Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-24

through them, a greater work thar
he ever could. have accomplished him
self. 1t is real greatness to lead
others to become great.
A Traveller in Famous Waters
After the riot at Ephesus, consid-
cred last week, Paul travelled to
Macedonia and back again, by land
and sea, to bid farewell to his con-
verts and to strengthen their hearts.
He knew that he should neve see
them again, for after Jerusalem, for
which his heart hungered, bonds and
Imprisonment awaited him. This
journey to Jerusalem can be studied
in the latest war maps, for it is the
scene of present activity, naval and
military; or, better, the war can be
studied through the map of Paul's
journey. Or, for the classical stu
dent, the maps of the ancient world,
with all the history and romance that
conferred in golden Greece. afford an
interesting background for this les
son. Paul was travelling amid the
Genes of the exploits of the gods and
heroes of the age of mythology; and
his adventures were more significant
than any recorded of them.
The travel notes in the Book of
Acts afford a good guide for as in
teresting a journey as n may make
anywhere in the world. although it
is out of the question to-day. The
suffering al Jerusalem, which stirred
Paul's heart so hat he took ~collec-
tons in all his churches, is exceeded
many hundred fold to-day. From Sa-
lonica to Jerusalem, clear round the
upper Mediterranean, there is now to
be found one of the worst spectacles
of woe the world has yer looked
upon; and 1t waits for ice from
the Christian West.
a Church. Hungry Saint
A great and consuming desire had
grown up in the heart of Paul to be
present at the Jerusalem passover.
ing for familiar Genes and familiar
faces. Paul wanted to see the friends
at Jerusalem-Peter and James and
John and Ananias and the other
brethren. He was eager to hear the
news of the triumphs of the Cross in
other fields. He wanted to meet the
new disciples from regions beyond.
His beloved Antioch brethren would
be there. Besides, he, too, had a
story to tell Of victory through the
Name.
Even so the exiles in Babylon long
ed for Jerusalem. Thus jewellers in
distant lands yearn for home. A few
days 6 a venerable world-leader in
Sunday school work unburdened to
me his deep desire to attend the
Worlds Sunday School convention in
Toxic, after the war. Thus it is that
bedridden saints long for the house
of the Lord. Even like his people
of old, Paul was eager for the re-
union of the Great Feast.
The godlier persons are, the more
deeply they feel the need of the re-
freshment of the services of the sane
tuary. 1t is the saints who are
church-hungry. Paul had been g
perennial spring of Christian in.
struction and inspiration to the
churches of the West; yet here we
find him fairly obsessed with yearn.
ing for the Church at Jerusalem and
the Passover reunion.
Pointing to the Record
Real success is 2 record of good
work well done. Paul taking leave
of his churches. especially of the
Ephesian elders who had come dowI
to Miletus to see him, was able tc
point to his record. He had beer
true to his call. never a shirker, oil
self-seeker, or money-lover, or ear
ticker Or coward. This farewell
address is one of the beautiful bit.
of immortal Christian literature. and
as it is the heart of the assigned
lesson, I quote it in full:
you Elders we'll know. from the
first day of my setting foot in the
province of Asia. the kind of life
lived anoonR you the whole time
serving the Lord in all humidity, and
with tears, and amid trials which
came upon me through the plotting
of the Jews-and that I never shrank
from declaring to you anything that
was profitable, or from teaching you
in public and in your homes. and
urging upon both Jews and Greeks
the necessity of turning to God and
of believing in Jesus Christ u Lord
"And now, impelled by a sense OF
duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem,
not knowing what will happen to me
there, except that the Holy Spirit. at
town after town, testlfes to me that
Imprisonment and suffering are
awaiting me. But eve the sacrifice
of life I count as nothing. If. only
| I may perfect my earthly course, and