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i LESSON IX FIRST QUARTER INTER+ NATIONAL SERIES MARCH 2

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w Next tot tho Lesson Acts IIliJ toj Till 2 Memory Verses SO lIoGold

1 en Text Mntt v CommentaryPrepared by Hey D 31 Stearns

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t G4 C5 But he being full of the Holyft Ghost looked up steadfastly Into heav ¬

Yu With great power and boldness beR ing filled with tho Spirit Stephen bad

spoken tho truth and like Peter bad ac¬

cuBed the council of being tho murderersx of Jesus Christ They were so cut to the

j heart that they were filled with fury andy gnakbcd their teeth at hIm Hon ttug

> e gcstive wns their conduct of the place towhich they were journeying where there

v Is weeping and gnashing of teeth notagainst others so much as because of

i I their own torment Matt xiii 42 CO

sjxxii13i 50 And said Behold I see the bens

fl Iins opened and tho Son of Man standing

i on the right hand of God This Is onei of lie seven times that we find the phraset t in Scripture heaven opened The pas< ags nro zekll Matt III 10 John I

HI Acts vII 50 x 11 Key lr 1 xirr 31 and they well repay a caeful study

tot the Lord Jesus is always the centralt

to person and the more we look Into heaventhe more heavenly we become and thereis so much room for Improvement in that

V directiont 57 58 Then they cried out with a

loud voice and stopped their ears andinn upon him with one accord This Is

5 the first of the four one accords of thedevils followers In this book of the Actsu

tP the others being xII 20 svlll 12 sir 20

f tThe number four suggests the four corf ners of the earth llcv vII 1 or the=r whole earth nud reminds us that the

ift whole world lIeth in the wicked one lIK John v in n Vnnd thowicked onowill never cease his hatred of God or oftho people of God We pre wise whenWQ stop our curs as David did and refuseto hear the mischievous things that evilpeople speak Ps xxxvlll 12 13 but to

x stop ones cars from hearing the thingsi I v of God is truly the devils work Ilcfus

Snp the truth they were believing a lieII Thess K 10 11 and believing that

Jceus of Nazareth was an impostor theyjudged Stci yen to be guilty of bias

1> phcmy and in stoning him thought theylywere obeying their law Let xxiv 1C

they themselves Were before God

f the blasphemers and the guilty ones but< they were blinded by the god of this

f world II Cor Iv 3 4 This is our firstT introduction to the young man named

Saul Unless as some think be is theGf + same young man who went away front

Jesus one day sorrowfully because hekV loved his possessionsK 59 Lord Jesus receive my spirit

X Thus said Stephen as they were stoningi him to death for be knew whom be boi Ucvcd and saw Him even before he wentk> out to be with Him When our LordB Himself was dying He said v FatherIf into Thine hands I commend My spiritEf And similar vordg came from David by

the same spirit long before Luke xxlii40 Ps xxxi 5 for he also could truly

> < sayr I trusted in Thee 0 Lord M-ytintsuro In Thy hand Ps xxxl 1415 These dying words of Stephen and

y of the Lord Jesus give no encouragementto the belief that between death and

f > resurrection the spirit Is asleep and un-

conscious If any are not fully per1fsunded concerning the life and bliss of

apart from the body letIt 1 them read and bellcvo Luke xvi 22 xxill

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43 II Cor T 8 Phil I 21 23 Rev vl

CO Lord lay not this sIn to theirfc charge Llko his adorable Lord nnd

Master ho prayed for his murderersSi Luke xxiii 34 Our Instructions fireJT Love your enemies bless them that

curso you do good ta them that hate youI und pray for them which despitefully use

iyou and persecute you Matt v 44r And while this is Impossible to tho natufa ral map if any man be in Christ he is a

new creature born from above a templeof the Holy Spirit a mansion In which

IIcS the Father and Son have come todwell II Cor v 17 I Cor vi 19 20

5 John xlv 23 and Christ In us can dowhat Ho did when here on earth In tbe

tj body prepared for Hum It Is our prIvl-

J lego to yield fully to Him and take asW our motto Not I but Christ Gal II

N 20yf vIII lj And Saul was consenting unto

> jiliis death Hear ibis own account ofC what he to the Lord Jesus long aft

ciwnrd And 1 said Lord they knowIn that I imprisoned and beat in every syn

Kf ngogucr them that believed on Thee nnd

f when the blood of Thy martyr Stephenc V was shed I also was standing by and eon

scntlng unto his death and kept the ra-lf ment of them that slew him Acts xxII

i 19 20 Before Agrlppa he said I verilyf thought with myself that I ought to do

many things contrary to the name ofJesus of Nazareth which thing I also-

F did in Jerusalem Acts xxvI 010 And

fV then lie went on to tell how not only In

y Jerusalem but In other cities being oxceedlngly mad against the saints he wasthe means of their imprisonment punishnient and death Opr lesson tells of the

Jk j greatness of the persecution itf Jerusalemafter the death of Stephen and low nil

