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Text of lite Lcmian Acts Ix 12 O

Mciuorr Verses 3iGoll1cn TeEtActs ill 1O Commentary lrepnrec1by Rev D M Stenrn

ICopyrlght 1901 by American Press Auoelation

V 1 2 Saul yet breathing out threatcnlnand slaughter against the disciples of theLord

Vhat an evil breath he had Tho

tn word translated breathing out 10

v used only this onco and means tojsT breathe in or out to breathe toUey° His very life was to hate Christ andi j tilnlstlans and yet the time camo

t v When he could truly say For me toK live Is Christ Phil i 21 Our first

a Introduction to him is In chapters vII

Si b8j vlll 1 3 in connection with thoIdeath of Stephen and the persecution

>° following which at this time was stiU

going on Sauls own account of hislife in thoso days is found in chapte

I XTil 3 4 xxvl 011 Gal 1 13 14 butInfcph 11 13 he speaks of it all ns

tcV being under the prince of the power at

the nln3t t nut Saul why persecutes thou

metTliusspake Jesus of Nazareth to himin the Hebrew language xxvl 14 and

arrested him in his mad career forGod had determined concerning hImi

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Hitherto shalt thou come but no fur-ther Job xxxvlll 11 Whoever

touches a Christian touches ChrJstHimself but not even the devil can

f go one step beyond Gods permissionJob i 10 Dan iv 35 Zech II B

Though it was midday this light fromheaven was above the brightness-

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ofthe sun nnd Saul could not see for theglary of that light sxvl 13 sxli 12

50 The LOrd said X cm Jesus whomthou psrsecutest

r Ho recognizes a superior and askr

Who art Thou Lord The answifills him with trembling and nstonlDhImeat for Jesus of Nazareth Is actual

j speaking to him Seeing Him to be In-

deed tho Christ tho Messiah whomi tic prophets had foretold ho at once

acknowledges Him as Lord and meek-lyN asks what he Is now to do Thus sud

t denly shall Israel as a nation be surf prised some day and looking uponL Him whom they pierced they shall bef filledt with trub penitence and accept-

Ingf Him as their long expected Mesi iah shall say Lo this is our Goi

4 We have waited for Him and He willsave us Zech xll 10 Isa xxv 0

t y Banls conversion was a pattern orf typo of tho conversion of the natlo

I Tim i ifc-

f 19lIe was three daya without sightand neither did eat nor drink

t The men who were with him fell tothe earth seeing the light and being

y afraid They also heard the voice otsome one speaking but did not hear

1 the words for those were for Saul

r only Compare xxli 0 xxvl 14 Itwas somewhat like the experience ofDaniel and of our Lord as recorded InDan x 7 John xll 28 29 That Saul

I really saw Jesus is evident from vcrs17 and I Cor xv 8 What Jesus sal

fV to Saul as He commanded him to rlsoi and stand upon his feet Is fully stated

In Pauls testimony before Agrlppa In

xxvl 1018 Consider him three day sblind and fasting the world shut outthe body mortified dying to self Goddealing with his soul It is the perloiof death preceding resurrection Gen

xxil 4 sill 17 Jonah 11 17 IIos 12John li 10 Rev x111-

tf IDIS Inquire In tile house of Judas torI one called Saul of Tarsus for behold he

prayeth-

I Thus said the Lord to Ananias a de-

voutI disciple and one who hid a goodf report of all the Jews at Damascus

xxll 12 He like Philip in a previouslesson is prompt and obedient one 01

f wbom the Lord could rely to do Hiibidding Ills reply reminds us of Samsel and Isaiah I Sam ill 4 0 8 10

Ian vl 8 These three days find Situf nnd his Lord In intimate communion

Saul talks with the Lord and thef Lord in vision reveals Himself more

fully to Saul From Jesus Christ bj-

l revelation ho received the gospel nutfrom Him also all his future instruc-UonI Gal I 11 12 15 1C

1316 He is a chosen vessel unto me tebear my name

Ananias hesitates Just a little athe thinks of Sauls reputation and

authorlty and his madness againstA Christians The Lord graciously bears

with Ananias In his objections but re-pentsj Ills command to go and assureshim that Saul is to be His special rues

