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t3NTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. VIII
MAY 24, 1003
Pant adore Agrtppa.--Ae(s 2G 19.29.
Commentary -Connecting links. ' Af-
ter Paul had lain in prison two
years, Felix wee removed ou account
of grave complaints of hie coduct,
$$net PorC!uy Feetuts was appointed
In 1214 stead. b'estue was a mu('it twi-
ts:* man than Felix." Atter Festu6
became Governor the Jews tagniu
&Ought to have Paul tukeat to Jeru-
salem for trial, for there they fold
more power over the courts, or
eeuld secretly aesttsritlate their
enemy. Paul sow that the only safe
way for him was to appeal to Cue-
llar, and have Ills case tried at Rome.
Seattle at once granted the up-
lift!.
I. Paul's addretel before Festua and
Agrippa. -vs. 1-28. Paul the Os-
onee, was standing 1n the midst o1
ail the pomp and splendor of orien-
ts royalty. As aeon as Paul nus
tOld that he was permitted to speak
for himself, he at once began his
address "with his usual polished
o0arteey." Fur the third time in the
Acta we have the story of Pail's
oonversfon.
19. Agrtppa-"Herod Agrippa Il.
Was king of Oro country oast of the
upper 'Jordan and the Sea of Gali-
lee, Ile had a palace at Jerusalem,
and wan professedly a Jew, and was
versed in Jewish customs. IIo was
the sou of tlto Herod Agrippa, who
glee* James and ftnprlsoned Peter.
Atter the deetructlou of Jerotatieut,
A. D. 70, lie was dethroned, but per-
mitted to retain his wealth, and
lived at Roma until A. I). 103. Ile
was immoral in life, but nut unjust
In his role, and has been considered
the hest to the Herotitun family."
Not disobedient -This Is one of the
grind points of instruction nal per-
sonal application in Paul's %Imola
career.
130. First unto...Damascus-Ila be-
gan to ,r'cavh at Damaea;ua im-
medlatel) (-Acis ix, 20-221, but soon
went to Arabia, From ;Indira he re-
turned again to ilamaseu8 (Gni. i,
3,7,J8; whore the haul sough': to
t j)w hie life. 7':utl escaped by night,
Ing let dowtt by the wall in a bas-
ket (Act, ix. "1: -Cb). At Jerusalem,
etc. -Ho specifies, as his fourfold
field df labor, first, the two citis
of Dentateus and Jerusalem, then
the *tole rootlet of Judea, and,
lastly, the ltcatheu world. -Lange.
Should repent -Ho had sought to
Wtn men track to God, to reveal
Christ and hie complete work for
man's redemption, that they (night
repent, and turn to Hod; that,
with a divinely renewed heart and
}versed life, they alight do works
It eeptnb)e to God.
J, 22, for these causes-Bee:Luse
he had obeyed Goll according to hie
pistlnet revelation, in (t manner dis-
pleasing to the Jaws, they had
.dought to kill Idm. In the temple -
Paul was worshipping w tho temple
often the Jews retool hitu. 1 continue --
It was not by any Ironer of his own
lie hart, been preserved; but It was
'because God had interposed and res-
cued him. Witeeeslhg-Ilcating tas-
t mony, as he had been commanded.
I1'all-To those in (tumble life; to
the poor. the Ignorant, mid the ob-
boure, Great -The rich and noble ;
tri kings, and princes, and governors.
rte had thus Omit on Mars' hill at
*these; he had )x:rne testimony be-
fore the wi'o inceNf Orc,oce; be had
declared the shine gospel before
'roux and Fistue, and now before
Agrippa.
23 Should ,suffer --Many of the
Saws overlooked or dented the wilier -
tog character of the Messiah, and
'stumbled fatally at the gospel be.
moot it required them to accept a
creMed Redeemer.
tL I An interruption by Foetus (v•.
