The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-05
Sunday School
Lesson


to chapter Cpl. but again we IL
START in with Acts 2l-S.
We see Pdul going in the house of
Phillip, one OF the seven deacons in
Acls 6. bat he has grown. He is now
n evangelist, and no. only so, but he
as four daugh, ers IN the work. full
i ling Jcei 80 and % How ia ,ural
.Or G d tn lead Paul to this home ana
vause them to receive HIM. What i
Blessing he make them 70 HIM ana
him to them-nO greater Blessing tor
d home TINS side OF heaven. | heard
and saw Mrs. Rineer used SO blessed
y in Calumet, Mich. Aiterward l
heard a fellow kick ng-didn't be-
leve in d woman preaching and con-
Quoting meetings like that. Well
SAID, Il can understand a man pro
Tossing to be a Chr. stian, XIX king on
a work taat the Holy Spirit has Sc;
His seal on as He did on that.
We'll, he said, the Bible speaks
against il! Yes, there are tWN
tel ses. Take them out of their set
ing and it is so. but there are p
,eN.s tor them and the seal OF tbs
Lord also The devil will never adj
init anything that can be used to tn,
55.ivati0h ol the lost. In verse 10,
Paul is tell ng Of the peop.e who had
sh lken hands with him. who hIu
signed cards, who had asked for
prayers No, not all these things are
4irigh; in their place. hut he told OF
he converts by his miatstr, \ great
privilege indeed. none greater. /
know of ministers being in one pull
lit for five years and nor one soul
converted and mind you, not Il soul or
the job had Il bad word to say abou;
h m ard he was Il fine fellow.
Now read Luke 6-26: Woe unit,
you when all men shall speak well
o. YOU" Such Will never get such
trouble as Paul. a certain evangeiis
was no ding a seres Of meetings
where the congregation had had ii
/ fight indeed down the door
hut all the troub had been kept
/ from the evangelist, lat God knew i
all and he caused bitter conviction
through the whole thing and that the
devil didn t like at all One Of the
leaders Of the fuss slapped the evan
seiiSt in the face. at the ose of al
eYen.ng service, called him a puppy
and told HIM to go back home, be con.
verted, then come and preach to them
The evangelist never resented any
part OF it. The next service was tn
next afternoon. The evangelist wi Ii
his Bib,e all the forenoon, when h
went in that meeting he couid sec
tears And say. what meeting
what salvation; then he learned tina,
people VINO had not 81 oxen nee thl
fuss had sought each other and wha
time, rec aiming bavksl.derS and
people who d never kAown salvation
We're saved That was 50 years ago
ard our Lord is Sill Master OF the
fed.
Ii some don't get mad or happy
il means the devil isn't alarmed. Olt
of the saddest sights is TO SIC The peo-
pc taking sides against Il Cody min
istor who dare throw himself between
I the lost and the agony of hell, Ike
the people who said. Ma h. p, away
with him. they shut the last door 0.
! hope in their owl face. When you
turn down the Cody minis. er ard h,s
message you saaid again away with
him." Truly Il wonder what a God
less mob the devil can make of
church people with religion, with NJ
salvation. Can't you almost see tn IN
dragging Paul out into the rect
Hear them inquiring who he was and
what he had done, but don t you
tn nix they ask Paul. | ask, why don
you put Christian men on The gram
jury? He said, they won't deal far
Imagine.
One has said, Paul had a just pride
in his own locality. Can we think
so? No See Rom. 3-23 and Rom.
S22 and %. Not a pr de, but a pity.
There is truly a gulf between the
work of them. he it in man or the
earth. AS to man he made the gulf.
laul gave no time to advertising his
,amily-it was Jesus first and all the
time. We find ministers who tell u
that Paul made mistakes, that he wa:
wrong, but every true child OF Goo
IS headed for the glory land and there
he II find Paul ard all who love til
coming of Jesus. Jesus was cast as
low as the devil could get wicked men
to put Him, so Paul and others
suffer with Him ard shine with Hiiu
Mr.. Waterman, the late treasurer Of
the NJ. G. II. r.. said: ''Oh jim, We
sinncd against him. but he loved us,
redeemed us, saved us, sanctifed US
ard is not ashamed to call us breth
rem. Is my reader Christian?
Then you are praying your blessed
absent Lord to make you all you
need to be ard seek ng to do all to
the glory of God. Then let them
make mop stick Of you, if you will,
but keep clean slate in his sight
keep sweet You can do that if you
know their end. Remember the devil
will always furnish his own rope.
The more you suffer in right doing
the greater your crown
Again and over again l pray his
best for you.
J. NJ. BERWICK.