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of love to them in that farewell message, and how he knelt on the sand and prayed. (One of the most pathetic speeches in all literature.) Oh, boys .and girls, I hope we, too, like Paul, will have true friends to love and help and sympathize with; but we must show our love by helping and, best of all, praying for them each day. If we truly pray for people we can not help but love them. Paul could not have done his great work without the help and love of Christian friends. Today our story is about a slave who ran^away from his master Philemon, went to Rome, where he met Paul, and was won to the Lord Jesus Christ. ■Then, af ter he is saved, Paul sends the slave back to his _owner with a letter, which is our story. Philemon was probably the pas tor, or bishop, of the church at Colosse in Asia Minor. Though a pastor, he was a slaveholder, a circumstance we must not judge by modern standards.' Now, boys and girls, the church at this time was held in Philemon’s house, and the letter shows that the love and faith of Philemon and his family were a constant joy to the apostle Paul, a prisoner in Rome. The letter also shows the .tender loye and af fection of Paul for- his Christian friends. Now the name of the slave is a big one, but if you do not remember it, you can remember he was the slave of Philemon. His name is„Onesimus, and now that he knows the 'Lord Jesus as his Saviour, he is willing To return to his owner Phile mon. He has proved a great blessing and help to the aged Paul, and while Paul
would love to have him stay with him, yet he would not keep him without asking Philemon. This letter of Paul’s is one of the most beautiful letters ever written, and how I would have loved to see Philemon when he read it. When I get to heaven I will meet Philemon and ask him all about it. What a wonderful time we will have meeting all the friends we have come to know from our precious Bible stories. (Teachers, these lessons of Paul are so full of life and interest it is hard to stop, and if the truth has gripped your own heart, you will have no trbi3bl£r bedding the most restless child.) (Teach M. V.) (Prayer.)
FRED S. SHEPARD ’S BLACKBOARD OUTL INE I F riendly IH AITHFULNESS JL UTURE T \ EMEMBRANCE 1 ^ ECALLED JL V æ c o m pen se Good toward al men.—Gal. 6:10. III. Paul’s Confident Hope. Vs. 9-18. 1. Paul forsaken by his friends. Vs. 9- 16. 2. Paul strengthened by the Lord. V. • 17- 3. Paul’isfiabsolute faith with regard to God’s protection, V. 18. "PAUL had been arrested, probably being implicated in the charges against Christians after the great fire at Rome in A. D. 64. He had been sent to Rome. No longer was he treat ed as in the former imprisonment, b u t as a common crim inal in the pit ( 2 Tim. 2:9). His Asi atic friends did not dare to own their fellowship w i t h hjm, excepjt ,Onesipborus, who, being; a slave,; was pot ashamed. Paul knew his execution was >:not far off. In 2 Timothy we have his last will
D ecem ber 23, 1928 Paul's Last Message Text : 2 Tim. 4:1-18 L e sso n in O u t l in e
I. Paul’s Charge to Timothy. Vs. 1-5. 1. The, charge in the presence of God. Vs. 1, 2. 2. Prediction of unsound teachers. Vs. 3, 4. 3. Exhortation to moderation and so briety. V. 5. II. The End of Paul’s Course in Sight. Vs. 6 - 8 .
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