The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-17
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON.
July 1S, 1S97-Acts xvii, 1-I2.

BY DAVIS w. CLARK.
Thessalonica was named for the daughter Of
Philip of Macedon who in turn received her
Lame because she was born en- the day her father
conquered Thessaly. Some hundred students of
history may know that, but a hundred million
know of the city, because it is mentioned in
Acts. The fame of this commercial and i'm
posing metropolis del ends not so much upon it's
association with Philip, Alexander or Cassander,
as with Paul. Silas ard Timothy. How
ignoble the entrance of the latter: The backs Of
two of them were still corrugated by the ig-
nominious beating they had received at Philippi
The other immature youth from the rude
Woodland" The Kingdom Of heaven was com
ing of truth unobserved. But 1t was coming
for these wayfaring men represe nted moral i'd as
and forces destined to conquer larger world
than Alexander dreamed Of, and TO conquer it for
all time. The weapons of their warfare not
carnal But they were mighty enough to pull
down the strongholds of pagan religion and phi
lcsophy, and finally of pagan empire itself
The time of the missionaries advent
seemed unfavCIable. Famine was prevailing.
breadstuffs had advanced to six times their com
mon price. But Pauls trade which in his afiu-
ent days as a young Sanhedrist he never dream ID
he would ever use, stood him well in hand now.
It was as indispensable in the East as the trade
of the carpenter is with us. BY his independ-
ent self-suprort he could prove his disnteresteh-
ness beyond cavil. He sought them" not
sah. He traced the Via Dolorosa through all
the prophets Opening it up in one scroll after
another, he set forth in argument the necessity
for and the substitntional character Of the dtath
easily apprehended the truth. A goodly company
Of them cast in their fortunes with the new
some biSot2d sectarists, whose hearts were yelled
to such Messiah as Moses himself de5Gtlo t
last resort Of a failing cause 1t was He
PRey R2teG Rome P suP per But they could
affect undyng loyalty to Caesar on a moment
Young Young rsIigt5n, which Was fast writing icfabod
uron their eccl 9siastchl establishment 1t
was a 1X9d policy Of Roman rulers IN the PROV
irces to hash up a tumult at the very start. Re
made 1ld d" further tenure Of Once precarious QUICK
and in this instance etIectual measures were
son, he Would have borne the brunt Of it with
lis characteristic heroism: But he would not un-
cution. He would not make jason forfeit his
departed. But he had staid long enough to lay
tie foundation Of church, to which he after
ever came from his pen.
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
They came from T-essalonica' The whole
aspect of the prosecuted wanderers bespoke THEN
po1 erty, sufferings and earthly insignifcance.-
Farrar.
They: Note change of pronouns, which shows
that Luke was left at Phppi. Out of
the Scriptures: AS the common ground which
they acknowledged as true, end every letter of
which they valued as divine; and then after
calling thec attention to THIS that Well known
and often-read type or prophecy of Messiah, he
would turn to the life and death Of Jesus, every
detail of which the well instructed OF the foreign
Synagogue well knew, and would ask them. Was
not this One after all the Messiah the Christ ?
Schaf
military term II belongs to the camp ana the
bivouac After the battle the lave met to
divide the spols. They range themselves in DIFF
ferent groups, each group throwing their chances
into one ana taxing pert and lot together, share
and share alike. Such is the pict Ire OF these be
EeVers They cast life, property, all, into the
great transaction. They literally n ade the lot
ard portion of these humble disciples their own,
for this world and the next, forsaking all else
I.ewd Fellows: Vagabonds who hang about the
markets, serving for pay in mobs--Whedon
Turned the world upside dDWn: 7 J ey WOulc
have it thought that the preachers of the gospel
we're mischefnakers that they sowed dlscofd
among relatives, CbStructed commerce, and IN
yerted all order and regularity.-Com. Com
Into Rerea Road less frequented than famous
Tear the hurricane en- account of his Haladmin-
istration. had to flee 10 the out-of-the-way town
Of Berea.-Farrar.
Search the Scriptures: They turned to the places
10 which Paul referred read the context, con-
sicered the scoDe and drift-compared other
places-examined whether Pauls explanations
were genuine, and his arguments foTcible and
then determined accordingly-Con-. Corn.
THE TEACHERS CULVER.
l. The points thought 70 be most vulnerable in
Lukes history the very ones which illustrate
his persistent and minute accuracy. If he had