24). 24, • Beside thyself --The loud
Brice was the effect of his surprise
and ai(toalehment.-Ilackett, What
Peal had said of a resurrection from
t .dead accomplished in Jesus aft
first fruits of aperson coming
ir4Cl the Jews who should enlighten
not only his own people, but even
the'' hostiles --among the rest, the
pglito and !mutual Greeks 11101 Ito-
Mat)e-anal of the manner in Which
Oita was revealed to 'him --all this
would lead such a half -thinker and
a pagan as Froths to conclude round-
ly that Paul ryas a visionary 9lthus-
latt.-Doddridgo. Much learning -
"Many 'writings' had turned the
brain, the idea bring suggested by
Pabl's ninny nllnsfons to Moses and
Upe prophets. -Butler.
L Paul's reply to Festua (vs, 2,r
29). 26. Ian] not mad -Either Paul
eattFoetus was .beside hinieelf. They
fired In different worlds, and one or
the other tons wrong. If Feetue was
sane, Paul was mad ; If Paul was
sane, Foetus was mad.-Peloubet.
"There Is no madness so great, no
delirium so awful, as to neglect the
eternal interests of the soul for the
sake of the poor pleasures and honors
wbic'h this lite can give."
26, 27. The king knowoth-"Agrlpp:a
was a Jew, II 111i no doubt was ac-
quainted with the (history of the life
and works of Jesus, of His death anti
resurrection, of the events that oc-
mooei on the day of Pentecost, and
the preaching of the Gospel since
Jesus had been crucified-" ,A corner-
ete Wits ft wide knowledge of the
facts connected tvtth the life, death
aril resurrection of Christ. Believest
Agrippa had been instructed In the
Scrlpturcvs and accepted them intel-
lectually.
_t 29, :Almost, etc. -See R. V. There
are two widely different 001110110 ns
to the meaning of this verse, Thr
ilret to that Agrlppa's heart Wes
,.touched and that, according to the
Authorized Version, he declared with
.all et'.rlousnrse that he was atnt,**it
'peetrended to haulms a Christian. The
;otter view Is that the words wren
tspokon ,sarcastically; according to
the Revised Vorriuur, and (lint he was
toot in the least influenced by Paul's
WM•de towards tilt ristlnnity. Nrn rly
etll rrc(ysl commentators accept the
latter view. Would to Ilod-1'xul's an -
ewer Is sublime. lie is so thoroughly
041(14(10! with the salvation he has
expovleueet that he dons not hesitate
to heartily' (ummttnl It to all hie
royn1 lr9ar(rn. Except, rt", ---What a
gatlle teenier to these rulers who
were keeping filum In chains What it
delicate appeal to them for liberty!
11 Lal drclartxl innocent ire 80-
). At the conclusion of the speech
the kleg's Fyn uathy waft evidently
with the prisoner, but foal had put
it out of lieu potter of }Oslo. lu ro
h"n-o hint, because he had apl1 II 91 to
('a 9019,
1'aul was a highly edueoted man,
and was the first one of On np0s-
11e1 of our Lord who ooul(1 be so
called. All the others had been.
chosen from the middle 011144. They'
are mrnt(020341 bt our English Bible
ad "unlearned find ignorant men "
(Acta iv, 13). nese terms cannot
have been u191l as vee now use them,
because persona who could write
as they did could not properly be
called ignorant Wren. They were not
educated in literature and theol-
ogy as religious teachers were ex -
Nutted to be, The Apostle Paul,
however, was educated in both lit-
erature and theology. Tile details
of his life aro too well known to be
montloned here. Above all things he
Wa4 devoted to the Jews' religion,
Ho cnuaai to bo beaten, imprison-
ed and stoned Morse who belonged
to the rising "stet of the Nazar-
eneg." Title ha did with a good con-
science, believing that he "ought to
do many things contrary to the
name of Josue of 31azareth." With a
blank sea reit warrant In its pos-
session for the finding nal arrest
of any who professed the /lame of
Christ, he hhrin'f was arrested,
humbled, and brcug!r1 into the ser-
vice of Jcene,
Agrippa wad a descendant of Her-
od the Great, and was of Jewish
stock, Ifo was evidently thoroughly
educated in the Jews' religion, for
Paul nays ho wait "expert in all
customs end questions which are
among the Jews." 11e was also a
ttomtna.l believer in tae Jew's' relig-
ion; for Paul also 8113-4 of him; "Jlc-
llev'est thou the prophets? 1
know that then bellevost." Yet he
was a lionise at heart.
