The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-08
PAUL ATANTIOCH
IN PISIDIA

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region."-Acts 13:49. |
TIME.-Immediately after the last les |
son; probably according to Prof. Ram
say). in the summer of A. D. IS or a.
PLACE.-Perga the capital of Pam
phylia, on the southern coast Of Asia
Minor, and Antioch. the capital of Plsidla,
southern Galatia. about 100 miles north
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
Hitherto (see Acts 1877, etc. it had
been '.Barnabas and SAUL" now it is
Paul and Barnabas" Tvs 43. 49,. or
paul and his company" including
Barnabas, John Mark, and perhaps
others. Paul's ability as leader has
been proved at Cyprus, and was after
wards unquestioned.
V. 49, John Mark departing from
them returned to Jerusalem" his
home. 1. Perhaps he did not like to
see Paul Superseding his cousin
Barnabas. 2. Perhaps his mother was
sick. g. Perhaps, as one brought up
strictly in Jerusalem, he objected to
Paul's free intercourse with the Cen
tiles. 4. Perhaps he dreaded the per-
lis of travel in the wild, bandit-infested
region that lay before them. 5. Per
haps he had been weakened by the
fever and felt unable to go on. Paul
was not satisfied with the reason,
whatever it was (ActS 1o:3l-4O), and
separated from Barnabas when, later,
he insisted on taking Mark along But
Mark was ready for the second mis-
sionary journey, and was afterward re-
stored to Paul's good opinion (see In
ductive Study %. NO man ever be-
came great or good except through
many and great mistakes. Glad
stone. The only people who make no
mistakes are dead people. I saw
man last week who has not made
mistake for 1000 years. He is num-
my in the Egyptian department of the
British museum. H. L. Wayland.
v. "a They went into the syna-
gogue on the Sabbath day" as was
their custom. Thus they wisely made
their first appeal to the Jews.
The Sermon as a Whole. The task
before Paul was difficult. He had to
win the confidence and hold the atten-
ton of an audience to which he was
quite unknown. He had to keep the
ground of Israefs peculiar history and
hope, and yet to show that at the holy
city itself the Messiah had been re-
| jected and crucified. But St Paul was
Donald Fraser. d. D.
They keynote of Paurs sole mes
sage. repeated on a hundred occasions,
| and with infinite variations of empha-
\ sis, is found in ST. Luke'S account of
| his visit to Athens, in the words, he
| preached Jesus and the resurrection
This first of his sermons of which we
| possess any portion may perhaps be
regarded as type of the Pauline SER
mon.'-Rev. George Francis Greene.
| 1t was ID tactful. taking his hearers
on their own grounds Cd humble, leav-
ing himself out and exalting Christ:
Cd courageous and frank. not hesitat
| ing to state the truth though it would
offend preconceived views: (41 Bibli
cal, bound up with the Scripture
Throughout: ~ practical coming to a
personal a. slication. ending. as Ly-
man Beecher said every section
should end. with a snapper"
forgiveness, through Christ. That
truth. as always in Paurs preaching,
was the climax of this sermon. For
givenesS," r. v, remission of sins"
is, literally. the putting or sending
them away. 1t includes the removal
7 OI penalty lOE Sill. lEOuSn uol
mediately all the consequences of sim
1t includes the cleansing of the heart
from sin and restoration to Gods
favor. These are wonderful and price
less gifts. and Christ offers them to
us for the asking.
| " 45. Envy Jealousy. when the
Jews saw the multitudes" (of Gen
tiles). The Jewish leaders were angry
I'd because others and strangers did
what they could not do themselves;
CD because they differed from Paurs
teaching. and especially his applica-
ton of the Messianic hopes to the
condemned and crucified Jesus, (3
because they themselves felt con-
demned by such warnings as those in
VS.. 40. Al: ca because, though they
would be pleased if the Gentiles would
become Jewish proselytes by conform
ity to circumcision and other require
ments, they objected Strenuously to
their admission on easier terms, such
as Paul proposed.
Missionary Expulsions. This was the
first OF many similar explosions suf-
fered by Paul. and those were only the
beginnings of such experiences en-
dured by missionaries in all lands
Thus Judson and his comrades were
driven from Calcutta. Thus Milne
was driven from Canton, and com
, PEELED to begin missionary labors for
China from the Malay Peninsula. Thus
, In 1885 all the missionaries were
, driven from Japan for two centuries
: Thus John G. Patton, after a thousand
, perils. was driven from the Island Of
, | Tappa Ruf in averv caSo Chr;St,op,<v
has returned, all the stronger for Its
, experience of persecution.
What Is Ny Attitude Toward Truth
! This question is of fundamental i'm
: portance. The lesson illustrates