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THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL 20.
Subject: Pet or and Cornelius Acts x., 34
4S Golden Text: Acta x.f 34 Memory
Verges 43-44 Commentary on v tlie
Iay's Xessoa.
34. "Opened his mouth." This suggests
a regular discourse, as distinguished from
a simple conversation. . See Matt. 5: 2.
"I perceive." What had always been true,
though through Jewish prejudice he had
never before realized it. "That God."
''.Who knoweth the hearts of men, and con
cerning whose decision there can be no dis
cussion., "No respecter of persons." That
is, He shows no., favor to one above an
other on account of his outward condition
of rank, wealth, poverty, nationality, race,
color, education. His only test is what a
person really is in moral character. All
must be saved in the same way, on the
same, conditions, subject to the Same pen
alties if they refuse, and open to the same
blessings if they repent and believe. Pre
vious to his vision (vs. 9-16), Peter had be
lieved no one could be saved but they of
the circumcision Jews and proselytes.
Contrary to hisormer opinion he now ad
mits there is no favoritism with God. He
does, not .esteem a Jew -because he is a
Jew, nor detest a Gentile because he is a
Gentile. God has respect only for charac
ter and state; National and ecclesiastical
distinctions are of no account.
35: "In every nation." Jew or Gentile.
"That feareth Him." Not a slavish, or
selfish, but a filial fear. Job. 28: 28; Prov.
9: 10; Psa. 2: 11; Eccl. 12: 13; Mai. 4: 2.
"Worked righteousness," Abstains from all
evil and doe3 gopd. These two particulars
include man's dutv to God. and to his fel
low-man. He keeps all the law. Cornelius r
was accepted because he measured up to
the light given him.. He watched, fasted,
prayed and gave alms. He evidenced his
sincerity .by accepting Christ as soon as
He was preached. "Is 'accepted." He was
not accepted because of hi3 good deeds,
'but baeause he had an honest heart, and
that led him to perform good deeds.
. 36. "The word." The message of the
gospei. , ihe record of the work of Jesus
of Nazareth. "Unto Israel." .. . The 1 de
scendants of Jacob, the chosen people of
God. To them it was first preached, and
through them salvation came to the race.
John 4: 22; Ptom. 1: 18. "Preaching
peace." Preaching the good tidings of sal
vation. This included the whole of gospel
trulh. 1. Peace With God. 2. Peace
with' men. 3. Peace of conscience. 4.
Peace filling the soul. Kom. 14: 17. "By
Jesus Christ." He is the author, giver and
medium of peace. Luke 2: 14: John 14:
27; Eph. 2: 14; Col. 1: 20. "Lord of all."
Peter here announces Christ's "universal
lordship" over everv man in everv nation.
37. "That word ye know." They were
not unacquainted with this message of
peace. It had been proclaimed through
out all Judea and s Galilee, from the time
John began to preach. Luke 4: 14, 37,
44; 9: C; 23: 5. They in Caesarea had
heard of its being preached to Israel by
the preaching of Philip the evangelist.
Acts 3: 40.
38. "Anointed Jesus, of Nazareth." This
inaugurated Him into HLs office as the
Apostle and High Priest of the Christian
profession. Heb. 1: 9; 3: 1. Accoi'ding to
the prophets the Messiah was to work
miracles a proof of His Messiahship.
"Holy Ghost and with power." This pro
claimed Him to he the Christ (Luke 4: 18-
21), and invested Him with the insignia of
His Messianic onice. When the Holy
r Ghost is mentioned a -vyord is generally
u added to emphasize Ius adaptation to the
m I S9. "We are witnesses." Because Peter
- and the other apostles had been with
! Jesus from the beginning of His ministe
I rial We. kuke 24: 48. They were not ob
! jects of superstitious reverence, but sim
I ply ; v.-itnesses to the great historical facts
j on which the gospel is founded. . "Land
I of the Jews." ..The countries df Judea,
; Galilee and Perca.
peated predictions of the prophets and of
Christ Himself. The resiijrection of
Christ W3S thn seal of His Messinhship.