ColnpaMYl and contra/dol. These
two Wren are now brought together
by the providence of (nod for (120
first and lust time. It carne about,
however, easily anti naturally, King
Agrippa visite Foetus. They talk
over their affairs, and mention is
made of Pa111'1 case, Pestis ought to
have s02t him to Rome before this
time, but could not do SO for want
ob a suitable charge.
Paul's address ie one of the most
remarkable parts of the itible. It is
ono of those spiritual guide -poste
along the highway where one al-
ways stops, looks about hitu, thinks
backward and forward and reckons.
It has many noticeable features, and
alnong them may be mentioned
tilt) following: I. Simplicity. 'There
Is absolutely no attempt 111 rhetor-
ic, learning or oratory. Plaut had
the audience of hie life, tie would
naturally be expected to make the
effort of hie life. On the contrary,
he simply relates his experience,
what he 29(14 and hot% no lived as
a Pharisee, his standing in the Jew-
ish church, what Ino did for that
church and against the Chrietital
neat, the wonderful appearance of
Jesus to him, its effect on Iiim and
the great and Immediate change It
made in hie life, what his nhissims
and work had been 1111 then, and
what he purposed to clo ns long as
!fd tented. It wall hl, tie nut
1 i s as so s
1 ,1
as any pilgrim or saint would relate
hie experience. 2. Directness. He
went directly to the. point. There
urea no haxituucy, no tvn1'0r1ng, 110
wandering. Ile speaks of himself free-
ly, to Feetus personally, to Agrip-
pa appealingly. Itis adders,: goes
straight from his boort to tite heart
of hie hearers. 3. Lone. Paul had suf-
fered much from the Jews. He bad
been beaten, lmpririoned and stoned.
They had In many ways tried to take
(do life. Some of the very 11100 who
had done all this were pre4ent that
day.!Whet/ ho had won ata Jr1dges
and the tide had turned his way, na-
turally he would have been expect-
ed to have accused' ata enemies and
pleaded for himself. Ills lone for the
Noels of 1114 enetnio8, however, rises
far above any personal coesidern,
lions. He' did not even want guilts
men to wear the chain that lie wore
as an innocent man.
Almost. A word o1 fearful import 1
Language falte to describe the ter-
rible failures clustering 1ro,nd this
word. When we 10181* ail opportunity
or fall in an undertaking where
there is little or no chance of suc-
cess,. we aro Indifferent; to do so
when there seems considerable
chance of failure, le bearable : to
bo almost sere of our undertaking
anti then fait at last, is misery and
grief beyond language or Imagina-
tion "Almost, but lost !"
wheat Futures.
George H. Phillips says; Tina for-
eign situation lute been confirmed
11e generally quite poor, and Am-
erica is promised a most excellent
demand for what it can spare, and
to my opinion It will be taken et
goal prices. Seventy cents warts
a low price for wheal; I feel th'nt
100 may deo ae !ow (1 )Il11*3' ((1 ((70
for September wheat, if 111P 01"2-
4etIC prospect of winter wheat is
harvested 11t aur earll date. Still
(1 hl a foot that exporters hove sold
for August -September shipment
millions of basins, and (h' 111000 -
meet of new 12 (1(199 whom to fel
tlwse gales may 001 only pre% pia
low prices, but giv" ns r:, steadily
advancing market during the time
o1 the first movement from the
WWI cr0)11.
1A11011 1 G, }Doman sap: ht the
Test fifteen 3-911)4 4111(1 of ata' most
(92611t101(1:1 advances we hate had
(((11'4' p! September wheat. A big
short Interest i4 thy' first step In
that dtroclLm. Without it a mater-
ial nd(ncae 19 any hditery in out
of the question. That month flag
born sold to a staudstili, and it
YOU DON'T CARE, EH ?
