The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-11
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON g.,
THE CHRISTIAN AND HIS BIBLE
By HIGHT {. MOORE

our Lord. And how the very
light out of heaven must have
filled and flooded the Ethioplan,S
SOUL
THE CONVERSION
Obcying the Bible. The IN
struction and the appeal OF Philip
to the Ethiopian were not IN VAN.
He surrendered his heart t. the
new-fOund Messiah and desired
to follow him in baptism. LAS
they went on the way, they cane
unto Il certain water: and the
eunuch saith. Behold, here is
water; what doth hinder me to
be baptizcd?" To be sure of
genuine conversion, Philip said:
at thou believeSt with all thine
heart, thou mayeSt". Faith comes
before baptism. And the eunuch
thus made his profession Of faith:
~ Relieve that Jesus Christ is the
Son of Cod. 1t was enough.
Let the crystal and commanding
words of Scripture tell us exactly
what happened now: "And he
commanded the chariot to stand
still: and thew both went down
into the water. both Philip and
the cunuch: and he baptized him.
And when they were come up out
of the water" the two men were
separated. Philip. under divine
impulSe and seemingly in an
ecStatic frame of mind, was
Caught away" so that the Eth
opian saw him no more, our next
glimpse of him being at Azotus,
not many miles away. when he
proceeded until he came to Gaze
sara. his future home. And IN
our last glimpse Of the eunuch
we sec him with new-fOund jOv
in his heart pursuing his way
homeward.
READ AND HEED THE BIBLE
(D Read 1t. Own a first-class
COPY of the Bible. Have Your
own copy. Keep it, not for looks,
but for use. Thumb it, mark it,
soil it and make it your own.
Read it.
(2) Read 1t as Gods Word.
That was the attitude of the-Ethl-
opian, and it should be our att.
.tude. How reverent he was, and
how devout we should be-
CD Read All of 1t. We have
not only the Pentateuch, as Da-
vid did, or the Old Testament,
as the Ethiopian did, but the
complete Bible. We may rightly
give primacy to the New Testa-
mcnt, but we must not neglect
the Old, Read the entire Bible.
CD Read 1t as Every Oppor-
tunity. The Ethiopian read it a.
he rode in his chariot over a
rather rough road; Make a place
for it's perusal. Why not use in
this way many odds and ends; of
your time? .... u. ....
go Read 1t Understandingly.
How the traveller longcd that day
for a brighter light on the sacred
page! He wanted to know its
meaning. .... s...... ..
(6) Read 1t with All Available
Help. When Philip appeared, he
was heartily welcomed. His COM
lmentS were illuminating and &C
Iceptable. Get all right help to
understand the Bible. ,...
(7) Read to learn of Jesus.
He, is central in the Scriptures.
The Ethiopian found him there.
Philip preached him. We find him
mr. the Bible, or we read in vain.
go Read 1t Believingty. When
once the meaning was clear to
him, there were no question
marks lin the Ethiopian's mind.
He believed his Bible.
t9) Read 1t Obediently. The
eonfession Of faith and the act
of baptism followed the EthiOD-
ian's Bible reading. We would
know more Bible if we would
obey what we do know.
| (10) Read II Joyously. Be-
vond the baptismal waters the
Ethiopian went rejoicing and
doubtless Te-reading on his way
Ihomeward. There is pleasure and
profit in reading the Bible.