Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-01-30
The Trial of
Peter and John
Sunday SohoOl Lessen for Jan. n. 1909
Specially krr-nEs5 for This Paper

verses III. .
GOLDEN TENT.-They v~-e am filled
With the Holy Ghost ana tley spake th,
Nout % God with holiness
tiME.-Ihe Same afternoon MS tro LAST
lesson. and The following morning. A few
weeks or months possibly "a year or more
PLACES solomon's porch ir the tenn
Iie court, a prison. the hou ot the SAN
i-orln near t1e temple. private room
in The city
CoDment and Suggestive Thought.
The miracle 90 healing the wen
known lame begear; Peters sermon
proclaiming Jesus as the expected
Messiah, and charging ths Jews. espe-
cialD their rulers. with Che crime OF
numbering him. but calling on them
tn repent aud he saved. and The fact
that thousands became the disciples Of
Jesus and Joined the new. enthusiastic
community. all this aroused the lead
ers 10 put stop 90 this religion which
was turning the world upside down.
O) The Jewish authorities found
thst the new religious movement was
the installation OF a new station Tor
The distribution o. currents of innu-
ential opinion" and they determined
20 cut the wires. and stop The flow Of
shock so themselves. and more now
eE and more lights (2) Fools, they
thought If they could but wiring the
ieck OF the Growing cock Do would
never be day
While these 5000 were an Jews.
they were something more. a new
stamp was on them (Suder). q new
perfume, new atmosphere was
around them. now light shone in
their characters. They became new
forces In the world There was some
such change in them as transformed
Potter and John. the fishermen. into
apostles who changed Che face OF the
world
The Comfort OF the Imprisoned
Apostles.-'The speakers went to prls.
DC; their words took wings. and flew
60 the uttermost parts Of the earth
Here is n beautiful marvel What vi
tally is In O spoken word 40 won.
DER that men like Joubert and Emer-
son toll like slaves 10 put "a Thought
into perfect language! Who would
not be content 20 go TO prison. or TO
Death. II he could leave something like
the TWenty-third Psalm or the Beati-
toaes. or the thirteenth chapter OF
Corinthians. as his legacy to the
world? Behind those prison bars the
apostles cOmforted thomselves bv re-.
Numbering that they had uttered
words which would not return Cd Jeeus
Christ void. but would accomplish the
Wo1k whereunto he had sent them o.
Charles Frederic Goss.
The hall or the sanhedrin. accord.
Ing 10 both the latest great cyclone.
oias. was within the temple court. The
sanhedrim sat in semi-circle. with
tie president IN the center. while Old.
posite were three benches for the
SCHOLARS OF the saEhedrists. who Tins
practically learned law.
v. s. Then Peter. filled with The
Holy Ghost" In fuldlment OF
Chpsts promise Matt 1919. 2O)
Thus Peter was given courage to
speak the truth. and guided to the
S0oice OF the right things % say. and
the best way OF saying them This
Was his first experience in speaking
before this august ASSEMBLY. and he
an unlearned fisherman. may well have
Guaiied before such a tribunal with
soch power over his fortunes even
While he reioiced at the opportunity
70 preach the Gospel 20 them. Peter
'nDed with the Holy Ghost IS a thou.
sand Peters: Peter multiplied by the
very Deity. Peter-a straw blown
away by the knocking wind. By himself
But Peter filled with the HOLY Ghost
was a man OF war. a mighty captain
soiDer nct TO be put down. clothed
Win heavenly panoply. eloquent with
heavens thunder. gracious with heav-
encs love" "Ye rulers and
elders" Peter is respectful. but lbese
vary titles imply that they should be
leaders In every good work. and favor
an that woald help the people.
Y. II. This is the stone which was
sci at nou&ht Of You builders.
Peter applies TO the sanhedrim the
Psalm 1ls;22), which he had besre
tha Master use to a deputatlon from
this same sanhedrim. This symbolic
imagery seems TO have been drawn
from one of the stones, auarried bewn
and marked. away from the site Of the
temple. which the builders. Ignorant of
the head architects plans. or finding
on IL no mark. had put on one side Is
having no place IL TIE BUILDING but
which was found af1erwaTs = - that
on which the completeness OF the
sspncture depended. "the head Of the
cofper'-on which. as the chief cor.
ner stone. the two walls met and were
bonded Observation-Disclosures.
v % On their return TO their own
corppany." they all joined IA a hymn
OF praise, quoting Pisa. 1866 and psa
~, z. perhaps singing the whole NJ
these psalms Past dellverances %
God's people gave assurance of tr,.
umph now.
Friendly Enemies.-In : sermon nv
Rev. w. C. Piggott In the London Sun.
caS Scnooi Chronicle. on Friendly
Enemies, Ind these words: "Sor-
row. pain, trial. are real enemies OF
man. and the perfect life which be
homes