Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-09-11

from Nav o. Ntg e. a. u
Ii.A'E-At rNu end C.e-r.a wen,
mace tH' principal stops. ul taey arrived
az Jerusalem.
Suggestion and Practical Thought
A Delightful and Instructive Jour
ney with Paul and His Companions
Homevard Bound from Nnetus
VS.. 1-2. lu our iast lesson we lett
Paul and his companions az NIletus
where be had a lors conference with
The Ephesiau elders After a sad part-
ing P3uls company embarked AGAIN
ON Sunday morning Nay 4. for they
must take The vessel when it was
ready to sail
Coos lGk Cosl. their first port
was 40 miles south of Nueus. 10 is
small island or the coast of Caria
in the southwest corner of Asia Minor
The next day tne, sailed so miles tc
Rhodes ~. ID. an island southeast
OF Cos. OF the southern coast of Caril.
Thence unto Patam near the mouth
cot The river Nauthus in Lycia Here
they changed vessels. passed alor-
che shores of Cyprus. where Paul and
Barnabas preached the gospel in their
early days And landed at Tyre"
the commercial emporium of Pheu.cia
Ola the northern borders of Palestine
g. Paurs Experiences al Tyre
VS.. 5-6. Tyre was about $50 miles
from Patara, and could De reached tn
three OF four days Tyre had been
zone OF the greatest and most famous
cities OF the ancient world" There
were many Jewish associations. with
Tyre Hiram. the king OF Tyre. aided
solomon iu building the temple d
Kings %, Is. c. 1000
g. And huding thc disciples" The
apostles example may Doe well fol
lowed 10y those who go from place 90
place in these modern DAYS. Instead
of waiting in silent obscurity ain some
Christian 'hnds them out. let them
search for the disciples, and seek go
do Christian work speak % Chris
tians, take part ia meetings. 40 90 the
sabbath school and then many q com.
plant viii Doe removed. and many n
dark day among strangers VIII be
made light
'Tarried there seven days" while
the vessel was dischareing and takinc
ia its cargo
who said 90 Paul through the
Spirit that De should not go up 10
jerusalem There is NO coutradic.
ton between this statement also re.
peated at Cesarea, and St Paurs as
sertion that De was goine 20 Jerusa.
lem under divine guidance.
The Farewell After the seven DAYS
the people bade PAUL and his com.
panions most anectiouate farewell.
accompanying him 90 the ship II is
interesting Go note that even the chill.
dren went with their parents 90 the
ship. IL reveals a new note in PauIs
character. that the great man. BUSY
with worldwide and cenuulesloue
duties attracted the love u che chill.
dren
3. Pauls Experiences at Cesarea. -
vs. ola 6. we took ship" The
voyage now wGs nearly due south. The
FIRST day FROM Tyre brought the travel
ers 80 p.iles 20 Ptolemais manned
from Ptolemy). the ancient Accho the
modern Acre Here they greeted the
Christians. and the next day they
sailed 80 or 40 miles 10 Cesarea
(named from Cesar. the Roman CAPT
tai OF Judea and the Official residence
OF its governors. Here were the head
quarters of Philip. the evangelist for
this region.
9. Philip one OF the seven"
deacons appointed at the same time
with stephen He is 10 be distin-
gulshed from Philip the apostle.
9. Philip had four unmarried
daughters which did prophe-
sy." not in the sense of predicting IA
ture events, but of speaking the truths
which God revealed to them.
10. I'VE tarried there many DAYS D"
The Greek means rather more days"
I. e., longer than they expected. or
several days" From Judea a Ger.
tain prophet. named Agabus" Com.
ing lately from Jerusalem. he knew
the feelings OF the Jews toward Paul.
II. He took Pauls girdle." like
those used TO bind the loose flowing
robes worn in eastern countries
Thus saith the Holy Ghost" Through
whom the revelations 20 the prophets
of old were given tActs Is: 25) so
shall the Jews bind" BY in
stigating the Romans 10 do this act.
The Jews were the real source OF the
persecution.
u. "Besought him not 70 go" In.
ferring that this was the intention of
the prophecy.
Is. What mean ye 10 weep and 10
break mine hearth" The intense sen
sitiveness OF st. Pauls nature shows
itself in every syllable II was with
no stole hardness that be resisted
their enpeaties. For I am ready not
70 be bound only but also TO die"
IA I've ceased" because Cd 20 20
on persuading was vain labor; 90
IL only added TO Paul's burden. In
stead of saving him from Il: CD they
began TO realize that Paul was guild
ed by the Spirit. and understood III,
message better than they.
w. Arrival at Jerusalem" VS.. i