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THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL, Lesson X. — First Quarter, For March 7, 1909. i — i THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. t ] T«xt of tho Lesson, Acts viil, 26-40. ' ■ M.mory Verses 29-31 — Golden Text, j J John v, 39 — Commentary Prepared ^ by Rev. O. M. Stearns. fOowritW, IS®, by America* Pro. Ajext.Hna } , In the midst of all this great work ID Samaria. Philip is commanded by c • messenger from heaven to arise and go toward the south to a certain road ' through a desert place. That Heaven I Is really interested In affairs on earth, that God Ulmself cares for my per- . > sonal affairs, that He careth for me as , truly as He cared for Abraham or Isaac or Jacob or Hagar or Samuel or Gideon or the many others to whom He sent special messengers or special messages, is a great truth to have grasp one's soul. Yet It is so plainly stated In such passages as II Ohron. xvi, 9; Prov. xv, 3. as well as Illustrated In so many individual cases that to question it la simply unmitigated ( unbelief. Here is the story of a great man in the eyes of the world who had charge of all the treasure of the queen of Ethiopia, a man who was well fixed, as far as this world goes, but he evidently had no rest In his soul, but a great hunger for something that money could not buy. He had made a long Journey to Jerusalem, the city of the great king, where the queen of 6heba had once gone to ^ee the greatness of Solomon, but he was returning home unsatlsfled, not having found that which his soul sought. Ah he Journeyed he was reading the prophecy of Isaiah. It would be a j rare thing today to find any one traveling by train or trolley or steamer reading such a book. Whether he possessed the book before he left home or obtained It in Jerusalem the record ; does not say. but the record does say that be read it as he Journeyed, and i that is the important thing. He was dill 1 gently seeking the truth, and he was noticed In Heaven, and events were : ordered that he might obtain what he sought (Jer. xxlx. 13). God used an angel and a man to bring it about. In connection with angels I love to ponder Ps. cUl, 20. "Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, barkening unto the voice of His word." and then Heb. I, 14. where we read that they minister to the heirs of salvation. They are His ministers doing His i pleasure, and we should be the same, proving always that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Philip was evidently one with the angels In this matter, a willing and obedient servant of Christ, for without questioning he arose and went The Lord » TTI. man an^ aAllM HT In 'hi. man and

case as In some others: I have found j Me a man. He is ever saying, "Whom , l*i«n I send, and who will go^for us?" ( But how few reply like the prophet, "Here am I; send me!" (Isa. vl. a) It was wholly against human reason and 1 so called common sense that a man i Who was being used as Philip was , should leave a great work and go down , to the desert. But the great question ( Is, Whose work Is It, and who is doing , it? That being settled, then It must be day by day. What wilt Thou, or where wilt Thou T And to the reply there is nothing for us but prompt and cheerful obedience. Philip was a man to whom an angel or the Holy Spirit could talk. He had obeyed the voice of the angel, and now the 8plrit says. "Join thyself to this chariot" So he ran to It and heard ttm man reading the prophet Isaiah and said to him, "Understandest thou what thou re«est?" (Verse 30.) We are reminded of our Lord's oft repeated similar question, as In Matt xlU, 61; xvl. 9-11, and of Heb. xt 3, where we learn that the way to understand Is to believe. Philip is Invited to ride In the chariot that he may explain the portion being read, Whicb was what we call Isa. 1111, 7, 8, i and beginning at that Scripture he preached Jesus, His sufferings and , glory. His kingdom and the way to ! enter It. The conuch. seeing him whom be unconsciously longed for thus set before hlin, at once received Him and confessed It by baptism and went on his way rejoicing, no doubt to carry the glad ik'.lngs to many in Ethiopia. I'hlllp was caught away by the Spirit and from Azutus to Caesarea preached the gospel In all the cities through which he passed. Our Lord was us ready to preach to ; one as to hundreds, and If we arc ? truly His followers we will be ready , • ■ to do likewise. How varied was Phillp'8 experience in this Incident— a long i Journey on foot, a ride In a royal chariot, caught away supernnturally ; by the Spirit, but best of all. used by God to turn a seeking soul to Himself. What an Illustration of "for any manner of service, wholly at thy com- | mandmeut" (I Ohron. xxvili. 21). As to preaching Jesus, there Is no one else to preach, and unless He Is set forth as God manifest In the flesh, suffering for our sins, wounded for our tronsgr -s -Mons. bruised for our Iniquities. rise* ascenaeo. Interceding and comlti: again In glory to establish Ills Vin'.-clom. the preaching Is not according '.o -the Scriptures. Philip began Just whgre -the man was reading and prenchad Jesus. and, while Isa. 1U1 is a specially good portion to begin at and to preach from, there Is no part of the whole Bible where He cannot be seen and from which He cannot be set forth as the suffering and the glorified one. There is no possibility of following Him as our example until we have received Him as our Saviour.

HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE < Debate between the High Schools of * Wild wood and Cape May City ■ On the evening of Friday. February d the debating team of the High ; School, William 4 Mecray. Claude f Phillips and Emily Sharp, accompanied d by Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Phillips, Robert Phillips. Bessie Mecray, Mr. and Mrs. Collier and Mr. drove over in the storm to ' 1 Wildwood to debate with the High * School of that place. The debate took | place in the Baptist Church of Wildwood, and was rather poorly attended ^ on account of the storm. d The question was "Resolved, that Sta'es should own and operate f the railroads. " Wildwood had chosen 4 th negative side of the question, which gave them some of the advan- % tage, as they also chose the question d from three submitted by Cape May. The judges were Supervising Princi- " pal, H. O. Chalmers, of Holly Beach ; ^ Mr. Baker, sittorney-at-law, of Wild- . wood, and a gentleman of Angleaea. 1 The debate was very unsatisfactory | to Cape May debaters as they were not allowed to present all their side of the - case. | No time limit on speeches had been agreed upon or even mentioned in the preliminary arrangements. The Wildwood team had prepared for ten ' minute- speeches for each member of the team, >nd they objecied strongly to a longer time ; the Cape May team had prepared tor twenty and ten minute^ speeches and wished to have _ full opportunity to complete t»>eir arguments. The judges sided with the j Wildwood plea that Cape May should j be allowed no more time than Wil3wood, and twelve minute limits were j set for the first two speakers on each i side and fifteen for the third on eacb | side. This, unfortunately, did not suit the Cape May plans and used onlv ten j of the fifteen minutes allowed. This I the unexpected time limit disconcerted | the Cape May debaters, who, com- ! pelled without notice to cut their ar- ; gumcnt in half, were unable, while addressing their auditors, to choose judiciously their best arguments and I cull out and reject those less important, so that the strongest possible . , case was not presented for the affirma- ' tire. This handicap alone would be ' sufficient to account for the defeat, as 1 the judges, in rendering their decis- i | ion, stated that both sides had preI sented their arguments well and that a ! decision was reached only with difficul- ' ty, and after considerable deliberation, and that, while commending both | teams for their excellent work, it was ; the opinion of the judges "that Wildwood had a shade the better of the argument." IUKUU1C1IU

Wildwood had an excellent team and to be commended on the admirable way in which it handled its debate. Cape May's team, fought gamely C against odds whicb might have discouraged more experienced debaters, and did tbeir best which was almost good enough to win. Had they been given opportunity to deliver all tbe ar- j guments they had gathered for the de- " as Wildwood had, it is probable that the result would have been reversed, as the decision was given to Wildwood'on an argument which Cape May was cut off from presenting by the ringing of4 the bell. Cape May would like tn debate the same question . here, giving each team opportunity to 1 present all its arguments. Setting a time limit is purely arbitrary and if none is agreed upon in making pre- - liminary arrangements, it is understood that there shall be no limit. EVER HAVE IT? If You Hate, tbe Statement of This Cape may [ j Citizen Will Interest You. Ever have a "low-down" pain in the f back? : In the "small," or right over the hips? ' That's the home of backache. It's caused by sick kidneys. That'6 why Doan's Kidney Pills cure it. Cape May people endorse this. » Read a case of it: Mrs. Chas Holmes, Poplar street. Cape May Court House, 'N. J., says : "I found more benefit from Doan's Kidney Pills than from any other' remedy I had previously used. For some time 1 suffered from severe pains ; through my loins and sides and my baek -was extremely weak. I was so much impressed by an advertisement regarding Doan's Kidney Pills that I , j procured a box at Willets Corson's Drug Store. The results of their use . j were gratifying from the first and it i | was but a short time before ,my back : i was strengthened and the pains ret j lieved. I can recommend Doan's Kid- • j ney Pills as a remedy that lives up to r j representations. " | For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. [ I Foster- Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., t ! sole agents x'or the United States. ■) j Remember the name— Doan's— and - j take no other. l , * IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS '* " If you have any doubts as to tbe ex- '* cellence of the newest Edison phono1 graphs and records, visit theJStar and Wave Music and Stationery Departg ment, 317 Washington [street, and e listen to as many recorders you may care to bear.

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