The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-04
Philip and
the Ethiopian
Sunday School Lesson for March 7, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Paper


verses 39-3l.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Search the Scrip
lures for in them ye think We have rtpr-
nal life and they are they which testify
of me.-John $50
TIME-Summer Of A. d. Sc or ~. Soon
after the last lesson.
PLACE.-where the road from Samara
TO GAIA crosses or Joins the road from
Jerusalem to GAIA. in the un'ultiva.e'
region southwest Of Jerusalem, toward
the old Philistine country.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
VS. 81. 2S. "A man of Ethiopia A
general term for the lands south OF
Egypt. But from the name OF Queen
Candace it was probably Meroe, a
country which lay on the right bank OF
the Nile from its junction with the
Atbara, as far as Khartoum, aud
thence to the east of the blue Nile to
the Abyssinian mountains. "Of great
authority" A man of power. of wide
influence, prince.
V. 2S. Was returning" Guided by
Providence at exactly the right time
Read" twas readlng). "Esaias."
Greek form of Isaiah. He was reading
aloud as was the custom, so that
Philip was able to hear It. It was a
pleasant and profitable custom on long
Journeys.
Reading Aloud. THE great Jewish
teachers insisted in many instances.
upon their scholars reading aloud
II speak to the experience, probably.
Of many, when | say that utterance
aloud is often a very powerful aid to
mental retentiveness." says Joseph
Parker II is more than this. reading
aloud helps us to understand tho
meaning of the Word For in order 10
read we'll we must understand every
shade of the meaning, or we will mis-
interpret Gods Word. A monotonous,
sing.song woodeny, or artificial real
ing, such as we often hear. comes
very near 10 being a crime. for ii de-
prives the Word of its natural mean
ing. and makes the hearers inatten-
tive, or repels them from the Word.
Those who wish to know the truth
take great pains and spare no ex-
pense to obtain It.
Young people often say that 1t is
the Scriptures. But II anyone reads
hem In order to find out what to do.
and what to believe, he will OF neces-
sity. find a deep interest in the study,
as one finds a map interesting when
he is planning a journey, or a chart
when he is crossing the ocean.
God is no respecter of persons,
81. L.
tice-here. and when Simon the Cy.
renian helped Jesus to bear his cross.
'As for the nationality of the ETH.
| opian." says Farrar, 1T must be borne
in mind that even Moses himself had
once married an Ethiopian wife"
We can meet God and learn his will
in the desert places OF life as Moses
saw the burning bush. and Elijah
heard the voice OF God in the lonely
places of Horeb, and Paul spent three
| years In the deserts of Arabia.
II is good to use every spare oppor.
tunity in studying and meditating on
the Word of God What we do with
our spare moments often determines
our characters even more than our
daily labors do.
The books we choose and are IA.
miliar with, like our chosen friends
mold our characters and guide our
destiny.
V. 29. "Then the Spirit said" The
Spirit speaks not only to our feelings
but to our judgment and conscience
Whoever is perfectly willing to obey
the voice OF the Spirit will be guided
Alright Prejudices, unwilllngness 10
obey, past training or failure of train
ing. In so far as we allow them to ex-
ert an influence, will lead us astray:
as iron near the compass on a ship
will defect the guiding magnetic
needle. Join thysslf to this chariot
An excellent illustration is found In
Pilgrims Progress" where Christian
is wandering around In doubt. and
meeting Evangelist is directed to the
right way.
v. 36. Then Philip began
at the same Scripture" Which waS
fulfilled In Jesus. and has been fui
filled in no other. And preached
announced the glad tidinss OF JesuA
| Tnilip bnOWeu the strange ana mar
yelous correspondence between the
many descriptions Of the Messiah II
the prophets and the then well-knowl
life OF Jeaus of NaAArsth
The Progress OF Soul Into thl
Kingdom, Compare with Bunyau'I
Pilgrims Progress as far ~ the Pal
acc Beautiful. whence he was sent
forth clothed in Christian Armor
I, He was deeply In earnest. and
went on a Ions dangerous, aAd costly
journey TO nnd the true religion.
2. He did this against many innS
ences that held him back.
8. He went to the religious people
and meetings where he thought h'
could learn about the true God and hiI
service.
4. He read the Bible carefully u
learn the way.
s. He was not discouraged because h'
did not find the light.
He ancantad tho haIn ~ Ona NH,