The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-18
THE REVIEW.

The chief thing taught by the les
sons 'oi the past three months IS the
growth oi the Church OF Christ The
Golden Text emphasizes this. In 1t
the phrase word OF God" does not in
the least refer TO the Bible. II means
instead the doctrine that Jesus Christ
is the Son 81 God, the Saviour of the
world
That doctrine Paul preached, and
the lessons show how and where he
worked. He was the one man whose
life was given To putting that doctrine
into form, and how he meant the world
should receive II is exceedingly easy
to discover. His reported discourses
are not ui doubtful meaning His let
tiers are explicit His chief PROPOSE
tiuns are: Jesus Christ was God mani
fest in the flesh. He was Gods own
Son lie was sent in the likeness of
sinful flesh for sin. He humbled HIM
self to death lie was raised from the
dead by the power OF God. lie has
been highly exalted and given a name
hich j. above every name He viii
come again to he present al the resur
rcction oi the dead, He will reign
cternally King OF his saints
That is the word OF God that grew
and prevailed in Paul's day. The world
today denies il. That is nothing new.
II did in Pauls day. To deny truth
does not make it untrutl. The denial
is the untruth There are too many in
the Church who are ready TO explain
away all the teaching that makes Jesus
more than a man. Let MS cling To Paul.
The only book that can illuminc Pauls
teachings is the Bible. The only man
to consult ~ to what Paul means is
Paul
The first convert in Europe was
woman She was a rich woman, prob
ably Her home was in Asia, but
her business activities took her 20
Philippi She was deyout by nature
and received the doctrine readily. She
manifested hci faith by her kindness
10 Paul and his associates. That is
always the test. One who has been
saved by Christ wants to do so some
thing for Christ Lydia is the mother
OF the European Church. /, there
Saint Lydia She was one, surely
The love and care 81 Lydia could not
keep Paul and Silas out oi trouble
They were in jail before very long.
Deep down in the prison dungeon they
were put But that did not daunt
them NJ midnight. with their icct fast
in the stocks. and while 10 doubt sui
fering pain, they sang songs of praise
10 Jehovah. There j. something won
dcriul about the power 81 faith in God
10 comfort and sustain anyone, even
nov. may test ard prove IT,
The jailcr had the most singular cx-
percncc 81 hi lie that night. He was
pagan AT sunset He was Christian
at sunrise What did il: II was an
earthquake plus the Holy Spirit. Ter
ribly frightened he had a right To be
How much he knew about being
saved j, uncertain. But he knew
enough to ask lie evidently believed.
for he Was transformed into man OF
loving kindness at once. The Roman
Catholic, probably have him in their
calendar at saints They should have
him there. No saint ever did better
frs, work a, a Christian.
Paul and SiaS made great stir in
the city 81 Thc>salonica They rcceiv-
ed new name there. These. that
have turned the world upside down"
The name was 4 tribute To- paurs
power Let rs not forget the part
SiaS was taking IN all this work. No
one reports he sermons oi SilaS, but
they were probably very powerful.
There was a much prison Tor SilaS as
for Paul. When Paul sang, Sla> did
too DO not forget Silas
Paul prcw lonesome in Athens He
was in = strange city and one full OF
affairs a. d. - an kind, II troubled
Paul N'h,r, was ia, seat 81 learn
ing such &c., delighted Philosophers and
dreamcr> il q stranger would come
and tell some strange new thing they
were happy They made great find /
in Paul Their attention pleased hir
He spoke ru them HE did not forget
Christ. but he remembered himself too
much lie tried To- de- something
worthy ni the place and the past, and
he tailed But he never forgot the
lesson
Five book, ri the Bible came out
of this journey. and surely three
churches, What are the books; !
Cor, II Cor. Phil. | ThcSs.. II lhcs,
That missionary pourncy was worth
while But iur that journey the world
would never have had that thirteenth
chapter ot Corinthians, that sings the
glory 81 love that ahdc,. nor the ff-
teen;h chapter with lis triumphant end
ing But ior that We should never
have had those verses in ThesSalou-
ianN. that begin. i would not have
you To- be ignorant concerning them
that are asleep" Paul and Silas suf-
fered on that journey. but their ex-
perieuccS have made the whole world
their debtor
The third missionary journey was
just as good 1t gave the world the
picture OF one oi the most remark
able rcyivalS Of history Jesus Christ
and Diana OF the EphesiauS had CON
flict .a":c The parti,ans 81 Diana
made a tremendous uproar. The world
OF that day did not enjoy having lis
business oi silvcr-Shrnc building de-
stroycd. Worldincss has never brook
ed interference II will not to-day.
The Mayor ot Atlantic City would
head mob against Paul and Silas now
II they should return TO earth and try