The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-21

.,.n.l Lesson Tor July s3. 1893
o., a. cortnth-Acts lS;i-ti.


r.., at Corinth-Acts isii-il.
,,s Trxr-Thc preaching Of the cross
".,r,n that perish. foolishness' but unto
y y. which are saved. II IL the power VI WV
lCor liza . a. .-r.s,.,e,v after me oe-
..,,urc from Athens Paul REMAINED mere
year ans -corinth. the political capital Of
$50 the metropolis OF commerce II WAS SIT
o, ON the istnmus which connects shetw
portons OF 'rceee .~s-p wross
80 rptstlcs I, the church he had founded Inc
W., thistle was written ~ Ephesus. about
his' n 81. four years after he left corinth
~ second cpistie soon followed late In 81 or
-. m 81. when Paul was ~ Phiiippl, after ne
- ,een driven from Ephcsus. IN his third mis-
sionary journey. ro,,-v Cor
~ 4, rinx this stay Paul wrote two letters 70
NV nr,ss.salonian church. from which he mad
- ~ driven By persecution See our last lesson
r,,v MISSION RiEs.-At Cortnth Sias anu
~sa,hv TONED Paul (vcr. 81. bringing with
80, = contribution for his aid from fhiiippt
herc Luke remained comp Cor il'v Win
psu ai5) Siias had remained At Berea. ana
Timothy mao pocn eo'' '"
Athens a.. .,,o,s
49,, sub,ect OF our last lesson, was not over .
.aoo,h Levin. n 50 long He did not remain
,o,g after his address on Mars hill IL ~
probablc that persecution was 'hrca'.neu
arainst him as the introduccr OF new godss
~ orensc 10 that for which Socrates had been
aaracmned and executed In the same c'ty ana
- ,he sAmc court: and that Paul hastily LETT
~. city ana proceeded to Corinth where his
coworkers joined hiri.
LESSON NOTES.
corinth. The Place and the Need
m The city. As Athens was the seat
~ culture. SO Corinth was the seat OF
commerce in the south Of Greece. The
citv. nj this time the political capital
~ Greece and the residence OF the 10
nan nro-consul. stood on the isthmus
which united the Pcloponnesus to the
mainland, and through it all land traf
Sc between the peninsula and the rest
of Greece must pass, while fts
two harbors. one on each side o.
the neck Of land on which Cor
NTH stood. made it the resort OF sea
faring traders both from east ane
west. On vast rock, rising abrupt.
about two thousand feet above tn
,evel of the sea. was the citadel, calle'
tho Acrocorinthus Magnificent TEN
ples and public buildings adorned u
especiallv the market place The roa
IN the Acropolis. made long by vino
;nos led past temples, affairs and stat
ues. and on the citadel stood the spiei
did temple of Venus. adorned with
panoplied image of the goddess. In
military point of view it was OF gre'
inheritance. as it commanded the CT
trance into the peninsula, and hen'
was called by Xenophon 1.-THE gate
the Peloponnesus" Farrar speaks
the city as having four hundred tho
sand inhabitants.
lo) It's business. Corinth was nc
ahle in commerce and manufactur
and foremost in the iine arts. CORN
gave birth to painting; the most eia
crate order Of architecture receiv
from her its name. the finest oron
was the .Corinthian brass, aithou
none Of her sons is mentioned amo
The illustrious writer's of Greece. y
small fruit. the currant, derives
name from Corinth
(s) Character of the inhaoitan
With commerce had come luxury
vice. and the verb Corinthiazein'
lice as the Corinthians, had beco
provcrbial rs early as the time OF Al
tophanes. for a course OF prohiga
II was infamous for its liccntiousns
Venus. whose temple was on the Ae
corinthus. was favoritc godoess'
the temple Of Venus were attac'
more than a thousand courtesans'w
under the cover of religious rites p
dered to the passions of citizens
foreigners II was a city OF drunkal
itvas n city of cxtortioncrs and che'
Corinth was the Vanity Fair OF
Roman empire. at oroe the London
the Paris of the first century q
Christ. Such was the Augcan st'
which the Christian Hercules now
dressed himself TO purify.
az Ash field for missions. Not
che prcat need of the Gospel here. I
the character OF the people, out
the cosmopolitan nature OF It's rof
tion made Corinth a good field Tor
sionary labor. and center from "
the Gospel could be easily 81
through those who came to 90 pusl
there.
Paurs object was az to suppl.
wants. There was no church 70
mort him. so that he could gave
whole time TO Gospel work u
0:4-l4). This was especially ncedi
account OF the famine which prev
in Greece at this time. GU Ihere
probably something peculiar IN M
cums,anccs here which led him !
fuse aid. lie would not let his
mics think that he preached the
pcl for his personal gain. 90 Inc
p!c Of Corinth were especially ten
TO idlcncss and to dishonest wa
gaining livelihood. Paul set u
true example. lie showed thei
dignity Of labor. lie placed
them the Christian duty of diliger
business. lie proved that honest
was an aid to Christian living.
means of his daily labor he cam
contact with many whom he cor
f,ucncc toward Christ. business
of the channels God has furnisl
bv which we may come into Chr
contact with our fellow men.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. Yer. l. In this wicked and G
city of Corinth were some OF the
triuinphs Of the Gospel In the