The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

International Lesson for Nov. ~, 1S03--
The Grace of Liberality-2 Cor. S;1-12.
Especially Arranged from Peloubets Ncses]
GOLDEN TExT.-He became poor, that 70
through His poverty might be rich 3 Cor So
TIME-The Second Epistle to the Corinthians
was written IT. the autumn Of A. ID. "a, few
months after the first Epistle, and not long If.
ter 1.-The uproar at Ephesus."
PLACE.-Written TO the church in Corinth
from one Of the churches Of Macedonia. Some
think at Phiippi Uonybeare ana Howson),
and some at Thessalonica (Alford)
PLACE IN BIBLE HISTORY. 20: 1, 2
After writing the First Epistle TO the Cor
irthians, Paul sailed to Macedonia and went
around among the various churches there
SENT by Titus who had just returned TO
Paul from Corinth. He was accompanied by
two noted brethren e Cor. s: 10, Is, a2). They
went to complete the collection previously
begun.
TIE SECTION concerning this subject ex-
tends over chapters and 9.
CHARACTER OF THE EPrsTLE-The First
Epistle in good mcclure accomplished its pur-
pose. But in such church as that at Corinth
surrounded by many bad influences both
moral and speculative, many troubles are sure
TO rise
I. There arose men at Corinth who bitterly
opposed and accused Paul, as we see from the
answers he gives in this Epistle They called
him boastful, insincere, foolish; they said
lily appearance, his motives were worldly, not
spiritual: that he had sinister designs, and was
collecting the contributions In behalf Of the
Jerusalem poor as q crafty cloak for his own
avarice.'"
Q. These caluInnies hurt Paul's feelings. He
had "a human heart not IN artificial one; and
he does not even pretend that such calumnies
did not sting and wound him. They stung him
all the more because they came upon him at o
time OF great mental diScouragement and
physical prostration a: 8-l2,'D when there
we're fightlngs without and fears within C7:5)
They made him at once etched and indiV.
nant"
There are two ways Of dealing with calum-
ny, both best according to circumstances.
Christ had foretold that men would speak evil
of His disciples, falsely for His sake "The
early Christians were accused on all sides OF
infant murder and Thyestian panquets.
Athanasius, Calvin. Luther, were charged with
the most fragrant iniQuities. George White.
field spent his life amid a roar of execration.
Few modern statesmen, few modern writer's,
few public men Of any kind, are so fortunate
as to escape misrepresentation" "-Farrar.
One way to meet these calumntes is To
take no notice of them. 1T is said that an
eminent person of the present day has treas
ured up in q book all the fercest attacks which
have been made upon him, and, without ever
having answered one either good or bad, keeps
that book for the amusement of his friends.
They cannot harm me by what they say OF
me- am too near the great white throne fol-
that '"-Farrar. The other way is to answer
those calumnies that are doing mischief t1
Gods people or His cause.
LESSON NOTES.
The Collection for the SAINTS. AT
the great council at Jerusalem in A. D.
SO, when the Gentiles were welcomed
with the Jews into the Christian
church, Paul promised to take up q
collection among the Gentle churche.
for the poor saints at Jerusalem (see
1892, Fourth Quarter, Lesson XI.)
Paul had been making this collection
in Macedonia and in Greece (9:2) anG
in Asia Minor Il Cor 1871. The neeG
of this collection 1) arose from the
/ great number of strangers at Jerusalem
from all parts of the world. (2) Mos
4 of the converts were from the poorer
/ classes. (3) The turbulent and un
settled state of the people. This lettel
was written only about twelve year,
before the final destruction of Jerusa
lem. The abnormal condition of tht
labor market is illustrated by the fac
that Agrippa II. was compelled to re
! SOTU W dI UlllCldl LlCdhb, ouCll pdNtuk
the streets of Jerusalem with white
marble, after having declined pro
posal to destroy and rebuild Solomon
porch, in order to supply with worl
and wages eighteen thousand work
men who had been employed in repair
ing the temple. Life and propert,
were rendered painfully insecure b,
the terrible atrocities of the Sicarii, a
once assassins and robbers. Their
was famine in the reign of Claudius
and the privations accompanying it
for the mitigation of which st. Pau
had previously been instrumental II
providing (Acts 1929, 80), may hav
been still continuing. independent,
of the general disorder, it is easy t
comprehend how difficult the Chris
tians, regarded as renegades from tn
national faith, may have found it t.
earn their daily bread, and their suffer
ings were probably much more sever
than is usually imagined.
The gra ce of God is Gods favor an'
the disposition or character which i
its fruit. The liberal giving describes
is the fruit of Gods gracious influence
bestowed upon these churches. How
ever much one may k now that he give
of his own free will, yet he that see
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