The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-09
PauI's TtiT J5-rncy
Closing Scenes
Sunday School Lesson for Sep, IL, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Paper

LESSON TEXT.-Acts aI-17 Memory
verses 10. IA.
GOLDEN TExT.-"The will Of the
Lord be one"-Acts H:i4
T1ME.-The journey from Milotus to
Jerusalem occupied about four weeks,
from May l to May q, A. n. 81
PLACE.-At Tyre and Cesarea were
made the principal stops, till they arrived
at Jerusalem.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
A Delightful and Instructive Jour
ney with Paul and His Companions.
1. Homeward Bound from Miletus.
VS.. 1-3. In our last lesson we lett
Paul and his companions at Miletus
where he had long conference with
the Ephesian elders. After sad part
ing Pauls company embarked again.
on Sunday morning, May 1, for they
must take the vessel when 1t was
ready to sail
Coos (Gk Cos), their first port,
was 40 miles south of Miletus. 1t is
a small island off the coast of Caria
in the southwest corner of Asia Minor.
The next day they sailed 90 miles to
Rhodes ". u, an island southeast
of Cos, of the southern coast of Caria.
Thence unto Patara," near the mouth
of the river Xanthus in Lycia. Here
they changed vessels, passed along
the shores of Cyprus, where Paul and
Barnabas preached the gospel in their
early days. "And landed at Tyre"
the commercial emporium of Phenicia
on the northern borders of Palestine.
3. Paups Experiences at Tyre
VS.. 3.6. Tyre was about $50 miles
from Patara, and could be reached in
three of four days. Tyre had been
"one of the greatest and most famous
cities of the ancient world" There
we're many Jewish associations with
Tyre. Hiram, the king of Tyre, aided
Solomon in building the temple q
Kings 81, B. c. 1000
4. And finding the disciples" The
apostles example may be well fol.
lowed by those who go from place to
place in these modern days Instead
of waiting in silent obscurity till some
Christian finds them out, let them
search for the disciples, and seek to
do Christian work. speak to Chris
tians, take part in meetings, go to the
plant will be removed. and many a
dark day among strangers will be
made light.
"Tarried there seven days" while
the vessel was 'discharging and taking
in its cargo.
who said to Paul through the
Spirit, that he should not go up To
a 10 IL.
tion between this statement, also re.
peated at Cesarea and st. Paurs as.
sertion that he was going to Jerusa
lem under divine guidance,
The Farewell After the seven days
the people bade Paul and his com.
panions a most affectionate farewell
accompanying him to the ship. II is
interesting to note that even the chill.
dren went with their parents to the
ship. It reveals new note in Pauls
character, that the great man, busy
with worldwide and centuries-lons
duties attracted the love of the chill
dren.
3. Pours Experiences at Cesarea.-
VS.. 6-14. 6. 1--WE took ship" The
voyage now was nearly due south. The
first day from Tyre brought the travel
ers 80 miles to Ptolemais (named
from Ptolemy), the ancient Accho, the
modern Acre. Here they greeted the
Christians, and the next day they
sailed 30 or 40 miles to Cesarea
(named from Cesar, the Roman capi
tai OF Judea and the official residence
of its governors, Here were the head
quarters of Philip, the evangelist foI
this region.
0. "Philip one of the seven
deacons appointed at the same time
with Stephen. He is to be distin
guished from Philip. the apostle.
8. Philip had four unmarried
daughters which did prophe
sV," not in the sense of predicting fl
ture events, but of speaking the truths
which God revealed to them.
10. 1--WE tarried there many days
The Greek means rather "more days,
1. e., longer than they expected, oi
several days" From Judea Ger
tain prophet, named Agabus." Com
ing lately from Jerusalem, he knew
the feelings of the Jews toward Paul
II. "He took Paul's glrdle," like
those used to bind the loose flowing
robes worn in eastern countries
"Thus saith the Holy Ghost" Through
whom the revelations to the prophets
of old were given (Acts 1S: 25). "SC
shall the Jews bind" BY In
stigating the Romans to do this act
The Jews were the real source of the
persecution.
H. "Besought him not to CO." In
ferring that this was the intention oi
the prophecy.
13. What mean ye to weep and tc
break mine hearth" The intense sen
sltiveness of st. Palfls nature shows
itself In every syllable. II was with
no stole hardness that he resisted
their eItreaties. For am ready moi
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