St the believers except the apostles wereif scattered through Juda a and Gamarinr Hbo Lords command was to go Into allv the world and preach the gospel to every

j A creature To bo His witnesses unto the° uttermost parts of the earth Mark xvi

7 15 Acts I 8 butup to thla time theyi seem to have confined their testimony toj Jerusalem and it required a persecution

to scatter them that they might obey His> v command Thus Ho maketh the wrath-

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of man to praise Him and restrains whatIft does not see fit to use Pd Ixxvl 10

I 2 And devout then carried Stephentn his burial and male great lamentation

kt over hIm Well they did not buryA3telhenlbut they burled all that was

on tho earth the house Inhlchhe lied sojourned Stephen Wm

< eclf was absent from tho body preecnt c

with tho Lord but his body was asleepV even as Jesus bad said of Lazarus when

> speaking of his death Our friend Lazarug Blecpeth John xl 1114 There

V was no occasion to lament for Stephen

t fotto him it was a great gain but itd i seemed thnt the church could ill afford to

si dose such a witness We still think whenE flhe faithful witnesses are called home

it Is strange when there seems to beflET such great need ot them here and there

wore seemingly so few but we must rcSSs member that the work is His who lu unSTfw disturbed majesty Is at Gods right baud

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OUR COLORED CITIZENS

Mrs CR Bnlley returned fromLouisville with her son Wlllio whois very ill Tuesday night Ho Is re ¬

ported bettor 7 He has pneumoniaIllSheMrs Ella Morlweather is yet verysick

Sirs Jane Gotigh mother of RevJ t H + Gough is better

SCHOOL NOTE-SWashingtonLincoln exercises atpleasmgand

were out to hear themHelp the children by feeing thatperform ¬

will be what you make them Thinkthat you will soon be gone from yourchildren or they gone from you andtry to give them all the benefits of aChristian mother and father

HAD ly OCCURRED TO YOU

That there are some of the mostexpensive babies In EarllngtonChildren are compelled to loso twoand three days from school to attendthe little angels They are tooprecious for earth

That our mothers used to carry ayoung car load of clothes to somepond or river a mile away and laun ¬

dry them and return and preparedinner for ten or twelve but now amother has to keep all the childrenout of school two or three days to

wash and then wonder why theyhalnt alarnln

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TennJOE T BISHOP Manager

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Memphis TennA S FORD Manager 827

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That many women havent time totrain their children and look aftertheir futuro interest but they havotime to visit from house to housoand gossip

That Mortons Gap news was toolato last week and tho sender failedto sign any name

That we hear much about thoamounts of money to bo raisedby-our religious loaders but very littleabout the desire or pains to raise thoprecious souls of men from tho pitsof sin

That Christ is yet being crucifiedbetween two thieves Honor and

MoneyThat

men do many things to ob-

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love that they will not do toretain it

That there is no appetite in a pureheart for alcoholic drinks nor to ¬

bacco nor any other sinThat one had ns well drink whisky

as snokoThat as is the homes so are the

children as is the teacher so is theschool as is the preacher so is thechurch and as is the church so isthe world

AMONG TIlE CHURCHES

Rev S F Aldrldge pastor of AM E Zion church MadisonvilleKy will preach in the rally Sundayat the A ME Zion church EarlIngton at 11 a mand 780 pmThe MadiBonvllle choir will rendermusic at 780 service

Rev J H Gordon will preach at8 p m Every person is earnestlyrequested to lend a helping hand

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ThoYCE will meet at OpmSunday only on account of the rallyIt will meet after that at 280 asusual Come everyone Topic fornext Sunday The Joy of ServicePs 1205

Literary TipsAs a guide to tho choice of authors

in any one direction the socalledprescriptions are invaluableFor clearness read MacixulixyFor logic read Burke and BaconFor action read Homer and ScottFor conciseness read Bacon and

1opeFor sublHnity of conception read

MiltonForvivacity read Stevenson and

Kiplingimagination read Shakespeare

and JobFor elegance read Virgil Milton

and ArnoldFor common sense read Benjamin

FranklinFor simplicity read Burns Whit

tier and BunyanFor humor read Cervantes Chau-

cer and Mark Twain Modern Cul ¬

ture

Kidney complaint kills more peoplo than other diseae This isduo to the disease being so Insidiousthat it gats a Rood hold on the ¬

FoloysKIdneyopment of fatal if taken intime SQld by John X Taylor

A man feels like a boy again whenhe imprisons a bee in a trumpetflower but ho knows he is the sameold fool when the insect gets In itswork

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Mines produced more Coal In 1901 than In any previous year eclipsing the enormous output of1900 by2 595 tons The figures

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Total Tons of Coal Produced in 1900 T I 872593 TonsTotal Tons of Coal ProducedIn 1901 875188 Tons

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ow tCHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

Topic Per the Week neglnningPebt w13 Comment Jly Rev S H Doyle 0

TopicObediencet Cam xv 22 2 IKings 11114 Rev xxll U ili

Tho obedience of the topic is obedleveryiJman R

Pear God and keep Ills command Vmeats This Is the whole duty of <man But wo should not only obey j +

