The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-03-25
LESSON FOR MARCH
REVIEW-THE GREAT
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GOLDEN TEXT-They shah -,
more, neither thirst any mors.
shall the sun strike upon them
heat; for the lamb that is in >,
of the throne shall be their !.
and shall guide them unto fop,.
waters of life, and God shall u.
all tears from their eyes.-Rey
/. General information N.
lessons 4, and IL, all of n
quarters work has to do NJ
early, the apostolic church N,
a period of time from A. D. 20,
haps A. d. 81, six or seven year
chief events are the resurrs.
Jesus, the coming of the HOLY
the change in the apostles, par
ly Peter, the conversion and h,
of 1900 believers, fellowship a,
ders worked among these BELIEVE
beginning of persecution, the ~,
of seven deacons. Stephens tes,
and death, the dispersion Of the
tians, the work Of Philip, great
in the early church.
Historically these lessons /,
do with the things that Jesus J.
and continued to do after his
rection through the power Of Ii.
Spirit. 1t is, therefore, a story
power of the risen Christ. Tn
cipal characters are of two class
The leading workers. OF thes
Peter and John, apostles; the b
ciples, Barnabas, the seven IA
particularly Stephen and Phlb
Ethiopian eunuch and Canals
gave some friendly assistance
The chief enemies: Those who
accused the apostles, the rulers
Jews and the temple. Anana
Sapphire, Saul and Simon Msr
1t is not difficult to paint a vrI
ture of the events of the pag
ter. This may be done by asa
to separate pupils such questiu
Where, when and why did the
of this lesson occur? To anOt1
pill assign the task of telling v.
thinks the scene looked like,
still another to name the chis
sons mentioned in each lessoa
these assignments omit lessOs
and IL. which do not chronolg
fit into the work Of this quartz,
remaining pupils should be prin
supply any omitted facts and
rect any mistakes.
l. The Coming of Power. Lea
The ascension of Jesus is on
shows US the risen Christ as the
of the Holy Spirit and he is
Powerful One who has caris
ward the things Jesus began
Lesson 2. This is very much tn
except that 1t suggests the m
of this transaction. As the eat
ciples obeyed, they received.
manner the Spirit is given TOD
those that TASK him" Lesson
what effect We may anticipaa
we proclaim the fact Of the
Christ. Exalted at the Fathers
hand, he has received frors the
the promise of the Holy Spirt
pouring him forth upon the ehu'
behold a powerful result
ii. The Use of Power Lei
(omitting No. A. has to do vi
daily walk and work Of those VI
so recently received this new
slowed power. Through his ser
Jesus, by the power Of the Spirt
and makes strong the lame
the temple gate-a case Of "
Christianity" the power OF pm
social service. AS a result q
service Peter and John (Lesson
opportunity to give their testina
the rulers, the result OF who
founded the enemies who though
had conquered Christ at CalVaF
use of power in testimony. ID
Their evidence of how this new
was using men is that given
s, the Christian Brotherhood
salem. Into their midst Satar
to introduce deception throup
MAS and his wife, but the HOY
was guarding and frustrated
signs in order that the won
church might be more efficieHV
ried on and that its connectn
power through prayer and u
try Of the Word" might eonu
hindered. We see in lessen "
Spirit solves the question.
Ill. The Test Of Power.
(lesson 10) was one Of those
been separated for the care
temporal affairs of the cary
yet his testimony and martyrc
fly makes him more famous ID
Of the apostles and forever en-
layman in the Christian churo
One other Qesson 12l Of tha
deacons, Philip, was also 50
used and blessed that his DO
deeds are almost as familiar
Is the work of Stephen.
In the first case this newly
power filled the witness WIZ
ness and courage that will "
main an inspiration, while ID
ond illustration Philip so ga"
to the direction and leadersAs
Spirit as to go where he
and when to human )udsD
presence was essential to the
on of a great revival, he ous
new command and left the
to deal with a single indiyiduA
tianity is not a mass mover
Jesus makes no referencs