4 Showed Him." See R. V. The evidences
of th resurrection of Christ are indisputa
ble. By many proofs it was made clear to
those who saw Ilim that it was the same
body, even though now -glorified, which
had been wounded on the cross.
41. "Witnesses chosen." Those selected
for the purpose. I Cor. 15: 4-8. Had He
shown Himself to all the peop'e He might
have had a second rejection. We have
110 evidence that Jesus showed Himself
after His resurrection to any but His per-,
sonal followers. "Did cat," etc. See
Xulce 24: 42 43.
42. """Commanded." He shows Corne
lius his commission from Christ. Matt.
28: 19. "Preach testify." They were not
onlv to exbound the truth' concerning
1 these fundamental facts, but also to. btar
witness to what mey naa seen, nearu aim
experienced. 1 John 1: 1-3; 2 Peter 1: 16
iS.? Gold's true ministers both teach and
testifv. "Judge of quick and dead.'- Of
j the living and dead.. By this we are to im
. derstand that Christ would judge all who
j had lived, or were thcii living, or who
; would live. '
i 43. "To Him," etc. Not any particuair
i prophet, but all directly or indirectly bore
j testimony to Christ as 'the Saviour 01 all
I. men, 3'a. 9: G; 53; Z;J5: Jer. 31: 34; Dan.
1 9: 11; -Nl'cah 7: IS; Zf;ch: 13: ll: -"Kemis-
sion of sins" The'takin j away noc only
; the guiit, but also the powsr, nature and
consequences of sin. ' This is man's great--i
est need. . r, . '
I 44. "The Holy G host f all Tlicy. . were
endowed 'with - miraculous powers, andeaj
! able to spsak in languages which they had
! never learned. Corny are ebap. 11: , 15 ; with.
2: 1-53. At this tins -their hearts were pu-
V) A?here I'eter
e
ism
! to-oay. -. ' ' J- . : .
! 43.- "They of tlie . circnincision-.' lie
I src Jews who had accompanied Beter from
! Joppa. "Were astonished' Were
amazed that Uentiies snouia oe aamitieu
to the same faror as themselves. ; -4S.
'"Masnify God." Praise and, g.omy
47. "Forbid water. " etc. Though the"
gift of the Spirit had been made so appar
ent, vet St. Peter cid not oaiit the 'Out
ward sign.' V - - - -' ., - ' . v- .- -
4S. "Cbinmanded." It geern.' tnat Peter
did net perform the baptism himself, but
nave directions that the; Christians who
had. come with him from Joppa? should at
tend to it. It nvas not the practice oi the
apo?ties themselves to baptize very ex
tensive. "Prayed tbcm him' They en
treated , ter. riV tavry. No dcubt he
remained ts rrore fnlly indoctrinate them
in thejnew faith, and to show them that, he
was ready to act according to tho teaching?
givpu him in the vidian (vs. G: 16), and cat
wiih Ccntile3. - ---- . "";
-rifip.rVbv faith: see chap. L:
- iuinself'says' distinctly that sueli was th
: T'n.i v-hi'w h needs tiie same oaoi
Suspend Objects in flidair. I
v Here is a very surprising trick and
ft is calculated to create much aston
ishment. Before the company assem
bles place ; a fine black , silk "thread
from one side of the room to the other;
about; six 'feet from the floor. Do; not
have too much light First wave a
handkerchief through the air and drop
it gently on the line, continuing to
make mysterious passes Borrow a
fan and fan the kandkerchiet until it
falls to the ground. You next suspend
a light cane in the same manner. After
performing the last trick be sure to
break the thread; so that tiie corn
pan? will not detect your hidden
power. ' , ';:
Not So Unfortunate. !
