The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International Series for
February -, I00@-Thr Sin of
Lying.
THE LESSON TENT.
ACTS 5.l-lll

THE LESSON TENT.
tActs SILLY
I. But certain man named ArSnias,
with Sapphra his wife, sold "a pos Sslnn.
.. And kept back part of "a, price, his
wife also being priyy TO It. and brought {
certain part, and laid 1t al ,ht apostles
feet.
3. But Peter said. Ananlas, why hath SS-
tan fllod thine heart to lie 10 ihc Holy
Ghost, and to keep back part oi are price
of the land?
l. While 1t remained, was Il rot thins
own? and after ii was sold NIs tt not Ia
thine own power? why hast thuu corCtWeG
this thing in thine heart? thou ldsI not Ltd
unto men, but unto God.
s, And Aranias hearing tE,s, words i,G
down, and gave up the ghost ana great
fear came on all them that h, 9rL tAps.
things.
6 And the Young men arose, wound him
up, ana carried him out ana buried him.
:. And 1t was about the ~pIu. of three
hours after, when his Wifi. not In rowing
what Was Conr cam, IN.
y And Peter us W,l,d unto h.r r u mt
whether y, sold .h, ,ard for 80 much" Ard
she said, Yea. tor $50 much.
.. Then Peter said unto h,r, How Is it
that yc hav, agreed tug,tl,r Ia i.Ept %,
Spirit of the Lort' behold. rl.. l.' 'hpm
which hay, buried thy hus..l.. .al.. uI ,u,
door, and shall carry the. O.'
feet and yi,Ir.d nm A.. r...I. .,,r ,hc
young men came in and tuulu her dead.
a ara, carry inE H'r i"r'h' h"r'" l + 10y her
H. KID rr.,t f..r ,.,,,. ,.,... .,tr r,
church, ara upon as many I heard thesr
things
AVN, I,i,r. snr,I, r,,r, mann trnth
with his n"iGhh"r.-Eph. l;..5.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
SIhhlng Against the Hoy Spirit
IN TINS lesson We ar" made acquaint-
ca win new power @l'cu to the
apostles through the Holy Spirit
lh' power "i detecting Idlschood.
hut 'hat' however, Is not the chef
Poih' Ior us I" consider. Ananla'
ana Happhlra were exposed that we
m'Eht see tn" responsiveness of by
pocrlNI ana the iact lhal Inhn
ccrIly III any r'hgIouS profession Is
he, not TO men merely, bui 10 tod
H"'l''lhl'S IL imposes upon men, Dut
IL never does upon INN, ana from
iiln' III HIS own time. IS sure TO
winch is its Just and fttiug due.
brotherhood OF the lhurch.-lht
community OF the church here JG-
Scrlncd is evidently not a mati"' OF
exact form. The things which each
| man possessed were h"Id ny eafh, but
no one DoaStcd OF ms ownership or
let IL interfere with the rcN"1 OF any
heed OF ms prethreh- Inc presence
oi inns spirit among the disciples rs
clearly connected in the account with
the power that the apostles had in
preaching. The sale Of property was
| voluntary (j:4), and less universal
than the exact words OF NcrN' -
would imply. IT was very common,
however, ana MS practice impoler-
ished the church so that Paul had
constantly to he gathering funds for
the Christians at JeruNaIcm by
very natural arrangement, the apoS-
ties were treaSnrers of the common
luhd, the use beng similar to that
when they themselves practiced
When travelling about Palestine with
Jesus We 90 not see ON the surface
why harnabaS gItt brought him 50
huch favorable notice. The gtft may
nave been unusually large, or his So
ciaI position among the Jews may
ave peen Surh as t" call attention
to nm. mat is hardly likely, how
ever, ana 1t is more probable that
thtre was something especially at
troctlve about the way in which he
made the Offering. The word "cNhor-
'auoh IN the Interpretation of
barhabaS' name is from the same
root as comforter, the title Jesus
gave to the Holy Spirit. We have
changed the meaning OF the word
'eNhortatlon, which originally
meant encouragement
Judgment Upon AnauiaS ard Sap
phlra' h'Se people wanted The
credit OF generosity without making
the necessary sacrifice. The cnthusi-
- nf Al lp-