Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-09-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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I GOLDEN TEXT. Let your light 50 shine
I before men. that they may see your gccd
4 works, and glorify your Father which
7 Is IN Heayen.-Aiatt. 8. IS.
4 Second Missionary Journey A. d.
: 80 to 81 Four years.
/ The start from Antioch, where the
I first Gentle church was founded In a.
Z d 4O-41 Thence the first foreign
/ missionaries were sent forth, a. D. Is.
Paul and Barnabas disagree about
/ taking John Mark, and separate. Paul
I and Silas leave Antioch, A. d. 81
Revisiting the Churches. The mis-
sionaries revisit the churches which
Paul and Barnabas FOUNDED during
their first missionary tour a. D. IS
AS, but reversing the order, they go
by land through Cilicia, across the
| Taurus mountains, and reach Derbe
first; then Lystra, where a lame man
was healed; where Paul had been re-
garded as a god; where he was stoned
almost TO death, and where he found
Timothy; Antioch of Pisidia, whence
he was expelled; Iconium, where they
tried TO stone Paul; through Phrygia
and Galatia TO Troas, on the shore Of
the Aegean sea. Recall the stories Of
Homer and Virgil concerning this re-
gion; paurs vision of the man Of Mac
edonia
FIRST ENTRANCE OF GOSPEL INTO
EUROPE.
Philippi. The fir church in Eu-
rope, faithful and generous and low
ing. The scene of the great battle be-
tween Brutus and Pompey. Luke be
gins his work here, having joined Paul
at Troas. Conversion of Lydia. Heal
ing of demoniac slave girl. A mob
Paul and Silas in prison. Songs In the
night. Miraculous release Conver-
sion of the jailer.
Epistles. One epistle was written
10 the Philippians A. d. 62, from his
prison in Rome. II Corinthians was
written at Philippi, on later visit, A.
D. IS.
Thessalonica. Preaching in the syn
agogue. A mob. Expelled from the
city. Paul supported himself by tent
making. Help from Philippi.
Epistles. Two epistles were writ
ten to this church, A. d. so, SO. TIE
first of those which Paul wrote we
possess.
Berea. These more noble. because
they searched the Scriptures.
PAUEs WORK IN GREECE.
Athens. Driven from Berea, Paul
goes to Athens. The city. in respect
to art and literature Paul's address to
the Athenian philosophers of Mars Hill.
Corinth. A year and six months.
large church. with many difficult ele-
ments In it. Works at tent-makng
Has, for fellow-workers, Silas, Tim
othy. Aquila and Priscilla. Paul be-
fore Gallo.
Epistles. Two epistles to the
Corinthians, A. d. 81, from Ephesus.
A. d. IS, from Phllippt. Romans and
Galatians were written at Corinth, A.
d. 56, on q later visit
Return home via Cenchrea, Ephesus.
Cesarea, Jerusalem fourth visit), to
Antioch Of Syria
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY.
From Antioch, ending in Jerusalem,
four years, A. d. 54-5s. The start from
Antioch, after remaining a few months.
Revisits the churches. Galatia and
Phrygia.
Ephesus. Three years, a. d. 54-57.
very important church Paul re-
mains here longer than at any other
place. New baptism Of the Holy Ghost.
l'efeat of Jewish exorcists. Preaching
first in the synagogue. then in the lee
ture room of URANUS.
Power of the Gospel shown "a by
the burning of the books of Ephesian
magic. (2) BY its effect in lessening
the trade in silver shrines of Diana.
The mob and uproar excited by Demet-
RUS compelled Paul to leave.
Epistles One letter was written to
the Ephesians, A. p. 81. from his prison
in Rome. At Ephesus was written I
Corinthians, A. d. 81. The Epistles of
St. John were probably written at
Ephesus. The Gospel of John was
probably written at Ephesus.
Revisiting, strengthening and ex-
tending the churches. Nine or ten
months beginning early In the sum
mer of a. d. 81, when Paul was driven
from Ephesus-
Macedonia. From Ephesus Paul
went to Macedonia and visited the
churches he had founded
Iuyricum. Paul went forth into the
unevangelized regions. northwest of
Macedonia, as far as Illyrcum, which
cached TO the borders Of Italy from.
1919; Cor. 1910
Corinth. Here Paul spent three
months.
Homeward journey. From Corinth
Paul went northward through Mace
donia 70 Philippi, where Luke joined
him. To Troas. thence down the coast
/ TO Miletus where be met the Ephesian
elders, thence 70 Tyre, Cesarea and
Jerusalem.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
l. The duty and value of the mis-
sionary work
?. God often let's men drive us from
one place of work, because He has an
other place for us where we can do