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For review, simple narrative of
Pauls travels and the main incidents
connected Herewith, during his Sec
ond and third missionary jourie
occupy the allotted time and space.
| Lesson 1.
Disagreeing with Barnabas sbout
John Mark, Paul chose Silas as his
assistant, and leaving Antioch In Sy-
ria, went northward through CilicSa,
visited his native city, and thence t.
the chain of churches he had estab-
| lished on his first journey. At Lystra,
he was Joined by Timothy. Not be-
ing allowed to preach in the Roman
province of Asia, they arrived at
Troas, where Paul in vision, saw
the man of Macedonia calling for
help. Crossing the AEGEAN Sea, they
proceeded to Philippi, where a church
was soon organized, Lydia and her
household being the first converts.
After some days sooth-saying maid
was healed by Paul, which so enraged
her masters that Paul and Silas were
arrested, beaten, and thrown in
prison.
Lesson 2
At midnight as the prisoners sang
and prayed a great earthquake wreck
ed the prison, and the jailor was pre-
vented from killing himself by Paul's
assuring him that no one had made
his escape. The jailor believed in
Christ, and was baptised at once. In
the morning the magistrates, learning
that they had illegally beaten Roman
Citizens, brought them out and beg
ged them to leave the City.
Lesson 8.
They journeyed to Thessalonica
where they first taught in the syna-
gogue of the Jews, So many, both
Jews and Gentiles, were led to be-
lieve in Jesus, that the unbelievable
Jews stirred up the rabble against
the missionaries. Failing to find Paul
and Silas, they seized their friend
Jason, whom they had placed under
a heavy bond. Paul and his compan-
ions went on to Berea, where we'll
informed church was soon organized
Being followed from Thessalonica by
the same crowd that had driven them
from that place, their work was again
hindered, and Paul departed for
Athens, leaving Silas and Timothy at
Berea.
| At Athens Paul preached an elo-
quent sermon in the Areopagus, TAX
ing as his text an inscription he had
seen on a wayside altar Some con-
verts were made at Athens, though
Paul's stay was not long extended.
Lesson 5.
| Proceeding to Corinth, he engaged
in tent weaving with Aquila and Pris-
ella, with whom he also made his
home. On the Sabbaths he preached
in the synagogue, until the arrival of
Silas and Timothy, when he became
more in earnest in his missionary
work. When the unbelieving Jews
became very malignant, he separated
the disciples, and taught in the house
Titus Justis. Being encouraged by
vision from the Lord, he continued
i his work for year and a half, and
built up large church.
| Lesson 6.
| While at Corinth, Paul wrote two
letters to the church at Thessalonica,
a passage from one of which, forms
one of our lessons. 1t treats mainly
of the duties of individual Christians,
in their relation one to another
Paul was finally arrested and
brought before Gallo, the Roman
proconsul, who refused to try him OH
the charge preferred. Paul soon af.
ter started back home. He made a
short stop at Ephesus, where he left
Aquila and Priscilla. He landed al
Ceasarea, went to Jerusalem, and
thence to Antioch. In a short time
he started on his third missionary
journey. Reaching Ephesus, having
gone through Galatia and Phrygia, h
found small band of disciples wht
knew ouly Johns baptism. These
men, after talking with Paul, were
baptized in the name of the Lord Je
sus, and at the laying on of hands, re
ceived the Holy Spirit. Probably the,
had been taught and baptized b,
Apollis, learned Jew, who had beef
preaching there before he himself hat
n been fully instructed in the way o
salvation.
Lesson 7.
Paul preached in the synagog que a