The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-06-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson In the International Series
for June IL, I0C2-PRul Crosses
To Europe.
THE LESSON TENT.
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,sr,bay were came IN Mvsia ,b.,
sssa,,.S 70 o. int ,t,hyrta. mn In snIri,
=, ., - - p. -,
49, ,t..t 80 n'S''1r. nv Nt,-si. ca,. aou,
10 Troas,
3. AID a vision appeared to Paul In the
night. The re stood "A man oil Mac.oul,la and
nrsved him saving ,,ome ov,rintd Mace
PtaS eu I'M 80! !'"e' N'ie '''' '
IN 49, a,,ar %s had saan IN. yisiop i'm
r,sdiataI1. ~ ar,ta,,or.d 20 90 inIn ,,ac.-
Gnri We 20 iSs, 10 tS ,Se ors
had caIIed ms tor To- preach the ruspel upto
''I n Tharafore Ioosinp from Troas We
came with straight course 10 Samothrs-
eia; and the next Gay TO Neapons, ,,.,
,s the % chief % c,,v n, ,bs, nar, @ Of MpcsSonia.
and colony: aud we were IN that city
abiding certain days;
the city by a river side, where prayer was
wont TO be made: and We sat down and
spake unto the women "hieh resof'ed
IA. Ard a certain woman named Lydia,
a seller of purple, of the city OF Thyatira,
Mn'cu worshlPeu uoe, neaiu us. ''Ise ""ose
unto the things which were spoken OF
Paul.
,,srHt ~ h',,'%, ~, r. W.
have Judged me TO be faithful to the Lord.
come into my house and abide there. And
s'i: Giii,GI soISrr.'f'e 'fI'seIHII-Tnou shall, he his
witness unto all mcn.-Acts 2.,I5.
OUTLINE or SCRlPTtRAL SECTION;
p1ISr'S 'I' i6:l-5
PauIs vision. n....-.,....' Acts ,6,G-,s
nv ~ % - 60
P,ace.-Antloch Iystra. Troas and
Phiiippi; .o,r,,,,, ,,,,.,,,,o,,,,,,>.,,e,
po,I ,ov Macedonian and heard
I,i,,, .a,.;rr .Cau,o ov.r and holm nc "
m. ,,o, r,,,r,.,r,od oil tboss ,cho
Iirod ~ .hot beothon corrtrv fa,y
~ ,,.hor, rooliy.d th.ir oraot naed
tIi., o,noo, ,,,s .nforood Lv tho c,m.
r,,rd nf tb. so,iorr eco va tbere-
Fore ord ,r,l,e d;,c;pl.s ,f all tb.
potinrs" \I,tt os.,oi That v,s ,
call of beotb.nism to Christianity
- COLL y,h;ob now is nc strenuous and
os ohIigntorv as when poul heard it
Tbo Disarr.,mont Tho second
missionary iournev was first MANNED
nc ,.is;t 60 ,bne. who b,d artered
tho Ch,is,;on ne. nc q rosult of tb.
fornor iourro,. ,rho oontent;o, b.-
t,voon p,uI ,rI porrobos wo. urf,r-
innate and probahlv both men were
o+ f,ul+ y.t ,h. disorraement reo,-
" gove two c,n,ble leaders the on
nortunitv IN work independentIv in
e+e,d of too.tbsr a w.s tba man
who came as messepger from the
church in Jerusa,em His choice for
tb,+ armand nrored that be had
cood deoI of in a,,.p moo onono +be dis
cinles
p,u,s Nav Usqn.r -T;mo+bv b,d
bean ;nstruo+ed ,s -, low 70 Tim
1.5. 3.16 but conld not he circum-
cised os n lew becanse his father was
n GENTLE. But PAM now made him n
Jewish nroseIvte as we'll ne n Chris.
tian teacher. Timothy was nrobob,v
quite Young at this time-not over 20
wears old Rv yivinc to tbe churches
tbe decision Of tbe elders ot Jcru-
salem. they gave them confidence and
courage and stirred them to zeal in
irving TO win GeptiIcs.
pauI's Vision When Pan, raocbed
Derbe. he wanted TO go ON. and So
travelled northward. probably doub-
ding back and forth under the pro-
hibition against going into Asia.
This Asia was the western end Of
Asia Minor. the wealtbiest and most
nopulous part of the district pauI
snent n preat deal of ti,pe ,bere oft
erwards. The direction indicated by
verses 7, S was northwest. Troas
Troa was the point from which trav-
elers usually set out for Europe. The
vision which came to Paul was right
ly regarded as a divine direction to
60 into Europe. The change from
they" ". s. to 1--WE" (v. JOY indicates
that Luke Joined Paul at Troas. The
company thus had at least four mem
bers-Paul, Silas. Timothy and Luke.
Very likely there we're others also.
Sought" indicates the necessity of
waiting until some vessel headed for