Arizona republican., 1916-03-18
International Sunday School Lesson
 for March 19
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN
Golden Text.-"Cnderstand thou

spaNe unto Philip. saving. Arse, and [ go toward the south. unto the way l that goeth down from Jerusalem unto l Gaza, which is desert, (2O And he 1 arose and went: and, behold q man | of Ethiopia eunuch of great author ity under CanGace queen of the Ethi- ] opians who had the charge of all her ] treasure and had come to Jerusalem. 1 for to worship. (2O Was returning. 1 and sitting in his chariot read Esalas | the prophet t29) Then the Spirit said !, unto Philip. Go near, and join myself l 10 this chariot. (3o And Philip ran | thither to Tim. and heard him read l i the prophet Esaias. and said, Under l standest thou what thou readest2 (3D | i And he said. How can l. except some l | man should guide me- And he desired l | Philip that he would come up and sit 1 | With him. C32) The place of the | scripture which he read was this. He i | was led as sheep to the slaughter. and like a lamb dumb before his l sh"arer, so opened he not his mouth: 1 (33l In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall d." clare his generation2 for his life iS | taken from the earth. (34) And the 1 euruch answered Philip. and said, i pray of thee ot whim speaketh tn" 1 prophet this' of himself. OF uf some other man o&5) Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same l Scripture and preached unto nm .IeSls. t36p And as tEey went OF I their way. :hev came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See. here is water: what doth hinder me to bo ! hapized2 t3O And Philip said, lt| thou helieVcSt with all thine heart, 1 thou maNest And he ansW cred and said believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. C3Sl And he commanded tho chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water. both Philip and the eunuch. and Ee bAp- tizcd him 39) And when they were come up out Gf the water. the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philir. th4t the eunuch saw him no more and ho vent on his way rejoicing. o4W Bat | Philip Was found at .Azotus. and passing through he preached in all the cities. till he came to Caesarea
 l Time.-35-3. A D. Place.-The 1 Desert.
 l Exposition-I A Cheat Preacher Sent into 3 Desert. 25. 21a Phllip was in the midst of great work in Samaria. ard now he was to leave all this and go down to q desert road t. meet q single Individual and lead him 10 Christ. This shows the importance of personal work and the value of a single soul. Philip had learned the highest form of Wisdom-the wisdom cf doing just what the Lord bids yoi
 He was man guided of God, because he was so earnestly looking for euid- ance, and so prompt in obeyine Faiths best proof is obedience (EIab. lfl:S).
 II. \ Great Statesman Seeking the Way of Life 27b, 2N If we just go the way God bids, asking no ques- 'ions. it Wll soon begin tc develop why God has sent Us. This man vas a great person. but that was not hy Philip was sent to him. but because he was a sincere seeker after truth !r. v. last rlause 20, 31, 34 36. e. Jnp. IT: I's. 2J: 9t. This states man eNidel.tlY considered religion {, matter of sufficient importance to be- stow much time trouble and expense upon Il. n" had come to Jerusalem for to worship No wonder God gave more light to man Wh" vas so earnestly following the light he had In Y. 3S. R. Y. is a lesson on How to study the Bible and How to improve tn" time when travelling It was while engaged in the study of tn, Word that God revealed to th, euruch the fuller truth This indi- cates the reason why some of Us ncv- CT get these revelations from God Csef M1t -: 2D. Evidently Luke Believed that Isaiah wrote the latter plrt O. Isaiah Mcst ot us. if We have t choose between the authority of Luk. and that of German infidels viii con- tent to abide hy the authority O Luke
 III Personal Work in Chariot 29-33. It is evident from the recor, here that God does not expect Us tc speak to every one we meet about Hi, s2l;ation: but that. if We watch fo
 lis leading as to whom to approach h He will give it. There are many O rs Nho never heard the Spirit say t, us. Go speak to that man" Is it De cause we are not listening keenh enoush to catch the still smal NoiNe It is well to note carefull
 the first two words tn" Spirit sroll to Philip go near:" if we are to vii men to Christ that is the way to be
 gin. one of the great mistakes of large portion of the church today i that We are trying to save men iron distance. r is an unusual sight l. see one man running after another [, speak to him about Christ That Wa
 tn" only way Phiiil, coull catch hi man. It is the only way we can catcl many whom the Lord wishes us t
 save. We wait for men tu come an, seek US. oh for a few Phlips to ,u, after men nderstandest thou Wha thou readest? A very pertinent Ques
 ti"n. and yet would not some of II tElnk It impertinent if put to us? Bu If we were to tell the truth about on
 Bible reading what would We hay
 to answer to tEat question Tn
 eunuch answered "HuW can l ex cept some one shall guide me-" Ther
 IS One always ready and always d hand to guide us (Jno IA: 26: l6 lS
 J Jno. ,: 2o. It is very mpoitan
 that We should understand what W
 'e'd fMat. l@: 19. g: T.: 10. 2i l5'
 The eunuch was thoroushl, in earnes m his search for truth. He besough
 thls unknown worker to come int
 hIs chariot and sit with him that h
 might point out to him the maanin
 or Gods Word. It was indeed provi
 ientitl that he Was reading a passag
 that so clearly eXpounds the atonin