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and that He would be with him. Lesson 5. “The Danger of Strong Drink.” Drink causes sin and sorrow. Lesson 6. “Paul in the City of Ephesus.” The people who believed Paul’s message were not afraid to destroy things in their life which kept them from God. Lesson 7. “Paul in Trouble.” God pro tected Paul from the angry crowd at Jeru salem, for his work was not yet finished. Lesson 8. “Paul in the Greatest City of the World.” Paul went to Rome to preach, although he knew it might mean that he would never be free again. Lesson 9. “How to Treat a Servant.” Christians must be forgiving. Lesson 10. “Paul Finishes His Work.” Paul knew that he had been a good and faithful servant of Jesus Christ. Lesson 11. “The Heavenly Home.” Heaven will be more wonderful than any thing we can imagine, and best of all, it means living forever with the Lord Jesus. Lesson 12. “God’s Gift of Love.” God’s love has made it possible for us to enter heaven. _____ Developed by Trial A man was complaining bitterly to his minister of the different trials he had un dergone. “Why should I be so tried?” he de manded. “Ah!” replied the minister. “Trial de velops character. I use the word ‘develop’ as the photographer uses it to express the process of bringing out into visibility the buried outlines of his picture. He im merses the plate in a dish of liquid, he tilts the dish from side to side, the liquid washes and rewashes the face of the plate, and little by ,little, the hidden graces are disclosed.” Trial is the L o r d ’ s developer; it brings out the soft lines in the character. Under its ministry, we pass from strength to strength. —T he S unday C ompanion . Bible Arithmetical Problem From the age of Enos, subtract the age of Noah when the flood came. Add the number of men that the men of Ai smote. Add the number of cheeses that David carried to his brothers who were in ■ the war with the Philistines. Divide by the number of stripes Paul received on five different occasions. Subtract from this the age of Josiah when he began to reign. Divide by the per cent of goods which Zaccheus gave to the poor when he met Jesus. Add the number of years that David reigned in Hebron. Multiply by the number of things the Lord says He hates. The answer will be the number of cities, with their suburbs, that became the pos session of the Levites. —F urnished by M iss M yrtle S cott . The Sufficiency of Grace 2 C orinthians 12:9 1. In the night of failure (Lk. 5:5-8). 2. In the wilderness of temptation (1 Pet. 1:6). x 3. In the shipwreck of plans (Acts 27: 22-26). 4. In the valley of sorrow (1 Thess. 4: 13-18). 5. In the winnowing of test (Amos 9:9). 6. In the isle of solitude (Rev. 1 :9-18). 7. In the prison of trial(2Tim. 4':16-18). 8. In the pressure of infirmity (2 Cor. 4:8-18). ;— P rophetic N ews ,
trated how the change is made from the natural to the spiritual. Degraded as a slave, a thief, and a fugitive from justice, he typified each unsaved person. Trans formed into a brother in the Lord, an hon est servant of his master, a fellow mem ber of the church, an acceptable servant of Christ, a child of God by faith, and a wit ness for Jesus Christ, he typified what every Christian is and should be. The change was made in the only possible way; that is, by regeneration through faith in Christ as a personal Saviour. Lesson 10. “Rome and Beyond.” 2 Tim. 4:6-18. Golden Text, 2 Tim. 4:7. This lesson was occupied with the ex ultation of Paul as he drew near the end of his life and contemplated his martyrdom in Rome. He could exult as "he considered his present situation, because the time of his departure was near—that departure which would allow him to leave all that hurt and hindered, and which would intro duce him into that world where such things would never be found. He could ex ult as he considered his past. He could say that he had fought a good fight, he had finished his course, and he had kept the faith. And he could exult as he thought of the future and the time when he would stand before the righteous Judge who would give to him the crown of righteous ness. The secret of his exultation was the life he had lived, supported by the Lord. The same support is available to all who will yield to the Lord as Paul did. Lesson 11. “John’s Vision on Patmos.” Rev. 1: 4-18. Golden Text, Rev. 1:17, 18. John the Apostle had so preached the gospel that the conviction of sin which it aroused could not contain itself, and be cause that conviction was not allowed to bear its fruit in conversion, those to whom he preached exiled him on the Isle of Pat mos. He says he was there for “the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.” But while John was at Patmos, he had the vision which is recorded in the Revelation, in which Jesus Christ appears as the Judge.. Lesson 12. “The Supreme Gift of Love.” (Christmas Lesson.) 1 John 4:7-19. Gol den Text, 1 John 4:11. “God is love” was the subject of this lesson. The fact that He is love is proved by what He has done; that is, He has given His only begotten Son to be the propitia tion for our sins. Love cannot help giv ing, because its nature is to give. Those who are born of God are known as they manifest God’s life in giving love to others. The giving is akin to God’s ; that is, it re lates, not to things, but to one’s self (Lk. 9:23). The Christmas gift of God to man is Christ, the Christian’s gift from God to man is Christ; love makes both givings possible and natural. Golden T ex t Illustration There is still standing in Damascus a temple of stone, built centuries ago. Per haps at first it was a Syrian heathen tem ple for the worship of Rimmon. When Christianity was spread over the East, this building was dedicated to the worship of Christ. An inscription was placed on an arch, in Greek capital letters, as follows: “Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations” (Psa. 145:13). In process of time, nominal Christians b e c a m e indifferent to the f a i t h of Christ, a n d t h e M o h a m m e d a n s took possession of the temple and made it into a Mohammedan mosque. They did not
Witnessing Let me tell what I know of the love of my Saviour; Such work to my own soul a blessing will bring: It will lead me to search what I know of His favor, And all I can witness concerning my King.. I-t will make me to long for a closer communion With Christ, as Redeemer, as Sov ereign, as Friend: And faith will again be the dear link of union Which will bind me to Him till life’s journey shall end. But, outside the blessing the service will render To myself, lies the hope that my words will be used To the unsaved who hear, making hearts to grow tender, And leading to choose Him whom once they refused. Oh, the joy if I bring but one soul to the glory, One star in the crown I shall cast at His feet! Let me use time and strength to be telling the story Of the sin-cleansing blood and salvation complete. —W illiam O lney . destroy the inscription, and in spite of the fact that the mosque has been partly burned, more than once, the inscription still remains. We may believe that the preservation of this inscription in a Mo hammedan mosque, for twelve centuries, is a prophecy that Christ shall yet reign in the earth, as King of kings and Lord of lords. Giving th e Gospel to E urope R eview L esson Memory Verse: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation” (Mk. 16:15). Approach: Let us see how many of the stories we can remember about Paul and his journeys. We will begin with the one
w h i c h took him across the water in to a strange country. Lesson 1. “Paul Takes the Gospel to Other Lands.” Paul had a vision which led him to carry the gospel story across the sea into Europe. Lesson 2. “Paul in Prison.” . P a u l went on preaching,
even when he was in prison. Lesson 3. “How We Ought to Hear.” Paul preached to two kinds of people, to those who listened and believed, and to those who wouldn’t believe, but who went about to stir up trouble. Lesson 4. “Paul Working for Jesus in a Great City.” Although Paul got discour aged because there were so many people to be told about the Lord Jesus and so few to tell the story, God told him to go on,
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