Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-04-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international Serles
for April 2G. iSo3-Paar. Joar-
ney to JerusaIem
THE LESSON TEXT.


(Ac,s BLY,
NOW when We had discovered Cyprus
ieti IL on the left hand. and sailed into
SYRIA. and landed at Tyre: for there the
snip was to unlade her burden
And finding disciples. we tarr,ed
tnfte seven days. who said TO Paul through
the spirit. that he should not 40 up 10
Jerusalem ~ ~
q And when We had accomplished those
We departed and went our way;
a"u 'reS all brought US on our way with
wives and children till We were out OF
the city. aud We kneeled down on the
shore. and prayed
AND when We had taken our leave one
Oh aho'her We took ship. ana they returned
home again
q And when we had finished our course
from Tyre. We came TO Ptolemais and sa-
'"teu the brethren. and abode with them
one day
And the next day We that were OF
fanis company departed. and came unto
'aesarea; and We entered into the house
al Phiip the evangelist. which Was one
OF the seven. and abode with him
ana the same niau had four daughters.
virgins. which did prophecy
10 And as We tarrled there many DAYS
There came down from Judaea "A certain
prophet. named Agabus.
IL Aud when he was come unto ms he
took PauIs girdle. and bound his own
hands and feet aud said Thus saith the
Holy Ghost. SO shall the Jews at Irrusa-
lem bind the man that owneth this girdle,
and shall deliver him into the hands uf The
Gentiies
Il And when We heard these things.
huth We. and they Of that place. besought
hin not TO go zap TO Jerusalem
GOLDEN IENr.--Ihc viii Of the
Lord he douc.--tcts .i;Is
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
faul Warned Against Going TO
Jerusalem .---.--.. .....-...--A Acts y Ia
n Second Warming. ........... Acts n SD
Pau Noble Resolution. p :l2-l6
Paul Warmed Against Going to Je-
rusalem- After leaving MiletuS, where
Paul had interviewed and taken his
final leaNe-tuking from the leaders Of
the EphcSian church. he sailed again
toward Jerusalem, touching by the
way Coos. Rhodes. Patara. on past
Cyprus and landing at Tyre. where the
vessel un which hr sailed stopped to
unlade. At Tyre there was q company
Of disciples. and Paul and his compan-
ions stopped with them for the space
of seven days. We have already seen
that forcbodngS of certain danger 10
himself in connection with his work
possessed the mind of Paul. Yet with
cumpoSure be could say: But none
OF these things move me. neither count
my life dear unto myself so might
finish my course with Joy. and the min
'Stry ! have received. to tes-
tifN the Gospel of the grace Of God y
The foreboding of danger possessed
not alone the mind Of Paul but also n
these disciples al Tyre for Paul they
urged Paul not to go TO Jerusalem in
the face of the growing opposition
there 10 the preachers of the Gospel
or Christ. What Paul said i'm reply to
these disciples il not recorded.
a Second Warning.-After seven
days al Tyre Paul and his companions
took ship again and sailed to Ptole-
mais. where they stay one day with
the disciples OF that place and from
thence to Caesarca. There they
stopped in the house of an evangelist
named Philip. While Paul was there
= prophet named Agabus came from
Judea The prophet took Pauls girdle
and bound his own hands and feet and
said: Thus saith the Holy Ghost. so
shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the
man that owneth this girdle. and shall
deliver him into the hand of the Cen
tiles" Then the disciples Of Caesarea
and even Pauls travelling companions
bcsought him not to 60 10 Jerusalem m.
Pauis Noble Resolution.-Pau was
not absolutely proof against such
pleading. for the great mans heart
was near % breaking. but his resolu-
ton 10 face his duty regardless of the
danger besetting that pathway never
wavered
What mean We TO weep he asks.
and TO break mine heart? for ! am
ready no. to he bound only. but also 10
die at Jerusalem for the name Of the
Lord Jesus" There are few more in
spring passages Of Scripture than this
narrative of Pauls journey toward
Jerusalem. II was in some respects
like the last journey Of Christ 10 the
same place. That was the goal TO
which duty. 10 which service Of God
and mankind pointed. No human
pleading turned either hairs l~eadth
from his course. In spite OF all dan
gers. hidden or apparent. Paul. like
the Son Of Man. moves steadily and
without wavering 10 his goal The
conclusion Of the matter was: THE
win Of the Lord be done" and Paul
took 30 Jerusalem with him not only
his original companions. but also Ger.
tam of the Caesarean disciples.
Religious Emotion.