The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-01
Paul's Second
Missionary Journey
Sunday School Lesion for July 4, 1903
Specially Arrangsd tor This Paper


PauIs Second Great Missionary
campaign The Patriotism of Mis-
sions
Planning for the Second Missionar
Campaign.-Acts 1853. The les
son for to-day connects with the
eighth lesson of our last quarter,
which describes the epoch making
gathering at Jerusalem to settle the
! disputed questions concerning the re-
| ceptiOn of the Gentiles into the church
| with the Jews.
New Work In Old Fields -Acts
$40; 1910. Barnabss and Mark
went to Cyprus where the family of
| Rarnabas belonged acts 4:36l, and
| where he went with Paul on the first
missionary journey Acts 13:+12).
! Paul started on his journey alone.
! but was joined by Silas at Lystra, as
/ We learn from the pronOuns he" in
". 10. but they" in v and there
| after. At Lystra Paul also found a
| young man named Timothy to be his
! associate and helper in place OF
/ Mark. He was converted as the re-
l HAll VI IdNl ; tdDOIS Oil MS III 81 Jour
ney q Tim. 1:2).
| JOurneyings Through Asia Minor
! In his former journey Paul went by
/ sea. In this one he went by land
| Vending his way nOrthward from
| Antioch. he crossed through the
| "Cilician Gates" a long defile in the
| range Of mountains which separated
/ to the left around the Gulf of Issus
! he went in a southwest direction tt0
/ he came to his native city and horra
/ at Tarsus
( What Paul and Silas Did on This
/ TOur-They confirmed the churches
| Acts 15:4D, making them strong,
/ establishing them on a firmsr basis.
/ One means of doing this was by de-
| livering to them the DEGREES lately
/ ordained at Jerusalem concerning the
/ Gentle Christians w. ~. One result
| was a large increase of membership
! ~ 81
Were come to Mysia," the province
in which the port Troas was situated.
| "Assayed." were planning. attempting.
TO go into Bithynia," on the north. in
which are modern mission stations
/ south of the Black sea. But the Spir,
! it suffered them not" Every way bu:
the one the Spirit wanted them to go
was hedged in: and thus they learned
| the right way
The Macedonian Call.-"And vision
appeared to Paul in the night" " 81.
] in nd 70 -, h., a.f,k
way The vision was of "a man OF
| Macedonia" so recognized by his
/ dress or by his words
Come over into Macedonia,
help us" Paul had heard before
call to missionary work; now he he
the call to the place of work.
The Beginnings Of Christianity IL
rope.-Vs. Ills The four mission
Immediately sail from Troas" in
/ straight course" so miles to the islanc
Of "Samothracia." the first day The
next day" they sailed rs miles t
NeapOlis" New City, Naples), the sea
port OF Philippi Thence" ten miles.
by land or by the river, Ito Philippi
Lydia, the First European Chris
tian.-13. And on the Sabbath"
Note how Paul spent his Sabbaths
| Went out of the city" there probably
being no synagogue in the city. by
river side where prayer was wont
to be made" "A modern parallel, uu.
til quite recently, was the Protestant
place of worship at Rome. which was
compelled to be outside the city. s.
yond the Ports del Popolo." An
spake unto the woman which resortet
thither"
The first of his converts was .
noted woman named Lydia" w. IA,
merchant, a dealer in purple yed
fabrics and garments made In Thyat
ira, one of the seven cities of Asia to
which messages in revelation were
sent She and her family became
members of the church by baptism
and she entertained the missonari'
in her own home. Such guests are
blessing to any home, not angels
awares" but by invitation. 1t m
be said of Paul, "Where'er he met
stranger, there he left a friend"
Missions and PatrIotism-It bel
the Fourth of July, when every Amer
lean boy is boiling over with som
expression of the spirit of patriotism
1t may be well to remind him tn
giving to missions, working for
sions and consecrating himself
missions are among the most patrio
acts he can perform. For every fe
ing is strengthened and developed
being put into action
These words of DR. Nehemi
Boynton are striking and true: 'Ou
is country of praires and muscle an
Rocky mountains said Walt Whitma
But Sidney Lanier, the poet, in
burst OF fine indignation, turned an
said to Whitman; Whitman, you ca
not make a republic out of muscle al
prairies and Rocky mountains. r.
publics are made of spirit
Aye. Republics are made OF spirit
and If ours is TO be indeed a Christi
republic it must be made of Christi
spirit and only one spirit can sa
us. and that is the Spirit of our Lo
and Savious Jesus Christ You ca
not save America simply throu
your pulpits or the churches viii
you build You must have also &
SUNDAY school And wa must n