The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-19
QUAR- TERLY
REVIEW
Sunday School Lesson for March II, 1909
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Specially Arranged for This Paper

LESSON TExT.-C covering the first nine
chapters of the Acts.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"And they that were
| scattered abroad went everywhere
preaching the word. Acts S:4.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The period of the past quarters les
sons extends over about ten years.
Three eras are considered in the les
sons of the quarter.
1. The two powers through which
the work was accomplished: the ever
living Saviour and the Holy Spirit.
2. The church at Jerusalem, develop
ing in four directions.
3. The church extended to six differ
Int places named
The map will help us to understand
the situation
The principal persons with whom we
ties, especially Peter and John; the
seven deasons, especially Stephen and
Philip. Accredited by miracles in the
name of Jesus. Barnabas, liberal
giver. The members of the Sanhedrim,
chief priests, Sadduces, scribes-bring-
ing opposition from without. Ananias,
Sapphire and Simon Magus-dangers
from within. A lame beggar, Ethiopian
prince, Aeneas and Dorcas-examples
OF persons helped. The great and in
creasing multitude of believers
Constanune's motto In hoe signo
vinces," by this sign (of the CROSSE
thou shalt conquer" is true of the
church in all ages.
No church or body of men which de-
MES the divinity and continued exist
ence of Jesus has ever been largely
successful in spreading the gospel, or
building up the religious life.
The Holy Spirit coming with new
power and abundance, because the
coming of the Son of God has made
the greatness of his work possible, is
the other force by which Christianity
has made it's conquests.
His presence was made manifest to
the senses so that people would realize
the fact and the nature of the power
which transformed the character of the
people, and multiplied the number of
the disciples
Relate the stories of the Ascension,
the Promise, the Prayer Meeting, the
Day of Pentecost
Note the growth of the church in
four directions
l. The Transformation of character,
seen in the apostles, notably in Peter;
and point out the incidents which
show what that change was. Seen
also in the character Of the first Chris
tians. Seen also in their action under
persecution.
2. Growth in numbers. Note the ex-
pressons which show this progress.
8. Growth in organization. Give the
most marked instance
4. Growth in extent of country
reached by the gospel.
Difficulties and How They Were
Overcome.-State the obstacles in the
way of this progress, and how they
were overcome-from without, from
within. Name the various incidents
which illustrate and express both the
uIihCulliCo dllu tAC way TIC carly
Christians overcame evil with good.
Literary Test Review.
We give below a literary test re-
view which will prove interesting The
list of quotations which were either
suggested by incidents in the first nine
chapters of Acts, covered by our les
sons, or naturally suggest them.
Not on one favored forehead fell
OF old the fire-tongued miracle,
But famed DER all the thronging host.
Whittier, in 1.-The Meeting
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong for
ever on the throne;
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and
behind the dim unknown.
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping
watch above his own.
Lowell, in Present Crisis
For no falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper, but returns
OF force to his own likeness.
Milton, in Paradise LOST
Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars cage.
Richard Lovelace
In youth, beside the lonely sea,
Voices and visions came to me;
In every wind l felt the stir
OF some celestial messenger.
It. B. Aldrich, in 'tSea Longings"
The friendly flames of the spring sun
Glanced like the tongues of fire, beheld
by apostles aforetime.
Longfellow, in "Evangeline."
Tongues of the dead, not lost
But speaking from deaths frost,
Like fiery tongues at Pentecost!
-Longfellow, in Song of the Silent
Land"
The baptism of the Holy Ghost.
Whittier, in The Meeting" 1S6-191.
Stood before him glorifed,
Shining and tall and fair and straight
AS the pillar that stood by the Beautiful
Gate.
Lowell, in vision of Sir Launfal"
Thou hast been Queen Candace,
And Helen Of Troy, and shalt be
The Intelligence Divine.
-Longfellow in Helen Of Tyre"
The Ministry of the Holy Spirit.
About us all do flow gracious fnfiu-
ences from another world. The Holy
Spirit of God is breathed about us and
within us continually. The Holy Spirit
is the essential unity between the per-