The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for July 10, 1885,
Paul ut Athens-Acts 17:22.3l.

international Lesson for July 10, 1885,
Paul 1T Athens-Acts 17:34.Sl.
Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Notea1
GOLDEN TEIT.-God il . spirit and they
that worship Elm must worship Him In spiri,
and in truth.-John 4:A
THEA D. 81 Levin thinks it Was in
November, from the fact that with the an
clients. navigation in those seas closed Novem-
Der IL
MovKMExrs OF THE MIssIoNARua-Luke
was left at Philippi, As We learn from the use
OF the third person instead Of the hrst from
the time Paul left that city, and . return to tho
first person, I'VE" "us," when Paul reaches
Philippi again on his return journey Co.'s. o..
Silas and Timothy were left At Berea Q7:ll),
and Paul went alone to Athena
LESSON NOTES.
Founding of the Thessalonian
Church.-After Paurs release from
prison, he, with Silas and Timothy,
went along the great Roman road,
about one hundred miles in south
west direction to Thessalonica, the
chief city of Macedonia. 1t is now
called Salonica, or Saloniki. of modern
Turkey, and is a city of ninety thou
sand to one hundred thousand inhab-
itants, of whom fifty thousand are
Jews. Here Paul pre- ached for several
weeks, when a disturbance arose
which compelled the missionaries to
leave. But there was a goodly num-
Der of converts, especially among the
Greeks.
The Epistles to the Thessalonians.-
The first epistle to the Thessalonians
was written by Paul to this church
from Corinth, only a few months after
his first visit there "a. d. SO, 53), on
the same missionary journey. 1t is the
Oldest book of the New Testament, the
earliest document of the Christian re-
ligion. The second epistle was writ
ten soon after "a. D. So.
The Founding of the Church in
Berea. - Driven from Thessalonica,
Paul went sixty miles further to the
southwest on the way to Greece, to
city called Berea. Here many Jews
and Greeks, and especially many hon
orable women, as in Thessalonica, be-
came disciples.
Paul at Athens.-As usual, persecu-
ton arose against the new religion;
and Paul, leaving Silas and Timothy at
Berea (ver. 14) to follow on more leis-
urely, fastened secretly on in q south
erly direction till he came to the
famous city of Athens, the capital of
the intellectual world, as Rome was of
the political, and Jerusalem of the re-
Ggious.
The city of Athens is situated about
five miles inland northeast of the
Saronic gulf, an arm of the Egean sea.
1t lies between two small rivers, the
Cephissus and the Illyssus. Four ia
nous mountains lie around it, and four
still more famous hills are within the
city-the Acropolis, the Areopagus, or
Mars hill; the Pnyx, on which the as
semblies of the people were held and
Demosthenes spoke his Grafton. and the
Museum.
The People of Athens.-The name of
Athens was synonymous with the most
graceful conceptions of art and the
profoundest study Of philosophy. There
human wisdom had sat enthroned. All
succeeding generations and civilized
nations have acknowledged her in
tellectual supremacy. Athens was the
poetry, the founder of systems of phi
losophy. She gave birth to the prod
ucts of genius in almost every depart
ment of literature and art, which have
scarcely, if ever, been surpassed. Paul
waited eagerly the coming of his COM
panions. While waiting, probably for
some weeks, he walked around this
celebrated city, among its countless
statues and idols, and his heart was
stirred within him. He began to dis
course to the Jews in the synagogue,
and with the people gathered in the
thronged market place. He excited so
much interest that the attention even
of the Epicureans and Stoics, the lead
ers in philosophy and religion, was
drawn towards him. After discussing
with them for time, they requested
him to leave the curious and thrOnging
crowds Of the market, which was not
proper arena for discussions; and for
the convenience of both parties, and in
led him up the steps of the Areopagus,
Mars hill, to the platform on its sum-
nit, where were assembled 1.-The no.
blest blood of Athens, the first poll
ticians, the first orators, the first phi
losophers: a court the most august, not
only of Athens, but of Greece, and in
deed of the whole world" It was at
this bar that Socrates was arraigned
and condemned on the ground of inno-
waiting upon the state religion. Here
Paul was allowed to speak from the
tribune of a regular court, where both
speaker and audience would be free
from disturbance
Paul stood in the open air upon the
Mars hill just described, a name traced
to the fable that here Mars was tried
before the assembled gods for the
murder of a son of Neptune. He stood
in the presence of the famous court,
who sat on the crown of the hill at the
eastern end, and were ranged in con-
centric circles, one above another, |
while the cave or hollow in the mid |
die was occupied by the accuser and |
the accused and their legal adviser,
the accuser standing on an elevated |
stone on the one side, and the accused |