Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson W.-First Quarter, For
Feb. 7, 1909.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
rsxs Of The Lssson, Acts ", q. 70 v, H.
Memory Verses, "a. s3--coldsn Test
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The greatest word In the last verse
. Of chapter " is found In verse 8;
. with great power gave the apostle
4 witness Of the resurrection Of the Lor
Jesus, and great grace was upon ther
all" They realized and manifesto
, something Of the power Of His resu,
section In their daily lives I'D enjoye,
= q fulnllment of the grace of II Cor
II, 8, which was grace that could b.
seen, as in Acts II, %. Grace Is three
fold-that which saves US. that Ii
which we stand and that which Will b.
ours at the revelation Of Jesus Chris
Nom. III. "a; Eph. ii, s. o.; Rom. v. 2
Pet. 1. 49,. From first to last rejemp
ton Is wholly Of grace through the
merits OF Jesus Christ without any
csHss on ear part. II Is most simply
and fully set forth in the words OF
II Cor. Vii, o, and other words sug.
gested by that wondrous statement
which when fully rendered In connec-
ton with His present ministry for Us
at Gods right haad cannot fan to
make % a people wholly set apart for
HtaSelf But where shall we find to-
day She fellowship and brosherly love
sna self Remuneration Of verses 32.s5
at chapter n a, 4Sf Where do any
hscetDs poor for the sake Of others in
any sense such as he became poor for
ues Where b there such affection for
TIE heuss Of God, the church Of God,
% David manifested when he prepared
for the same with al his might or
when. as In the days Of Moses. the peo-
y,e had to be restrained from bring
Mgs q Chfon. xix, 2, 3: Ex. XVI.
50
Instead Of one heart and one soul
for the good Of all believers II Is difi-
cult to find such an attitude even to-
ward ones 50 called church or de-
nomination. even though such zeal. II |
II could be found. would be COM
paratively poor affair. I praise God |
that do know not a few who almost |
literally manifest the Spirit Of these
arst believers. but the common Rtti-
tvds Of the vast majority has been
styiking,y sct forth as follows: "And
ths multitude Of them that professed
were q hard heart and stony soul, and
every enc said that all the things
2hheh ha r>na~>~aad ~,n-> ~. 49, .xA
they had all things in the fashion.
And with great power they gave wit
ness to the attractions Of this world
and the love of gold. and great selfish
ness was upon them all. Ard there
were many among them that lacked
)cve. for ss many as were possessors
u lands bought more and sometimes
rave a small part thereof for the pub
as good, 30 theif names were heralded
n the newspapers, and distribution Of
sratse was made to every one accord
ag ~ he desired" ("Regions Beyond'D
( Christians were Spirit filed this
would not be true. but
tnce II ia too sadly true where are the
suiy spiritual who love not IN words
md tongues, but In deeds that al can
sci q John iii. 10-1S)
TAls Barnabas b spoken Of as "a I
pod man. full Of the holy Ghost and ,
z faith" and be proved himself true ,
on Of consolation to Saul when the
fseipies at Jerusalem were afraid of 1
I'm and for time would not believe i
hat he was disciple (Acts H. 22-24: r
I. 20, 20. He felt led to sell his LAND r
nd pwt the proceeds in the common
nd Hh swseT Nary, the rpotiss~ Of I
gssH Col. ~. 70; Acts -, 12). whe O
$50 had property. seems to have kept n
er home and used it as place Of Y
altering for the saints, and both were d
orStless guided by the Spirit. In each
sss 1t was surely unto the LORD" and ri
before the Lord" We mnst not fall h
q others in these matters, but calmly n
ait on the Lord with the prayer a
What wilt Thou have me to do" In b,
lthertngs where under the excitement Z,
the moment many give because 9th.
3 are giving there Is danger Of mere q,
lersy OF the flesh which may prove to g,
} wood. hay and stubble to be burned
}. n
For some reason Ananias and Sap p,
ira seem to have been Influenced By n,
o selling and giving of the others v,
ID to have done likewise az far as the .,
Ming went. bat protesting to give all p
the others were doing, they agreed Nc
aong themselves to withhold a part. h.
d thus they lied to God They need ur
t have sold II, and after selling 1t =.
ey need not give all II they did not e.i
81 50 led, but they did need 10 be n,
nest about It. II they had said to
apostles, "Having sold our property, m
J gladly give the half or fourth for ~
} good Of Others" II would have been n,
ssrtsd asl all wss!d have been well a.
their SIN YVES Hypocrisy and lying. ~,
Iich the Lord saw nt to deal with as an
DID Ia this stage Of the history Of
church. thus showing Us what He nm,
INKS Of such conduct. II He does A.
continue 90 to deal with all liars u,
3 not becszse He hstss the SIN any
less, but He manifests His long
tering that they may repent In
ses 8 and see a proof that the fra
~ Spirit is God. Let the question Of
rch us, Am honest WITH 0eS, OF the
I bssesRg for myself any part OF day
at I have protested to give TO Him J.? ira
read In I Cor ri 10 81 thnt no inc