The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
June o, 10O1-Jesus Appears
to Paul.
prepared by H. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

my journey, and was come nigh unto
Damascus about noon. suddenly there
shone from heaven great light round
about me.
Z. And fell unto the ground. and heard
. voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou Me?
8. And answered, Who art thou, Lord
And he said unto me, I am Jesus Of Nazar-
eth, whom thou persecutest.
y. And they that were with me saw in
| deed the light, and were afraid; but they
heard not the voice of Him that spake to
me.
10. And said, What shall do, Lord :?
And the Lord said unto me. Arise, and go
into Damascus; and there 1t shall be told
thee of all things which are appointed for
| thee to do.
IL. And when I could not see for the
glory of that light being led by the hand
| OF them that were with me. l came into
| Damascus.
12. And one Ananias a devout man ac-
,ording to the law, having a good report
of all the Jews which dwelt there,
| 10 came unto me, and stood, and said
unto me, Brother SAUL receive thy sight
And the same hour l looked up upon him.
| H. And he said, The God of our fathers
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest
know His will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
10. For thou shalt be His witness unto
all men of what thou has seen and heard
~. Anu NOW why taTT1eSt tnOu. drlSe
and be baptized. and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.
GOLDEN TExT,-I was not disO-
bedient unto the heavenly vision
Act 28,10.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The complete story of Paul's conver-
sion (Acts 9:1-20) should be read. 1t
S upon the complete text we base the
following analysis:
Saul the Prosecutor. tor...................Vs. 1-e
saul Cenyerted eaveh'.'.'..''''.'Vy' "a
Ananias' Unpromiising Mission. Tvs. Ills
Saul the Christian Preacher. 20
Saul the ersecutor.-Perhaps the
central thought of this lesson is the
work of the living Christ in the CONVEX
sion of souls. Not all have the same
wonderful experiences, not all have
seen the bright light or heard the voice
from Heaven that Saul heard, yet the
essential experience is the same.
Like Saul we have all of us found our
selves on the wrong course, and to all
of us has come the light showing us
our mistake. The trouble is we have
not all of us Immediately forsaken
what we have learned to be the wrong
course and decided to do what we
know to be right. 1t is the universal
ity of the application of the principle
as we'll as the striking phenomena of
the particular case that makes the
story what it is to the Christian world
Beyond this it shows, besides the ex.
perience of a single soul, the eternal
work Of Christ in the regeneration OF
J the lives of men.
The Light from Heaven.-Jesus is
not the Saviour of few. but of many
of all if they will. To every man, al
some time or other, He shows Himself
as Saviour from sin and guide to eter
nal life. He throws Heavenly light or
the course one is pursuing and reveal.
it as the right or the wrong way.
Saul Converted.-Immedia the
light is seen, voice speaks to the
heart. At once we know it is the voice
Of the Lord, for it is significant tina,
without hesitation Saul addressed the
Heavenly guest as Lord" 1t is poin,
also that the intense light blinded
Saul. 1t is a common experience thai
the bursting of a great truth upon the
mind makes one the slower to compre
hend for a time other matters. how
ever familiar they had been. Saul hat
to be led over the familiar road tc
Damascus.
Ananias' Unpromising Mission
Christ had spoken directly to the SOU
of Saul. But it is the Divine way to &C
complish results through human agen
cies. Ananias was disciple at Da
mascus. Christ spoke to this man to
go to Saul. Ananias had known Sau
by reputation and knew of his zeal ir
prosecuting the followers of Jesus Al
Jerusalem. He knew of the authority
he had to imprison disciples here II
; Damascus. Naturally Ananias hest
tated. But Saul was "a chosen vessel
that is chosen for a special work. ST
Ananias went as commanded and Sau
received his sight, and with his sigh
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Saul the Christian Preacher.-Nots
the contrast between verses l ant
20. "And Saul, yet breathing ou'
threatenings and slaughter agains
the disciples of the Lord, went unto
, the high priest" "And straightwa,
he preached Christ in the synagogues
that Heis the Son of God" Saul was NJ
longer prosecutor, but preacher
no longer opposed to the disciples o
Christ. but humble and faithful fdi
lower.
Grape and Canister.
No mower without main