The Washington times., 1903-05-02
Ube international Sunday School Lesson
FOR MAY 3.

upon himself. he could purify himself
together with others who had taken
the VOW and who were too poor to pay
for the required sacrifices to complete
their VOWS and by paying the costs of
these sacrifices and being present when
they were performed, he could show his
enemies that he did not desplse such
sacrifices and that he himself still
kept the customs OF the fathers For
the sake of peace and goodwill all
around Paul consented to go through
the required ceremony at the temple
with tour men who had such a vow
upon Them and to pay their expenses.
Paul was man who loved peace when
1t could be obtained without the sacri-
nee OF principle. 1t was a matter OF in
difference with him whether the Mosaic
rltualism was kept UP or not. He be-
lleved in and taught liberty in Christ
and salvation by faith alone both for
Jew and Gentle. He knew how TO stand
firm and how TO give way: how to be
unyielding and how to be flexible. He
was a man both OF gentleness and brav-
cry, a man of the finest distinctions and
the keenest logic. To please his brethren
he allowed James and the elders to die
tate his course in the present instance.
He saw no Inconsistency between puri-
Tying himself with and bearing the
! charges OF the four poor brethren who
idesired to comply with legal REGULATE
and his teaching that the law was abro-
gated by the coming OF Christ. and he
Willingly adopted conciliatory measures.
There would have been less bitterness
in Christian controversies II the cham
pfons had been like Paul in that re-
spect-" For the sake ot fraternal unity
and goodwill the denominations of
ichristendom today should be willing to
surrender many non-essentials in wor-
ship and doctrine for the good of all.
/ FALSE JUDGMENT AND FANATI-
CISM.
| Seven days of prayer and ritual OBJ
servances were required at the temple
| to fulfill the Mazirite VOW Paul did
his part with the poor brethren who had
the vows on them. All went well until
the seven days were almost ended" At
! last the keen eyes of some Jews who
were attending the feast at Jerusalem
! whose homes were in Asia Minor. and
who knew Paul and the character OF his
! preaching. and who had seen him in
! Jerusalem in the company of one Tro-
| phimus, an Ephesian Gentle. spieti the
! apostle in the temple court with the
! other four men. and taking for granted
| that one of them was Trophimus they
| set up the wild cry like the one that had
sounded at the time OF the crucifxion
of Christ. Men of Israel help This
| is the man that teacheth all men ev-
erywhere against the people and the law
and this place, and further brought
| Greeks also into the temple. and hath
| place. W c
not true OF Paurs doctrine as he taught
nothing against the Jewish people or
their sacrifices or their temple or their
religion, neither was ii true in fact as
! to his introducing a Gentle into the sa-
cred precincts OF the temple But the
| spirit Of fanaticism seldom stops to rea-
son about the real truth of an oppon-
/ ent's position and acts. The spirit OF
| fanaticism soon develops when 1t has
| power into the mob-spirit, and it begins
/ TO thirst like a wild beast for the blood
i of supposed offender. A secrarian Of