Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-14
5nternational gessnirs.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON W, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 25.

LESSON w, fIhO lONh En-, N'6"
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 25.
Text of the Lesson, Acts xviii, 22-34+Mem-
ory Verses, 24-27-Golden Text, John iv,
commentary by the Rev. d. NJ.
Stearns.
n. "Then Paul stood in the midst Of
Mars hill and said, Ye men Of Athens, I
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 today, which Is described
In Isa. xxx, 13; Eek. xxxiii, 81; Math.
xv, 10, q Righteousness without any real
ity, without any forgiveness Of sins-all
outward forInality. The peoples time was
spent in talking Of the news of the day
| (yerse a1); as Paul waited for Silas and
| Timothy to come to him from Berea oversees
| IA to. 16) 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.
2S "Whom therefore ye ignorantly wor-
ship Him declare unto you" He said
this with reference to the altar to the un-
known God, for it 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 one only living and true
| God who alone is worthy to be worsh1pped.
i Alnk hn
things therein, seeing that He is Lord or
heaven and earth, dwelleth not In temples
made with hands" Prophets and apostles
dwelt much upon the great truth OF orea-
ton, and emphasized that He whom they
preaohed was the Creator Of all things.
See lisa. xiv, "a; Jcr. Z, 12; xxxii, II;
Acts iy, "a. People may know Of Him
BY His works. But no one can truly know
Him except through Jesus Christ, who was
God manifest in the flesh (Math. Il, 81;
John /, 1S; l Tim. iii, 16). Life eternal
Is to know Him John xvii, 81.
e5. "He giveth to all life and breath and
all things" Giving is His great charac-
teristic, and His crowning act was to give
His only begoeten 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 un-
aodly are dependent upon Him for the
very breath with which they blaspheme
His name, and the words of Daniel to
Belshazzar are applicable to them-"The
God in whose hand thy breath Is and whose
are all thy ways hast thou not glorifed"
(Dan. Y, 2S).
26. "And hath made of one blood all
nations Of men for to dwell on all the face
of TIE earth" Not only has He determined
the bounds of their habitation, but He has
done it with reference to His people Israel
(Deut. xxxii, 81, for 1t Is His pleasure to
make Israel the center and bless all Da-
tions through them. AS all on earth are
His creatures and He loved the world and
gave Himself for the world, surely 1t Is
the great business Of those who know this
| to make it known to those who know 1t
not. What else are we here for but to honor
Him and make Him known
81. "That they should seek the Lord. "
Look at lisa. ", &, z; Zeph. II, 3; Jer. xxx,
ID, and Matt. vi, 33 on seeking the Lord,
and observe everywhere that His great de-
sire is to have people turn to Him. BY sin
we have turned our backs upon Him, and
misjudge Him, and misunderstood Him
and think and say hard things Of Him.
The Scriptures enlighten us about Him
and lead US to repent or change our mind
about Him, and when we know Him many
are glad to receive Him (John j, II, 12).
%. "For in Him we live and move and
have our being" If there Is one thing
that is not known, it is the goodness and
love of God. Those who bear the name of
Christ are not showing forth His goodness
as they might day by day, but are too apt
to complain because of His chastenings
and thus lead others to think that He Is
not good. God Is good, God Is love, and
If these truths were more manifest IN His
people more would want to know Him,
for the goodness Of God leads to repentance
(Rom. II, 4).
30. "We ought not to think that the
Godhead is like unto gold or silver OF
stone, craven by art and mans device. "
For 1t cannot be that what we make made
US. The work of mems hands cannot be
mans creator, and yet what millions seem
to think 80 as they bow down to idols OF
wood and stone. See the folly Of this fully
set forth in Isa. xiv, 9-19, and In verse 20
see the reason of such folly, "a deceived
heart hath turned him aside"
| 80. "And the times of this ignorance
God winkeG at (R. V. overlooked), but
now commandeth all men everywhere to
repent" God never makes light Of sin and
never passes it by as If it were nothing, but
He Is long suffering, slow to anger, not
willing that any should perish (1I Pet. Iii,
8, 1O) How 1t must grieve Him to be
| misunderstood as He Is, to be thought un.
kind and cruel when He is wholly and
only lovel Is it any wonder that He com
mands all to repent, but Is 1t not great
wonder that He offers full and free for.
giveness to all who turn to Himp Hos.
xiv, a; Rom. lii, a4.)
! 81. because He hath appointed a day
In which he will judge the world In
righteousness by that man whom He hath
ordained" The assurance Of this is found
| In a risen Christ at Gods right hand In
reference to this day we must remember
that day sometimes means thousand
years (Ps. xo, 4 II Pet. iii, 81, and from
other Scriptures we gather that the period
of judgment will cover at least ], 900 years
the saints and the living nations being
Judged at the beginning, and the wicked
dead at the end of the thousand years.
SO. "And when they heard Of the resur'
rection of the dead some Knocked, and 9th
ers said, We will hear thee again Of this
matter" The greatest and the crowning
event in the work Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, His resurrection from the dead, Is
that which seems to be the greatest STUN
bling block 1 Cor. xv sets forth very
fully the benefits Of His resurrection and
what the results would have been If BE
had not risen.
SO, "a. $50 Paul departed from them,
| Howbeit certain men clave unto Him and
believed" Thus He went from place to