The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-07-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for July 80, 1895

Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes1
GOLDEN TExE-when He the spirit of truth
is come, Ee will guide you into all truth John
1913
TIME-Paul entered upon this third great
missionary journey probably early In A. d. 81,
and was absent about four years, till the spring
OF A. d. So The time Of the present lesson ex-
tends from about May, A. D. 54, to May, 81,
covering the three years Of Paul's stay in
Ephesus
PLACR-Asia Minor, .Galatia Phrygia and the
city of Ephesus.
PAUI-Aged flfty-two TO ffty-ave On his
third visit TO the churches Of Asia Minor, and
second 70 Europe.
COMPANIONS OF ST. PAUL-Silas came to
Paul at Corinth $3.50, and that is the last men
tion OF his name in the Acts. He probably went
with Paul to Jerusalem. where he had been
leader, and from which place he went with
Paul O5:22). Here he remained and did not go
on the third missionary tour, of which our les.
son Is part Timothy was with Paul most OF
the years at Ephesus Q9:22)
THE SECTION OF HISTORY included In this
lesson extends from Chap. 1878 TO Chap 1914,
covering about three years Of time
LESSON NOTES.
The Return of the Missionaries
Chap. 1882. Paul remained year
and half at Corinth, founding and
strengthening the church in that city
Qs:1D. Then he set sail for Jerusalem
ably that of Tabernacles Uewin),
which occurred this year CA. D. 5S) on
September is. After 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 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. (S) The Gospel in
troduced into Europe and into the CEN
ters of influence. (4) New workers
brought into the missionary work.
(5) Two epistles written, the first
books of our present New Testament
that were written.
The Third Missionary Journey
Chapters 1928 to 21:15. Four years, A.
d. 54-5s. The first portion of this tour
we are unable to trace with accuracy.
Paul left Antioch early in A. d. 81, re-
visiting the churches which he had pre-
viously founded in the provinces of
Galatia and Phrygia; thence he came
to Ephesus, which was to the province
of Asia a center, as Athens and Corinth
were to Greece. There he remained
nearly three years (Acts 20:8D. Thence
MAY, 81 he went into Macedonia and
Greece (2O: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 Experimentation in
Syria. The whole duration of this
tour is believed to be about four years;
viz: from early in A. d. 81 to the sum-
mer Of A. d. SO.
During this tour he is thought also
to have written the following epistles,
viz: From Ephesus, spring, 81, Cor
inthians; from Macedonia, autumn, 81,
Q Corinthians; from Corinth, winter of
81, Galatians; from Corinth, spring Of
IS, 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-
um 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 Icarisn sea, an arm Of the
Egean.
la) 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
contemplate position In letters, and in
sculpture it rivaled, and in painting
excelled, the parent city (Athens).
Apelles and Parrhasius, the two
matchless masters Of the pencil, were
both of them natives Of Ephesus.
(8) Civil Government. The deputy
Of the whole province resided here.
They were under the Roman govern
ment; but Ephesus was "free city,"
governed by its own magistrates and
popular assembly.
a. Christianity in Ephesus. In
Christian story it was famous not only
for the long residence of Paul and
Timothy, but subsequently it was
known as 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.--In these three quiet, event
full years, not only were the founda-
tions of the great Ephesian church
laid, but also the early stories of those
famous Christian congregations known
as the churches of Asia, as well as the
churches of the river Lycus,-Colosse,
Laodicea and Hierapolis 1t was, per-
haps, the most successful period of his
busy, stirring career.-Schaff.
We can see by the effect upon the
heather business of making silver
shrines Q9:20-4) how mighty grew
the word of God and prevailed" There