Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-07
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for January o, 1897
The Hoy spirit Giren-Acts 2:I-I3.

a. - 80. Ten Gays after the last lesson,
I Fentecost Nhitsunday.
PLACE rUsaIeul, in the '49per room
I where the GisCiplcs met for prayer. Not n
the temple. FOR in Verse 2 the room is spoken
EXPi.hNAToRY NOTES.
The Prayer MeetiHg.-N. Ii. And
when the day Of Pentecost:" The If
tieth" day after the Passover. 1t was
one OF the three great feasts OF the Jews.
WAS fully come Here was an ex-
ample OF what jesus had said (I:7), that
the times and seasons" were not for
them to know. They knew great
blessing was coming, but when or how
/ they did not know. Thus they were
best led 10 watch ana pray, to open
their minds to the truth. to be bound
together in love, to purify their hearts
! for the coming gift.
The Promise Fulflled.-V. .. And
4 suddenly" They were expecting the
/ fulfllment of Christ's promise (chap.
Ia, s.. hut in what manner it would
/ be fulfilled they did not know.
y sound as Of a rushing
mighty wind" r. V. as the rushing of
a mighty wind. 1t is not said that there
was any wind. but only sound as of a
wind. And it filed 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 q Tim. 3:15), and that it filed every
part and faculty of the soul, which is
the temple of the Holy Ghost.
3. And there appeared, i. e.. to the
entire ASS mblv. After the audible sign
immedia ely follows the visible.-AIey-
or. e oven tongues like as Of fire.
Not IRE. but with the appearance of
fire as the burning bush which Moses
say. "Cloven:" Parted as from a 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 fame. 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.
T. And they were all filed 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" 1t is not said that each one
spoke all the languages, that would
have been needless. LAS the Spirit gave |
them utterance:" The Spirit decided
for them what language each one should
speak. They were mouthpieces of the
Spirit.
5. And there were dwelling at Jeru-
SALEM" Both residents flor the for
eign Jews loved 10 spend their declin-
ing years there) and pilgrims who had |
come up to the Pentecost feast. DE |
vout mem 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 |
a very small portion of the Jewish peo-
pie lived in Palestine during the time
of our lord and His apostles.
6. wow when this was noised |
abroad" Better in r. " And when
this sound was heard "And were con- |
founded" Either the individuals were |
perplexed, or, more probably the whole |
assembly We're thrown into confusion |
and excitement, discussing the meaning |
of the singular phenomenon. Every |
man heard them speak in his own
language" The word is dialect. They |
heard not only the different languages, |
but even the different dialects.
7. "All amazed" with sudden, over
whelming surprise And marvelled;"
"All Galileans:" All the disciples |
(eNcept Judas were from Galilee, ac- |
customed only to their native Aramean, |
with a little Hebrew and Greek. 1t was
impossible for them to have acquired |
all these languages.
II. The wonderful works Of Gods"
The disciples told the people Of all the
countries enumerated in verse 9, in
their own langua res, 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 Ltfects.-ys 1918 =. All
amazed, and In doubts" ia great
perplesity as to what an this meant.
They were not opposed, but in cues
tionine mood. Many Of these were
doubtless among the 1900 converted,
when Peter explained what NE mean
ing was.
III. "0thers mockine: Testing at
the strange scene. They heard Ian
guages unknown to them and il
sounded like nonsense. They put the
worst possible Interpretation on it.
This is very common i'll reviyals. where
men refuse 10 enter into sympathy with
the movement enough to understand it.