V eenger to the gentiles One would> think that the Lords firstassurance to

I Ananias that the persecutor was pray-Ing would have been sufficient cncouragemen but we are so slow to expectwonders from Him whose name is

Wonderful Saul is not only chosen tobear the name of Christ but also tosuffer for faithfulness to Christ sadsuffering for Ills sake are inseparablyconnected in this present evil agewhile the whole world lleth in theWicked one Gal i 4 I John v 10 ILIV See also John xv18 10 xvl 33

Phil I 20 II Tim 11 12 ill 12 but beencouraged by Rom vlll 18 I Cor x13r

1720 Receive thy tight and be filledWith the Holy Ghost

Thus said Ananias to Saul as havingfound him Just whero the Lord saidAbe would ho put his hands upon him

told of tho Lordsvcommlsslon Horeceived sight both spir-

itual confessed Christ In baptism tookfood for tho body and was strengthened and immediately preached in thesynagogues that Jesus of Nazareth isthe Christ the Son of God Old thingsare passed away nil things are becomenew the Spirit has clothed Himselfwith Saul Judg vi 34 R V marginand now henceforth he docs but onothing knows but ono Master anti for

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OUR COLORED CITIZENS

The wife of J H Gough was veryill last week but Is much better now

Tho wHo of Robert Williams yetconfined to her bed

Trustee Wm Killebrew was illseveral days last week but is outagainL

McCreary who has just completed her school at Dalton stoppedover enroute to her homo ColumbiaTenn tho guest of the wife of liarrison Amos-

Wm McGary has a now housea now baby and a new horse

C Nurce and Jas Dunlap spentEaster in Princeton lad They re ¬

port a pleasant snowy time

Among the Churches

Next Sunday is rally day ThepastorRev S P Tandy and mem ¬

bers of C M E church will makean effort to lift a collection for thecompletion of their church Theyhave done well and there is but asmall membership and they shouldbe encouraged

The Easter exercises at A M EZ church were well attended Col ¬

lection 1140 for the day Easter of¬

bring 9 Roxie Watson won firstprize for raising most money by so ¬

liciting and Lizzie Gough second

prizeApreacher said if the Earlington

people will give half of the moneythey spent at Madisonvillo everypay day and at the theatre it wouldput all the churches in splendid or¬

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JOE TPalmerPaducah Ky

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der I offer an to thestatement Tho money spent forwhiskey nnd tobacco whichsoul and body would build hand ¬

some stone churches and furnishtnem with the best furniture heatthem with steam and light themwith and tho moneyspent for dead birds silks ¬

ery laces and braids worn by Chris ¬

tian women would build handsomebrick school houses furnish themwith all the moderate anda good sum left Aro you ready forthe

Christ came to Howould find good churches tho mem-bers

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well dressed splendid musicbut few if any real conversions and

seekersHofind tho prayer meeting

scats vacant and it therebe any amusement in town

He would find manybut low possessors of true religion

He would find much being done tocomfort the body but little for thesoul

Ho would find great plans to dig ¬

nify this short life but few plans todignify the life to come

We hope Ho will not come on op-

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With deep regret we receive thesad that God in His infinite mercy and allwisohas removed from our midst by thehand of death the belovedfather of our classmate and friendArthur Hargrove of Ky

This sadhas cast a gloomy shadow over hisbright and useful life we tho mem-bers

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of his class deplore hisloss

It not only affects hisclass but the ns well ¬

be it-

Resolved That we theof his class and the literaryof which ho is a member extend tohim our heartfelt and roc¬

ommend him to the One who doothall things well Be it further

Resolved That n copy of theseresolutions be sent to the bereavedfamily and also to the Bee

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Total Tons of Coal Produced in 1901 T 875188 Tons =

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The word grace has two ricnnlngg Inthe Scriptures First the free null un ¬

merited favor by which God faYU9fly grace are yu saved

and that riot of yourselves it Is tintgift of God Second grace refers to

the blessings of the Spirit InwroughtIn the heart and manifested life ofthe believer The word as used 111 thotopical reference has the latter meanIng To grow In grace menus to growIn the graces which under the blessingof the Spirit come to mate the Chris ¬ I

tian character nil that It ought to beThe duty of Christian growth Is fre¬

quently emphasized in the ScriptureChrist had much to soy about growthand advancement in the Christian lifePaul eloquently pleaded for it nailhero Peter joins his exhortation withthose of tho Master and the great apos ¬

