Arizona republican., 1898-11-28

] Scrap reading of ne r.pie l. Ta Bet- 1 Ter than scrap pfsaea hing hence our
 study Of t should ba of | connected
 and systematic kind.
 The Galatians were GaLls who came to Asia Minor on being expelled from Europe about 279 B. c. They left their home land in a large body and
 proceeded along the Danube to the place where the Lave jcins that river
 Here they divided into three divisions
 under their leaders. One body of them preceded into Thrace and thence into ] Bitbynia. They found the king of that country at war with his brother
 Zipetes. They joined themselves with the king and assisted him in overcom-
 ing his brother, and for this service were rewarded with he country now called Galatia. The inland situation Of this regiCn cut chem O. from inter course with more civilized peoples and so for 9 long time they made little ad- vance in culture Of any kInd. But they were not an inferior race and did not lacl, in incl nation or capacty for learning, and so whom Paul came among them preaching the t.uths O. the gospel hey gladly accepted it and were so grateful to him as to justify 1 him in writing to them, that had l.
 
 out their eyes and given them to him.
 Many Of them had before the coming of Paul among them been converted to Judaism, and after he had gone the JudO-ChTistian teachers came and en- i dcavCred 10 induce them 10 continue the practice Of the Mosaic rites and ceremonies. They taught that except ye be oiicumcisad and keep the law Of Moses ya cannot be saved. They would i have been very much at home with some Of cur modern JudC-Christian pedagCgues who teach that except ye keep the decalOgue, with the emphasis On the fourth commandment ye can not be saved Sc there were two par ties in the Apostolic church, the Judo 1 Christian, CT semi-Christia1 disciple. and the simple disciple. The latter i taught that the Christian system was full and complete and needcd nothing from Moses to make it efficaCiOus as q means CT salvation. The teachers of this party made use of the old oracles i as system Of prcos for the establish ment cf the new disPersation, but dropped it's fOrmU tary of truth and ferns of worship fer those Of Christ. i Paul belonged to this parry.
 The Judaizing party admitted that i Christ was a teacher come from God i and that His teaching was an excel l lent institute of morality, but knowing nothing of the efficacy ct his death they declared tha5 there was no sacri- 1 ice for sin outside the L9vitical offer
 ings,' ana that for the Gentiles to be saved they must circumcise and keep the law ot Moses This, .hcy said, combined with the teachings Of Jesus, made complete system Of religion. Th4s party being zealous for the law. i of course kept the Satbach. Beth
 James and Peter seem for time to have been mixed up in tnese errors. Tn
 order to weaken Pauis influence with these bre hren, the Judaizers had de-
 nied that he was an apostle proper;
 -Aa- he wGs onl.1 a2 apostle Of men, fer, said they. he has not seen Jesus. l I ney also intimated that he was not uniform in his teachings, and that he ! had also taught rhe necessity Of cir
 cUncision. It vas to meet the errors
 or these JudaIzers that Paul wrote th.s ! learned epistla to the Galatians; and ] i apprahend that f we keep these facts 1 in mind we shall ind little difficulty iD understanding this letter.