11'01, most folks d0, 0,1111 tills is (1
1
LA
Ceylon UIt1:EY Tet, k making Jamie 'I'e:t take it hat; seal. The people
recognize "Curr" Tru_ x,1;,1 le II:,' ri: fir; Inrn, as HIP 14'19111'11 110 '1,11, -
ADA" black 1911, 1:1 lean parl..ls 1/11 1,%. 21t anti -100 for Ib. By all
grocers, ( -, ,
is roluetltno since tio 411nat'a011 front
a pit standpoint has hero so fav-
orable for a quick npturtt as exists
right now In $:79teotb or wh tat. It
followed the July this week, and it
9vae only natural that it should,
for bull notes of every kind was
brushed aelde while the market was
declining, as 14 0lwuy6 the curie
when pit conditions are the par-
amount factors, The September,
however, will have Ile inning, and I
make the prediction that 1t is not
bar from the bottom now. Judicious
purohn.ees made right here or un-
der 70e and added to conservatively
will bo mord' likely to show gem!
profits and in the very near fu -
time than will short 4111(20,
CRANGE1OF LITE,
Some sensible advice to
women passing through this
ng period.
e painful and annoying symp-
toms experienced by most women
at this period of life aro easily over-
come by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It is espe-
cially designed to Meet the needs
of woman's system at tho trying
time of change of life,
It is no exaggeration to state that
Mrs. Pinkham has over 6000 letters
like the followingproving the great
value of her medicine at such times.
"I wish to thank Mrs. Pinkbam for
what her medicine hoe done for me.
My trouble was change of life. Four
years ago my health began to fail, my
head began to grow dizzy, my eyes
pained me, and at times it seemed as
if my back would fail me, had terrible
pains across the kidneys. Jlot flashes
were very frequent and trying.
A
friend advised me to
try Lydia
E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com-
pound. I have taken six bottles of it
and am to -day free from those troubles.
I cannot speak in high enough terms
of the medicine. I recommend it to all
and wish every suffering woman would
give it a trial,"—Rome Roes, 88Mont-
clair Ave., Rosifndele, Mass. _18000 fere
felt If original of abouo letter proving oenrrinoeou
61*20*t be produced.
Fortunate Heys,
('hlr•ngo \own.
Uncle Charles -Boys. how can you
associate with that 111nks boy ? I
nwloretand he's the worst scholar
in the school.
Ilium-Iluh! if it wasn't for hint
tar or Tommy 'ud be at the foot of
the class.
One teaspoonful or PnInklller In lint
tenter sweetened will cure shawl any ea.r
of tintuleney find indl silent. Avoid mulol-
tub•.. 'Chore le only one "Pulnlaller"-terry.
Unvla',
The Funny Folks.
She had been telling n. story.
":1 (ter all," she said, In continuing
It.
'MIS one the spItefnl 0110'4 0111119,,
"Yes," elle Interrupts,), "we know
you're after all, but you needn't
titbit; you clot get them."
Triplets had arrived at the 120010
of little four -,year-old Oracle, and
when It was 11111e for Iter to say hey
evening prayer she added the follow-
ing; 'And, Lord, we're much oblig-
ed for the kids, but next. limo don't
RPM( 'em 121 bunches."
"Why' do you think eho ought to
go abroad to study music?"
"Ikenuso I happen to live In the
next flat to her when she's at honnt."
"We women," she w•as saying,
non In, "utt(Iyr In silence"
"I can readily believe that you clo
suffer in silence," the man replied.
"You
tie -1
much p „&sure 111 talk:'
Dies. 1'ppson-Your grandfather is
oh oetngchariau, is be not"
M98. Nenrielh-(ruleed, he Ien't any-
thing of the sort. 1fe'e the most
truthful man I suer bumpal up
against."