No harm was done, it is reporte.".
to the submarine boat Fulton by ; its
accidental trip to the bottom, but the
incident is unfortunate, because ottbe
undue importance . which will bq J at
tached to it by people who know little
more about such craft than that their
history hitherto ha3 been composed
chiefly of fatalities. Yet what happen
3d to the Fulton might have happened
to any boat of her size and material,
ven though it was not intended; for
under-water navigation. Instead of il
lustrating the peril to which the Ful
ton's passengers will be subjected, it
simply showed that the Fulton, when
filled with water in circumstances
which could not occur with her train
ed crew on board, will go to the I bot
tom and stay there. An ordinary tor
pedo boat would have done the same
thing, and nothing was proved' ex- J
cept that the Fulton vill not float
when full of water, a fact which (was
perfectly well known before. 1 re
mains true, however, that submarine
navigation is dangerous business at
best, and that the object of the invent
ors is to minimize the danger, there
being little chance of removing it alto-
IIU Phonfetlo rjnderstnndlntr.
"The gravity which is supposed to
attend all . court proceedings was seri
ously disturbed in a New York court
room one day last week," said a young
lawyer who had just returned from a
business trip to that city. "I was pres
ent at the trial of a case before one
of the municipal judges av cas?e in
which I was interested because it had
to do with automobiles. , One of the
witnesses was a German, and gave his
testimony through an interpreter. In
the course of the examination he said
he had driven an automobile to "Cedar
hurst. . -
'What's that?' asked the judge.
" 'To Cedarhurst replied the in
tepreter. 1
"His honor looked puzzled.
"'What did he want to see the
hearse for?' he asked." i
Grizzly cubs born in captivity: are
almost impossible to raise. Of twenty
three born A at Cincinnati, only one
lived. . - i. ,
Caljinet Ministers hi Mexico receive
,000 a year. ;
NEW-RiVAL:: FAGTQpY
$15
improve the appearance of . jw4
Oall women, stout or slim, tall, short, or -i mkJ I
i 5medium. Ask your dealer about them. wnj fof
CO., WORCESTER,
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THE ONLY D U RA B
Ml
yohir h'Bib kV Ar. uii
. ' A Gcosraplilral "Soreltj.
i The point where Utah, Coldrado, Art
zona and New Mexico touch each othei
Is called the four corners. This fact If -not
a strange one, but when we come
to find . that is the only place where
four states or territories point, we find
that this spot is in some-ways a unique
one. Not Only is tlis the only place in
the United" States where sucha Juno
tion occars.but it is the only one of Its
kind In the -world. This statement
seems a broad one, but a short study ot
the maps of an atlas will show that it
Is correct, and, more than that, that at
no other place in the United States do
more than two state corners touch caclj.
other. '
- 4. .ere Opinicn
ft's a good rule that works vnur
way all the time. r o. -'
A good woman's children rise up
and call her blessed after they are
married off and can't get fjack home
more than once every four or five
years. - ''..-
The way of the transgressor may be
hard," but that of bis victim is gener
ally a little wcn;c. ;
Some of the people who talk so
much are merely trying to keep , the
world from finding out that they have
little to say. Philadelphia Record.
There are 6139 establishments in the
United States wi th 46,047 acres v where
flowers and ornamental plants are culti
vated. ' ,
Berlin has. 63 public monuments and
is making ready io-r some more.
That Is the best part of beauty which
a picture cannot express. Bacon. .
' I first used Aycrrs Sarsaparilla
in the fall of Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood - purify in g and nerve
strenptheninp medicine."
S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans.
r 1 . . . -i
If you feel ran down,
are easily tired, j if your
nerves are weak and your
blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old stand
ard family medicine ,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It's a regular nerve
lifter,
builder.
perfect. Blood
$!JS0lente. AI! tfrufiiits.
Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. He knows all about this grand
old I amilygnedieine. FoUow his advice and
wiriU be satisfied. I
J. C. ATKS Co., Lowell, Mass.
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