The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-21
The LANE MAN
HEALED
Sunday School Lesson for Jan. "a. 1909
Specially Arranged for This Papsr

strong, whom We see and huoW.''-Acts
BIC
TIME.-Thc time is unknown within
one or more years. Possibly the event
of this lesson took place not long after
Pentccost in the summer of 4. D. 90 But
since it was connected with prosecutions
It may have been a year or two later
PLACE.-JerGsalem, in the outer court
OF the temple near the beautiful gate
which led from the outer court. the Court
of the GeuJiles. to the Court of the WOm-
en-, j. G., the court in which women we're
allowed but beyond which they could not
go Peters sermon was preached in
Solomon'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.
1t was the custom Of the early Chris
tians TO worship in their old accus-
toned way as well as in the new ways
taught them by the Spirit. If they
broke the old bottles" before the
new bottles" were prepared. they
would lose the very spirit and power
of worship As it was, they filed the
old forms full of the spirit of worship.
and thus were prepared to use the
new alone
V ,. And certain man lame" All
We know Of him is % that he was born
lame; ~ his lameness was caused
by weakness of his feet and ankles
". y; 90 he was unable to walk;
(4) he was poor; 90 he had been
lame 40 years acts Apo WAS car
ried." WAS being carried" possibly
at the same time that Peter and John
were entering. Whom they laid"
Were accustomed to lay" as the
tense shows. AT the gate" tone 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 Gantiles and the Court Of
the Women, where the Jews went
for worship. This gateway had mag
nifcent 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 as he really
possesses it. Pictures of fire viii not
warm, nor will semblances of virtues
impart virtues. If a man has money
he can give money. If he has truth
he can impart truth. If one has cou
age, hope love, goodness, he can i'll
fuse them into other souls. If he him
self is full of doubts. hate, ill-temper,
bad passions, it is these he will i'm
part TO those around him. and by no
means can such one impaIt to 9th
ers the good he has not himself.
Hence it 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. 10
transform the lives of men. The COS
pei of Christ is the power of God I'M
to salvation to everyone that be-
lieves;" that is, to everyone who is
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. E. 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 dis.
eases can be shaken off by simply lift
ing up the tone of the interior life.
Elizabeth Barrett was a sick woman,
confined to her bed and Robert
Browning called upon her She fell
in love with him, and her love for
him lifted her out of bed and gave
her health again. Anything chat quick.
ems the emotions, and fills the heart
with thoughts of God. must have its
influence on every organ of the body,
and make it more difficult for disease
TO work its rayages there. &C. E. JEFF
ferson.
En- pc fence of the Emmanuel Epis-
coal lnur.h in Boston.-Under Dr.
Wolcestel, the rector, and his assist
ant, Rev. Samuel McComb, d. D.. a
rewarl able work was done in 1867,
icr me cure of the i'll in body and
soul, especially for the victims of neu-
rasthenia, or, as it is popularity called,
nervous prostration." Many have
been greatly benefited.
One of the needs of the church to-
day is more emphasis on the power
God, on the uplifting, ENCOURAGE.
power of the gospel to triumph over
the ills of man.
However, this is only a lesser one
of the ways in which the gospel is re-