Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-04-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lsssss In the International ssssss
fer April 8. iooS-raurs Fare
well e. EpAesss.
THE LESSON TEXT.

| Holy Ghost hath made YOU overseers 10
iced the church of God. which He hath
| purchased with His own blood.
| ~ For 1 know this, that after my de-
parting shall grievous wolves enter In
among you. not sparing the flock.
80 Also OF your own selves shall men
arise. speaking pcrverse things. to draw
| away disciples after them.
l. ii. Therefore watch. and RENE mher. that
oy the space OF three years l ceased not
To warn everyone night and day with
| tears.
- And now. brethren. commend you
to God. aud to the word OF His grace,
which IL able to build you up and TO give
you an inheritance among all them which
are sanctincd.
- l have coveted no man. silver. or
| gold. or apparel
81 Yea. We yourselves know. that these
| hands have ministered unto my necessi-
ties, and to them that were with me.
| ID have Showed you all things, how
that 80 laboring ye ought to support the
| weak. and TO remember the words OF the
| Lord Jesus. how lie said: at L. more
blessed to give than to receive
IS. And when he had thus spoken. he
knseied down and prayed with them all.
81. And they all wept sore. and Tell on
| Paul's neck and kissed him.
| & Sorrowing most OF all for the words
which he spake. that they should see his
face no more. And they accompanied him
| unto the ship
GOLDEN TExT-Rem embcr the
words of the Lord Jcsus. how Tie
said, u 10 more blessed 20 atve than
| to receive.-Acts 2Ot 10.
| OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
| The lesson may properly Ice said To
include tho entire chapter:
Pau Rcvlsits Churches In Eu-
| rope ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sO:l-3
Starts Back Toward Jerusalem. Acts 9o:i-iG
| \ Message for the Ephesians Acts 2o:l7-2t
| Warnings to tho Church. Acts 20:25-3i.
| HIS Final Leave-rakIng.......A Acts s0;32-3s
| TlME-A u 81.
| PLACE-Miletus, 30 miles south OF
| Ephesus.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Paul Rcyisits Churches in Europe
After nearly three years of ministry
at Ephcsus Paul was forced by the
trouble stirred up by bitter OPP
ponents of his preaching to leave
that place. Whereupon he decided
To revisit the churches he had found
ed in Europe; in Macedonia, Philipp,
Berea. Thcssalonica, and in Greece.
chiefly at Corinth.
| Starts Back To Jerusalem. --Paul's
IAN for the future mt this time was
very definite. The visits to the
| churches i'm Asia Minor and in Greece
and Macedonia were farewell visits
for the purpose OF Strengthening those
churches, then. IL in the providence OF
God he should be permitted SO to do,
he would return to Jerusalem, in
| which city he had not spent any con-
siderable time for many years. and
from thence to Rome. the capital of
the world
Il 30 hA Lt.ha IL.
the bomeward journey toward Jeru-
salem Paul comes TO Miletus. The
duration of his vessels stay ut
| Miietus was uncertain. so instead OF
going to Ephesus he sent for the
| leaders of the church to come to
him. He reminds them OF the way in
which he did his work while among
them. exemplifying in his own life
the qualities OF true disciple. The
one quality he emphasizes is huuil
| ity of mind. Then he reminds them.
how. in spite of the difficulty of the
work on account of the Lying In
| wait of the Jews" he taught public
| ly and from house 40 house. This is
an important suggestion for the
Christian worker. namely, TO empha-
size neither the public side of his
work nor the quieter. the "house
to house" way. at the expense Of the
other. Both are important. and he
| who has the gift OF persuasive public
speaker can strengthen his work i'm
calculably by means Of the personal.
touch. In verse 81 Paul sums up iW
the fewest possible words the gist or
his preaching. the two vital truths
of Christian experience He
preached first repentance toward
God" and secondly faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ" Turning from his
| past work Paul looks toward the fu-
ture Forebodings Of certain danger
| to hims ELF in connection with his work
are on his mind. But in spite of this
| knowledge he gives utteTnnce TO those
noble words: "Bu. none OF these
| things move me, neither count ! my
life dear unto myself, so that might
finish ny course with Joy. and the
ministry have received Ito testify
I the gospel OF the grace OF God" With
| the certainty II fate does this great
man push forward IN his God-appointed
work in spite Of all obstacles.
Warnings TO the Churchill is with
s1duess that Paul speaks Of the fu-
ture of he church OF Ephesus. Men
shall arise who shall speak perverse
things and even draw away disciples
from the true faith" In view Of this
condition Paul first says: Take heed
therefore unto yourselves" and sec
ondly. unto ali the flock" He had
| just reminded these representatives
from Ephesus that lie was pure from
| The blood Of al. men. This was in
reference 10 Ez,kiel 3. -. When say
unto the wicked, thou shalt surely
die: and thou giyCst 'nim not warming.
alto save his life: the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his