Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-10-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lIl.-Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. IS, 1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Aets XIV. Tia
Memory Verses, 10, f1-6sldsn Text,
Matt. Z, 25-cemmsntary Prepared
BY Rev. D. NJ. stsarns.
The successor to Felix. Porcfus FEES
tus. seems to have been In some re-
spects Ike minded to Felix. for he. ton.
was willing to do tine Jews q pleasur.
(xx1v. %. XIV. l2J. and he would have
sent Paul hack to Jerusalem had be
been willing to GO This was what the
Jews desired. that they might lay In
wait for him by the way and XIII him
txxv. 81. Their hatred Of Pnul does
not seem to have decreased In the ieas;
during two years. for they were still
full Of grievons complaints against him
which they coCll not prove tverses 2
y. He was having wondrous fellow
ship with the Lord Jesus. for Whose
sake he was suffering and Of when It
was written. False witnesses did rise
up: they laid to my charge things that
I knew not ~Reproach hath broken
my heart. AID am full Of heaviDess"
Ps- xxxr. II: Xix. %.
When we consider such words as
these. Thou shalt be hid from the
scourge Of the tongue Thou shalt
keep them neeretly In o pavilion from
the etrife of tongues There shall no
evf befan thee NO weapon that Is
formed agains; thee shall prosper
Dob v. 81, rs XXI. 20. xci. 10: lisa
liv, IN and other similar assurances
We are tempted to wonder a little. but
then We remember that Paul WIS tohi
that be must suffer great things for
Chrfst's sake. and be taught others
that We must through much frihuia-
don enter into the kingdom Of God and
that al who win Hive godly In Christ
Jesus shah suffer persecution. And our
Lord said to His disciples that In the
world we world have tr'bula don ami
after He an, ended He said to one Of
the churches that the devil would cast
some OF them into prison. but they
were to continue faithful even II the,
died for II. and some who had ixcn
killed were told to rest awhile till 9TH
ers should he killed AZ they were tAets
X. 10: xiv. -; II Tim. III. 70. John wi,
80; Rev. H. 10; vi. III. He certainly
loves His own and will to the utter
most yet He allowed the disciple
to toll nearly all night against col.
trary wind. and He allowed Lazarus
to continue sick and die and he hur..l
that God might lie gioriaed.
We must bear in mind that just ~
cause we are His we have the wpEll
the flesh and the devil to contend VITA.
but He win not suffer US to be tried
above that we are able. and all our
trials and Affections are working .or
rs far mere exceeding and eternal
weight Of glory Il Cor. <. Is: II Cor
". 1919. When from the Kingdom
ard the glory we look back over eur
life story and consider all the way
by which He has led Us we may per
hAps see a reason for everything He
has done or permitted But we shah
surely say right was the pathway lead
ing to this Ii therefore becomes u
during this LITTLE while to say. .sS FOR
God, His way h I,erfect:. lust and
txue are Thy WAYS, Thou King OF M
tious'- tps. xviii 80: Rev. xr.. fiI,
II only We could have no will Of our
own and rest wholly AMI fal.y liz thu
perfect VIII and love Of God we would
have foretaste Of hea ven In spite OF
TO return to Jerusalem and Appealed to
Caesar that decided matters for the
present. and Festus said. Unto t'ae-
sar shalt thou 60 verses ai2i /.
may be that the Lords night message
to him 80 must thou bear witness
also at Ror~s- txxiii. III. helped him
TO decide TO appeal to Caesar. for t'ae-
sar meant Rome and this may have
seemed 10 him his opFsortunit-
King Acrippa and Bernice ha ins
come 10 Caesarea to salute FestiiS the
whole matter WIS laid before Item
and A2rippa expressed desire 10
hear Paul for himself. and that viii
be our lesson for next week. This was
being fulfilled the Lords mess to
Ananias concerning Paul HE IN o
chosen vessel unto me To bear my
name before the gentiles and kings
and the children Of Israel Dix. IL, As
Festus rel,earsed the matter to Arp
pa, he said that the whole matter seem
ed TO be question of Jewish supeisti
ton. and specially concerning one
Jesus who was dead. but whom Paul
affirmed to be alive verse l9 Does
not that seem to describe the knowI-
edge that many so called emil hscned
people have Of Him even now? Many
are like Gallo ana care for none OF
these things xviii. 14-1T). while man
more. even among churchgoers. Who
take some part In the public Worship
outwardly. know nothing Of Him rs a
personal Saviour and friend
IT is written OF such In lisa. xxx 49,
This people draw near me with their
mouth and with their lips do honor
me but have removed their heart far