Evening journal., 1909-11-20
ST. PAUlS AUToBIoGRAPHY
= Corinthians 11i21. .12i 1O.--Nov. 21.-

"To walk the way he shall be shown,
To trust a strength that's not his own
To fll the years with honest work,
To serve his day aud not 70 shirk
To quite forget what folks have said,
To keep his heart and keep his head.
Untn men. laying him 70 rest,
Shall say. AZ least he did his best
ST. PAuLS THREE PROOFS.
Studying IN the light OF the foregoing
we may divide the Apostles defense In his
second eplstie to tho Corinthians into
three divisions:
CD The suferlnga which he endured IN
connection with preaching tho Truth de-
monstrated his love for Il; his love for
the Lord. and his love FOR such OF man.
kind as might have the hearing ear.
CD The proof Of his apostleship In the
visions granted 20 him. the communion
with God and his deep insight into splrit-
ual truths and tho fact that tho Lord had
specially commissioned him to declare his
name at Jerusalem and TO the Gentiles.
This, indeed, IN conjunction with his hav-
Ing seen the Lord "as one born before
tho time" constituted tho chief evidence
Of his apostleship IN conjunction with the
service which he was permitted TO render
TO the Lords cause under that commits
sion.
CD Finally his further proot-he was still
minister OF tho Lord and OF his mes
sage to such as had the hearing ear.
Under tho first count ST. Paul enumer-
ates his faithfuiness, saying. Are they
Israelltesl So am I. Are they the seed Of
Abrahamg SO am I. Are they servants Of
Christi 1 serve more;" for / have minis
tered OF served more than they. in larger
fields; In labors more abundant; in stripes
above measure received at tho hands OF
Gentiles. the Jewish measure being forty
blows. In prisons he was moro freuuenti
exposed to death more often; fiogged to
the limit (thirty-nino blows by the Jews
ave times beaten with rods. stoned; ship
wrecked; a day and a night In the deer
on wreckage; in journeyings often; IN
periis Anany from foods from robbersi
from the heathen; from his fellow-coun-
trymen; in the city; and In the wilds; on
the sea and amongst false brethren The
WEAKNESS and painfuiness OF his services
his watching. hungering and thirsting,
fastings. cold and deprlvations he had ex-
perlenced more than any OF the other
Apostles Furthermore in Gods provi-
dence tho care OF all the Churches had
been his pleasurablc and weighty respon-
sibility All these things demonstrated his
supreme love for God. for his neighbor,
for his brethren, 10 q degree unequalied.
Under the second count he had seen
the Lord as a spirit-being In the bright
ness above the sun at MONDAY, and IN ad-
vance OF the remainder OF the Church.
What the other apostles saw Of our Lord
during the forty days OF hts appearance
as a man after his resurrection would not
compare IN Importance to the witness OF
our Lords resurrection which ST. Paul
had seen. Besides this he had a most as
founding vision or revelation IN which he
was caught away 20 the third heaven
and saw things he was not authorized e
explain.
The third heaven is the new heaven o.
the future-of the Millennial age Th'
first ''heaven and earth" or primary ar
rangenient. passed away at the flood. Tn
second heaven and earth organization
beginning at the Hood. stin persists Tn
nCdNcn duA r@i tAif oA NV tA'RN-
sation. is the one to come--the one whic
will be introduced at Messiah's Secon
Advent. In other words. st. Paul in visio
was caught away and given glimpse O
the Nillennial Kingdom conditions, gioI
les. blessings. etc.--thinEs not proper q
the time to be generally disclosed Never
theless that vision assisted the Apostl
to a elearness OF mental grasp OF III
Divine purposes. and shaped and colore
all OF his epistles-
And now. in due time" st. Pau's writ
ings constitute the key TO the Divine Pla
OF the Ages. He saw more literally th
things subsequently revealed IN symbol
to 81. John at Patmos. and delivered Q
the Church In symbols which could no
J be solved until the due time. In view Q
these things he could we'll write Il Ger
tify you. brethren. that the Gospel wniei
was preached OF me Is not after man; 70
neither received It OF man, nor was
taught r. bur nv the revelation ~ 1osu