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LESSON I V. -OCT. 24, 1909.
Paul Before Festus and Agrippa.-
ects 26: 1942.
ss
11 Commentary, -I, Paul before Fes -
ns
(vs. 6-12). After Festus ,became gov-
eruor the Jews again. sought to have
Paul taken to Jerusalem for trial, for
'there they had more power over the.
courts, or could secretly assassinate their
enemy." Their charges against him
were doubtless the same . there that Ter-
tellus brought against him in our last
lesson, Paul saw that the only safe way
for him was to appeal to Caesar, and
have his case tried at Rome. Festus at
once granted the appeal. But the gov-
ernor was in doubt regarding his prison-
er, Paul had appealed to Caesar and
must be sent to Rome, and yet there
is no well defined charge against him.
Festus accordingly assembled his court
and, invited King Agrippa and Queen
Bernice to lister, to Paul's defence and
assist in framing a charge, ."for," said
Festus, "it seemeth to me unreasonable
to send a prisoner, and not withal to
signify the, crime laid against him."
II. Paul's address before Festus and
Agrippa (vs. 1-23). Paul the prisoner,
was standing in the midst of all the
pomp and splendor of Oriental royalty.
As :soon as Paul was told that he was
permitted to speak for himself, he at
once began his address "with his usual
polished courtesy." For the third time
in the Acts we have the story of the
apostle's conversion. "The charge
against Paul and to which he replies is
this: He has infringed on that Roman
law which requires on painof death that
every man shall adhere to his own na-
tionaI religion. To show himself not guil-
ty of this charge, Paul maintains that
his is' in fact the true Judaism. He first
shows how strict a Jew he originally was
and how he persecuted the followers of
Jesus (vs. 4-11); next, how he was con-
verted and commissioned by the audible
voice from above (vs. 12-21), and third,
that all this is embraced in the prophets
and in Moses (vs. 22-29)." 19.•Agrippa-
"Herod Agrippa II. was king of the
country east of the upper Jordan and
the Sea of Galilee. He had a palace at
Jerusalem, and was professedly a Jaw,
and was versed in Jewish customs. He
was the son of the Herod Agrippa who
slew James and imprisoned Peter. After
the destruction of Jerusalem, A. D. 70,
he was dethroned, but permitted to re-
tain his wealth, and lived at Rome un-
til A. D., 100, He was immoral in life,
but not unjust in his rule, and has been
considered the best in the Herodian
roily," Not disobedient -From first to
" in Paul's career we find him ready
bey. Heavenly vision -The vision
ich appeared to me from heaven.
;0. First unto .... Damascus -He be-
-an to preach at Damascus immediately
(Acts 9: 20-22), but soon went to Asa-
• bia. From Arabia he returned again to
`Damascus (Gal. 1: 17, 18) where the
Jews sought to take his life. Paul es-
caped by night, being let down by the
wall in a basket (Acts 9: 23-25.) At
Jerusalem, etc. --He specifies, as his
four -fold field of labor, first, the two
cities of Damascus and Jerusalem, then
the whole region of Judea, and, lastly,
the heathen world. -Lange. Should re-
pent -He had sought to 'win men back
to God, to reveal Christ and his com-
plete work for man's redemption, that
they might repent, and turn to God. The
doctrine of repentance was frequently
preached by the apostles. It includes
both contrition and reformation. The
truly repentant one is heartily sorry for
his sins, so sorry that he turns away
from sin forever, and, if possible would
undo all he leas sinfully done. Confes-
sions are made, wrongs are righted, and
the soul, loathing itself, cries to Godfor
mercy. 21. For these causes -Because
he had obeyed God according to his dis-
tinct revelation, in a manner displeasing
of the Jews, they had sought to hill
him. In the temple -Paul was worship-
ping in the temple when the Jews seiz-
ed him.
QC, I continue -It was not by any
power of his own he had been preserr-
ed; but it was because God had inter-
posed and rescued him. Witnessing--
Bearing testimony, as he had been crn.-
minded. Small -To those in humble
life. to the poor, the ignorant, and the
obscure. Great -The rich and noble; to
knigs, and princes, and governors. He
had thus stood on Mars' hill at Athens;
he had borne testimony before the wise
men of Greece: hn had declared the
same gospel before Felix and Festus, and
now before Agrippa, Sayingepone other
things --"He adds the supreme fact that
all he taught was in exact agreement
with Moses and the prophets. This fact,
utterly overthrew all the charges of his
aceusers, and convicted them of reject-
ing the law and the prophets, which was
the crime alleged against himself." 23.
