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FIELDS OF HOLYWRlT
nj, ,s,gRSAT!oNAL sUNDAY-sCHoOI
LESSON.
n1rrT, A PRISONER At JERUsALEM
ocroBgR 10, 1891 ACTS Mi, i1'SO

OCTOBER 10, 1891 ACTS XXI, 1890
PAUL APR1soNER AT JERUSALEM
rbo 1ews of Asia had often heard
~ oG,rm that the middle wall OF par
! ~, must be broken down. They un,
u', rs,ood him 10 mean the hteya' wan
srating the court OF the Gentlles
p,,, the inner court, the pavement OF
lIgt' could be pressed by Jewish feet
Nn VIM "a finding Paul within the sa-
" Iod noIlsade, they sprang TO the con-
~. ..,dn that he was then and there
StnLirr IL down by the introdncpon
,be uncircumcised within us nal
ul "a nrecincts The cry is raised,
Low! i,S,r II Israel. help" AS II this IN
.sansIye. unreslsting man were some
INA INA beast 10 be exterminated.
WI" WI psnI was cast out, the gates closed
hnssInd him, 10 deny him asylum and to
p,Inigv that the temple was polluted
S.e"'s closed gates were a figure of the
II.Sroy heart shut 10 It's last prophet
InI,s,,tt prevails, Jews are In q jealous
na for their temple. Romans are
its,,tsu with fear that the Egyptian
SUI, has reappeared. One heart only
ItnaIm II Is OF the man most In dan
~ ONT Of the very Jaws of defeat,
psmI snatches an opportunity to preach
How strIkingiy significant his pulpit
staircase-midway between the He
S,sw temple and the Roman tower.
Iite mediator he stands, laying one
tard an the Gentle and the other upon
,ba lew. striving to make them one In
Christ, Ins Nui'i i'I,,,a,.,a ,,,itb
.rst his yisage, marred by the rude
handling of the mob-how divine the
romnoslre, how Christ-ilke the benigni-
a.. that addresses its assallants,
..protbers and fathers!" What a lovely
oommnnt upon Jesus command. when
sr,I,,en unOn the one cheek, turn the
o,bor alsol" Within the pre-
cincts Of the temple hard by the cham
- In which he may have sat as San
,,oarts, near the spot where he had ia
Len an official part in the martyrdom OF
stenheu. in the presence Of some who
nav have commissioned him as per-
sac,tor and Others who accompanied
MIN Paul tells the story OF his CONVEX
sion He Is Jew, born in
dJstant province but brought up at
Jerusalem and taught by Gamaliel'
A gealet and prosecutor, Complete
Transformation. Seat in Sanhedrim re-
signed hope of Observation-Disclosures;
bonds Of kinshlp broken; voluntary
exile: counted as offscourlng OF the
world. wearing The brand of the Na2a-
rere. rejoicing in prospect of martyr
dom And transformation has come,
moi nv ndlteratlon of Christian doc
trlpe. hut suddenly by the miraculous
"he' wv, - Tasua True. this
nnwerful sermon, preached to a riotous
mob oyerawed for the moment by the
towerIng moral grandeur of the
nreacher, was not permitted to reach q
conclusion But It was not in vain.
II Was bread cast on the waters,
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES
PRAYED in temple; Showing that he
still honored the temple as the house OF
God Schaff .t. In trance
Among scientific men n trance is rec
ornlzed mental condition. Abbott. :.
1 ne, chronological condition; soul acted
INDEPENDENTLY Of the body, Hurlhut =,
Gel quickly out of Jerusalem:
Pants Inclination was 10 preach to his
own peoplc; went to Gentlles by Lord 8
command Afford. Hoped by
Isnr,bened work In Jerusalem to make
amends for his former cruel injuries
done in that city. Sehaa. MOI
receive testimony: Jews were at this
hour fulfilling that prophecy. Pelou-
4 bet. Unto the Gentiles: Could
moi bear thoughts OF unclrcumcised
heather being made equal to the sons
OF Abraham. Conybeare and Howson
A man that is Roman; How
A often has this exclamation, am Ro-
man citizen, brought and and safety
even among barbarians In the remotest
parts of the earth! Cicero.