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WINGHLAM' ADVANCE,TIMS
,who became Jews through the rite of
ciretuntasioii and through observance
lof the laws of Moses. And now re-
volutionary tidings reached them,
!nothing less than that Peter, the head
of the Twelve Apostles, had so far
!broken his Jewish caste as to visit the
!home of an catteaste Roman, eat his
unholy food, preaelt Christ toshim and
his household, and solemnly receive
them all into the Christian church
ladthout one of the prescribed • cere-
monies of Jndaaism! N'o wonder
these people, their prejudices ingrain-
ed by centuries of narrow teaching
and bigoted practices, took Peter
fare ithn, and the feeling back of it
prompted Daniel and his Meads in
the heroie episode that ,opened their
career. • ..
'But a voice answered the second
time out of heaven," God is very pa:
tient, even with a pupil that con-
tradicts and rebukes liis teacher.
"What God hath cleansed make not
thou commen." A voice from heaven
had laid down the Mosaic law at the
beginning of Hebrew history, The
requirements as to food and sere
then made Were most salmary
for the Jews, and helped mightily to
preserve their purity of Mind and
sssessseessusssssessessssssssseesssoss sharply to task when he returned to 'mody among the foulnesses of heath -
Jerusalem and bade Milt explain his
1925 conduct, But Peter's explanation was
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ready.
"I was in the thy of Joppa pray-
ing." Peter was living, as we learned
our last lesson., with Simon the tan-
ner. It was the sixth hour of the day,
that is, at noon, the day beginning at
6 a. m. This was the second of. the
IS three times of day set apart by the
a' Jews for prayer, and Peter had retir-
• ed for that purpose to the housetop.
s' • Eastern houses have flat roofs, and
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What is more disgusting than to
as places for prayer or quiet medita-
hear a business man in the town of '6°11 or for private conversations. For
Wingham cursing the town and de- exam -Pie, Samuel talked on a housetop
daring it to be dead? In the first with Saul before he annointed the
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plale what is the town, or what would
the town be were it not for the peo-
ple in it? The town of Wingham is
one of the best little towns of its
size to be found anywhere, and if ev-
ery business man and. citizen boosted
for it instead of knocking it, how
much easier life would be. This
• same man whom we refer to, (and by
the way when he reads this he -will
know who we mean) has done a great
many things to knock the town in ad-
• dition to his cursing it. A great
young man as king. "And in a trance
I saw a vision." He was faint and
hungry, and was waiting for his mid-
day meal to be prepared. His men-
tal vision was the clearer for his fast-
ing condition. "A certain vessel des-
cending.' "Vessel" is used in its
most general sense, something to hold
things, a container. "As it were a
great sheet let down from heaven by
four corners," The great sheet filled
the sky and was a symbol of the
Christian gospel which was for all the
many of his groceries come by freight earth. Cords were attached to the
in boxes stamped "T. Eaton Co.," four corners and. let it down, those
and printing travellers never fail to cords, running east, west, north, and
call on him and not without an order south, being tokens that the gospel
now and again. Yes, it is true he is was to be carried to all points of the
only one, but we know of several compass. The meaning of these fea-
who at least give their printing to tures of the vision would become
outside houses,
clear to Peter afterwards as he pon-
x x x ,clered upoh them. "And it came even
The automobile is probably doing unto. me." This expresses Peter's
more to assist in ruining the young surprise that he should be singled out
lives of this fair country of ours than as the recipient of the divine symbol,
any other one thing, strong drink in- "Upon which -when. I had fastened
eluded. Seldom is it possible to drive mine eyes, I considered." Peter saw
along a country road or even a back at once this was no empty dreani,
street in or near Witigham late at bit a message direct from God such
aight, but one encounters cars parked as -came to the ancient prophets; h. --e
and lights out. These innocent "pett- must think deeply to grasp its meant
ing parties" have got beyond all de- ing: "And saw the fourfooted
cency. We may well say "What is to beasts of the earth and wild beasts."
be done?" Not one of each kind, a sort of Noah's
x x ark, but typical animals representing
We understand that still another all the great divisions of the animal
-weekly paper is about to amalgamate kingdom. Some of the fourfooted
-with its contempory. The Listowel beasts were unclean in Jewish. eyes,
Banner and the Standard are thinking and. all of the wild beast." And -creep-
• seriously of uniting, so we are told, ling things." The reptiles, repulsive
• x x and fould, all unclean and unfit for
REMEMBER THEM WHILE ifood. They represented the lowest
• THEY ARE LIVING and most degraded nations. "And
• Do not keep the alabaster boxes of birds of the heaven." Some of these
• your love and tenderness sealed up were clean, doves being used frequent -
until your friends are dead. Fill their ly in sacrifices; most of thein, howev-
lives with sweetness. Speak approvier—all birds of prey, for instance--
• ing, cheering words while their ears were counted unclean. •
• can hear them and while their hearts • "And I heard also a voice* saying
••can he thrilled and made happier by junto rne, Rise, Peter," The apostle
• them; the kind things you mean to jmay have fallen on: the roof, filled
• say when they are gone, say before with awe at the vision. "Kill and eat".
