The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-03
PETER AND
CORNELIUS
Sunday School Lesson for Ara Z, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Paper

LESSON TExT.-Acts io:1-2o. Memory
verses 1915.
GOLDEN TExT-'1n every nation he
that feareth him, and worketh righteous
ness, is accepted with him. '-Acts- b;so-
TIME.--3S-40 A. D.
PIACES.-Joppa and Caesares- tho
traditional house of Simon the tanner
Is typical eastern dwelling. with heavy
barred sateways and forbiddtns. WIN
dowless exterior The waves OF tue Meui-
wall. while in the courtyard is spring
Of pure water which tradition tells US
was used by Simon."-Rev. FRANCIS
e. Clark. ID. ID.
RULERs.-Herod Agrippa. king of Ju-
dea and Samaria. Caligula. emperor OF
Rome.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
THE main purpose Of the book OF
| the Acts is to untold the broadening
spirit and form Of the church OF God
| Theodore T. Munger, d. d.. This
chapter (Acts 100 is parallel in i'm
portance with that which depicted the
scenes Of Penticost David o. Mears.
d. d.
Cornelius was a centurion. CORE
| spending to our captain, the head OF
company Of soldiers numbering 100
when full. This company was part OF
the cohort called the Italian band"
because made up Of Romans born in
Italy.
"a He was "a devout man, and one
that feared Cod The words have a
technical sense" says McGiffert. and
indicate that Cornelius worshiped the
God of the Jews, but was not formally
| a. proselyte. (2) He was asgood hus-
band and father, and led "all his
house, in his own righteous ways. 90,
He was liberal, and gave much aims
to the people," az He was not only
outwardly devout, but inwardly pious.
and prayed to God always. In these
secret prayers we may be sure, from
the sequel, that he sought for better
| knowledge of God and Of Gods viii.
for that IL what was given him ". ~.
(5)Moreover (Acts 10: 22). Cornelius
carried his religion into practical ar
fairs. where he was just and fair deal
ing; and 60 as the result OF It all. De
was held in high honor by the Jews
themselves (Acts 10: 22). as well a.
} by the Gentiles. 1t would nave been
: impossible to ind q better man foi
2 Gods purpose, or one who would have
Z appealed more strongly to Peter.
! "The sixth hour (noon) was "a se
: time Of devotion with pious Jews.
Geikie. Peter had retired from hi
comrades in toll, for perhaps he helpet
Simon in his tannery, and nowner'
better than upon the housetop" coui'
he find privacy and quiet fer prayer
The roofs of eastern houses are nal
2 and often surrounded with parape
l. three or four feet high, which woul
= screen Peter from observation as n
y knelt. He was very hungry" Tor
$ probably had not yet broken his fast'
y -Rackham. They were preparin
o food below, and perhaps tho SAVIOR
= 1t rose to the housetop, tut oeior
it was ready Peter fell into trance
- The Greek word for trance Is dinerer
from the word for Cornelius visiol
"a vision is something seen outsid
a. ones self; trance is the condition
: ones mind, that sees inner vision
% One is not asleep, and It Is not
y dream. but . peculiar exaltation
the spirit. In this trance Peter sa'
TX let down from the sky, great snee
ne ike 1.-THE wind-stretched canvas OF Il
1g craft ON the Lake of Galilee. -Lumb
,r. II was full of animals. many OF the
ad the wild beasts and reptiles which u
re LEWIS considered unclean. Three tim
ID, \ mysterious voice babe Peter RI
N, from his knees and slay and eat u
re- shocking food. three times ne refus'
I'm in horror. three times he was bidd'
re "a make nothing unclean that q
en- had cleansed by bidding him parta
ar Of Il and then the great sheet "
en- lifted and disappeared in the sky.
=. n The. messengers from Cornell
~ had made inquiry for Simon's hous
- che Greek word implies carei
~ search through the streets). and VIII
- peter was meditating ON his visis
- they were even then at the gate. q
~ calling for, him. Before word OF
~. visitor could reach him, the III
- an,rit In some way made Peter Ct
=, scious of their coming, and babe q
NV go with them.
The outstretched sheet which Pc
&c. saw in his vision signined the wn'
~ world. and the four corners symt
s,n ICED the directions. north, south. e
uld and west, in which the gospel was
he carried. The contents or the sn'
M. showed that all men were to
hnt reached. the lowest races as well