The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
Sunday Study
THE PREACHING OF PETER.

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The International Sunday school lesson
| for Feb. 2 is found in Acts w., 1-22, and
| relates to the preaching of Peter and
| John which was so effective among the
! people, and for which they were arrest
ed and ordered to preach no more IN the
| name of Christ.
"Tney preached through Jesus the
resurrection from the dead" 1t was this
preached unto them repentance and re-
| rljssion Of sins through Jesus Christ.
| For their fairhfulness to Christ and HIS
! doctrine Peter and John find themselves
| in prison; but, while they were for "a
! time bound, they could rejoice that the
| word of God was not bound, and we re-
| jolce to read that many who heard be-
! Iieved.
''By what power or by what name have
We done this?'' The Jews asked Christ
a similar question at one time, but not
| for any good reason. Like some people
| today, they could not tolerate anything
| that did not proceed from themselves. 1t
| is a pleasure to hear Peter declare to
| these rulers of the people that this work
was wrought by Jesus of Nazareth.
| whom they had crucitied, but whom God
! had raised from the dead. He knew
| that these men could kill him as they had
Killed Jesus, but he had no fear, for he
was, filled with the Spirit. 1t was a
| good deed which had been done to- an
| ir'rotent man, and it had been wrought
! by Him whom they delighted to own as
| Lord and Master, and they were His to
| be. His witnesses, and to die for Him if
| need be.
This is the stone which was set at
naLght of you builders" Read here Gen.
Xix, "a lisa viii, IA; xviii, 6; Ps. cxviii..
see what fruitful Smile you have in this
stone which SO wondrously speaks Of
| Christ.
They took knowledge of them that
| Trey had been with Jesus" Like their
| Master, they had not been taught in the
| schools They had not the wisdom Of
nan, but they had wisdom and power
which man could not give them.
! ''Wh2t shall we do to these menu
| Having sent the apostle aside, they confer
| among themselves as a council on this
| to them important matter, and they de-
mn be en1n any n +i more Oo sacn WORK
| the name of Jesus must not be tolerated.
| Why do hey imagine vain thing and
| take counsel against the Lord? Think Of
| mortal man determining that the work
| of the, Lord God Almighty shall spread
| NJ farther!
1--WE cannot but speak of the things
which we have seen and heard" This
! is their reply to the command not to
speak at all nor teach in the name of
Jesus, and this command was from the
foremost religious people of the day,
! with the high priest at their head, whose
| lips should keep knowledge and who
| ought to have been the messenger of the
| Lord of Hosts. With some further treat
ering they were let go without punish
/ U1cIL because the people were all 2lOr1fY-
| ing God for that which was done. So
| Film all and left it with Him, asking only
| fO1 boldnesS to speak His word and that
! through them He would honor His name
| they went to their own company of be-
| levers and told all that the chief priests
| end elders had said unto them, and with
| one accord they lifted up their voices to
| Gcd, the creator of all things, and told
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR ANNIVER
SARY.
The Christian Endeavor topic for FeS
! is found in Matthew XIV, 31-46
! twenty years ago today Rev. Fran
! els E. Clark, an unknown. obscure mir
| lister of Portland, Me. gathered the Young
| people of his church together that he
might organize them for service ''for
Christ and the church. Who could have
| dreamed of the farreaching consequences
! OF that meeting? In the prAviGenea Ct
| GOD the movement there started grew to
| vast proportions. 1t became world
| wide movement and the name or its
founder household name throughout
| Christendom. What has Christian En-
deavor done in twenty-one years?
i. 1t has magnifed loyalty-loyalty 10
Christ, to the church, to the Bible to
| the midweek services of the chur. III
| Christian Endeavor, though so powerful
| IN itself, has ever sought to lose signG Of
| user user IN order that it might be loyal to
| Christ and the Church." and its life has
| proved the appropriateness of it's motto
| III an age When there has been indlfEer-
ence. doubt and disloyalty the Young
! people of Christendom have been kept
loyal
2. 1t has magnified Christian service
The Christian EndeaVor movement has
been practical movement 1t has en-
listed the young people of the churcil in
! Christian work; it has taught them this
they nave been saved to serve; it has e1.
qcated them not only to say Lord.
Lord, but to do the will of the e tthei
IN heaven. Endeavorers have fell The
hungry gwen drink to the thirsty, cloth
ed the naked and visited the sick AMI m
! prlsoned, Only eternity itself will reveal
! the tremendous work of this organ:Za ZION
| both in the church and out of The
church. It has indeed been the Church ~
work, and it's work as been blessed a nd
! owned by God.
3. 1t has emphasized Christian fellow
! ship. Being interdenomina tionaI in char
acter, it has brought the Christian de-
nominations together as never before. Il
| has taught and practiced the brother
! hood of all Christians in Jesus Christ:
it has led Christians Of all denominations
! to know eSch other better, and thus gen
Grated a fraternal spirit such as has
never before been found In our church
! life.
4. It has magnified personal devotion
| and conservation. Daily Bible reading
and prayer have been developed, and this
| conservation service has led thousands to
a new idea and practice of conservation.