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Lord was published throughout all the
region."-Acts l3:i9.
T1ME.-Immediately after the last les
son: probably according to Prof. Ram
say, IN the summer Of A. ID. IS or AZ.
PLACE.-Perga the capital Of Pam
phyla. on the southern coast of Asia
Minor. and Antioch, the capital OF Pisidia.
southern Galatia, about 100 miles north.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
Hitherto (see Acts 1897, etc.) 1t had
been "Barnabas and SAUL" now 1t IL
Paul and Barnabas" Tvs. 43. Is>, or
Paul and his company" including
Barnabas. John Mark, and perhaps
others. Paul's ability as q leader has
been proved at Cyprus, and was after.
wards unQuestioned.
v. IS. John MARK departing from
them returned to jerusalem" his
home. 1. Perhaps he did not like to
'see Paul superseding his cousin
%'3arnabas. 2. Perhaps his mother was
sick. 3. Perhaps, as one brought up
strictly in Jerusalem, he objected to
P~auFsSfree intercourse with the Gen
tiles. 4. Perhaps he dreaded the per-
lis OF travel in the wild, bandit.infested
'SSiob thot lay D'lplN thNih. " u
haps he had been weakened by the
fever and felt unable to go on. Paul
was not satisfied with the reason,
VIII ltever 1t was (Acts ~15:37-40), and
separated from Barnabas when, later,
he assisted on taking Mark along. But
Mark was ready for the second mis-
sionary journey, and was afterward re.
cfnrod m ID ,p1'g u,1l n,,trion (unn Tn
ductive Study p. 40 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. ! saw a
man last week who has not made a
mistake for 1000 years. He Is a mum.
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. 1.-THE task
before Paul vas difficult. He had TO
win the confidence and hold the atten.
ton OF al audience to which he was
quite unknown. He had to keep the
ground Of Israel's peculiar history and
hope. and yet to show that at the holy
city itself the Messiah had been re-
jected and crucihed. But st. Paul was
the very man for an emergency
Donald Fraser, u. d..
They keynote of Paul's 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 n portion may perhaps be
regarded as a type Of the Pauline ser.
mon."-Rcv. George Francis Greene.
II was Cd tactful, taking his hearers
on their own ground; (2) humble, leav.
Ing himself out and cxalting Christ;
(3) courageous and frank, not hesitat.
Ing to state the truth though it would
offend precOnceived views: 90 Bibli.
cal, bound up with the Scripture
throughout: 90 practical. coming to a
personal application. ending, as Ly-
man Beechcr said every section
should end. with a snapper"
Forgiveness, through Christ. That
truth, as always in Paul's preaching,
was the climax Of this m For.
~giveness." II. ", remission ''of sins"
Is, literally, the putting or sending
them away. II includes the removal
OF the penalty for sin, though not i'm
medlately all the consequences OF sin.
IL includes the cleansing OF the heart
from sin and restoration to Gods
',vor. These are wonderful and price
less gifts, and Christ offers them to
us for the asking.
V. As. Envy jealousy. when the
Jews saw the m~ultitudes" TOT Gen.
tiles). The Jewish leaders were angry
Cd because others and strangers did
what they could not do themselves;
(2) because they differed from Paul's
teaching, and especially his applica.
ton OF the Messianic hopes to the
condemned and crucihed Jesus; (3)
because they themselves felt con
demned by such warnings al those In
vs.. 40, Al: a. because, though they
would be pleased II the Gentiles would
become Jewish proselytes by conform.
ity to circumcision and other require
nents. they objected s%trenuously h
their admission on easier terms. such
W Paul proposed.
missionary Explosions. This was the
first OF many similar explosions SUI.
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