The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-03-27

LESSON XIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 20.
r~xt of the Lesson. A Comprehensive
Quarterly Review - Golden Text,
Matt. xxviii. 2O-Commentar Pre-
pared ny Rev. ID. VI. stearns.


LESSON Paul and Silas at Philippi
(Acts xvi. 22-34). Golden Text, Acts
xvi, 81. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved" The
principal facts in this lesson are the
sufferings of the apostles and the sal
walton of the jailer and his household.
There is no salvation apart from the
suffcrings of Christ, and. being saved
by His sufferings in our stead, we must
be willing TO suffer with Him as His
witnesses In bearing the gospel TO 9th
ers IL Pet ii, "a; Iii, Is; John xvi, 80;
Phil. t. %; iii, 10).
LESSON II.-Christian living (Phil. iv.
1-13) Golden Text, Phil. iv, 4, Rejoice
In the Lord Away" Two great fea-
lures of the life of a Christian are joy
and peace, and these should lie very
manifest (Rom. xiv, II; XIV, 49,, but In
the many trials and sorrows of this
life il seems impossible to be full of
either Joy or peace. But remember
that this most joyful of all the epis-
ties was written from prison, and
the aim of Paul may be ours Q-2O).
See also | Cor. /. o. Thess. V, "a.
LESSON III.-Paul at Thessalonca and
Berea acts xvii. LIP. Golden Text,
rs. cxix. 100, Thy word is Il lamp un-
TO my feet" Christians are expected
10 be filled with the word and the Spir-
il (Col. iii, 16; Eph. V, 49, and by their
lives and testimony proclaim Jesus
Christ as the only Saviour of sinners.
LESSON ". - Paul's counsel 10 the
Thessalonians q Thess. V. 14-2S). Gold
EN- Text, | Thess. V, 81, Hold fast
that which is good" The truth is here
emphasized that the spirit, soul and
body of the redeemed are all for Christ,
and the new man in us, if allowed to
control will ever pray and rejoice and
give thanks, controlled by the Spirit,
but if the Spirit is quenched and His
word rejected there must be proportion
ate failure.
LESSON N.-Paul at Athens (Acts xvii,
22-34. Golden Text, Acts xvii IL, He
preached unto them Jesus and the
resurrection" Men are prone to wor-
ship to bow down to anything and any
one but the living God. and this has
been the case since the serpent turned
Adam and Eve away from God to be-
lieve his lie.
LESSON NI.-The church at Corinth
founded (Acts xviii, LID. Golden Text,
Cor. iii, II. "Other foundation can no
man lay than that is laid, which is Je-
sus Christ" Some believing and some
opposing is the record everywhere but
all whom the Father hath given to
Christ shall come to Him, and His elect
church shall be gathered and presented
to Himself Il glorious church.
LESSON NII.-Christian self control
| Il Cor. viii. 4-13). Golden Text, Rom.
xiv, 10. Let us. therefore, follow after
the things which make for peace In
the daily life. while seeking to live
wholly for God and manifest the life
of Christ in our mortal bodies, we are
| living not only before God, who reads
our hearts and never misjudges us.
but we are also living before people
who. not being able to read the heart,
are very apt to misjudge us and STUN
bile over us.
LESSON VIII.-Christian love q Cor.
! xiii. 1-13). Golden Text, | Cor xiii, 13.
Now abideth faith, hope, love,
| but the greatest of these is love" 1t is
still the contrast between what | my
self may do and that which Christ will
do in me. However much | may do
| that seems good. ii will count for moth
| ing if it is that do it, but God, who is
love and was manifest in Christ and
| has come to live in the believer, de
sires To work in and through us, and
that will stand.
LESSON IX.-Paul and Apollos (ActS
xviii. ~. To xix, 81. Golden Text. Luke
XII. Is, IF We. then, being evil, know
how TO give good gifts unto your chill
dren, how much more shall your Heav-
emily Father give the Holy Spirit to
| them that ask Him." A man mighty
in the Scriptures may be instructed
more perfectly by very humble people,
and however much people may believe
there is a very great lack until they
are filled with the Spirit.
LESSON X.-Paul at Ephesus (Acts
xix, 1920. Golden Text, Acts xix. II,
"The name of the Lord Jesus was
magnified." The name of the Lord
Jesus, that worthy name (Jas. ii, y.
that glorious and fearful name, the
Lord thy God Deut xviii, 81, is not
to be trifled with or Knocked or despised,
for the Lord can use the devil himself
TO chasten such, and He will overrule
even the mockery and blasphemy of
the wicked to promote His glory.
LESSON XI.-The riot at Ephesus ACTS
xix. 29-40. Golden Text, Ps. XXI, %.
THE Lord preserveth the faithful"
When the preaching of the gospel takes
away money from the pockets of the
ungodly, we shall quickly hear from
them, and they will want no more of
us or our gospel But this same thing
is often seen among those who bear
the name of Christ, and the cold Shout
der has been turned upon a missionary
lest he might want an offering from
the people We seem TO know nothing
of the love of Christ, who gave Him
self.
LESSON XiI.-Pauls message TO the
Ephesians (Eph. ii, 1-10). Golden Text.
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