The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-15
The SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Senior Berear Lesson fer Sun
day. January 10.
THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.


The Lesson Text, Acts ?. III.


with one accord in one place. u
2 And suddenly there came o
sound from heaven as OF rushing
mighty wind, and il filled all the Z
house where they We're sitting.
3. And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as OF fire, and u
sat upon each of them.
A. And they were all hlled win
| the Holy Ghost. and began TO speak
with other tongues. as the spirit gave
them utterance.
;. And there were dwelling at Je-
rusalem Jews, deyout men, out OF
every nation under heaven.
D. Now when this was noised
abroad. the multitude came together
and were COMPOUNDED, because that
every man heard them speak In his
own language
:. And they were all amazed and
marveled, SAYING one 10 another, Be
hold. are not all these which speak
Galileans?
r our own tongue wherein we were
, born?
3. Parthians. and Modes, and
Elamites. and the dwellers in Meso-
potamia, and in Judea, and Cappa-
l. doca, in Pontus, and Asia,
10. Phrygia, and Pamphylia. In
9 Egvpt. and in the parts of Libby
about Cyrene. and strangers of Rome,
Jews and proselytes,
II. Cretes and Arabians we DO
hear them speak in our tongues the
d wonderful works Of God.
n Golden Text will pray the Father
and he shall give YOU another Com
Is forter. that he may abide t'be.D Win
le YOU forever even the Spirit OF truth.
o. John IA. 1917.
H. The Lesson Explained
10 /. Filled with the Holy Ghost.
"a Vers IA Pentecost was the second
M Of the three great annual religious
m festivals of the Jewish people. The
We first was the Passover and the third
.id was the Feast Of Tabernacles. me
a.. word "Pentecost" means fiftieth. and
the day was so named because y
came fifty DAYS after the Passover
sabbath In the law il is called me
feast of harvest. the first fruit OF
icy thy labors" II celebrated the giving
I'D of the law on Mount Sinai. Fifty was
the Holy Ghost given in fire and III
ny. tongues on the Day Of Pentecost, as
an on Sinai the law was given annie
'ly. liehtuings with the voice OF God. me
IN day was fully come-That is. tn
night preceding, and part OF the ga
was passed Days were reckohe'
from the sunset previous The dis
ook ciples were all met with one accord
, me The precise place Of meeting IS no
given: probably in the upper ROOF
where the disciples We're wont 10 NEE
II was. however. in the city OF Jerus'
DRY lem TO fulfill the prophecy lisa 2
that from hence the word OF the Lor
-olu should go forth to all nations. II
ven one accord" the disciples were. ~
always so. for once there was stri
re among them as TO which should
greatest Since then they had pray'
ltin- much Acts I'D. and now as a 7
sult they loved much. Suddenly the
III? came sound from heaven, but
came after a season OF spiritual pre-
ould All II was as a mighty viii
"horne along" which Is somewh
literal Interpretation The tongu
snoken of were not fire. but like un
at flame OF fire in that they leaped
and were forked or cloven. Doubtle
thev we're very bright. The GLOW
mas tongues of fire confirmed the faith
the disciples and made an impressi
on Others who came together In We
ress der. The Holy Spirit, like hre,
ughtens. purihes. and destroys
dross or separates 1t from the pl
,,,., gold. The fire sat upon them. even
tative the Holy Spirit abides with beneNe
allure. And now an immediate effect was
Best duced-thev were all filled with
n and uu.eu $50. NJ, a. a miracle and
each Holy GnOst. helt u d ~ -, 7,
Land words can make the matter other u
indian one which goes beyond the human
Outstanding. This is only one
many things in the realm OF sp
which one can not explain. l.
say growth. gravtation are beyond kno
KISS. edqe they are facts. but battle cl
didn't sue,arotion Results are seen.
u,e give name TO causes, but, after
what are they? Who can eXpla
words The miracle was not that the discil
smoke in foreign tongues. for there
many living who do that, but that I
smoke without previous preparat
lrd for II was the gift divine and not 20
r'u " gained by study
n Wondering at the Gift. Ner'
+. ]. II Jews out of every nation wer
believe tho sacred city Some had gath'
trans thc -, ~, ,,,apv from a bl
y Mad their permanent abode there
*. ,bat when death came they NIGH
o. q. huried in the land of Israel. AS :
'rnahs, ~ no hurled there as to be buried
- sent der the altar" was almost prov
sold by There were devout men prese
men like the aged Simeon LUX
'pa'''' OK. and like the men who bore
first martyr, stephen, to his bt
some were proselytes; that Is,
und In sons that were heather but had
placed brought into the Jewish fold.
,gether came because OF the general exp
tanning ton OF the coming of the Messia
the Jewish city The miracle an
effect soon drew an amazed CT
AVS Not all who spoke were from Ga
-ure any but the prominent ones We're
protrud. known TO be such by their proyi
eiuhaea accent. The question arises wh
the disciples understood, as the
ers did, their foreign utterances.
,,har a sumably they did. good ancient
am a Is necessary to consult as to the b
Of the various classes mention'
in the the lesson Parthians came m
!? wide region south of the Caspian
lped all Nedes came from a country ca
Assvria. Elamites from south
Persian Gulf The next four cou
r~ ton ',,ou. mentioned are in Asia Minor BN