The Dermott news., 1916-08-24
LESSON FOR AUGUST 27
JoURNEYING TO JERUSALEM.

LESSON #TENT-Acts 2o.153 3S.
 GOLDEN TEXT commend you to God snd to tae word of h.s grace--Acts 20 g. After his eNpericucein Ephesus Paul went to Coruth. where. amidst much sickness and alliction, he cared for the churches corrected their wrong conduct and probably wrote several of hs letters and eristles dI Cor 4.7-11; 11:@S; T. .2oo. From Carinth he jour ucyed hy way of PhilHpi to Troas where he preached his famous long sermon C5. 5-12) that sermon which had such tragic result. It k recorded as witness to the power of the pray CT of fatrh aHd Fauls readiness to serve iu tme of ueed In his haste to reach Jerusalem before the Day of FyHtreo~t tt. p 5S) Paul did not re turn te Efhesus. but iu order to save tme hg had the elders of Chat church meet him nj Mi,ruS tSee q good maF).
 l. Great Review fyy. l7=2S1. Pauf's state~maa~hp and genius for orsani- 2attan is nowhere more clearly set forth thau here. He had plans for a great eHaaEeHstir campa za of Latin lands. cen. 14s2D Before pursuing h~ plan he decided to visit Jerusalem, carrying with hum the collections which had heea systematically taken Hp iu tae xarlags churches oh thS Sour GGou. 15:26,#I Cor le.l-5; Acts @f=IT) and lie WAS accompanied hy considerable number If pilgrims. tSee V 49 II Is good hing a pause ocea- sioually and to tabc stock. to review cur lives and to see what progress we haYe made. This Paul dId and ta this Ephesian delegation he euumerateS CD his character among them tyv. ls-l9). They knew his manner of life. how that. as bond servant. and with all IoVf.ue~S uf mud' he had served thotr church They also knew that Wilh tears he had wept eVer their hard and impeH5tent hearts 6v. 5D and all ef tbs aml~t many te~sugs =l21 his method af work N 1q9 Paul uat only worked at his trae af tentmak ta-. ha. found time for fhe public proclamation of the seeact aad also Ga4se to house Visitation He WIS aftar am. Har uofsret0= He Vas a1. MAS aa.I=g>sr af la- s5z..4~t trials self denial and tle .Iyla, =a naIt" tAm. k. M of mon: Cl lE~ methods ly 2H Ifr Iaa thn sam 'He~~u-se for low and .G,nr'e ~rrreutange toward God and ta..h toward our Lorl Ie>9S Christi Rrreraaurr fs moi for 1oW- alone. raui sh--a5-r1t feom 1grIHrHE aH rhat was rrH1rad'c fir tlets easaar.seweut re- Freae. Hae..a- la.n. teafn.HE in sery. t5a end l9r1 >aH1. He had tan-ht chem puheUly n e.a~-~ and had yIs- Itelthem from h4sn.ee hHuSe and had invited rham tu Ls .9u home. Fauts au l~ Is tha t.ae.ers a.m, was to make aH people patriotic citizens Of .hc EesIam es heaven "h'e on earth. hatthey mlzht fight the good fight et failh asa#net oa evils, e7ca the prin- ctpuattrs aud powers of evil.
 Itvas a great undertaking and he know uot what mtzht hefa} him. but he did know that bonds and a1Neuon awaited h4m, however none of these things eouid move hjm from hiS pur- pose.
 He "eouated not hlS life as dear unto him~elf' if so he he might hold out until the end and accomplish his course and uFuistry. This epoch-muk- ing journey. one of the greatest in his. tory. suggests in many points our Saviors last Journey towards that same city U.uke 4:sD. Like his mas ter Paul knew that ahead of htm were trials. but he also knew that God was leading him in obedience to the Spir. i It's guidance though 1t was over the protests of his friends.
 1T. A Great Charge (yv, 2S-3S). II Is great experience when one can de clare himself pure from the blood of all mon (v 26). and that he has not shrunk from declaring the whole coun. sel of God. Such conduct always brings an obligation upon those who know and hear such men, viz, that it should he emulated These elders were to return to the church at Ephe- suS, not to he servants of themselves but to feed the church of God (v. 2S). Paul knew, as prophet, what would be in store for them (Vv, 29-30). There fore he exhortS them 10 watch, and warns them how by his own hands he had supported himself and had lived a righteous life among them (v. 34).
 We have here rescued from oblivion new saving of our Lord Jesus Christ. "It is more blessed to give than to receive" one not found In the gos- pcls
 It Is this giving which produces a higher quality of happiness and more noble character.
 It Is the hlessedness of Christ, of heaven, and of the Christian religion.
 It !s also the blesseduess that en- dures.
 Paul then poured forth his prayer