The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-24
LESSON FOR MARCH 26
REvIEW-THE GREAT MULTI.
TUDE.

| READING IESSDN-Revelatlon 1:p.i7.
GOLDEN TENT They shall hunger no
| more, neither thirst any more: neither
shall the sun stfik" upon them. nor any
heat: for the lamb that Is In the midst
OF the throne shall he their shepherd
| and shall guide them unto fountains uf
waters OF life. and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.-liev. ':is H.
l. General Information - Omitting
lessons 4. and IL. all OF the past
quarters work has to do with the
early. the apostolic church. covering
a period Of time from a. ID. 30 to per
haps 4. u. 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
dors worked among these believers, the
beginning Of persecution, the selection
Of seven doacuus stephens testimony
and death, the dispersion OF the Chris.
,ians. the work Of Philip, great growth
in the early church,
Historically these lessons have e.
do with tie things that Jesus began
and continue to 40 after his rosur.
rortiuu turu" 10 the power uf the 10
Spirit II la. therefore. % story OF th'
power ~ 'nu risen christ Tho priU.
pirul ,U.n,t'.t u'l 0' two classes iII
The leading workers. Oi th,so ar.
Peter ami john. ul Ties, the l-' d,..
,,'..a. Iaira.as. fhv seven duaCou-.
| Particularly stephen and ihi'ig; The
| Ethiopian uuuU,h and Gamal,cl, WHO
CAV" som" friendly resistance. ~
| H." chief enemies Those who falsely
accused the apostles, ia. rulers at ia"
Jews and the temple. Ananias and
Sa!phira. Saul aud Simon Magnus.
II is not difficult to paint a word pic.
ture of the events of the past quar-.
ter. This may be- done by assigning
10 separate pupils such questions as.
Where, when and why did the event
of this lesson occur? To another pa.
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,
and II. which do not chronologically
ht into the work Of this quarter The
remaining pupils should he primed to
supply any omitted facts and to cor.
rect any mistakes.
The Coming Of Power. Lesson I.
The ascension OF Jesus IL one that
shows us the risen Christ as the givcr
of the Holy Spirit aud he II the All
Powerful one who has carried for.
ward the things Jesus began to do"
Lesson :, This IL very much the same
except that II suggests the man side
NJ this transaction. As the early dis.
manner IN" spirit IL given today to
those that ask him" Lesson shows
what effect We may anticipate when
We proclaim the TACT OF the risen
| Christ.
II. The Use Of Power. Lesson :
| tOmitting M. a. has to do with tho
daily walk and worl, OF those who had
50 recently received this newly be.
slowed power. Through his servants,
Jesus. by the power Of tn" Spirit, heals
and makes strong the lame man at
the temple gatea case Of applied
Christianity" the pc Yer Of practical
social service. As 4 result OF this
service Peter and John Lesson o. had
opportunity to give their testimony to
the rulers, the result OF which con-
founded the enemies who thought they
had conquered Christ at Calyary-tho
use OF power In testimony, The fur
Their evidence OF how this new power
was using men Is that given in lesson
3, the Christian brotherhood at Jeru.
salem.
| III. The Test Of Power. Stephen
llesson 100 was one OF those who had
been separated for the care Of the
temporal affairs of the early church.
yet his testimony and martyrdom cas-
lily makes him more famous than most
OF the apostles and forever eXalts the
layman In the Christian church.
One other nesson l2) OF those seven
used and blessed that his name and
deeds are almost as familiar to US as
Is the work OF stephen,
In the first case this newly bestowed
power filled the witness with a calm.
ness and courage that will always re-
main an inspiration, while In the sec
ond illustration Philip so gave himself
to the direction and leadership Of the
Spirit as to go where he was sent I;
and when to human Judgment his
presence was essential to the carrying
on Of great revival, he obeyod the
new command and left the multitude
to deal with a single individual.
Jesus makes no reference to the
mass consciousness" and the Holy
Spirits power receives no greater OF
more far-reaching test than that which
had to do with its dealings with the
individual soul.
i Each teacher should see to II that
each scholar shall read these eigh,
chapters several times. II possible, be
fore the review occurs, In order that