Should suffer -Many of the Jews over-
looked or denied the suffering character
of the Messiah, and stumbled fatally at
the gospel because it required th@m to
accept a crucified Redeemer. -Hackett.
The first, etc. -See R. V. "Christ was
not the first to be raised from the dead,
but the first who by his resurrection
gas'e the promise"bf eternal life." Paul
always attaches great importance to the
resurrection. Show light -True light
shines only through the risen Christ.
II. Persecution. "The Jews..went
about to kill me" (v. 21). Obedience to
the vision will bring persecution. There
are thirty-six references to persecution
in Acts. Because Paul showed Tows and
Gentiles that they were sinners, and
needed salvation, the Te -vas seized him
and attempted to kill him (vs. 20. 21).
With his commission came the know-
ledge that he must suffer „(Acts 9. 16).
Read the list of his persecutions (2 Cor.
11. 23-33): The world has not changed,
The eutrages in Armenia, the oppress
Mons in Russia, the persecutions of
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III. Testimony, "I continue -witness-
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words are conspicuous in the great com-
mission, 'preach' and 'witness.' To
preach is to proclaim as a herald; to
witness is to testify £rd^m personal know-
ledge. The two widely and essentially
differ, yet complement each other."
Jesus said to Paul, ':I have appeared un-
to, thee for this purpose, to make thee..
a 'witness" (v. 18). "Thou shalt be his
witness" (Acts 22. 15). Neither fear
of the rich nor contempt of the- poor
should weaken our testimony. The three
prominent truths Paul taught are as un-
popular to -day among certain profes-
sors as to the Jews who sought to kill
Paul. The first gives offense, the second
is denied, the third causes envy. Paul
was a witness of, 1. Christ's blood.
"Christ should suffer" (v. 23). The cen-
tral truth of Christianity is Christ cru-
cified,
2. Christ's resurrection. "Christ....
should rise" (v. 23). The doctrine of
the resurrection of the body is ,funda-
mental.
3. Christ's impartiality. "Christ .
should show light unto the Gentiles" (v.
23). There are professed followers of
our Lord who do not care for the salva-
tion of those in the slums. The worldly,
wealthy trustees of a certain church put
a stop to a revival because those who
were being converted and admitted had
been drunkards.
V. Paul declared innocent (vs. 30-32).
At the conclusion of the speech the
king's sympathy was evidently with the
prisoner, but Paul had put it out of
the power of Festus to release him bee
cause he had appealed to Caesar. The
apostle's case was to be transferred
from a provincial to the imperial court.
Thus was to be fulfilled the Lord's as-
suranee, "Thou must testify of me in
Rome."
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Faithful Preaching.
I. Obedience. "I was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision" (v,'19). Paul
was true to his commission. He was
obedient to the vj ion. As A. J. Gordon
suggested, This risme obeyed the heaven-
ly vision. He at elute entered upon ser-
vices only a er„lied will would have
accepted. In tiedomestic circle lie sup
planted the nt:gyims of selfishness by
the law of Christ.; in politics, mediated
between poverty and wealth; in phil-
anthropy, .put itis .shoulder under the
workingman's yoke, pleaded the cause
of the slave and, again and again un-
Iocked the bondsman's fetters; in so-
ciety bore testimony against luxurious
living; in the church, warned self-in-
aulgent Christians against pride of
apparel and pride of position, telling
them with tears they were enemies of
the cross; in trials and hardships,
'wrought consta4tly, enjoying continued
communion with God. The true vision
is not given to be gazed at in wonder,
or enjoyed as a' rapture; it is to be
wrought out in the life. The Spirit of"
God illumining the word of God is a
heavenly vision. The- Christian has
visions of what ,it means to, 1. Be pure
even as Ile (1 John 3: 2, 3). 2. Be holy
even as He (1 Pet. 1: 15). 3. Be right-
eous even as Tie (1 John 3: 7). 4. Obey
even as He (John 15: 10). 5. Love even
as He (John 13: 34; 15: 12). 6. Walk
even as. He (1 John 2i 6). 7. Live in
this world even as He (1 John 4: 17).
8. Overcome even as He (Rev. 3: 21).
And as the;• go olt in obedience all
these words will become, as one says
of Spirit illumined scripture, "bright
with gracious memories and eloquent
with spiritual associations."
TIT. An interruption by Festus (v.24).
