The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
The Prizes.

First Series-A gold medal to each
of the first five contestants.
Second Series-A silver medal to
each of the next five contestants.
Third Series-A Teachers Bible
price $3.50 to each OF the next FIVE
contestants.
Fourth Series-The book 1.-THE
Heart of Christianity" price $3.50
to each of the next thirty-five con-
testants.
Firth Series-A developed mind.
an expanded imagination, a richer
experience and more profound
knowledge of the Bible and of life, to
all who take this course whether
winning any other prize or not.
Each medal will be suitably en-
graved, giving the name of the win
ner, and for what it is awarded, and
in like manner each Bible and boob
will be inscribed.
Nov. 21st, 1909.
Copyright, 1909, by Rev. T. S. Linecott, DID,
Paul's Story of His Life. ii Cor.
xi:21 to xii:19.
Golden Textile said unto me, Ny
grace is sufficient for thee; for my
strength is made perfect in weakness
II Cor. Xii:9.
Verse 21-Do you know any person
in all history who had a bettsr right
to boldly tell of his sufferings than
Paul?
Verses 22-23-Is there any lack of
mOdesty, or good taste, in Paul, or any
other true man, giving full account
of his qualifications and his sufferings
for Christ's cause?
What advantage is it to be born of
good stock?
What advantage was it to Paul that
he was a Hebrew, an Israelite land OF
the seed Of Abraham?
Is there any higher privilege, or
greater honor than to have labored
and suffered, for the cause of Christ,
wnich Is the cause of humanity?
Does a true ministry, then and
now, always imply a1uch suffering and
self denial?
Ve-sos 24-27-What is the best word
picture you can give, of the noble hero
who, at the expense of lifelong and
unparalleled suffering, gave himself
up to the service of others? (This
question must be answered in writing
by members of the ciub.)
Read until the story of this bitter
and prolonged suffering is burned int
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your memory, and then read the story
of PauPs great work and Of the won
derful love and grace of God to him,
and then think of the sumptuous lives
of the chief priests who we're, in great
fering, and then say, after all, which
got the more aggregate JOY out of life,
Paul or they?
How many of these cruel sufferings,
to which Paul here refers, are men
toned elsewhere in the New Tesla
ment? Give chapter and verse. (See
Acts ix:24-25; xiv:19; xvi22 ct seq.)
Verses 28-33-Is Paul an exception.
or is it the duty of all Of us to have
great care for all the churches. and
to be in sympathy with everybody
weeping with those who weep, and re
joicing with those who rejoice?
Which is the greater man, the one
who excels in education, in science,
in oratory, in craftsmanship; or the
one who excels In his love for the
churches, for the poor, for sinners
and in a heart that sympathizes with
all mankind?
Chapter xii: 1-6-What is the logical
or scientific value of Paul's experience
Of heaven?
What is the only real proof Of God,
of Immortality and Of the wisdom of
the spiritual life?
is 1t probable, or possible. that per
sons to-day may have similar eXper
fence of the unseen world as Paul?
Verses 7-10-What was Paul's thorn
in the flesh?"
What is the greatest thorn in the
flesh" that strong and healthy spirit
ual men have today?
Lesson for Sunday, Nov. 2Sth, 1909.
Paul on Self Denial. (World's TEN
4 .-;xy