The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-04-24
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PAUL's JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM.

The Journey of Paul to Jerusalem
is one of the deathless deeds of his
tory. Regulus's return to Carthfg ge
and Luther's going to Worms pre-
sent some analOgics, but they do not
equal this courageous progress.
Every step of the way Paul received
intinations of the dangers to which
he would be exposed. These intima-
tions had grown more and more dis
tinct, until at C@sarea, Agabus the
prophet had taken Paul's girdle of,
and, binding his own hands and feet,
had said, "Thus saith the Holy
Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusa-
lem bind the man that owneth this
girdle, and shall deliver him into the
hands of the Gentiles.n Paul's daunt-
less answer was, 81 am ready not TO
be bound only, but to die at Jerusa-
lem" A spectacle heroic and sub
lime! Affectionate protests blocked
his way. With the genrlest hand
he brushed side the bearers love
erected, VIII lie with n martyrs eye he
looked danger ana death in the face,
and forged ahead Though all the
various perils of all missionary jour
or3eaI he would still brave il to nc-
comnlish the hesuperlatiyelyi important
end he had in view.
His motive was the Modification of
the entire Hebrew faction in the new
lIv-founded but already widespread-
inv Christian church THE plnce to
do this was, in his Judgment. Jerusa-
lem the center of Hebrewism, His
mathod was hv personal submission
tn Hebraw rite and the nresentinp
of the gifts of the GENTLE ThristianS
tn the Hebrews. He was ready to
make anv concession which did not
involve n nrinciple. He hoped by
love and benovelence TO generate IA
ha.t in which the Jewish and Ge,t'Ip
fn"tinns ~tj ni%ht he .vaIdnd to1etner
II had heen said that he was hostile
to The law. no brand that falsebooI
he had so timed his visit to Jerusa-
lem as to be present at Pentecost. the
! birth-feast Of the law, and to Join
with Jewish-Christian brethren in
the reverent commemoratloh OF the
giving OF the tables OF stone on sinai
lie would also JON cerIaill NaZarltes
ana nelp them lulllli Cheif VOW
This action would speak LOUDER thah
any word ne could possibly utter
Agrippa had done the very thlhg 70
obtain poiltlcal power "ly SHo4iu
ne not do it to obtain spiritual? by
that action Paul would give a most
significant illustration OF that evan
gelical liberty which constituted the
very center OF his lie ana qualltled
him alike for tolerating the obsGrV--
/ al
those who were Jews by Dlfth ana lof
contending, on Dehalt OF Gehtile
Christians Tor their freedom from the
law.
The TACT that Paul eXpedleht was
to slgnally fall was no PROOF that ne
was morally wrong IN IT, Inc lall-
ure would only prove tne ooduracN
of the Hebrew heart. NothlhS Dut
the annlhIlatlon OF the temple, then
in fact, impending, could break the
spell which it yielded over It's de
votees.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN.
A vovaue extraordinary The
ronion tErGnob which Pnnl and Tnke
were sailing was snrnassingly beauti-
fuI and interestinU, Titles we're there
lilo n strand of historic neorIs. Zach
had an interest Of its own All were
strnng | on the thread of TulIe's nnr-
rotiye9
Coos must have had necuIiar at-
% ctions far the artist-nhvsician. for
II was the hirthnlace of GpelIes and
tho seat Of Hsculanins,s medical
SnhooI The Mediterranean Rose
l|phodeSl navt nnfoIded its loveliness
fn the ewes Of the yovapers. Then
potro % Win itS oracle of AnolIo. And
1Tvre) Rock with it's purple industry
ma men,orias of Jesus. the nronhets,
and ITO ns modernsG the Grusades
ptolen1ias (Acchol. one of the eldest
Of cities Finally the marble Herod-
ian citv of Cmsarea. seat and citadel
of the R0mon mower in Palestine.
Sncb accon5nlishad travellers os
pa"i ond Tmka conId NOT have heen
inJitFerent to the historicaI ossocia-
tions tha natural beantv of the
oroh; , ;toctnroi sniandor nf fhe nIares
w "iSitaJ Rnt t5e one does not ohtrnde
tho,,o H., Lis nnrrotiye and tbe other
did not aiiow them to divert bis at-
tan+ion Sron, tho ohiact of his i0nr-
now Tha RELIGIONS nhases of the tonr
nniv are made c6nsnicuous. The
SanSobin in,r ont of discinles the sal
i' %tin% Of Rrethron, the farwelI beach
va uoantinaS are the only items LIKE
m,oi,as 5cconnt nf
nnrinS this yov,pa p,nl wouId
ootnraiiS7, rauiow 5iS iwentv vearS of
,,,i.Sionaru ,,%euiS Iifa II is nc Il he hoard
nnoe tn,ooi ,,,n~e +bn voice Of the Snirit cav.
u4 i"o - ~ tbo church ot Antiocb stSe1-
ar5 ar5 70 ~ mo % SAM to the work wberemT-
tp"gG ara IN ine oC"uI "aIleI ID m HIM Now he ie
tIin% With Itlvmas the sorce rsr
Sis Gu tio i9t nS,,Ine. +hroodii,o, he ,rnt v,nH
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