The Progress., 1893-06-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON - JULY . - PAUL
CALLED TO EUROPE.
Golden Text: Go We Therefore. aud
Teach All Nations, Baptizing Them in
the Name of the Father. and of the
son and OF the Holy Ghost
Acts xyi:6-IJ-

Introductory-We left Paul and Bar.
nabas in Jerusalem where they had
told the story of their first great mis-
sionary tour to the Gentiles, with its
marvellous success as n proof of tho
presence of the Holy Spirit and the
divine Endorsement of their labors.
The question of receiving the Gentiles
into the church had been wisely and
fairly settled. 1t took place SOM
time in A. ID. 80.
Paul and Barna bas with two dele
gates from the Jerusalem church re
turned to Antioch bearing the decree
of the council They remained at An
tioch for a time. Then Paul proposed
that they revisit the churches which
they had founded in Asia Minor dur
ing their first missionary tour Bar
nabas agreed with Paul Barnabas
wished to take with him his cousin
John Mark, who started with them on
their former journey, but left them
and returned home, when they began
to enter upon the difficult part of their
tour. Paul refused to take him with
them; and the difference of opinion
was SO sharp and decided that the two
friends separated, and went different
ways, never to meet again on earth.
Barnabas took Mark with him and
henceforth drops out of the narrative,
but not out of the work. Paul chose
Silas one of the delegates from the
Jerusalem church, and leaving Antioch
went northward through Syria, the n
to the west through his native Cilicia,
thence reversing the order of his first
tour. They confirmed the churches, and
delivered the decree of the Jerusalem
council to the Gentiles, so that the
churches were established in the faith
and gained in numbers daily.
Timothy, convert of Lystria, on
the first journey now joins the party.
l. The Second Missionary Tour,
Chap. Is, vers 40, Al; chap. Is, vers.
Is. q. "Now when they had gone
through Phrygia." An underlined re-
gion round about Antioch of Pisidia
to the north, east and west. And
the region of Galatia." The great
Phrygia. Forbidden of the Holy
Ghost" Their plans were to preach
in Asia but they were prevented by
the Holy Spirit God shuts us off from
one field of work because he has other
greater work for us to do. "A sia. "
/ In the New Testament Roman sena-
sorial province bordering on the
Egean sea
Z. Come to Mysia." A province of
the Egean sea, north of Asia. They
sssayed to go into BY thnia." A north
crn province of Asia Minor. But the
Spirit" Sent by Jesus. Suffered
them sot." God hedged up the way
he did not wish them to go.
8. "And they. D.. came down to
Troas." On the Bellespont about
four miles from ancient Troy.
III. The Macedonian Call, vers. Gil.
O. "a vision" The third supernatur-
al visitation. "a man of Macedonia. !"
His attire, appearance or language in
dicated that fact Luke joins the
company at Troas.
10. 1--WE endeavored." By seeking
for a ship. "Assuredly gathering"
Coming to conclusion.
IL. "Samothracia." An island of
the Eegean. ''Neapolis. The sea-
port of Phillip.
Ill The Conversion " Lydia, verses
1915. L.. Thence TO Philippi" I"
About ten miles from Neapolis
(Which" is the chief city of that part
of Macedonia" Built by Philip of
Macedon, father of Alexander the
Great "A colony of Rome. Seer
tain days" The few days they spent
there before the arrival of the Sab
bath.
13. "We went out of the city" Rev.
Vers. Without the gate where prayer
was won't to be made, or, where there
was won't to be a place of prayer. "
"We sat down and spoke unto the
women" That female prayer meet
ing was destined to leave its mark on
all time to come.
IA. Lydia, seller of purple of the
city of Thyatira." Celebrated in very
early days for its purple dyes and fab
rics. (Which worshipped God" A
Jewish proselyte. Whose heart the
Lord opened" She was growing ready
! for receiving the gospel.
Is. "And when she was baptized
Primitive piety was not hidden piety.
As soon as she believed she made pub
lie confession of her faith. ''If We
have judged" If she was fit for bap-
tism, was she unfit to be their hostess?