. or. more probably. Tn Who'll
assembly were thrown into cclfus.Ci
and excitement. discussing the n.eaairl
O. the singular phenomenon a-geT.
nan heard them speak IN his ovi
hnvuare:- The word is dialect The.
hard not only the different language
but even the difTerrrt dialects
:. -AIl amazed with sudden over
vhelming surprise And raarveilssi:
with a continuing. questioning vonde'
-Al 80 Galileans:- AL the disciple
Except Judas) were from Galilee. az
customec only 10 their native AraIneax
with a little Hebrew and Greek Itwa
impossible for them to have acquire
al these languages
IL The wonderful works Of God:
The disciples told the people Of al II
countries enumerated In verse 2. i
their own languages. about Gods wor
orous love in sending His Son JeSu
The Messiah to save men from sin. an
bring in the glorious days foTesoid b
the prophets
Two EFects-Vs- i2-f3- II a
amazed. and in Doubt" in rrrs
r-plexity as 10 what all this mean
They were not opposed but In que
toning mood. Many of these wer
doubtless among the 2.O0o converts
when Peter explained what the mea'
Ing was.
Ia Others rocting:- Testing Z
NE strange scene They heard la
gua-es unknown 10 them. and
sounded like nonsense They put u
worst possible Interpretation on
This j. very common in revivals- whel
men refuse On enter into sympathy wit
NE movement enough TO understand
fnil Of new wire.~ Sweet wine. ar