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tie to the gentiles Grow In grace IH

his command in his second epistle andthat grace be multiplied to hisreaders was his prayer in his firstepistle This constant emphasis of Jgrowth by the great Christian teachers is n proof of its necessity nnd im ¬

portance This fact should be Impress ¬

ed upon us rind wo should strive byjobedi-ence by knowledge and by pray¬

infjtgrneecould reach perfection It a time could

tcome in our lives when grace could J

not be multiplied in us then the com ¬

mand to grow would be without mean ¬

to us But such a realization IB

ImpossIble in this life at least in the i

view of the great apostles Paul serv-ed

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God with peculiar devotion andzeal for threescore years nnd yet heknew nothing about the modern doc ¬

trine of perfectionism Perfection isimpossible this side eternity nUll there ¬ x

fore growth in grace is an imperativenecessity until the end of timetGrowth in grace isagainst the lack of steadfastness Be¬

ware says the apostle lest ye alsobeing led away with the wicked fall i

from your own steadfastness But that iyou may not fall grow In grace lGrowth Is absolutely necessary toisteadf-astness We cannot standin the Christian life and sUIIlJWe will grow or decline in gracethat we may not decline but may besteadfast and immovable we shouldconstantly advance In grace and inservice till we come in the unity ofthe faith and of tho knowledge of theSon of God unto a perfect man untothe measure of the stature of ChristThis is the goal toward which westrive All the means of grace are forsthe perfecting of the saints whichwork goes on until tho end of lifewhen the souls of believers arc madeperfect in holiness and do immediatelypass into glory

BIDLE READINGS

Ps i 10 HI 70 Jer ill 1 2 lIesI xlv 57 Mal iv 1 2 Matt xlll 1 0

Mark Iv 2029 Luke 1 80 Eph ii 1020 Phil ill 1214 II Them i 3

PenceThou wilt keep him In perfect peace

whose mind is stayed on Thee Isaxxvl 3-

Looking down from a height on abroad river that is so peaceful it rellccts all the boats floating upon itssurface and tho overhanging foliagelike a mirror the thought comeswhata beautiful illustration it is of the hu ¬

man heart The stream Is calm nowbut is quickly ruffled by a passingbreeze even growing into wlld billowsthat dangerously toss every vessel thatsails upon it When the heart is notstayed on God it is swayed by passingbreezes that blow from every quarterin this world where public opinionrules with such power and like thewinds blowing over a river hearts Ilike skiffs are blown hither and thith ¬

er But when the mind is stayed onGod then not only peace but perfectpeace is promised What great re ¬ iawards our Lord gives for our faith inHim Surely they nre from Hisriches in glory

To remain peaceful amid trials ofevery kind knowing by heart that theLord Overrules and that He is waitingto reveal hidden blessings while wewait before Him is the Joy in peace Ifjust as tho fruit is held within theblobsom Our Father never bestows a p

lonely blessing It is blessing withinblessing always Presbyterian Banner

lie Reconciled to GodThe shame and curse of the world is

= that it is alienated from God Thatalienation Is the curse of human degra¬

dation and misery and a supreme dutyand a high and peculiar privilege of the

= followers of Christ are to beseech menin Christs stead to be reconciled to a

God In all ages the path to thatreconciliation has led through the gateof repentance It has been the resultof being born again by tie spirit ofGod which has made an Inimical hu¬

man soul a lover of God and the serfant of Christ Christian IntelligencerBaptist

A null ot Life iTo work fearlessly to follow earnest ¬

ly after truth to rest with u childlike a

confidence in Gods guidance to leaveones lot willingly and heartily to Himthis is my sermon to myself If wecould live more within sight of heavenwo should care less for the turmoil o-

fartliLetters of John RichardGreen

Give Him tIe nest PartWould our friends love us very much

if we only went to them when woa were sad They want us most when

we arc Joyous and so docs Jesus Letus give Him then the best part of ownatures and we will be rewardedPresbyterian Journal

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