The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-24

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ney % JerusaIeo.
THE LESSON TEXT.
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Z Now when We had discovereo CypruG.
~ left Il on the left hand. and sailed Int
0yria, and landed NJ Tyre: for there the
ship was 10 unlade her burden.
& And finding disciples. We tarrisA
there seven days; who said TO Paul through
the Spirit. that 10 should not 80 W 10
Jerusalem.
& And when we had accomplished those
days. We departed and went our way;
and they all brought US on our way. with
wives and children. till ne were out OF
the city: and We kneeled down on the
shore. and prayed.
And when We had taken our leave one
Of another We took ship: and they returned
home again.
Z. And when we had finished our course
from Tyre, we came TO Ptolemais. and sa-
luted the brethren. and abode with them
one day.
And the next day We that were Of
Paufs company departed. and came unto
Caesarea: and we entered into the house
OF Philip the evangelist. which was one
81 the seven; and abode with him.
o. And the same man had four daughters.
virgins. which did prophecy.
TO- And as We tarrled there many days
there came down from Judaea a certain
prophet. named Agabus.
II. And when he was come unto us. he
took Paurs girdle. and bound his own
hands and feet. and 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
Gentileo.
II. And when we heard these things.
both we, and they OF that place, besought
him not 10 go up to Jerusalem.
GOLDEN TEXT.-1hc will OF the
Lord he dene.-Acts 21s IL.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Paul Warned Against Going TO
Jerusalem ....................... Acts si.i-s-
A Second Warning. Acts 2l:o-l2.
Pauls Noble Resolution........A cts q :i5-lS.
Paul Warned Against Going to Je-
rusalem-After leaving Miletus, where
Paul had interviewed and taken his
final leave-taking from the leaders OF
the Ephesian church, he sailed again
toward Jerusalem, touching by the
way Coos, Rhodes, Patara, on past
Cyprus and landing at Tyre, where the
vessel on which he sailed stopped to
unlade. At Tyre there was a company
of disciples. and Paul and his compan-
ions stopped with them for the space
of seven days. We have already seen
that forebodings of certain danger to
himself in connection with his work
possessed the mind of Paul. Yet with
composure he could say: "But none
OF these things move me, neither count
I my life dear unto myself, so l might
finish my course with JOY. and the min
istry l have received. to tes-
tify the Gospel of the grace Of God"
The foreboding of danger possessed
not alone the mind of Paul. but also OF
these disciples at 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
OF Christ. What Paul said in reply tc
these disciples Is not recorded.
A Second Warning.-Aft~ sever
days at 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 70 Caesarea. There the,
stopped in the house of an evangelist
named Philip. While Paul was there
a prophet named Agabus came from
Judea. The prophet took Pauls girdl'
and bound his own hands and feet, ant
said: "Thus saith the Holy Ghost. $,
shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind tn,
man that owneth this girdle, and shall
deliver him into the hand of the Gen
tiles" Then the disciples Of Caesare'
and even Paul's travelling companion
besought him not to go to Jerusalem
Paul's Noble Resolution.-Paulw wa
not absolutely proof against sucl
pleading, for the great mans hear
was near to breaking, but his resolu
ton to face his duty regardless of tn
danger besetting- that pathway neve
wavered.
"What mean We to weep" he asks
sand to break mine heart? for al
ready not to be bound only, but also {
die at Jerusalem for the name Of III
Lord Jesus" There are few more In
spring passages Of Scripture than thi
narrative of Paul's journey towar
Jerusalem. It was in some respect
like the last journey OF Christ 10 III
same place. That was the goal :
which duty. to which service of Go
and mankind pointed. No huma
pleading turned either hairs i&eadt
from his course. In spite Of all dar
gers, hidden or apparent, Paul, Xix
the Son of Man. moves steadily an
without wavering to his goal. Tn
conclusion OF the matter was: 9TH
will Of the Lord be DONE" and PAT
took to Jerusalem with him not onl
his original companions. but also Gel