The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-14

80 ys7 long. 6, took Moses ,o-,y
ysz-s :, the back Of Persian wilder
-sss 10 -eadlus, his theology es--
AFTER he Lad decided TIA. be ~o-.-
-z.Le- suffer eE.c-.on with The csr
PIE @. God than 20 enjoy tie pea.
--=s O.. sin for a season" BIT E.e-
he cane back from A-a5!a % "a
-as--s lis ,-e1.ogy vas zt.ls,ec
and j. never gave him any ;l-ta=-
-c0-5.s-1=.,5e- i'd +, trouble ei.he.
Cot O. he c1l-c1 from tia: tzy r-
his. Having spent three yeas e.
ge...-g riga: le was r.zh; 70.
tine.
Pa. returned 20 Damascus and -
zz- preaching. then trouble aro=e
DID yo1 ever notice il? When
preacher O. riE1;eogsress teg-c.
.sz-,ess.y AID Il The fear 0; God &c
-=5-E= s.n, t5en trouble a-is@s; BE
s 70: popular; his people DO 70,
cone % tez- hin preach be Is 10,
building Up tie church. Every Ia
T.o las so1gh: 2 sphere Of rsetll
cess las found : fed 0: trouble. /.
vas 70. long u1-iI his congregation
decided 20 take his lie, ard TO save
&: - lad 20 5e =, toFa from Ti1
t5@ in a -o.z4 upon The wall n =
54ske-.
Much o: the .-.n!'a5Ie inazia,ry
al 11eq1a.et vo-i-pa.n,.ag ot ths
speaker must O: necessity be omitted.
much 70 the reg-e. Of the rsporter)
So We find him being let toEa
from the wall in 2 basket We az
p-oaca him. "Wa2, IS the matter
Pal.?' "Taa: was poor appoint
menc; the people would not hear ne
Well, I reckon YOU are no: gong
to t-y {. any more, are you, PAUL.
/, looks Ike yol have done your
duty; 10 use Of trying under s-ch
persecution as that But, an debt
or I must preach the gospel an
IN de5; and b. he help Of God
am gong 20 pay ny debt Nothing
could turn him back. poor appoint
ments did not discourage him, per
secution did not beget in him an
idea that he had done his duty and
could now quit"
Ten years after he was let down
in that basket at Damascus We find
ourselves approaching the city o. Ly-
stra. Suddenly the gate orens and
yomits forth a mass of men and
women; they are dragging some
thing-it is the body of a man; they
throw it over the embankment and
return and the gates are shut We
approach, impelled by curiosity; and
as we stand looking, suddenly some
thing familiar about him strikes us
II IS Paul As In pity We continue
20 gaze. there IS a CULVER OF mus
Gle. an eyelid trembles; he Is not
dead here, hurry with the water rot
tie, q dash IN his face and his eyes
open. What IS the mater, Paul."
The people OF Lystra have just s.ou.
ed ne and left me for dead; they
came pretty near getting NE, too
Well, you certainly are not going 70
Try 20 preach under such persecu.
ton as that. are you?" Yes, I am
debtor; must pay my debts"
"B-. certainly God never called o.
you 20 undergo such persecution and
afl.c;!oa as this Our light aflic-
ton here which IS but for a moment.
worketh for US far more exceeding
AMI eternal weight OF glory:
the things which are seen are temp
oral but the things which are not seen
are eternal" Well, you are very
strange man; whatever makes you do
this l canno. understand" Say. did
ever tell you OF that experience
which had on the road to Damascus
when Jesus came and talked to me.
and revealed himself in Te?' You
mean revealed himself to you, don't
you. Paul?' NO, revealed himself IN
me. And when he did he gave me-
commission; he said that he had
revealed himself in ne to make ne
witness 20 the people. delivering
ne from the Gentiles to whom he
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