The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

ARRANGED from Peioubst's Notes.l
GOLDEN TExT.-They were al nlled
with the Holy Ghost.-Acts "a.
THE SECTION includes ~ the gift Of tho
upon the people, Va s-ii
TINH.-The morning Of Sunday. May =.
4 d. ~ Ten days after the last lesson
fentecoet whitsunday.
PLACE..Jerusalem. y the upper Toom n
the temple. for in Verse the room 10 spoken
y q DsfEsS sfEsSPiASAfoRY e [ aSHlf'oRY NOTES. !.
The Prayer Meeting.-V.1.-1 And
when the day of Pentecost:" "The ff-
tieth" day after the Passover. It was
ono of the three great feasts Of the jews.
ssWas fully comet" Here was an ex-
ample Of what Jesus had said GAO, that
the ''times and seasons" were not for
them to know. They knew q great
blessing was coming, but when or how
they did not know. Thus they were
best led to watch and pray, to open
their minds to the truth, to be bound
together in love, to purify their hearts
for the coming gift.
The Promise Fulfilled.-V. 3. "And
suddenly" They were expecting the
.fulfillment Of Christ's promise (chap.
IA, 81, but in what manner It would
be fulfilled they did not know.
"A sound as of rushing
mighty wind" r. ", as the rushing of
a mighty wind. tits not said that there
was any wind, but only a sound as of \
wind. "And it filled all the house" not
merely the upper room of 1913. This
was token that the SPIRIT would fill
the whole church, which is the house Of
God Il Tim. 3:15), and that it filed every
part and faculty of the soul, which is
the temple of the Holy Ghost.
8. And there appeared, !. e., to the
entire assembly. After the audible sign
Immediately follows the visible.-Mey-
er. "Cloven tongues like as Of fire."
Not fire, but with the appearance Of
fire, as the burning bush which Moses
saw. "Cloven:" Parted as from CEN
trail flame. The idea is not that each
tongue of fire was divided or forked,
but that the fiery appearance, at first
presenting itself as a single body, soon
divided into separate tongues of flame,
one for each person in the assembly.
"And it," the appearance of flame, one
tongue, "sat upon each of them"
apostles, laymen, and women. "Sat"
denotes the appearance was not a mo-
mentary flash; and the influence, which
it symbolized, was to be permanent.
4. "And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost:" "Filled" can mean moth
ing less than that the whole capacity
of each man was occupied, and all his
being under the influence. The degree
of receptivity varied, no doubt, but the
lesser and the greater vessels were all
full. Began to speak with other
tongues" Other than their mother
tongue which they had learned. This
fulfilled Christ's promise mark 16:17),
that they should speak with new
tongues" It is not said that each one
spoke all the languages, that would
have been needless. Gas the Spirit gave
them utterance:" The Spirit decided
for them what language each one should
speak. They were mouthpieces of the
Spirit.
S. sand there were dwelling at Jeru-
salem:" Both residents (for the for.
eign Jews loved to spend their declin-
ing years there) and pilgrims who had
come up to the Pentecost feast. "De-
vout men:" Truly religious men,
waiting for the appearing of the prom
ised Messiah. These were the persons
most likely to become Christians. "Out
Of every nation under Heaven:" Only
q very small portion of the Jewish peo-
pie lived in Palestine during the time
Of our Lord and His apostles.
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abroad" Better in r. v. And when
this sound was heard. "And were con-
founded" Either the individuals were
perplexed, or, more probably, the whole
assembly were thrown into confusion
and excitement, discussing the meaning
Of the singular phenomenon. Every
man heard them speak in his own
language:" The word il dialect. They
heard not only the different languages,
but even the different dialects.
2. "All amazed;" with sudden, over
whelming surprise. "And marvelled;" !"
with continuing, questioning wonder.
"An $50 Galileans:" All the disciples
Except Judas) were from Galilee, &C.
! customed only to their native Aramean,
with little Hebrew and Greek. It was
impossible for them to have acquired
all these languages.
| II. "The wonderful works Of God:"
The disciples told the people Of all the
countries enumerated in verse 9, in
their own languages, about Gods won
drous love in sending His Son Jesus,
the Messiah, to save men from sin, and
bring in the glorious days foretold by
the prophets.
Two Effects.-Vs. 1918. 10. "All
amazed, and in doubt;" in great
perplexity as to what all this meant
They were not opposed. but in ques-
tioning mood. Many of these were
doubtless among the 5000 converted
when Peter explained what the mean.
ing was.