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perils of any kind. But, while personal de sire pulled him toward heaven and the Lord he loved, he could not forget the present duty toward his converts at Philippi. If he could be used further to advance their faith, then he was ready “to abide in the flesh” for their sakes.
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The Standard Oil Company wanted two extra men, and out of the twenty who ap plied, Mr. Li was one of the two chosen. He was housemaster in a boys’ boarding school of the China Inland Mission. His wages were to be double what he had been earning in the school. Mr. Li prayed much about the matter. He accepted the position, but when he found he would have to work on Sunday, he gave it up. Then the manager offered him three times higher wages than he had received as a teacher and gave him his Sundays free. He returned to the office but became very unhappy, and in the evening after praying with the head teacher of the school, he wrote the follow ing letter in English: “ I am sorry I cannot come and work for your company. I have decided to work for God, and win the boys to Jesus Christ. I beg you a thousand par dons.” The manager said to one of his triends: “ I thought I did well to engage a Christian, but I see they put Jesus first and business second.” — China’s Millions.
that the words “which happened” are printed in italics in the Authorized Ver sion, indicating that they are supplied and do not occur in the original language of the passage. I am rather glad for that, because the word “ happen” in popular English sug gests the idea of “ chance.” The Bible writ ers, of course, never admit such an idea. Certainly Paul would not. He saw clearly that all those things which ordinary men would say “ happened” to him by chance— the arrest, the shipwreck, the journey to Rome, the permission to dwell in his own hired house as a political prisoner, the chain he wore, the succession of soldiers that guarded him—all these very things had “ fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel” (v. 12). There were no acci dents, looking at the matter thus. All was in the great and perfect plan of God. 2. “ So that my bonds in Christ are mani fest in all the palace” (v. 13). The Amer ican Revised Version translates “throughout the whole praetorian guard” instead of “ in all the palace.” It is thought by competent scholars that while Paul was dwelling in his “own hired house” (Acts 28:30) as a prisoner of the Roman government, the sol diers “that kept him” (Acts 28:16) were •members of that special guard which were attached to the palace of Caesar. Each morning a new soldier from this famous guard would relieve the one on watch, fas tening to his own wrist the chain which the apostle was compelled to wear day and" night. What a trying experience this would have been to such a man as Paul, never to be alone day nor night, perhaps often chained to men who were rough and pro fane! But the apostle, instead of lamenting the situation, saw a great opportunity to preach the gospel to the very “ household” of Caesar. And he preached with such ef fectiveness that soldiers were converted, so that he could write in his closing saluta tion: “All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s household” (Phil. 4:22). One need only read the records of those days in Rome to understand that the “house hold” of Caesar was a veritable cesspool of vice and unmentionable sin. Yet when Paul got through preaching, saints could be found there. 3. Philippians 1:22-26 sets forth the Christian choice between desire and duty. As far as Paul himself was concerned, he was ready “to depart, and to be with Christ” (v. 23). For the apostle, this would be “far better”—no more shipwrecks, no more stonings, no more hunger, no more
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