The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-30

An the international Series
for June ., lOo@-Paui
1T Lystra.
TIE LESSON TFxT.
xActs lt.S-la.)

tsa falth 10 be healed.
UNA with a loud voice. Stand upright
,f, lr,t. And he leaped and walked
p Ana when the people saw "hai iaui
.sg-ue. they llftcd up thei, voices saying
mech OF Lycaonia: The gods are
anwu TO US IN the likeness ~ men.
Ana they called Barnabas. Jupiter. and
, N.tcurius, because he was The chief
s.elksr ~. ,r.fs, ~ Iupifer. which was
~. MIR city. brought oxen and gar
rga unto the gates, aNd "ou'u nave eO"e
.r,iNce with the - ople.
tt Which when the apos ties. BarfaDhs
p1u heard OF. they rent their clothes
HAN h among the people crying out,
r And eaying. sirs. why 40 ye ihese
t0er.p We also are men Of Ike pass Ions
us.n NON. and preach unto you that ye
W.sti turn from these yanitles unto the
'~- God. which made Heaven. and earth.
XII fhf sea, and all things that are therein.
M VINO In times past suffered all nailoas
40 walk IN their Own ways ,.,.s
"i- <ry.rthl less He left not Himself with
,t ,,ttntss. in that lie did good, arc gave
rttt from Heaven. and fruitful seasons,
.ift.- our hearts with food and giacress.
I'm Ara with these sayings scarce re-
strained they the people, that they had not
tors sacrifice unto them,
Y. And there came thither certain jews
frarn Antioch and lconium. VINO persutCtu
tlr people, and, having stoned faui, crew
lin out OF the city, suppos4Is ne NAc DttN
GOLDEN TExT.-Thou therefore err
dur. hardness. ms good soldier OF
Jesus Ghrist.-2 Tim. .-:i.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURAL SECTION
Vr. al,ieed multitude. Acts I'LL
~ rit lonaries cefie d ..........Acts 4.s-lA
it,.f etored................ ~. ~
ptern 10 Antioch. .............Act ILLS.
pf'AGE AIconlum, Iystra. Derbe and An
NOTES AND COMMENT:
Missionary Experience She WIN
ming Of converts by Paul and Barna-
has set Others against them. so that
thew were obliged 10 go elsewhere
Had they not been driven out, their
natural desire would have been TO re-
main 50 long as they were success
iii. But the missionaries were great
|, needed in other places.
The Divided Multitude. - iconium
was on the border between Phrygia
and Iycaona. and was the CONNER
cial center of quite n large region
Tie method of work there was the
same that had been followed in An
tioch. and the results were also SINH
lar. "The multitude" had merely
Intellectual interest in the matter
for the most part. Lystra was about
/, miles from Iconium, but the cities
were in different districts.
The Missionaries Deified.-The Grip
pie Of Lystra was probably begging
in some public place where Pau
spoke. The miracle was similar TO
that wrought by Peter at the gate
If the temple (3:2-s), and the effec.
on the multitude was similar. The
speech of Lycaonia" was n dialect
81 the language of the Gauls. with
which some Greek words were blend
Ell. Paul and Barnabas did not UNI
derstand it. Zeus. whom the Romans
called Jupiter. was the king of the
Greek gods: Hcrmes, called Mercury
in Latin. was their messenger. There
was a tradition that the gods had
paid n visit to that region in ancient
times. and the people thought a SIM
liar event had happened now Car
lands were always placed on the
necks of beasts just as they wer:
sacrificed. Ii would shock jew to
witness pagan sacrifices: and TO re-
ceive divine honors would be even
more horrible. Rending the gar
ments was n token of horror. which
would be understood even by those
who did not practice ii. The occa-
sion gave opportunity for forceful
address against idolatry and in ex
altation of the true God. Although
they succeeded with difficulty in per
suading the multitude that they were
men. their popularity continued
great for time.
Paul Stoned-The Jews from An
tioch who made trouble for Paul may
have been travelling into the interior
on business. Probably no one wouit
make so long n journey simply {,
follow up the Christians. The ston
ing of Paul was by mob rathei
than by the systematic and thorough
method of the Jews. lie could hard
" have escaped alive from .Jewisl
stoning. His injuries must have beef
painful rather than severe, but
would be some time before he coul,
tt really himself.
Return to Antioch. -Derbe was tn
most remote point reached on thi
Journey. The missionaries seem no
10 have been disturbed there, nor n
they stopped on their way back {
organize their disciples. Probabl
they did little public preaching
Their journey lasted a little less tina
four years, and covered about 65
miles.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
When one is filed with the Hol
spirit the power of the Gospel
made manifest.
The power Of the Gospel is mad
evident wherever il awakens faith
those who hear IL.
The power Of the Gospel is not lin
lied, hut is sufficient To restore thos
who are impotcnt through sin.
The Gospel brings good tidings
living God who never leaves Hir
self without witness to us Of II
love
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