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GOLDEN TExE W hen lie the spirit o. trutl
Is come. He viii guide you into al truth -Johr
| 1914
TINE Paul entered upon this third grea
missionary journey probably early In A. ID 81
and was absent about four years, till the sprins
Of A. ID. ~ The time OF the present lesson ex
tends from about May. A. ID. 81. 70 May. 81.
covering the three years OF Paul's stay IL
EPscscs =. u,,., c.,.,. ,s-,.
city Of Ephesus-
PAur-Aged tifty.,wo to nfty-nve On hi.
third visit 70 the churches OF Asia Minor. and
second 10 Europe.
COMPANIONS or ST PAur.-Silas came q
Paul At Corinth tis:s), and that is the last men
ton OF his name In the Acts. lie probably went
with Paul to Jerusalem. where he had been .
leader. and from which place he wont with
on the third missionary tour, Of which our les
son is part Timothy was with Paul most OF
the years at Ephesus n9:sc)
THE SECTION or HISTORY included In this
lesson extends from chap 1918 to Chap 1914,
covering about three years OF time
LESSON NOTES.
The Return of the Missionaries
Chap. 1s:lS-o2. Paul remained q year
and half at Corinth, founding and
strengthening the church in that city
uS:lD. Then he set sail for Jerusalem
to be present at the great feast, prob
ably that of Tabernacles (Lewin),
which occurred this year "a. ID. 53) on
September 10. After a brief stay at
Jerusalem he went to Antioch. the
starting point of his missionary tours.
The object of this visit was no doubt
to report his work to the churches. to
refresh his own soul by communion
with long-established Christians, to
keep the unity Of all the churches of
our Lord and to recover his health.
For the same reasons, it is of great
advantage to the church to have their
missionaries return home every few
years. The results of q lifetime are
much greater in this way.
Summary of the Second Missionary
Journey.-D The old churches re-
visited and strengthened. (2) New
churches founded. (3) The Gospel in
troduced into Europe and into the CEN
tiers of influence. az New workers
brought into the missionary work.
% Two epistles written. the first
books of our present New Testament
that were written.
The Third Missionary Journey
Chapters 1928 to ellis. Four years. A.
ID. 54-5s. The first portion of this tour
we are unable to trace with accuracy.
Paul left Antioch early in A. ID. 81, re-
visiting the churches which he had pre-
viously founded in the provinces of
Galatia and Phrygia; thence he came
to Ephcsus, which was to the province
of Asia q center. as Athens and Corinth
were to Greece. There he remained
nearly three years Acts o0:3l). Thence
May. 5.) he went into Macedonia and
Greece (c0:2), whence he returned to
Jerusalem. This was the end of his
third missionary journey. His arrest
there prevented his returning to the
point of his departure-Antioch in
Syria. The whole duration of this
tour is believed to be about four years,
viz. from early in A. ID. "a to the sum-
mer OF AID. IS.
During this tonr he Is thought also
to have written the following epistles,
viz: From Ephesus. spring. 81. Cor
from Macedonia. autumn, 81.
9 Corinthians; from Corinth. winter Of
81, Galatians; from Corinth, spring Of
So. Romans.
Ephesus and the Church Thereby
The City. Ephesus was not only the
capital of the province, but was the
city of the greatest Importance in all
Asia Minor, and the principal empori-
UNI of trade in the east. 1t was called
one of the eyes Of Asia. Smyrna. forty
miles to the north. being the other.
The city stood on the south of plain
about five miles long from east to west,
and three miles broad, washed on the
west by the Icarian sea, an arm Of the
Egcan.
l2) The Inhabitants. The inhabit-
ants of Ephesus were of course Greeks;
and they seemed to have carried with
them the natural genius and fine taste
Of the Attic stock, for Ephesus held no
position in letters, and in
sculpture it rivaled, and in painting
excelled, the parent city (Athcns).
Apclles and Parrhasius, the two
masters Of the pencil. were
both Of them natives of Ephcsus.
(3) Civil Government. The deputy
Of the whole province resided here.
They were under the Roman govern
mcnt; but Ephesus was free city,"
governed by its own magistrates and
popular assembly.
(4) Christianity in Ephesus. In
Christian story it was famous not only
for the long residence Of Paul and
Timothy. but subsequently it was
known Ms the abode of the Virgin
Mary. and the home of the old age Of
the Apostle John. The graves of Mary
and Of John were here
Results. these three quiet, event
ful years, not only were the founda-
tons of the great Ephcsian church
aid. but also the early stories Of those
famous Christian congregations known
rs the churches Of Asia. as well as the
churches of the river Lycus, -Coloss;s.
Laodicna and IIicrapolis. II was. per-
maps. the most successful period Of his
busy, stirring ca ccr.-Schaff.
We can see b, the effect upon the
business of making silver
,hrincs (i9:co-4l) how mighty grew
The word Of God and prevailed. There
must have been very large number Of
converts to rake so serious an inroad
upon bad business. A great revival