Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-16

moment he knew the love of Christ
when paul left Jerusalem he didn't
know he was going TO Damascus to az,
tend a prayer meeting. He had SET oul
upon his Journey with hate ana nlu,ueu ,, yer
in his heart but when the light fell on
hin, M midday he was struck TO the
ground Heavens artillery has a mar
trigger and It shows how quickly GOO
can help His people when the emef-
gency arises The voice that PAU heard
was spoken In his mother tongue, and
when he heard it his power of persecution
was gone.
saul was tremblng-but he never
trembled afterward. The man who fears
God fears nothing as far as this world Is
concerned
Paul said. what wilt thou have me to
dor That meant he was ready to 40 TO
work for his new Master-nnd he never
asked for vacation from the time that
Jesus Christ came into his life until he
died.
"The Lord said to Paul 1t shall he told
thee The Lord doesn't tell us every
thing at once.
1.-The men stood speechless' Folks
who are always talking I'm II high key
about hypocrites keep quiet when Gods
power Is shown. This is always the case
not only in Paul's time, but II is as true
today as ever In the history Of the world
I'm the next verse / read they heard a
voice but could see no man Noah's
carpenters couldn't see any signs of com
Ing rain You can depend upon 1t. Paul
| helped to get some of their eyes opened
I read they led him by the hand. They
didn't drag him with n rope around his
neck, MS he had intended TO do with
the Christians. They showed him every
courtesy and kindness
BLIND FOR THREE DAYS.
"rhe Bible says he was three days
without sight. Yes, but he learned more
In those three days than some of us do
In lifetime
81 read again, and there was a certain
disciple at Damascus named Ananias.'
Now, Ananias was not a star-preacher.-
he wasn't doctor of divinity, neither
was he theological professor. But he
| was taught Of the Lord to do personal
work. He had lived close enough To the
| Lord so that He could tell him things.
| How the angels must have envied Ana
MAS when they saw him putting on san
dals to go to the house of Judas
| And to him, said the Lord in n vis-
ion, 'Ananas And lie said, Behold,
here l am, Lord lie wasn't at some
Dutch lunch, he wasn't at some theatre,
he wasn't at some bridge whist party.
some beer guzzle or wine siz2le. lie
was on the job when the Lord wanted
him.
'The trouble with many today Is that
| when God calls them they are somewhere
else, they are never around when wanted.
And the Lord said unto him, Arise
| and 20 into the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of
Judas for one CHlled Saul Of Tarsus, for
behold he prayeth' Now Judas was an
! othcr sort of nOnentity-HnOther no.
body. Saul had been used to being feast
ed and entertained at tho houses of royal
tN. but now he didn't stop with tho lord
mayor, he stopped just where the Lord
told him, with a man of obsCurity with
one who had not been much I'm society.
| with one who had little standing among
the rich and fashionable of the city
He had authority from the chief
priests Iiat was the beginning of high
license The chief priests authority
could not make black sin white God
said TO him, Suffer for my sake Angels
would be glad TO give up their harps for
a chance to wear crown of thorns and
suffer for Chrst's sake
Brother Saul No six months proba-
ton there. Those Damascus saints knew
how to get next to fellow. As soon as
he was flled with the Spirit his eyes were
opened. That is always the case
you get right with God and you'll be
dumbfounded with the things you're
blind to now.
Days with the disciples They were
not drawing pay for the scars they bore
in the days when they were true to God
and stood against his brutality.
LESSONS FROM CONVERSION.
81 want YOU to note now what the con-
version Of Paul teaches. See Acts tx, l-2O.
First: All are not saved in the same
way. There is no other conversion like
Pauls recorded in the Bible.
Second: knowing Christ does not re-
form 1t regenerates.
Third; Culture cannot save. Paul had
it He was a Helleni. He had lived in
n Greek city-a college town. He was a
Roman citizen. He was also Jew. Paul
was one of the PhariseeS, lie was highly
educated lie knew all the theology there
was to know-yet the devils had him
thoroughly broken to the harness and
trained in all his Eaits.
Fourth; n man may be sincere and
earnest and yet be wrong. The man who
built the first Eddystone lighthouse said
no storm could ever hurt It, lie slept in
1t to show his faith, but he lost his life
when the lighthouse went down during
a terrific storm. His sincerity and earn
estness had nothing to do with the sta
bilty of the lighthouse. Your conscience
may be wrong, just the same as a watch
may be wrong, and the only regulator,
the only guide for our faith and practice,
Is lhe WOIu OIL bou, tIOu likes 10 work
with good tools as well as we do. There
was time when We plowed with
crooked stick, when we rode in oxcarts
1t was all right as long as we had to
do it, as long as we had nothing better,
but we don't do 1t now. Neither does the
Lord God began with the unlearned
ignorant fisherman because He had TO.
Paul was the first man OF real culture in
the church of his day.
Notice another thing: His conversion
did not change his individuality. IT sane
titled it. When the Lord Jesus comes into
your heart 1t simply changes iron into
steel. Every man seems to be born with
twist in him, God either cannot or
will not take 1t out, We can see this
in every man spoken of in the Bible;
especially is this so in the case OF Paul.
The devil often grmds the AK with
which God hews. Pharaoh educated
Moses, Many Of Gods best helpers have