God but our obedienCe should 16prompt and cheerful Our obedienceshould be characterized by s J a-

of the psalmIst when he said I n t

fun In the way of Thy couimandinchls k-

ailll I wilt delight to do Thy will God jft c

not only loves cheerful giving but <

cheerful obedienceiBut If 1

dud is of such great importance what P >does God want us to do Gods will Isrevealed within us and in his revela-tion the Bible conscience the voice Of iIjJGod within us tells us what Is tightand what Is wrong and urges to shunevil and to do good The Bible also V i

teaches us what titan Is to believe b lconcerning God and what Godrcqulresof man How Important that x

we hear and heed the voice of con jscience How Important that weknov 10

mid understand the word of God There >

God tells us that Ho wants us tonccept a c 3Jesus Christ ns our Saviour and thatlIe wants us to obey Ills laws and dt jn s

His will In Christt VThe topical references present two r A

Important facts both of which should >Inspire us to obedience to the will of

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God I1 The consequences of disobedience > i lfi

should Inspire us to obedience mjIobedience means rejection by God and ithe ruination of life How awfully ISi i

this Illustrated In the case of Saul No 1I ia

young man ever faced life under lUorcipromising circumstances than Soul theF r

first king of Israel In physical apjirpearancc In Intellectual attainments Vlu political powers In spiritual equipS i Nrmeat Saul stood preeminent amongthe men of his day Yet all his hopesand prospects for life were blasted inrMr-an hour One net of disobedience led II

to his rejection of God nUll he fell to fthe lowest depths and died by his ownhand What a wrecked life null nil because of disobedience I And how many fmodern Sauls are wrecking their Hye3 >

p tby disobeying the laws of God Tatt I

ants opportunities positions count >ti

naught if we are trampling under footNthe will and laws of God2 The blessings of obedience Should

Inspire us to It Precious promises are V y

attached to Gods commands to obedi-ence

3God promises tb bless uV in this

life If we will obey him If thou wilt °walk In My ways to keep My statutes ir

and My commandments thenI will lengthen thy days God promIscs to bless us In the future ifobey him Blessed are they that werHis commandments that they may <

have right tothe tree of life and nit >enter in through the gates to the city v

Such precious promises should Inspire lus to obey God promptly cheerfully jrfully c

BIBLE HEADINGS tiDeut xl 2028 xxvIII 114 PaxI Kam8 cxlr 0 3240 Matt vll 2120 John tJv 1010 Rom xvi 10 Phil II 112Jiias°

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CIirlitH Sympntbf 7 SChrist shows Himself especially sym

pathetic with questions of domesticity ias when at the wedding In Cana Healleviated a housekeepers predicamentas when tears rushed forth at the bro-ken homo of Mary and Martha andLazarus Men are sometimes ashamedto weep There arc men who If the atears start will conceal them Theythink it Is unmanly to cry They do 1

not seem to understand it manliness t >

and evidence ofa great heart I amafraid of a man who does not know

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how to cry The Christ of the text was s

not ashamed to cry over human mis ¬

fortune Look at that deep ako oL <tears opened by the two wordsiof theevangelist Jesus weptl Bqhold Christon the only day of Ills early triumphmarching on Jerusalem glitteringdomes obliterated by the blinding rain ijY

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of tears in Ills eyes nnd on Hs checkfor when Ho beheld the city He weptover It Oman of the many trials 0 r

woman of tho heartbreak why donot touch Him Talmagc t

Jfothlnu but Hl Own Will INothing but the setting tip of f

own will separates man from his 1

life in God And in the strongguage of an old writer Nothing burneth In hell but self will The humanwl11must be harmonized with the DI-

vine will the human spirit must be reunited to the Divine spirit or hopelessdisaster overtakes the soul To accom ¬

this restoration Is the work of theInvisible Christ within us 1118 Spiritbroods always over the chaotic wasteaf our restless livesrestless and shape ¬ aless until recreated Into the image ofIlls Father and rclnsplred with the t

breath of Ills own eternalj being WePjiil ourselves we know ourselves tveare ourselves only In Him LubyLarcorn I

The Sonic of the AngelsNo sweeter song no richer bcnedlc

tlon over thrilled the air of earth than rthat of the angels of Bethlehem 1Peace on ealthJs surely n gift of y

heaven Thus Is the world of sin andso peace UUc Its Prince llnds horoom in the inn Enmity hatredmurder red nnaed war are tho naturalfrultBof sin Pence like itsPrluc is a stranger and a protest andstruggles for a place and a homo andn kingdom on earth How strorijprandhappy are wo In our confidence thatono day ipeaco shall hew as a riser f-

and righteousness n8 the waves of thesca1Centrdl Presbyterian >

Not iu wlthdrnvying from the worldbut In keeping yauielf unspotted fromtlte world is your virtue or teliglon > Pjhown Episcopal jltceorder lJ

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