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Dr. Paterson of saintly memory, lay a-dying. “ How is it w ith you now, fa th e r? ” asked his son. “ Oh, Alex, I ’m back a t the old text, John 3:16.” I t ’s good for life, death, and eternity. Paul never w ent away from the love of God in Christ. The Chicago S tandard sa y s / “ True evangelism makes prom inent th e Lordship of Christ, the Cross of Christ, the Besur- rection of Christ, the Indwelling of Christ, and the B eturn of C hrist.’’ Paul H ad a Pow erful Gospel.—Some years ago a woman delivered a lecture in Lancashire against C hristianity, in which she declared th a t the Gospel n arrativ e of ¿the life of Christ is a “ m y th .” One of the millhands said, “ I w a n t'to ask the lady * question: T hirty years ago I was a curse to th is town, and everybody shrank from me th a t had any respect for himself. I often tried to do better, bu t could not succeed. The teetotalers got hold of me, but I broke th e pledge so often, th a t they said it was no use try ing me any longer. Then the police got hold of me, and I was tak en before the m agistrate, and the wardens of the prison all tried me in vain. Then Christ took hold of me, touched my heart, and made me a new man. And now I am an honored and respected fellow-worker in Gospel and Sunday School work w ith many dear to me. And I ask, if Christ is a myth, how comes it to pass th a t th a t myth is stronger th an all the others put to g eth er?” The lady was ^silent. “ Nay, M iss,” said he, “ Say w hat you will, th e Gospel is the power of God unto S alv ation .” The S p irit of Missions.—Mr. John E. M ott visited a college in Ceylon, where he found a band -of students so poor th a t sixteen of them occupied one room. N ear th e building was a garden, in which they spent th eir spare time cultivating bananas. When he inquired, “ W hat do you do w ith the m oney?” they took him to th e shore and pointed to an island off in th e sea. “ Two years ago,” they said, “ we sent
one of our graduates there. He started a school, and 'it has developed into a church. We are going to send him to an other island this y e a r.” Their cook laid aside every ten th handful of rice th a t they m ight sell it, in order to have Christ preached' more widely. Golden T ext Illustration.—When a tardy private secretary apologized for his delays by saying, “ My watch is out of order,” “ Then,” replied W ashington: “ You must get a new watch, or I must get a new sec re ta ry .” Nelson once said, “ I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before tim e .” Paul was always ready. The superintendent of a Sunday School came into a m en’s class and asked three different men if they would teach a d a ss of boys. Every one of them refused w ith some excuse. Paul was ready in a ship wreck to preach the Gospel. M M The End Of P a u l’s Journey. Acts 28: 1-11,16. Memory Verse.—“ He thanked God, and took courage.” A-cts 28:15. Approach.—Henry, will you tell us where we le ft Paul and all the rest of the people who were w ith him in our stbry la st week? W hat be'came of the ship? W hat had Paul done BEG INNERS th a t he was kept a AND PR IMARY prisoner ? (Eeview M abel L . M errill last w eek’s lesson by perm itting the chil dren to tell of the different incidents on ship board, the landing, etc. Prayer. Lesson Story.—-We all had such a pleas an t time last week as we listened to the wonderful story about Paul and his voyage on the ocean, and even though he and all the others on board the ship were in such g reat danger, P au l was not afraid, be cause he was tru sting in the Lord Jesus to care for him. Now in our story today we find them on land, and the land on which they landed- from the wrecked ship
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