The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-10

-.carsd By H. C. Leningtoa-J
sSTE LESSON TEXT

a
- r,,n-. they were all with one accord
II rns place.
49, suaesnly there came SOU from
..-~~ ~ * a rushing mighty wind. enc
Il 800 al the house where they ~ere SIT
Ana there appeared unto them eloven
rsrgips uke as VI fire. and u sat upon eaeh
.~4 rhav were all fIlec with the Holy
s,Sa-. Ard began 70 speak with otr-r
-,r.-tss IL the spirit gave them utteranee-
1~a there were dwelling AZ jerusalem
Ia e-yout men. out OF every nation IN
ar heaven
I. SOW when this was notsec abroad. the
rult.ruEe came together. and were con-
frlrs=d. because that every man heard
am speak In his own language.
t.4 they were all amazed and mar
xe'4s saving ore TO another. Behold. are
ror a. these which speak GaIileans?
& Ana how hear we every man In our
ewn r0rgue. ~hereIn we were born?
P4rthtans. and Medes. ard Elamites.
and the Gwellers In Mesopotamia. and In
IlG-4 anG CappaGocia. in Pontus. and
ASIA
IA Phrygia. ard Pamphylia. In Egypt
ant IN the parts OF Libya about cyrene.
an strangers OF Rome. Jews and pros
uly tes,
sgeaK n our tongues the wonderful works
GOLDEN TExT.-Th~ promise d. nm
90 you and To your ehiIdren--Aets
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The lesson should include rot only
rhr text as printed above, but also on
rIrcngh the 10Th verse Read also Joel
.-i--s- This takes in part of Peters
wonderful sermon The text in the
Acts may be summed up under the fol
having heads:
The gift Of the Spirit, VS.. IA
Eject or city's multitucss, vs. s-A
Erlgkecy fulfilled. vs.. Ii--1-
.z rha christ. VS. 21-T.
IAe Gift Of the spirit.-Pentecost
WI The iftieth Gay after the Passover
aud one If the three great feasts OF
r-- Jews. TX has been remarked tina.
4 Jewish tradition made Pentecost
r4e anniversary OF the giving Of the
4w from Mount Sinai 1t may Wei
hlve been that upon the anniversary
1 be revelation that marked the be-
III ang Of the Old Testament Gispe n
sa-.a. the gift OF the Holy spirit
s1aa.l mark the beginniug OF new
sprHsarIou- No iDager Is IL the old
Masa.e law. has the love Of Christ, that
-atrainetA u.s.
l1 l. 20 r. noted that the dsscs Mt OF
the Spirit was MADE manifest in three
s-- heaat symbols II the Bible The
~. rit y .ikeaed 70 three thiEgs with
r4r which Life wcrlG be impossible on
eAr.A. air Cor Wind. FIRE and water.
lie frst two Of these are mentioned
L. Sur text. The Spirit j. ike the wind
because II Is Invisible and powerful
yer y. ntie and delicate. Ii is the
sre4ta OF life Of al fhings living. 1t i
.Ae ire in that il j. purifying and gives
81 nsort and light Fire worshiPis one
IF the religions Of the east being con
si5ervd the source of all life. Water
= not mentioned in the passage, but
he gift of the Spirit is further sym
Lo.ized in the power TO speak with
cher tongues re representing the chief
n+thod OF spreading the truths Of the
Gospel and its universally. AL PEG
p.esa are TO hear it. al peoples. of " hat
ever nationality. of whatever age o.
AZ. each in their own tongue
Effect on the City's Muititudes--
such great power became immediatel,
manifest not only among the few bu
among the many Strangers In Jeru
salem from far-away nations wer
surprised 10 hear themselves ADDRESSED
Ia their own language The jews, no
unGerStanding any but their own Ian
ruare and seeing the commotiol
caused among the foreigners as We
- their own people. accused the apps
ties Of being drunk with wine
Peters Sermon The charge Q
drunkenness was out of all keepin
with the facts of the case Drunker
ness stood then Is it stands cow 10
epntiou~neSs. The descent OF IN
Holy Spirit meant directly the Ops
size. for il came not upon the self-ir
Gulrpnt. but upon those who submit
ted themselves to the Divine law {
love The Bible speaks Of men po
sessed Of demons; maniacs the
we're. Gefyirg all law, human or ~
vine. SO we have come now 10 spea
of those upon whom the Spirit
Christ has come as possessed OF u
Holy Spirit. Demoniacs and Chri
rans (using both terms in their stri'
and derivative as opposed to their
CURED meaningsD are at the very Q
Posite spiritual extremes. Peter o
cane the spokesman of the foliowe
of Jesus and explained to the mul'
ruie that had gathered how the pm
nomenon was the fulfilling OF u
prophecies all the Jews had long
crpred as messages from God and tn
- was another proof Of the Nessia
ship 81 the Jesus they had crucined.
The prophecy quoted by Peter W
that Of Joel. and the quotation !
ciuGed Joel 2.ss-3e. The literal ~
flment Of this prophecy Peter point
out. JoeI's words Of promise and col
fort should be read and reread
Christian people. for We see in the
days even as Peter saw on Penteco
-hair wonderful aptness- Fear NJ