The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-18

GOLDEN IEAI.-'' Leu your llSul So
shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven MATT. V. Is.
UNIVERSALIST CATE CHS M
XXXvIII. What must we do to be fully
saved9 We must believe in Jesus, and
obey and follow him. -AcTs. xvi. 81;
PETER ii. 81.
GENERAL SURVEY. = Our lessons
have covered the quarter past of the
period of Paul's Second and Third Mis-
of the Church in Europe, time about six
years "a. D. 52-5S) 4. The first lesson
told us of the ''First Converts in Europe"
Paul, having been called by Night Voice
from Troas in Asia to Philippi in Europe,
gained his first convert in Europe in the
person of Lydia. =. In the second lesson
we learned of 'Paul and the Philippian
Jailer;" Paul, having brought the crazed
slave girl to sanity, was with Silas cast
into prison; they made the night melodi-
Gus with songs; an earthquake delivered
them and caused the jailer to become sup
plant before the missionaries for Chris
tian salvation. 3. In lesson three,
paul at Thessalonica and Berea,'' we
learned how Paul, when driven from
Thessalonica found in Berea people will
ling to hear and investigate the Bereans
being in candor an example for all L.
In lesson four we learned of paul
Preaching in Athens;'' he presented the
Gospel with tactful method and world
wide scope to the representatives of the
culture and art of the Grecian world ;
finding his premises in nature and Grecian
poetry, and building an argument for the
Universal Religion. 5. In lesson five,
Pauls Ministry in Corinth,' - we learned
how he spent in the luxurious capital of
Achaia year and a half of self sacrificing
labor, working with his hands for his
livelihood, that church might be estab-
lished in this center of influence. 6. In
lesson six, working and Waiting for
Christi we had specimen passage from
the first extant Epistle of Paul, which he
at this period wrote to the believers at
Thessalonica. He exhorted the believers
in that important Macedonian city to
perseverance in the power of faith in
Christ as the revelator of immortality for
all; and as the coming Victor over the
world Z. In lesson z, 'Abstaining for
the Sake of Others,n we learned how the
Gospel required of those who had been
emancipated from superstition in regard
to the use of the meats which had been
consecrated to idols, to exercise their
liberty in the spirit of charity the ap-
plication being that we should as Chris
tians remember the cause of the victims
of alcohol whenever we are tempted to
eight, THE excellence of Christian
Love- we learned how Paul advised the
jealous and covetous among the Corinth-
ian believers to unite in the bonds of love,
patterned after the Eternal Love. o. In
lesson nine, Paul Opposed at Ephesus, !"
we learned how Paul, near the end of
three years stay in the capital of Asia,
was opposed by the image makers, whose
business he had injured by lessening the
demand for craven images 10. In les
son ten, "Gentiles Giving for Jewish
Christians we learned how Paul ex-
horted the Corinthians to give of their
abundance in union with all the Gentle
churches, to relieve the necessities of the
prosecuted Christians in Jerusalem. II.
In lesson eleven, christian Living" we
had specimen-passage of the Epistle
which Paul at this period wrote from
Corinth to the believers in Rome; an
Epistle wherein he expounded the essen
tial Christian doctrines and showed their
application TO daily life. IL. In lesson
twelve, ''Paul's Address to the Ephesian
Elders, we had one of Pauls sermons
delivered under striking circumstances,
and containing an exposition of the prin-
ciples on which he had fulfilled his min
istry.