"Yen our society's new president
certainly fs a busy w'enttll, but they
say she is neglecting her ditties as a
wife and mother"
"That le not true. I know for a
fact, that she manages to see her
family nhnost every day"
"A wnnlan 11111 buy a thing Just
because it's chomp"
"Per hap4, but slte,doeen't mike
seicetlons on that princ(p!e when a
man i4 footing the bill:'
A tramp rang a doctor's door-
bell and asked the pretty woman
who opened the door if elle would
he mo kind as to ask the dor,trr If
ho had a pair of old trousers 1e
would kindly give away.
'Ian the doctor," said the mull-
ing young woman, and tho tramp
nearly fainted,
Ile -Yon must admit there's noth-
ing delights a girl go 111,1011. a4 the
devoted attention of the mall of
her choice.
6119-Uole40 it's the devoted at-
tention of the moa of s01110 other
girl's choice. Tie -boon your rather olij'91 In
my making love to yon?
She -Oh, no 1 Ile told n1r to i1111e
11.4 many innocent and haruil:s4
amusemoutts as possible,
The Gh'1-Do ,oil know', lir. Ca-
poral, my heart 4001114 to bent in
perfect sympathy with }-011.4?
31r. C„ 111011 nl:lrmcrl--110a0(00,
Have volt got a tobaeco (91111, too?
Hell," she soi71^10 hien one ev-
ening, "a4 given up 40 1(luet(tntly
by lhoee who don't expect. to go
tharc.'-hove and the Soul 11mht-
e re,
There is n. young man in Achlset
wito Is such a good dancer that
ono of his recent partnere 4101191(1
in the midst of a waltz and said;
"Excuse me, but are we dancing or
wrestling?"-atallson Globe,
Excellent ('0emetlos.
For the 17troat-I'rctty throats
are never yellow; they are white,
round, firm and emoutlt. Let Na -
taro come to the rescue. Discard
tight ribbons; they mak., wrinkles.
Sleep on small pi news to avoid "Niece
Bathe the throat neparate-
1V uncia a tiny in very warm water:
then, (11(11 n. row moments, in VerV
cold, This is to make it furor and
supple. If dark, 1169 1e10011 juice at
btdUme, waohiog It oft nextmorn-
Ing.
For the hair -Sun to revive 11; wai-
ter to cleanse it; rubbing to stimu-
late the roots, :utd good nightly
brushings to keep it glossy.
I or the Teeth -A pile of ki en, critl-
r:tl 1'yrn to wa(ch 11 speck or tiny
dieeolorlltiou. Som* dental silk ti,
No cheap paint is as good
as Ramsay's faints, nor is there a good
paint so cheap.
Every can and every color has the same
high quality.
Fend u.a e".'oo^d, mentioning (hie paper end we'll send m,r
booklet plowing low some beautiful hones are palated with ou:
paints.
A. 1t.AMSAY (m. SON, Paint makers, MONTREAL.
Paid. 2442.
Irun between the molars twine a
week. A good booth tout too e(1!f)
oral lukewarm water owl after
6.1 r3- arai of your Mo, not forget-
' Ong to scrub the back or under
sll' of the teeth. 171e first signal
I of dint age 18 your nonillions to mel -
ems, for 1 a(ef--out to a quack for
-pink tooth puwdcl.'• or ruinous acids.
---
I'or the Hands au1,1 Arms -010 fish-
Innr.l 7'041119 soap 412(10(10 tutu hot,
4.,01 wafer, The hands hntnereed,the
Limit v!2orously scrubbed with an
..:elft i,nl flash brash in the hegin-
nine If they are rebels (lho hands
11 01, iho arms leafy) olive oil "food"
(till in nine (0(1 or tell (ae9e make
them soft and pretty. Cold cream
erten "yellows" the skin and is sure
to promote hair on the arms, neck
or face. N'tttu'e 14 an 0111-st:11001 phy-
sician, but, after all, the best.
