The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-16
Sunday Study
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The international Sunday school lesson
for Feb 16 is found in Acts ", 25-42. The
Golden text is Matthew ", 10. Behold,
standing in the temple and teaching the
people" This was the word brought to
the high priest, council and senate, as
they waited to receive the prisoners
whom they had arrested the evening
before. Multitudes of men and women
Were believing, and many sick people not
only in Jerusalem, but also from the
cities roundabout, were healed. The wo k
was going so that the high priest and his
hackers could not stand it, and so put
the apostles in prison. They were mys-
tterlously released and went to the temple
70 continue their ministry, and there
they are found teaching, instead of in
the prison under the power of the au-
thorities
Behold. We have filled Jerusalem with
your doctrine and intend to bring this
mans blood upon u.s." The high priest
remipds them that they had been forbid
den to teach in the name of Jesus. we
ought to obey God rather than men,
replied Peter, and again accused them
70 their faces of being the murderers of
Jesus, whom God raised from the dead
ana exalted to be a Prince and a Saw
Tor to give repentance and forgiveness
of sins even to such as they were.
When they heard that they were cut
70 the heart and took counsel to slay
= them. Not only was the blood of Jesus
upon them, but they were ready to bring
upon themselves the blood of the apos-
ties also.
I'VE men Of Israel take heed to your
selves what We intend to do as touching
these men. The apostles being sent out
OF the council for a little while, CANA
uei, a learned member, at whose feet
Saul of TarSus had been educated, thus
begins an address to his brethren He
seems to have had something of the
spirit or Joseph and Nicodemus, who also
were at one time members of the coun-
Gil. 1t is not known that he ever re-
celYed Jesus as the Christ, but from the
wisdom and spirit of this address and
on the superstition that Saul would seek
the welfare CT his teacher it is hoped
that he did. Before these days rose
up Theudas, hoasting himself to be
somebody. He quotes two cases Of de-
ce-Ners who for a time had quite a fol-
!. lowing, but in each case the leaders
persisted, and their followers were dis
perSed- The mark of a deceiver is that
he boasts himself to be somebody"
while a true follower of the Lord seeks
10 giorify God only. IF this counsel
or this work be of men, it will come to
these words 1.-THE Lord bringeth the
counsel of the heather to naught He
rlaketh the devices of the people of
zone effect" 1t is a great comfort to
the true believer to know that they that
war against him shall be as nothing and
as thing of naught and that no weapon
formed against him can prosper. IF it
pc OF God, We cannot overthrow it, lest
Marty We be found even to fight against
God " 1t is written that 'fevery pur--
pose of. Of the Lord shall be performed"
and The Lord of Hosts hath sworn.
! saving, Surely as I have thought, so
shall it come to pass. and as 1 have
nn,posed, so shall it stand and, again.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for
ever, the thoughts of His heart to all
<. generations"
''They commanded that they should
not speak in the name of Jesus With
2 the repetition of this command thew are
beaten and let go. How the devil hates
that name at which every knee shall vet
bow. Jesus had told His disciples that
they would be delivered up to councils
ana be scourged and brought before gov
ernors and kings for His sake. "'Rejoic-
: Ang lhaI they We're counted worthy to
sGfler shame for His name" Backs
itally, but full of joy inwardlyEhow
great is the grace of Cod They were
already tasting that which Paul was
afterward told concerning the great
things he must suffer for Christ's sake.
And 4aily in the temple and in every
mouse they ceased not to teach and
preach Jesus Christ" Thus they obeyed
Sicd rather than man and We're ready for
the next beating or Imprisonment for so
doing whenever God might see fit to LET
II come. As Peter and John said. they
&C Cld not help doing it; like jeremiah
when tempted to speak no more in his
name, they had such a fire within them
that they We're weary if they did not
speak; or, like Elihu, they felt that
- N1ASy IN nut speak,
TEMPTED AND TRIED.
The Christian Endeavor topic for Feb
10 is found in /. Chronicles, X 12: He
brews H., 17-1S; w., Is. The lesson dis
cusses the temptations and trials of life
There are two dangers against which
Christians must guard themselves in ref
erence to the temptations and trials of
lie l. They may be treated too lightly
We may belittle temptation and mag
nifty our own abilities to resist it and
may, as consequence. be in danger Of
railing through overconfdence. g. When
Inc true character and power of sin are
realized, we may grow discouraged and
give up without an effort The phase of
the subject presented in the topical ref
erenceS In the latter one Paul having
warned the Corinthians against falling
through oYerccnfdeRce,. reXt warns them
against d'ScouTa cement. To accomplish
this he points cut the encoura ging side Of
resistance to temptation. The references
from Hebrews continue the same phase
OF the subject by resanting Christs re-
AatIon to temptation ana trial.
me temptations and the trials of life
are not to De moderated. They are seri-
Gus and enoanger our vel; being for time
and eternity. But while so serious thew
are not impossible OF successful resist
anee. Because of the power of evil we
are not TO fold our arms in discourage
ment and drift with the tide to etern IL
perditlop. The greater the power against
the greater should be our determinat ton
To overcome 1t. Resistance should in
spfTe resistance rather than acquiscence
l. Human experience encourages us to
resist temptation. There rath no tennnta-
ton taken YOU but such as is counT,o,,
TO man. except such as IS human or
such as man can bear. Our temptations
are no fiercer than those which have IS
Sailed others and against which they have
successfully stood. If others have re-
sisted the temptations common to us
theE We also can resist them If tempt
ed TO inten perance, to lust, to anger. to
Nnf 70 c-fr,
member that other men have resisted
these TEMPTATIONS, which assures us that