Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-21
THE LANE MAN
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Sunday SehOol Lesson fer Jan. "A. 1909
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TIAfE.-The time IL unknown within
one or more years. Possibly the event
OF this lesson took place not long after
Pentecost in the summer OF A. ID. %. put
since Il was connected with persecuuops'
Il may have been n year or two later
Professionalism, In the outer couE
OF the temple near the beautiful gotf
which led from the outer court. tho Court
OF the Gentlies. 90 the Court Of the Wom-
en-, I. O., the court in which women were
allowed but beyond which they could not
60 Peters sermon was preached In
soiomon's porch on the east side OF the
Court OF the Gentiles.
PLACE IN HISTORIAN example OF
the work OF Christianity, and the begin
ming Of persecution.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Old and New Forms Of Worship.
II was the custom OF the early Chris
tians to worship in their old accus-
toned way as we'll as In the new ways
taught them by the Spirit. II they
broke the old bottles" before "the
new bottles" were prepared, they
would lose the very spirit and power
Of worship. AS II was. they filled
old forms full OF the spirit of worsh
and thus were prepared to use .
new alone.
v. 2. "And a certain man lame" a.
we know OF him is ~ that he was Dor
lame; (2) his lameness was caused
by weakness of his feet and anklesI
". y: (3) he was unable to walk;
90 he was poor; (5) he had been
lame 40 years (Acts 4:22) WAS car
ried." WAS being carried" possibly
at the same time that Peter and John
were entering. whom they laid"
Were accustomed to lay" az the
tense shows. AT the gate" Zone OF
the several gates) "of the temple"
The word includes not only the house
but the courts and their buildings.
Which is called Beautiful" Prob
| ably the gateway between the Court
OF the Gentiles and the Court OF
the Women, where the Jews went
for worship. This gateway had mag
nihcent doors OF Corinthian brass 70
feet high. and adorned with plates Of
silver and gold.
The Gate Beautiful.-There are
many beautiful gates in life to higher
and better things. The Gate of Hope.
the Gate OF Love, the Gate OF Char
acter, the Gate OF Faithfulness, the
Gate OF Prayer Jesus Christ is the
Beautiful Gate TO eternal life.
Such AS l Have Give l Thee.-only
such as a person has can he give to
others. and only in so far az he really
possesses II. Pictures Of fire will not
warm, nor will semblances Of virtues
impart virtues. II a man has money
he can give money. II he has truth
he can impart truth. II one has cour-
age. hope, love, goodness, he can IN
fuse them into other souls. II he him.
self is full Of doubts, hate. ill.temper,
bad passions. II is these he will Inn
part to those around him. and by no
means can such one impart to 9th
ers the good he has not himself.
Hence II Is that the most important
element in teaching and in preaching
is the man behind them. A cold
church cannot warm the impenitent to
life. We cannot kindle others unless
we ourselves are on fire.
The test OF true religion is its power
to help men. to relieve suffering, to
transform the lives of men. The Cos
pei OF Christ '1s the power OF God un.
to salvation to everyone that be-
lieves;" that Is, to everyone who II
willing to receive the salvation.
Christianity is nothing, according
to the writer's Of the New Testament,
unless It moves In the realm OF pow.
er."-C. 3 Jefferson.
Does the church exert its whole
power OF healing disease and alleviat
ing suffering? There has been a sad
neglect of the power OF prayer and
faith, and OF personal uplift for the
sick and suffering. Christian Science
is a reaction against this neglect
Professors Of psychology are begin
ming TO advocate the power Of mind
over body. Doctors are using this
power more than hitherto. Many die
eases can be shaken OF by simply z Z
ing up the tone OF the interior
Elizabeth Barrett was a sick woI
confined TO her bed, and Rol
Browning called upon her. She
in love with him. and her love
him lifted her out Of bed and ga
her health again. Anything that quIc
ems the emotions, and fills the hea
with thoughts Of God. must have "a
influence on every organ OF the body
and make It more dificult for disease
TO work fits rayages there"--C. e JET
ferson.
Experience OF the Emmanuel EpIa
copal Church In Boston.-Under Or
Worcester, the rector. and his assist
ant, Rev. Samuel McComb. ID. D., 4
remarkable work was done In 1907
for the cure Of the III in body ans
soul. especially for the victims OF neu
rasthenia, or. as II is popularity called
nervous prostration," Many hnvl
been greatly benefited.
One Of the needs Of the church %
day Is more emphasis on the power o
God, on the uplifting. encouraging
power of the gospel to triumph Owe
the ills of man.
However. this is only lesser on,
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