they go. The flowers you mean to Peter had been hungry before he fell
send for their coffins, send to bright- into the trance, and his vision fits
-en and sweeten their homes • before 'Into his physicial condition. He was
.they leave them. If my friends have awaiting a meal; here comes material
alabaster boxes laid away, full of fra- to satisfy his hunger, but how differ
grant perfumes of sympathy and af- lent from what he had expected!
fection which they intend to break "But I said, Not so, Lord." Peter
laver my dead body, I would rather before his conversion had been quite
they would bring them out in my -ready to say that his Lord was in
weary and troubled hours, and open error. He had not yet lost his over-
• them, that I may be cheeted by them confidence fti his own judgement.
while I need them. I would rather "For nothing common or unclean hath
have a plain coffin without a flow4, ever entered into my mouth" "Com-
a. funeral without a eulogy, than a mon" ineans "fit for the common
life without the sweetness of love and herd," not fit for God's chosen people,
sympathy. Let us learn to anoint our theJews. Food that was counted un -
friends beforehand for their burial. clean in the Jewish laws might an -
Post -mortem kindness does not cheer 'Imes for the heathen, but no fragment
the burdened spirit, Flowers on the of it should pollute a Hebrew mouth,
coffin cast no fragrance backward Peter's boast was .that of Ezekiel he -
over the weary way.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Sully): Charlie Says -
LESSON X --June
Peter's Broadening Vision— Acts
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GOLDEN TEXT—Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of t
persons. --Acts 10;34
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time—A. D. as, soon after the last
lesson,
Place—joppa, the principal sea-
port of Palestine. Caesarea, on the
sea to the, north, the Roman capital
of Palestine.
Peter's Vision
• The following account of Peter's
experience is the account of the apos-
tle himself, given in Jerusalem before"
the church there, and not long after
the event, The Jerusalem Christians
Were all Jews, brought up itt the strict
Jewish ideas. They had been taught
all their lives that Jews alone could
be saved, together with the heather*
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that's cotLspicturqs
alsence
a ray at base
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enisni. But now the time had come
for Jewish separation to cease, and
forthe leaven to rniugle • with the
whole lump. The heavenly voice
that had given the Mosaic law had an-
thoritY to revoke it, and it was not
for mere man to say No to God.
"And this was done twice; and all
were drawn up again into heaven,"
This repetition of course implies not
only that the underlying truth was,
important, but also that Peter was
hard to convince. Three times Christ
had been obliged to repeat His injunc-
tion to Peter, "Feed my sheep."
Peter's Visit'to Cornelius
Peter came out of his trance in a
state of great persilexity. He had
received an undoubted message from
the Lord, but he was in dotiabt about
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its exact meaning and at a loss how
to apply it to life and conduct. For-
tunately he was not left long i
doubt,
"And behold, forthwith three me
stood before the -house in which we
were." They had. travelled thirty
Roman miles and had been two days
on the way, their arrival being time
by God's providence exactly with the
termination of the vision. It wa.s
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such an exact correspondence as
brought Philip and the Ethiopian 't
the crossing of their paths • on the
road from Jerusalem to Gaza. "Hav-
ing been sent frorn Caesarea nut
me." On one side was Peter's vision,
and on the other side Peter's task,
embodied in the three messengers.
"And the Spirit bade me go wit
them, making no distinction." Th
message from the Spirit had come t
Peter while he was on the housetoO;
and while the three messengers wer
rapping at the door below. Go with
them, "nothing doubting, the Spirit
had said.. "And these six brethren
also accompanied me.". They were
Jewish Christians, as we learn from
Acts so: 45, and Peter wisely, took
them with hini that they might after-
wards testify to the reasons for the
step he was taking, and to.the effect
of his "words and action. It is prob-
able that they were Christians who
were accompanying Peter on his
round of the churches and were
lodging with him in the tanner's
house; not the "we were" of verse Is.
"And we entered into the man's
house," This was the next day after
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they left Joppg. They had travelled
northward along :the Mediterranean,
and had probably spent the night
halfway, at Apolionia.
"And he told us how he had seen
the angel standing in his beese,"
"The angel," the well-Itotwo angel
of whom all Peter's audience had
heard, for the story of Cornelius had
often been told by this time. With
this narrative before us, we cannot
question the fact that .the Bible re-
veals the existence of a higher order
of beings than ourselves, who are in-
terested in • our • spiritual welfare.
"And say, Send to Joppa, and • fetch
Simon, whose surname is Peter." The
angel gave other information, telling
where Peter was to be found.
"Who shall speak unto thee 'Words,
whereby' thou shalt be saved, thou
and all thy house." This is not 'in
the first account of the angel's words,
but Cornelius was praying to be.
shown the way of eternal life for him-
self and his household, and -the angel
pointed to Peter as able to show him
that way. No one who truly seeks
salvation seeks in vain.
"And as I began to speak, the Holy'
Spirit fell on them." There was a
little Pentecost that day in Casarea.
