The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-08
The Philippian
Jailer
Sunday School Lesson for July IL, 1909
specially Arranged for This Paper

/ irSlia 'nlist. and thou shalt be saved.
I tri rhy house. Acts 1891.
TIME.-About \. =. 81. 81. The same
a"r."d as our last lesson.
PlACE.-At Philippi in Macedonia. =,
/ Suggestion and Practical Thought
l. The Story Of the Frenzied Girl
/ Her Mental and Physical Trouble.
| Pauls Faith. Her Deliverence.-Vs.
| 1913. The missionaries frequently
went from Lydias house within the
city to the place of prayer beyond the
| walls by the river side On several
/ occasions they met in the streets
/ "A damsel possessed with a
1 spirit of divination." This girl gave
/ forth strange utterances and hysterL
| cal cries in her freuzied condition,
/ which her masters interpreted as they
| wished
/ Cried, saying, These men are the
| servants of the most high God" etc.
/ She seems to have been impelled to
/ TELL the truth, as some demoniacs were
in Christ's time.
Bat Paul, being grieved said to the
spirit" as distinct from its victim. To
come out Of her and GO away from
/ her not TO return. And he came out
/ tho same hour"
IT, The Missionaries Thrust Into
/ Prison; Their Faith: Their Deliver
I ance.-Ns, 1926. The masters, hav-
/ ing lost their source of gain. like the
/ makers of silver shrines in Ephesus.
! stirred up a mob in the city and
/ dragged Paul and Silss before the
/ magistrates. The charge pr, scented
was that OF throwing the city into con-
fusion and anarchy by trying to con-
/ vert the Romans to a new religion.
The clothes of Paul and Silas were
/ torn off aud the men We're tied up to
/ the trIangles. and beaten with the fog
sing sticks" upon the naked body
1see , Cor. II: %: Thes, 2: p, till
their backs were torn by the merciless
blows. Why did they not escape by
| means of their Roman citizenship, AS
they did the next morning? Probably
| the clsmor of the mob gave them no
opportunity to be heard, and if they
! protested. their protests would be dis.
regarded by the excited people. Then,
all mangled and bleeding as they were,
they We're thrust into the inner prison
and their feet placed in the stocks
Songs in the Nights Paul and
Silas prayed and sang praises.
And the prisoners heard them
This was the beginning OF the further.
ance of the gospel through the suffer
ing OF the missionaries.
% And suddenly there was a great
earthquake" This was the Lord
answer to PRAYER, whether ii came by
miracle, or was timed by special provi
dence "All the doors were opened
and every ones bands were lOosed
Either by the action of the earth
quake. or by the same supernatural
power which produced the earth
quake.
III. The Conversion of the Jaier, De-
| liverance from Sin and Death. Through
the Faith of the Jailer-Vs, 27-34
The keeper would have
killed himself" because by Roman law
he was responsible for the safety OF
the prisoners. and he would avoid by
suicide the disgrace of an execution
70. Hdul CTleu We are ali
here" Thus saving the jailer's life.
for there was no longer reason for
his committing suicide.
%. Called for light" The Greek
is plural, lights, torches or lamps.
Fell down before Paul and Silas'
80. Brought them out of the in
ner prison, into the open court, or into
his own house. What was the jailers
motive in asking, What must do to
be saved" The motive was a con-
seriousness of sin of danger, OF need,
and of the goodness produced in Paul
and Silas by their religion.
81 Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved"
Saved from sin, from its punishment,
and to holmes and heaven. And thy
house" BY leading his family to the
same faith.
" The Missionaries Released and
Sent on Their Way.-Vs 35-40. Tho
next morning the magistrate, learning
what had taken place, sent officers to
quietly release Paul and Silas, as tho
easiest way to save trouble. But Paul
knew a better way, and stood upon his
rights, quite as much for the good OF
the young church as for himself.
They have beaten us openly, uncon-
demned' without trial, and legal de-
cision that they were guilty according
to Roman law. Being Romans" and
exempt from stripes and torture. Let
them come themselves and fetch US
out"
80. They feared, when they heard"
etc The crime was regarded as trea-
son, and those who committed 1t were
liable to degradation from Office. con-
fiscation of property, and perhaps
death. AS the result, the magistrates
apologized. and requested them to
leave the city, which they did with
dignity, and for tine peace and good
OF the infant Philippian church,
Had they remained, there might ariF3
useless opposition; while by leaving.
Luke with the church (as we learn
from the change of pronouns I'VE" to
they. there was a peaceful but
large growth of the Christian COM
munity. From a comparison with
utha Col hot