Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-03-24
LESSON FOR MARCH rs
REVIEW-THE GREAT MULTI
TUDE.


GOLDEN TEXT-They shall hunger nc
more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the sun strike upon them, nor any
heat; for the lamb that is in the midst
of the throne shall be their shepherd,
and shall guide them unto fountains OF I
waters of life; and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.-Rev. 7:16. H. i
1. General information = Omitting I
lessons 4, and II, all of the past |
quarters work has to do with the |
early, the apostolic church, covering
a period of time from A. D. 80 to per
haps A, D. 81, six or seven years. The
chief events are the resurrection OF
Jesus, the coming of the Holy Spirit
the change in the apostles, particular.
ly Peter, the conversion and baptism
of 5000 believers, fellowship and won
.ders worked among these believers, the
beginning of persecution, the selection
of seven deacons, Stephens testimony
and death, the dispersion of the Chris
tians, the work of Philip, great growth
in the early church.
Historically these lessons have tt
do with the things that Jesus begaI
and continued to do after his resur
rection through the power of the Holy
Spirit. 1t is, therefore, a story of the
power of the risen Christ The prin-
cipal characters are of two classes %
The leading workers. Of these are:
Peter and John, apostles; the 120 dis
ciples, Barnabas, the seven deacons
particularly Stephen and Philip; the
Ethiopian eunuch and Gamaliel, who
gave some friendly assistance. (2)
The chief enemies: Those who falsely
accused the apostles, the rulers of the
Jews and the temple, Ananias and
Sapphira, Saul and Simon Magnus.
1t is not difficult to paint a word pic
ture of the events of the past quar-
ter. This may be done by assigning
to separate pupils such questions as:
Where, when and why did the event
of this lesson occur? To another pu-
pill assign the task of telling what he
thinks the scene looked like, and to
still another to name the chief per-
sons mentioned in each lesson. Let
these assignments omit lessons 4, Z
fit into the work of this quarter. The
remaining pupils should be primed to
supply any omitted facts and to cor
rect any mistakes.
L The Coming of Power. Lesson /.
The ascension of Jesus is one that
shows us the risen Christ as the giver
| of the Holy Spirit and he is the All
| Powerful One who has carried for
ward the things Jesus began to do. .
| Lesson 2. This is very much the same
except that it suggests the man side
of this transaction. AS the early dis
| ciples obeyed, they received. In like
manner the Spirit is given today to
those that TASK him. Lesson 8 shows
what effect we may anticipate when
we proclaim the fact of the risen
Christ. Exalted at the Fathers right
hand, he has received from the Father
the promise of the Holy Spirit, and
pouring him forth upon the church we
behold a powerful result.
II. The Use of Power. Lesson
(omitting No. A. has to do with the
daily walk and work of those who ha6
SO recently received this newly be
slowed power. Through his servants
Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, heals
and makes strong the lame man a
the temple gate-a case of applied
Christianity" the power of practica
social service. AS result of thi
service Peter and John yQ.esson 81 hat
opportunity to give their testimony t
the rulers, the result of which con
founded the enemies who thought the,
had conquered Christ at Cslvary-th
use of power in testimony The fun
ther evidence of how this new powe
was using men is that given in lesso
s, the Christian Brotherhood at JerI
salem Into their midst Satan sough
to introduce deception through Ana
MAS and his wife, but the Holy Spiri
was guarding and frustrated his dt
signs in order that the work of tn
church might be more efficiently ca
ried on and that its connection wit
power through prayer and the mini'
try of the Word" might continue III
hindered. We see in lesson 9 how th
Spirit solves the question.
: III. The Test of Power. Stephe
Qesson 10) was one of those who ha
been separated for the care of tn
temporal affairs of the early churcl
yet his testimony and martyrdom ca
lily makes him more famous than mos
of the apostles and forever exalts th
layman in the Christian church.
1 of
deacons, Philip, was also so signal
used and blessed that his name an
deeds are almost as familiar to US 6
is the work of Stephen.
t In the first case this newly bestowe
r power filled the witness with a calr
3 ness and courage that will always r
/ main an inspiration, while in the Sc
Y ond illustration Philip so gave himse
D to the direction and leadership of tt
3 Spirit as to go where he was SEN
e and when to human judgment b
!. presence was essential to the carryir
v on of a great revival, he obeyed tt
1 new command and left the multituG
4 to deal with single individual. Chri
tianity is not mass movement"
Jesus makes no reference to Il
mass consciousness" and the Ho
/ Spirits power receives no greater (
Y more far-reaching test than that whi(
: had to do with its dealings with tt
{ individual soul.
r Each teacher should see to it tn
? each scholar shall read these eigl
chapters several times, if possible, b
C fore the review occurs, in order tn
: they may see the quarters work as
= whole, for it is indeed one story: Il
y story of the risen Christ winning ms
: to himself and equipping them to {
+ forth in obedience to his last gre
? command (Luke 24:46-49; Acts LIS
Let Your Iicht Shine.