T HE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S tinu e preaching. A literal tran slation of the la tte r p a rt of verse 9 would be, “Keep on speaking, do not be silent for a m inute.” P aul is now informed why he is to preach. The Lord has a peo ple among the masses of sin-sodden Corinthians and He will use th e Apostle and his message of salvation to reach them and bring them , to Himself. The Lord does not send out His servants to preach to the winds. He knows His own even before they know Him and He sends out His servants to g ath er them as wheat into His garner. W hat was tru e of P aul in Corinth is tru e of any Gospel preacher anywhere on earth. As he holds up Christ and holds forth th e word of eternal life, he is as sured th a t if th e Lord has any of His people among the m ultitudes who hear, th e Word shall no t re tu rn unto Him void nor His work be fruitless. Acts 13:48. He knows not how to speak who knows not how to be silent. If the world has nothing to say against you, Christ will have little to say for you. ^miiiliiiliiiniiiiniiiiHiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiimiimiimHmiiuiiiiiiiiimiitiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiKHHiiiiHiiiiiiiiiig WATCH THE THEORIES | EXPLODE | | Sir Charles Lyell, th e g reat g f English scientist, said, “ In th e § I year 1846 the F rench In stitu te | j§ enum erated no less th a n eighty | | geological theories which were 1 P hostile to th e Bible, b u t not one ■§ I of these theories is held today.” | | The late Sir W illiam Dawson, | | F. R. S., and Vice Chancellor of § 1 McGill University, Montreal, who =' | is acknowledged to be one of th e | | foremost geologists and n atu ral- | | ists, whose works on geology, fos- | | sil botany and paleontology are | | stand ard works, says, “ I may ven- f I tu re to m aintain th a t the harmony I I of th e Bible w ith n atu ra l science, | | so far as th e la tte r can ascend, | | gives to th e Bible a pre-em inent | | claim on th e atten tio n of th e nat- | | u ralist.”
930 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28. Acts 18 :12 - 17. • Paul Accused. Another Interesting. In cid en t is re lated to show God’s care for His servant. Gallio, the b ro th er of Seneca, was pro- consul. The Jews brought th e charge against P aul th a t he is persuading men to worship God contrary to Roman law. Gallio 'i's made of different stuff from th e ru lers in Philippi and Thessalonica. His name therefore finds a place in the record and th eirs do not. He declares th a t if th is were a question of morals he would take, it up, bu t since it is a mere m a tte r of names, he non-suits the Jews and bids them depart. The Greeks, who hated th e Jews, took advantage of th is decision and beat up Sosthenes, the ru ler of the synagogue, who was prob ably the leader of th e case against Paul. Again Gallio will not interfere. Pos sibly he though t Sosthenes deserved all he got for bringing such a trivial case into court. This did not happen a t the close of P au l’s stay in Corinth, for “afte r th is he ta rrie d th ere .yet a good while.” * THURSDAY, SEPT. 29. Acts 18:18-28. A Convincing Ministry. P au l labored a year and a half a t Corinth. In the spring of- A. D. 54 he leaves for Syria. P riscilla and Aquila are mentioned to explain some later history. It is no t certain what is m eant by th e vow and shaving of th e head, vs. 18. Probably it was P au l’s head th a t was shaved though th e syntax m ight make it Aquila’s. P aul may have signalized the completion of his work by removing his locks, th e tokens of his vow. This would have significance among the Jews and to th e Jews he be came as a Jew th a t by all means he m ight win some. Since his work for the present was done, it was fitting th a t its pledges should disappear. He tar- 'rdes a t Ephesus only long enough to preach in th e synagogue because he is anxious to be a t th e feast in Jerusalem . A single verse, 22, takes him to Caes area, to Jerusalem and then no rth to th e Syrian Antioch, and th e second mis sionary journey is done. FRIDAY, SEPT. SO. Eph. 1:1- 7 . The Lord’s Elect. When th e Lord spoke to P aul in the vision a t Corinth He bade him to con-
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