24. loud voice --Tire loud voice was the
result of his great surprise at the apost-
le's doctrine which Festus may have
been ,hearing for the first time Beside
thyself-Festus considered him a vision-
ary enthusiast, unbalanced in his mind,
Much learning• -"Many writings" had
turned his brain, the idea being suggest-
ted by Paul's many allusions to Moses
and the prophets. -Butler. "The tend-
ency of long -continued and intense ment-
al application to produce mental de.-
rangement is everywhere known," Paul
was an educated man of a high order.
IV. Paul's reply to Festus (vs. 25.29).
25. I am not mad -Either Paul of Fest-
us was beside himself. They had lived
in different worlds, and one or the other
was wrong. If Festus was sane, Paul
was mad; if Paul was sane, Festus was
mad.---Peloubet. "Which is the mad-
man -The Christian who believes in it,
hereafter and lives for it, or the non-
Christian who lives and dies as if there
were none?" "The isno madness so
great; no delirium so awful, as to neg-
lect the eternal interests of the soul for
the sake of the poor pleasures and hon-
ors which this life can give." ''The
worldly -minded .man misrepresents Chris-
tians by regarding (1) their child -like
faith as narrowness of mind; (2) then:
devout Iife as religious melancholy; (3)
their joyful hope as fanaticism." -Hurl
but, 26, 27. the king knoweth- "Ag-
rippa was a Jew and no doubt was ae-
quaiirted with the history of the life and
works of Jesus, of his death and resur-
rection, of the events that occurred on
the Day of Pentecost, and the preaching
of the gospel since Jesus had been cruci-
fied." a corner -There was a wide
knowledge of the facts connected with
the life, death and resurrection of Christ.
28. almost, etc, -See 11. V. There are
two widely different opinions as to the
meaning of this verse. The first is that
Agrippa's heart was touched and that,
according to the Authorized Version, he
declared with all seriousness that he
was almost persuaded to become a Chris-
tian. The other view is that the words
were spoken, sarcastically, according to
the Revised Version, and that he was.
not in the least influenced by Paul's,
words toward Christianity, Nearly all
recent commentators accept the latter
view, 20. would to God -Paul's answer
is sublime. He is so thoroughly satis-
fied with the salvation he has experienc-
ed that he does not hesitate to heartily
commend it to all his royal hearers. ex-
cept these bonds -What a gentle reproof
to these rulers who were keeping him in
chains! What a delicate appeal to them
for liberty!
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TORONTO MARKETS.
FARMERS' MARKET.
The receipts of grain to -day were a
little larger. One hundred bushels of
cel eal wheat sold at 1$1.04 per bushel. -
Barley is unchanged at (10 to 61c for 200
bushels, ,Oats steady, 300 bushels selling
tit 42 to 43e..
Hay in more liberalsupply, with prices
unchanged, About 30 loads -sold at••$16
to $20 a ton for timothy and at $8 to
$10 for clover. Straw nominal at $15.50
to $10 a ton,
Dressed hogs are unchanged, with
*prices ruling at $10.75 to $11.25.
Wheat, white, new .. ..$ 1 02 $ 1 04
Do., red, new .. , . .. 1 00 1 02'
Do., goose , . .... .. 0 96 0 98
Oats, new, bush .. .. .. 0 42 0 43
Barley, bush .. .... 0 60 0 61
Rye, bush .. .. .. ... 0 68 0 70
Bay, timothy, ton .. 16 00 20 00
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Stray, per torr ........15 50 16 00
SeedsDo., clover•, ton 00 10 00
Aisike, fancy, bush .. 0 75 7 00
Do., No. 1 . , .. .. 0 50 6 75
Do., No. 2 .. ...... 5 7 5 6 00'
Do., 'No. .. 5 00 5 25
Red clover, bush .. .-. 7 50 8 00
Timothy .. .. .. I 40 1 60
Dressed hogs .. .. , , 10 75 11 25
Butter, dairy . .. . . 0 24 0" 30
Do., inferior .. «. .. 0 20' 0 22
Eggs, dozen .. .. ,. (P 28 0 32
'Chickens, lb .. .. -_ .... 0 13 0 14
Ducks, lb .. .. ...... , 0 13 0 15
Turkeys, lb .. , . .. -. , . 0 20 0 22
Geese, lb . . , ... .. .. 0 11 0 12
Fowl, lb .. .... 0' 10 0' 11
Apples, bbl .. .. , . .. .. 1 25 2 50
Potatoes, load, bag .. 0 60 0 70
Celery, dozen .. .. .. .. 0 30 0 35
Onions, bag .. .. .... .. 1 40 1 50
Cauliflower, dozen . - - . 0 75 1 25
Cabbage, dozen .. .. ... 0 60 0 75
Beef. hindquarters ,: ... 10 00 10 50
Do., forequarters .. ... 5 00 6 00
Do., choice, carcase ., 8 00 8 75
Do., medium, carcase .. 7 00 8 00
Mutton, per cwt .. . .. 8 00 9 50
Veal, prime, per cwt .. .. 8 00 10 50
Lamb, per ewt.. .. .... 9 00 10 00
LIVE STOCK.
