The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-12
Sunday Study
THE DAY OF PENTEcosT.

The International Sunday school les
son Tor Jan. u is found in Acts ii, l-21. The
golden text is the thirty 1nnth verse
Of the same chapter. And when the day
or Pentecost was fully come they were
all with one accord in one place" This
DAY, called Pentecost, or hfueth day,
Is menuo1ed in seveTai places in the
Bible as a day 20 be RENE fnbered and
observed. In the new meal offering Of
hrst fruits fifty days ateer the shelf
OF t1rst traits, the former representa-,
the resurrection Of Christ on the day af-
ter the Passover sabbath ara the lat-
ter fifty days later. suggesting the event
Oh our lesson, in connection with the be-
ginning of the gathering Of the body
q Christ from all nations
They were all filed with tie Holy
Ghost. When the Holy Spirit came
upon Christ at His baptism. He came
IN the form of a dove, for there was no
need Of purifying or consuming ;ira,
out saved sinners need the Spirit as a
Ire. The Spirit came as the Luid Jesus
said He would and took possession Of
these redeemed ones, His temples ard Id
oHce they began to speak, or rather the
spirit who filed them began TO speaS
through them. While yet with them IN
His mortal body Jesus had ted them,
1t is not ye who speak. but the Spirit
or your Father that speaketh in you"
Jews from different countries were
gathered at Jerusalem, and they came
together and heard these uniearned CIa:-
Leans talking in the language of other
lands concerning the wonde full works Of
God The Holy Spirit had taken fun
control of these men and was tell ny
through them the things of God ana ~
Christ as Jesus said He would He who
hfst gave different languages TO people
can as easily cause others TO speak these
languages when He sees fit This sincu-
lar gift to the humble followers of Jesus
was to these devout Jews ncomprehensi-
ble and they tried to explain it by saw
ing that the Galileeans were fun of new
wine, about as silly an EXPLANATION as is
given by some of the profess edly wise
men of our day of some of the wonder
1ul works of God The natural man.
however educated or religious he may
be, cannot receive the things Of the
spirit OF God, for they are foolishness
Unto Him, and these religious Jews need
ed just what Nicodemus needed, a new
birth, the gift of God, which many Of
them little later received. AS Isaiah
says, The wise of this world are drunk
en-, but not with wine.''
That JoePs prophecy, quoted by Peter.
mas not yet had its fuIfllment or it's final
fulhllment is seen, for Israel is still
ashamed and Inundated among the ma
tons, and Jerusalem Is not holy, for
strangers still possess her and the Lovd
has not yet returned to dwell in Zion
The judgment of the nations has not vet
taken place, for He has not come in His
glory. Let US be filled with the Spirit
and be His faithful witnesses till He
come.
If we will not let the world-either the
aggregate of material things or society.
with its maxims and ways-hinder us
from the noble life, if we will not allow
X to prevent, but use it to aid US in
Seeing God, in loving. Him, in doing our
duty for His dear sake, then, however
solitary or sad or unsuccessful NV life
may otherwise have been, have con
quered, and all else is defeat.