Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-05-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lssso" q" the international Series for
May m. taot-J~-s- Ascends
Into Heaven
Prepared BY ~. G. I.cniryton.1
THE LESSON TENT.

4 TUE i-c-SSVN AtNI 4.
| (ActS lsllD
| ]. The former treatise have I nade. O
\ ThcophtluS. OF all that Jesus began both
| TO do ana leach.
: Uniil the day In which lie was taken
up. after that lie through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the
| apostles whom lie had chosen.
:. To whom also lie showed Himself alive
alter Ills passion by many infal,lblo proofs.
| being seen ot them 40 days. and speak
ING ot the things pertaining TO the king
/ dom Of God.
| I. And. being assembled together with
them. commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem hut wait tor
| the promise OF the Fathrr. which saith lie
sc have heard OF Me
., For John truly baptized with water.
out We SHAH be baptized with tho Holy
| Ghost not many days hence.
| &. When they therefore were come to-
| gethcr they asked OF Him. saying. Lord.
| Wit thou AT this time restore again the
| kingdom to lStcRi?
| :. And lie said unto them u Is not for
YOU to know the times or tle seasons.
which the Father hath pat IN I.y own
| power.
s But We shah receive power. af,,- that
| the Holy Ghost Is come upon YOU; and Ne
| shal be witnesses unto me both In Ieru-
| 'aIem' aud In all Judea. and Ia Samaria.
ana unto the uttcrmost part OF the earth.
| y And when lie had spoken these things.
wnne they beheld. lie Was taken up. aud a
cloud received Him out OF their sight
| ~ Ana while they looked steHdfastly to-
| warn Heaven az lie went up. behold. TWO
men stood 10y them IN white apparel.
ii. Which also said. We mon OF Gnlllcc
| why stand ye gazing up Into Heaven? this
| same Jesus. which Is taken tp from you
| INTO Heaven. shall go come iU like man
aer AZ ye have seen Him 30 into Heaven
| GOLDEN TENTi-M lie blessed
ihc"' He wns parted from them. aud
| carried up Into hcRycn-Iukc .st5I
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Besides the lesson text printed
above read also the account IN Luke.
chapter "a, verses li-53 1t will bc
noted that both of these accounts
are given by the same writer, Luke
having been the author of the book
OF Acts as well rs of the GOSPEL OF
Luke. Mathew and John in their
Gospel do not at all mention the as
cension of Christ. The fact was we'll
known and needed no comment as
far rs those for whom those two
Gospels were originally written were
concerned. Mark devotes on. verse
(Mark 1870 To the mere statement
that after the Lord had spoken unto
them, lie was received NJ into
Heaven, and sat on the right baud OF
God"
The II verses in Acts may be treat
ed under the following heads:
The Work Begun. rs !. 2
| a Commandment and u Promise 4 4
The Second Coming ...................vS N
The Work Begun.-The Book Of Acts
is merely n continuation or SEQUEL of
the Gospel according To Luke. Luke
says that in his Gospel he indicated
what Jesus began both TO do and TO
teach Jesus work was not ,lone
when His bodily presence left the
earth. He was to continue the work
IN the hearts of men and do even n
Sreaterwork because of the throwing
OF of human limitations.
Commandment and Promise.
On Thursday, May -, 4. ID. 30. or
just 40 days after the resurrection
OF Jesus. there was "a meeting of :he
disciples mot alone the npostles)
with their Master i'm Jerusalem
From the city He led them out to the
Mount of Olives near Bethany. The
commandment of Jesus was that the
disciples wait in Jerusalem for the
promise of the Father" II is well to
dwell on that word wait" Waiting
is as important as doing. and the
duty Of waiting is just as obligatory
as the duty OF doing. both in their
season. The disciples did not know
how long they were TO wait, they
were to wait for the promise. and the
waiting period extended slowly along
until week had passed. The prom
Use was the gift OF the Holy Spirit.
Why was the Holy Spirit given? The
answer TO this question is Indicated
IN little incident that occurred inn
mediately before the ascension. The
apostles asked Jesus il NJ that time
lie was 10 restore again the king
dom TO Israel The question showed
that these chosen ones still had a
lingering hope Of an earthly king
dom Of Christ. But Jesus replied
that they were not 10 know the times
and the seasons. This knowledge
was in the Keeping of God Almighty
alone But, the work Of establish
ing His kingdom. spiritual king
dom. on earth was theirs The Gift
OF the Holy Spirit would mean pow
or for The disciples in extending The
Kingdom.
The Ascension After making The
promise Of the Holy Spirit and indi
eating the line Of their work (vit
Messing a. home and abroad wher.
ever they should POI. "He was taken
mp. and cloud received Him ont 81
their sight" And into the sky the
disciples looked. but they saw their
Lord no more
The Second Coming After Jesus
departure two angels in ihr form 81
men stood with the assembled com
pany who called their thoughts back
10 earth and present duty. and this
promise was given 10 comfort them:
This same Jesus. which Is taken up
from you into Heaven shall so come