The railways reported 94 carloads of
live stock at the City Yards, consisting
of 1396 cattle, 2155 hogs, 2484 sheep and
lambs and 156 calves.
The quality of Ontario cattle received
at these yards was common to medium,
but there were 15 carloads of the north-
west cattle, amongst which were some of
the best cattle of this class seen on the
market for several weeks. Trade was fair
at about steady prices for the quality
offered. The market at the close was re-
ported to be nearly all cleaned up, ex-
cepting the northwesters. '
Butchers. -George Rowntree bought
270 cattle for the Harris Abattoir Com-
pany, as follows: Butchers' steers and
heifers, at $4 to $4.70; cows, $1.50 to
$4.45; bulls, $2.35 to $3.50; feeding
steers at $4.10 to $4.50.
Exporters, -None on sale, excepting a
very few bulls, which sold at from $4
to $4.50 per cwt.
Fedders and Stockers. -Mr. Murby re-
ports the following prices: Best steers,
900 to 1050 lbs. each, at $4 to $4.50;
best steers, 800 to 900 lbs. each ,at $3.-
50 to $3.85; good stockers, 500 to 700
lbs. each, at $2.75 to $3.25; common
stockers, $2 to $2.25.
Milkers and Springers. -Receipts of
milkers and springers were not large.
James Armstrong & Son bought 20, for
which they paid from $35 to $55.
Sheep and Lambs. -The run of sheep
and lambs was large and prices were
easier, as follows: Ewes, sold at $3.50
to $3.85, or an average price of $3.75;
earns, $2.50 to $2.75; lambs, $5 to $5.60
per cwt:, or an average of $5.40 per
cwt.
Veal Calves. -Market steady for veal
calves at $3.50 to $6.50 per cwt.
Hogs. -Wm. Harris reports prices of
selects at $7,75, fed and' watered, and
$7.50 f.o.b. cars at country points. Mr.
Harris reports too many good -framed,
'„atroug hogs, weighing from 170 to• 186.
lbs., that are not more than half tet.
OTHER MARKETS
MONTREAL LIVE, STOCK..
Montreal. -About 1,3501 head of but-
chers' cattle, 35 milch caws and springs
ers, 225 calves, 550 sheep, and lambs, and
1,110 fat hogs were offeeed far sale at
the East Lend Abattoir to•d+ay... Th,sre
were quite a number of 'superior North-
west cattle on the market, which sold
at frogs� 4 1-2 to 5 1.4e per kb.; pretty
good ar'1'limals sold at front 3 1-4 to 4 1-4e;
common shock, 2 to 3c per Iles; mall
bulls sok/ at about 2e per lb.; lean old .
cows at 11.4 to 1 3-•4c pee lb.; mach
cows sold at $30 to $60 each. Grass-fed
calves, 21-2 to 4 1-2c per lb,; good verde,
5 to Go per lb. Good lots of fat hogs
solid at 6 3-4 to 9c per ib.
CHEESE .MAR.KETS.
Madoc.-There were 565 bo5res of
cheese. boarded; 1.1 1-16 bid; no sales.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS.
Londod.-London cables for cattle are.
lower, at 12 to 13 3.4e per lb. for Cana-
dian steers, dressed weight; refrigerator
beef is quoted at 11 1-4 to 11 1.2e per ib.
WINNIPEG OPTIONS.
Winnipeg. -Grain options were as fol-
lows:
Wheat- Open.
NO . 99ees
iv"ow.. . , , .. ... 98s
Dec. ... .. 90s
May ... 1.00ys
00t_ ... .. 35ees
Oats
Nov, , .. .. .
-Deo, ... ..•
May
Open,
, .. 343ty
84s
, , , 30e$
MOON
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90%
1.0036h
34fib
Close,
34%4
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