The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
lesson for Teachers ana PupIls
Edited by Charles K. Meyers.
CRAWFORD GOWN rY u n d r
SCROOI, ASSOCIATION

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oTTICERs.
President -. Sears McHenry. Denisol
Sec.-Treas ..Chas. X. Meyers, DenisOl
Executive Committee
F. l.. Hoffman. Denison: VIM. L.indbere
Kiron; +. L. VanSlyke, Manila: II. )
Cook, Denison; Frank Woolston DEM
'on' o. 6 sv M,gFats; nnM Guy
....'..... Miss Susie Craft, Denise,
Secondary Grade. Il. l.. Hoffman. Denisol
Adult Department : 81; ,;a,,;,,,
" Mrs. Il. w. Pierce, Deniso'
Teacher Training ,,;,a. : ,,c,,;,:,,,
......... Rev. J. c. Tourtellot, Denisol
,...... Miss Manetta Jorgensen, Val
Missionary Department ....... -:
Mrs Anna Williams, Denisol
May 21-The Cripple at Lystra. Acts
IA.
We are continuing today histor,
OF events in the first missionary jour
ney made by Paul. Last week We
learned of what took place when nc
visited the little island of Cyprus. and
at the city of Antioch on the main
land of Asia Minor. in the south part
near the sea coast. 1t was at Antioch
where Paul first came upon the fierce
opposition Of the Jews. an opposition
which he had to combat during the
rest of his work as missionary. Some
men would have been discouraged at
ter the experiences at Antioch. bu,
not so the courageous Paul and mis-
companion. Barnabus. They pushed
boldly onward toward the interior to a
place called Iconium and began teach
ing about Jesus an dthe new religion
He came to found. They were there
some time preaching boldly, but at
last such was the feeling worked up
by the Jews, mob formed to do the
apostles bodily harm, and they prompt,
ly left the place and We next find them
at Lyttrt and Dorbe, the scene of our
present lesson.
God had at all times made strong
the hand of Paul by answering his re-
quests for working miracles OF heal
ing and showing more than natural
powers SO that he could gain attention,
and convince the people that he came
from divine One. When Paul ar
rived at Lystra he began preaching.
He saw one day a man who had been
born lame, and who had never walked
II may be that the lame man was TAX
ing special interest in the gospel
message or had made known his wish
to be healed. or Paul read his thoughts
which earnestly desired relief from his
helplessness. At any rate Paul. so
the record reads. saw the man chad
faith to be healed and called out to
him, Stand upright on thy feet" 1T
appears that the man did not hesitate
to obey and found with the effort he
had strength to leap and walk. We
have before said that practical def
milton Of faith" was to believe that
what God promised or directed done.
was and will be done. and then to act
accordingly. This lame man evident
~ did not stop to question the why's
and wherefores as to his relief from
lameness, but took it for granted. that
what Paul said could be done, then
and there,
It can we'll be imagined that the
healing of the lame man made great
commotion in Lystra. The word at
once went round that "The Gods have
come down to us in the likeness OF
men and the priests and people made
ready to do them honOrs with the sac
rifices called for by their heather wor-
ship. Paul and Barnabus at once TOOK
active means to stop the proposed
worship by calling out that they were
indeed men like the common people,
and explaining that they had come to
warn people against the worship Of
the gods of the Romans and Greeks.
They represented the true God who
made the earth and regulated the
seasons. With these words they re.
strained the people and kept on preach.
ing to them. The Jews who had driv-
en- Paul from Antioch and lcOnium
were by this time on their trail. and
arriving. turned the love and admira-
ton for Paul into hate. and soon we
see the missionaries taken by mob
out of the city. and stoned until they
were thought to be dead. Happily
such was not tile case. and Paul rose
up and re-entered the city, shortly af.
ter going to the next town, Dorbe.
What, wonderful man was this
Paul. The record tells US that after
being at Dobre for long time he dc.
liberately turned around and visited
the places where he had been driven
out hut short time before Here lie
strengthened the faith of the new con-
verts. exhorting them to continue
strong in the cause of Jesus. telling
them that by the way of great tribula-
lions they must enter into the king
dom Of God Back he went to see the
new converts and then to the Antioch
in Palestine. where he started from
and where he told the story of his sd,
ventures and where there was great
rejoicing over all that had been done.
The history of what Paul did and
bore for the cause of Jesus is not an
idle tale, made up by Luke, the author
Of Acts. The great apostle was ac-
tYally at these places and the history
of the churches he founded can be
traced right back to his endeavors.
Just now in Methodist circles there
is much being. said as to Bishop Asbery.
who travelled the trail from New Eng.
land to Georgia along the mountains
and across unbridSed rivers sixty
times. doing his work as bishop and
by whose endeavors the great church
gained its foothold in America. Many
missionaries are now living similar
lives in spreading the good news in
hostile heather lands. What Paul,
Asbery and the missionaries have