WALKED LIKE
AN OLD MAN
Joseph Hamel Suffered Long
Before He Used Dodd's
Kidney Pills
Had last All His Energy and was Dia-
couraged The (;rent Kidney Rem-
edy Cat•et1 911m Completely.
Nleolet, Qne., May 11.-(Speelaq.-
01 the many people of tats neighbor.
hood $0110 11111'0 heel, brought baolt to
health and etrcngth through the use
of !kiddie Kidney Pillu few are in a
better position to give the public the
benefit of their experience than Joe-
e'ph Hamel. lie known both elides of
the question -the suffering and the
relief.
"I suffered from Kidney Disease for
three or four years," says Mr, Iiam-
el. "For two years I would take two
or three days off work a week. I was
continually sick and forced to walk
tike an old man. I lost all my en-
ergy' and became discouraged.
"After trying a lot of medicines
that only gave relief for a while, I
n•as fortunate enough to try Dodd'n
Kidney ping. :After uslug three
boxes I wns completely cured."
Mr. Hamel Is enthusiastic in his
praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
OM le not the slightest doubt of
tho correctness of his statement eft
dozens of people can testify to lax
illness tied core.
Drug Store Wand of Latin.
Phhladelnhha frees.
"What are you hunting for In the
dhrtiotary, my sou :"' asked old Kol-
lidge.
"l\'hat is the Latin for 'wink'?"
replied young licllidge.
"'$Jilritun feu(nc•n I.' , 8011! the
old m:1(1 a114e:4l'(11:l1' dlr
Few Flies last year
No Flies this year
if you use
Wilson's�
lf
IF
ly pads;,
Some Forgoomt ['lo -bion Quirk*.
It is a little short of a crime in
these days to br, old-fashioned, but
there were some styles in vogue
long ago that. still (lave claims for
those who remember 1ltent. There is
at pre4rnt some tail; of an effort
being made to revive the bonnet for
young wowr.h. '711' little puritan
capc4 and dr"p rollnr4. the dis-
et'ectly gathered elnet0, the (1(1.1(80
simplicity of some of the new lutir-
demis1(19 (rave the war to this revi-
val. Thera wan a period whoa It wale
not considered correct for women to
weal' hate after early youth end
ninny who now never dream of wear-
ing other than hats and toques re-
member with 11 uNanent that they,
bought their 110141 imnnet when
they. were about 18. The, modern ole -
rode kn0w'4 absolutely nothing of
thio form of headgear and Minder
to It an something nee/tale.
There are a few good old -fashion -
al souls, however, wile still "hark
hack" longingly to the old style and
lament that 2(e continua to turn a
deaf ear and a blind eye to the
quaint charm of the bonnet. One of
throe o0111m rlinp/4alze8 on the;
subject (after this fashion; "I was
born jest in time to remember the
11011110, (19-(11 ill 111111' to wear the
bonnet In wy Imus, 1'00hlo In their
Irrnn• did so then. 1 11 1,1(2'4 teens 1106
arty de many Ihiugo-onset of therm
i:4(proprl;otr. nuc wore tt little
I,riurrss .3nap.% (1 al' violets, with
little oriel duchy velvet strings tied
under rein's chin, or what; Tweed -
catty came to a wreath of pink rib.,
lin and 091,1'94 aver eho girls in
their urn, of to -day, who •1* con-
demned to big hate hued nothing Hee
111 Ole way of headgear !
"'('Ile bonnet had a charm all ltd
own. It was (Inaker141l. at 4n.v1,9 of.
'thee' and 'thou' being about Il. It
910N 'pretty behaved,' it could he'
tni.ohinvrntS amt it could be 11i/',91.•
Iutely adorable. Yaw we only see tt'
OD the varlet}' s'(9e adorning a.
111!':1 Salvation .bait 1:1se or panto.,
(::role madness. 11 alit(" Galin eoal-
sluttl0, with wild ostrich feathers,
tied strings a f1,..' (ride. We ':ave;
forgotten 'illy 9,,:1nrt ;:al we are 1114
lasers" .1