The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-27
First Quarter, Lesson XIII. Mar. %, 'O3.

4 The International Sunday School Lesson. q |
4 First Quarter Lesson XIII. Mar. 20, 'O3. A
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QUARTERLY REVIEW.
The lessons of the entire quarter
cluster around the towering person.
ality of st. Paul. They give new
views of this fascinating character
at various angles. Aside entirely
from religion, and as mere study in
biography, the gains are of incalcu-
liable value. But the movement is
greater than the man. The entrance
of Christianity into Europe makes
an historical epoch of first import
ance. If it had not occurred, West
ern history would have to be re-
written, for the European civiliza-
ton now current began with Pauls
obedience to the vision seen at Troas.
Cities, too, like pearls, are strung on
the thread of this narrative: Philip
pi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens,
Corinth, Ephesus. We are given
glimpSes of the urban life of two
thousand years ago. BY a most
happy and skillful combination, a
paragraph from the Epistle is put
next to the narrative of Paul's expert
ences in the respective cities as taken
from the Acts of the Apostles. Thus
literature is added to history and
biography. The selections are from
Philippians, First Thessalonians,
First Corinthians, and Ephesians.
Paul and SiIas at Philippi For
setting a poor slave-girl free from
her distressing malady the apostles
were beaten and Jailed. This was
the Philippian magistrates way of
appeasing the mob and avoiding
tumult, the dreaded scandal of Ro-
man provincial officer. The. filth
and vile company of an oriental
prison, the physical suffering of the
scourge and stocks was temptation
to distrust. But this was Offset by
prayer and praise. Gods seal to
such steadfastness was prison.
opening earthquake. The conver-
sion Of the iailer and the founding of
the first church in Europe followed.
January 4, 1903. Acts xvi, 22-34.
u-Christian living. One of the
very strongest of the apostolic
churches sprang into existence on
| the very scene of Paul's suffering, q
church to which ten years later he
poured out his very soul in what has
been aptly called his love-letter.
Joy" is the keyword to the Epistle.
ParadoXical that joyous letter
should be written on the eve of mar
tyrdom! The secret is the complete
ness of Paul's devotion to the cause
aud person of Jesus. The example
~ oro,',,|i,,n. dnI ,1,aro aIed Sources of
inOnirafi5on noM,,fi5 Tha EnistIo is the kew
ara ai,d aPi,"C, ar,r,,onru of popi's ChrictoInov
'''T. 1on,ar,. n"t,,,'' ~ 1Qo9 W Phil iv. liza,
'"''''i' ~ io0'' '-' ~
Can,a ''ai +Io,,nmds fSC ,,T,JJ Jnnw Of TbeS-
reg df t. so,,orol b;S-
saa2l.II" an;i oeoai"tion. ~ ' h5t noiIIions
!' Ioi lS"i ~ baao,'en pomi visitad If
ht;o" M; VI ~ 'ooteartad. Int he
i't IllS ooliItn ""o r"i oI'i iJons ond forcos
LePtGseti'ta P;I ~ nnn,or idU, ,"' o~aor yorId
uesIiheu o w. IU.'quoa % dnoa,ood % % Of and 70
tilall AleM"tluo, n fnI. IN ui1ii'' ti1on '''
0'i,du Tonnarv i9 iona Acts xvii, LIP.
january TO- l'oo' A''S N'n'
,i ~ "Ti mh;s oou,.nI, ritin~ W iS Tho initial
oontribn+inn eolr r,.ri'6 n a nninne form Of If
ooatnro"tTn ooalvi ro"CtTn y EniStiai of the New
TaStanent ~ " This letter contains the
arde% in Which the custom Of read
inr rI tba EnistIe in the congregation
nriHrinotad rmH ino This Enistle IS interest
u ~ -, rn' ;ts own anoonnt as we'll as for
those ti,6 on incidents' nCJ The LETTER was sent
in the Mace Of a personal visit, then
im,moSsiihie IN Ta1S ii II was intended to fort
ify and indoctrinate his converts in
Thessalonica, from whom 'he had
been separated by persecution. The
paragraph, suggested forstudy is the
heart of the Epistle.
January 20, 1903. Thess V, l4-2o.
v-p.uI at Athens. As mere
,o,I. nf 60 ort tba sornnon in tho midst
W W n IA ~ hroonno's q. ,m iS worthy Of its
oaoriosc sattin% An altar seen in
tPbo oi+17 oeryos ne an axordiu,n, Pani
oile o0'l;H,,,onts 1tGH 9n tha reIigionsnese which
oolii ,iinlis' nItnrs' 70 rni,m6tyn Gods in an
tioioa+;nm Of tTnir disclosure He
rn,idPoIs rtTiPtt,h thot Cod and calls them to
no,,o,'tonno o''t9
i'Eeh REehrnarv 1ooa Acts xvii. 22-34
~, MI, - Co,;ntb forrd
M ne It,' otruioli nf 81 ~ oitu u,aS the
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veneer VI lU9 liipi '',PPd a. ~ ;S,rotant to
PlillosoPi4 rit'' pl0, ,onniIass tent-
iel1i III. i'IU ~ ,.oI,eoi tboro which
IIahSi 81 9ieao.lGu ,,o,, SoSP0, ~ n TLo
nau uou : saEiHS +M poMwFi nnv m ~ iustar
rSa sCar - VI eiion snoS aIooHoad IoM above The
Tn'5,uIo me Jtoos 81 Tours SoUT e'i''" "0 "
February 8, 1903. Acts xviii, Ill.
1,rr c,,.:..;o o,s ,+no1 WI,
NlI.-CI,rlsCla s9Ii- sI i-cViiutol. e ,; w 10
aoni was th9 6,l reai i',Ii % Vi PLoSl1eStT4 Ift
heatheh Oh faule uay' DuV .t ~ teIU
them rather worse tliall peuIer'