The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-30
The SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Senior eerean Lesson for sun.
Day, May 2. 1909.
PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOUR
NEY-CYPRUS.

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Now there We're in the church
mat was at Antioch certain prophets
and teachers as Barnabas, and sim
con TIT was called Niger. and Lucius
/ OF Cyrene, and Manaen, which had
Oeen brought up with Herod the
tetrarch, and Saul
2 As they ministered 10 the Lord.
and tasted. the Holy Ghost said Sepa-
rate me Barnabas and Saul for the
! work whereunt0 | have called them.
y And when they had tasted and
prayed, and laid their hands on them.
they sent them away
= So they, being sent forth by the
Holy Ghost, departed unto Selecia
and from thence they sailed To Cyprus
D. And when they We're at Salamis,
they preached the word Of Cod In the
synagogues OF the Jews. and they had
also John 10 their minister.
.. And when they had gone through
me isle unto Paphos. they found a
certain sorcerer. false prophet, a
Jew. whose name was Barjesus:
.. Which was with the deputy OF
the country. for Sergius. Paulus. a
prudent man. who called for Barna-
bas and Saul. and desired to hear the
word of God
s. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so
Is his name by Interpretation with
stood them. seeking 10 turn away the
deputy from the faith
3 Then Saul (who also is called
Paul.. filled with the Holy Ghost. set
his eyes on him.
TO- And said, o full Of all subtilty
and all mischief. thou child of the
devil, thou enemy OF all righteous
ness. wilt thou not cease 10 pervert
the right ways Of the Lord?
H.. And now, behold, the hand OF
The Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt
De blind, not seeing the sun for a
season. And Immediately there fell
on him a mist and darkness and he
went about seeking some TO lead him
by the hand
II. Then the deputy. when he saw
what was done believed being aston
ished al the doctrine Of the Lord
THE LESSON EXPLAINED.
Verses 10: The Ordination Of Barna
bas and Saul for Missionary Work.
The church that was at Antioch
was now probably entering on the
ninth year of its history Its mem
bership was made up in good part Of
Gentiles. (Recall our last lesson
Some Of its members God had en-
dowed with spiritual qualifications to
teach and guide the Church compare
Joel ? -, 81: Acts . Ia. and four
of these are here mentioned By name.
Concerning Barnabas we learned
much in our last session (see espe-
ciallv Acts H. pa. Why Simeon
I"Symeon" was called Niger. or 1.-The
Black. we are not told He may have
been an African. although his first
name indicates Jewish origin Cyrene.
from which Lucius came. was in
Africa. on the north coast, west Of
Egypt. The name Lucius is Latin
not the same as that Of Luke: Manaen |
is Hebrew name-the same as Mena- |
hem. This man had been brought up |
with was the foster-brother Off /
Herod the tetrach. Saul is named /
last, as perhaps the youngest. This /
group Of prophets and teachers has
been regarded as typical OF ~all the
world" which was about TO be evan.
gelized by their efforts Barnabas was
a Jew from Cyprus: Symeon. Il not
himself a Gentle. is shown By his
toned 10 associate with Gentiles: I.u-
Gus was probably a Gentle: Manaen
had been child in the house OF Herod
the Great when that house was re-
garded as more Gentle than Jewish:
and Saul became pre-eminently the
Apostle TO the Genties: he was az
his time possibly forty-one or forty
wo years Of age. OF Symeon. Lucius
(but see Rom. l6. 21). and Manaen
nothing is known beyond the fact that
hey seem to have been three-ffths
II a prayermeeting which exerted
worldwide and time-long influence
act which should encourage incon.
'picuous Christians. As they minis
cred TO the Lord-Ramsay under
stands from this phrase that more
han Others these men led lives Of re-
igious duties. Their service was in
true sense the first missionary
lrayer-meeting They tasted. accord
ng to a custom Of cody Hebrews. in
arrest prayer. What the Holy Ghost
aid was probably uttered BY the
rOphets present Separate me Bar
abas and Saul-Set them apart %for
pecial service. The work whereunfo
have called them-On their hearts
iod had already laid the burdens of
he Gentiles Saul from the first had
cen chosen for such work (Gal. l. Is.
60. and Barnabas evidently had head
similar call. Verse indicates a
0lemn dedication service. They
lands for the recognized officials OF
he Church. them for Barnabas and
aul; away for the outlying world OF !.
ickedness.
Observe that this first missionary a
ork was founded as a result Of spe. "
al prayer organized under providen. -
al guidance and authorized BY the q
hurch
erse :: The Beginning Of the First (,
Missionary Journey. X
They. being sent forth by the Holy
host. departed invent down. unto
to- Seleucia-The seaport OF An.
och a little more than sixteen miles a
slant. M the mouth OF the Orontes
There was another Selecia. in Asia +
inor. as well as another Antioch
hey sailed 10 Cyprus-This large n
land might be reached By boat from n
eleucia in a day or less. Doubtless =
ey were consciously directed in their Il
l..rs h.. II.T..