It is a great mistake to suppose that
the first Pentecost at Jerusalem was
the end of blessing; it was only the
beginning. Peter omits an account
of his address, which contained mat-
ter perfectly familiar to his Jerusal-
em audience, though marvellous in-
deed to the roomful in Caesarea. He
began with the. powerful utterance,
the fruit of his two days of thinking
since his, vision atid the central teuth
of our lesson; "Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respector of persons;
but in every nation he that feareth
Him, and worketh righteousness, is
acceptable to Him.".
"Even as oil its at the begiiining,"
As at the feast of Pettecost, after
another remarkable sermon, by Peter.
"On us," the Cheistians of Jerusalem
who are now venturing to sit in podg-
meta on these Geotiles •of •Caesatea
to whom God has vouchsafed the
same blessing—yes, mid ou the very
Saito apostle through whom the great
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blessing came at Pentecost, so far as
human agency was concerned! ,
"And I remembered the word of the
Lord." Peter had himself heard it,
for it was spoken just before Christ's
ascension, probably in the upper
room in the house of Mary the
mother of Mark, in Jerusalem, and
all the. apostles were present. "How
He said, John indeed baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized in
the Holy Spirit." The reference is
to the baptisms in the Jordon per-
formed. by John the Baptist._ Luke
recorded this prophecy early in his
book. It was spoken on a most
'solemn and evalted occasion, and was
so gloriously fulfilled' soon afterward
that it could not be forgotten. That
promise was one of the chief founda-
tion stones of the church. •
"If then God gave unto them the
like gift as He did also unto us." Pet-
er lays the responsibility for thA
whole happening on God; no mere
man, not even the chief ofathe apos-
tles, could summon the Holy Spirit.
Only God could send Him forth.
"When we believed on the Lord Jes-
us'Christ " The coming of the Spir-
it did not cause the faith of the ear -'s
ly Christians, but he ealne itt response
to their faith-iilled prayers
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ship of Christ. So with Cornelius
and his household and friends; if they,
had not already believed on Christ,'
the Holy Spirit would not have bless-
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ed Ahern with His presence and pow-
er. Human faith is the doorway
through .which the Spirit enters.
"Who was I, that I could withstand
God?" • Peter implies that he might
have wished or sought to withstand
God, so revolutionary was the very
idea of receiving Gentiles into the
cBurch without their becoming Jews
through circumcision. Indeed, did
he not at the beginning- rebuke God
with his "Not so."
"And when they heard these things
they held their peace," They, like
Peter, were afraid to oppose what
was manifestly a decision and lead-
ing of God, Others, however, remain-
ed bigoted and insisted that all Gen-
tiles should submit to the rites of
Judaism before they we admitted
to the Christian Church, and hence
among Christians — a schism • of
which we ase to hear much further
on in this history. "And glorified
God," For the vast opportunities of
groactly arose the first serious dis-
cussion thus opened to Christianity,
and for the revelation of God's air-
einbracing love. Every new vision of
God's character leads men to glorify
Hhn, •"Sa.ying, Then to thosGentiles,
also hath ol grantect reperiteilee
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All our troubles will fly,
THE 12th OF JULY
We'ra beating bur 'clrufraS
1 On the lath of
(Written for The Advance -Times) T. A, Calhoun, London.-
l'When the winter is long,
And. the cold is severe,
!And snow has been falling
The most of the year,
;We }lave one consolation
I When snow drifts are high,
They'll be all melted down
- By the lath of July.
The Spring may be late,
1 And the IVIareh winds may beat,
And April showers
I Be a drizzling sleet,
But worry and fuss
Will not brighten the sky,
We must patiently wait
For the tzth of July. ,
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May flowers may not -
• In abundance be found, •
White frosts may occasitmally
Cover the grciund, -
And June may not always
Be pleasant and dry,
But we all may deperld
On the Nth of July.
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Otte thing I. am learning
And learning •it well,
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That scolding the...weather
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atOtil alter the spell,
'Bat of this I am sure •
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TO SEARCH
FOR TREASURE
IN FAR NORTH
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) Five men from Hull England all unmarried and of ages ranging from 22 to 0 sailed from Liver,.
pool recently by CaPadiat Pacific S.S. Montclare on the quest of a rich vein of silver, said to be hidden in
"No )/kan's Land' t)i the Great Northwest. The mine is claimed to be in the vicinity of the Mackenzie
River, District of Alaska, and is located in a cliff hundreds of miles from eivilization. The last port
before striking the trail will be Wrangell* Alaska, The party Is led by John Riley, engineer, •aged 5l
who had much experiease itt the ICIondike gold region.. The rest of the party are 'Thomas'Thompson* sailor,
aged ge; Joseph lVfillard, lei/eller! aged 22; Roloert Flemming, engineer, aged 36, and Ernest $tarkes con.
Idetiotter, aged .82. When they fmd tminit
he e, they Will stake and return to Hrigland to form m
a to.
poly /or ite development, As they passed through Saint Sohn* N.H.* the party WWI full of confidence
and hope to return to the Old Country by next October.
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