The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-18
AeneaS and
DOrCaS
Sunday School Lesson for March "a, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Paper

verses 40. II.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"And Peter said un-
to him. Aeneas. Jesus Christ maketh
thee whole; arise and make thy bed.
And he arose immediately 9:3i
TIME.-39 or 40 A. ID. Three years att
er the last lesson. Intervening events
The conversion Of Saul Of Tarsus. His
absence in Arabia three years (Gal. l:li,
lS. His return to Damascus. His VISIT
to Jerusalem (Acts 22:17-2D, and depart
ure to Cilcia
PLACE.-CD LYDIA now Ludd. 20 miles
northwest of Jerusalem in the Plain OF
Sharon, the old Phiistine country. t2l
Joppa, now Jana, the chief seaport OF
| Palestine. and especially of Jerusalem,
now connected with It by railroad 81
| miles long. Here Dorcas and Simon
| the tanner lived
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
" 81. The story OF the conversion
| of Paul is passed over at this time.
to be taken up in the next quarter,
when we begin the second division of
the Acts, the work of st. Paul. To
dwell on that great event here would
interrupt the course of the history,
and is especially fitting in connection
with the beginning of his career.
Then had the churches rest Ok.
and X. V. peace throughout" the
whole province OF Palestine, consist
ing of "Judea and Galilee and Sa.
maria" bitter persecution followed
the martyrdom of Stephen. 1t may
have lasted two or three years.
The Occasion of the Peace was the
trouble that fell upon the Jews in a
conflict with the Roman authorities.
They were so occupied with their own
affairs that they had no time to perse.
cute the Christians
Growth by Multipllcation.-The re.
suit OF this daily life showed itself in
their rapid increase; they were multi.
piled" There are two ways to be
mutiplied-in numbers, and in quail.
fly and value. The disciples rapidly
increased in numbers and the aggre.
gate of churches was greatly enlarged.
Then each addition OF zeal of knowl.
edge, OF wisdom, OF virtue, of spirit
uality, multiplies the value of each
disciple and OF the church. Every ad-
ditional gift or virtue or talent in a
man is not merely so much added to
him, but is multiplier for It in.
creases the value of each and every
other gift. Add capital to labor, and
both are multiplied Add common
sense to genius, and the man is multi
piled many fold. Add to these conse
Grafton, zeal, grace, and love, and you
multiply him many fold more. One
note Is a sound; add score or two
more and you have an anthem. One
color, no matter how beautiful, is mo
notonous; add other colors and you
have cathedral window.
I V. 32. Peter passed throughout all
quarters" Peters first home mission
airy work was in connection with John
in Samaria (Acts 81. They both re
turned to Jerusalem preaching in the
village of Samaria on the way. Now
We find Peter again on a Gospel tour
throughout Palestine, preaching the
Gospel, and healing the sick, as his
credentials, and as illustrating the
spirit and nature of the Gospels; visit
ing and encouraging and teaching the
new churches formed by the perse
cuted Christians, and keeping them II
e touch with the apostolic church In
: Jerusalem. The accounts which fol
e low may fairly be taken as specimens
e of many such journeys of progress in
spection and helpfulness.
n " 80. He came down also to the
e saints which dwelt at LYDIA" AL
}. Christians were called saints, because
d that was their aim and the character
= istic of their lives,
V. 33. Aeneas. Very nearly the
d same name as Virgils hero of Troy
u Eight years" Showing that the cure
was miraculous. sick of the palsy.
S Palsy is a contraction OF the wore
u paralysis"
V. 33. Jesus Christ" That is, tn,
l. Messiah. Peter guards against beinl
thought the source of the healing. II,
draws men not to himself, but to the
Saviour, and shows that Jesus is still
doing the same kinds of work he die
{ when he was living on eartn. So tn,
true preacher or teacher always draws
attention not to himself, but to hi
Lord. "Maketh thee whole" TIL,
8 translation 'maketh thee whole" is
very expressive term for complet,
l. health, where every part of the bod!
10 piOoShl anu III pOllSSb SohuiliOu'
VS.. S7-43. The disciples at Joppi
learning of Peters presence at LYDIA
sent for him to come without delay
apparently with some hope that tn,
) unseen Master would work through hi
disciple Peter a miracle OF restora
II tion such as he himself had wrough
during his earthly life. Peter went
e and like his master at Capernaum
(40) put them all forth" Then h,
/ "kneeled down, and prayed" Then
with assurance of an answer, he turn
y ing to the body, said Tia
bitha, arise" II he used the AramaiC
i the common language, the expression
d would be Tabitha cumi, differing bu
one letter from the Talitha cumi o
Mark 5:41, which he heard the maste
II speak In the sick chamber of CapeI
naum