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SUNDYSGIOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR JUNE IS.
THE PHILiPPiAN JAlLER.
By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director O
the Sunday School Course In the MOODY
Bible Institute Of ChicagoD
copyright by Western Newspaper Ohioh-'

Dean Vaughn has said Of this lesson
that in it I'VE have an epitome OF the
whole history of the gospel" The time
was A. D. so or So and the place was
Philippi, an important city, as before
suggested.
l. The Damsel Delivered Of Demons
wv. 1919. On their way to the pray
ing place where they had met Lydia,
the disciples met this maid who had a
spirit, a Python" Greek s~oothsayerS
we're supposed to be inspired by Apol-
10, who killed a great snake at MI.
Parnassus and left it to rot. The girl
was probably possessed Of hyster1a
and thus spoke strange words, m her
condition brought much profit to her
masters, who professed to interpret
her words. This evidence of evil pos
session awoke a sympathetic response
in Paul's heart. Her misery AND
degradation were a symbol OF the
degradation, as Lydia's sweet and be-
%nevolent Christian character was OF
the TRANSPORTATION Of womanhood."
Stalker. Her cry after Paul was per-
haps that they were the slaves OF some
god, ever as she was the slave OF ApoE
10. The Gadarene duke 8:2S) used
similar language. Paul did not at C
stop her ". 81. perhaps to avoid a con-
troversy, but his elaboration made
more profound the final ~deliveranc@
wrought. Worn out at last with her
cries, but taking no credit himself,
Paul spoke the name Of Power which
had foretold just such acts (Mk..
1917; Tx. 81; Tx. 10:17).
II. The Disciples In Prison wv. -
24.) OF no further commercial value.
the slave drivers sought revenge by
melting a mob to attack Paul and his
companions. So today the liquor In
terests would seek remuneration for
the loss of their business" and
anathematize their opponents, while
the underworld tries to overthrow all
who seek to restrain them. Paul and
Silas we're accused of troubling" the
city, for the trade has been interfered
with. 1t, indeed, went hard with them
thus to be unjustly set upon and final
ly, through the connivance Of thu
spineless authorities, to be incarcer-
ated in a filthy dungeon. Still, though
the majority was against them, yet the
mob was not right Compare 17:5; IS:
IL; ~19:2S-29), and they had One on
their side who was sufficient from.
S:28).
III. De~liverance and Salvation wv.
$3.50. Christ before PLATE was &C.
cused of sedition, and these fiogged dis
ciples were likewise innocent suffer
ers. "a Prayer and praise (25-26).
Praying, they sang hymns in the
midst of that heterogeneous lot of pris-
oners they did not, could not, keep ST.
lent. The result was attentive listen
ing by the other prisoners and by a
loving Heavenly Father, who shook
the place to evidence his interest
". 26). (2) The jailed delivered. The
place was so shaken that every barred
door was opened and the staples of the
stocks were so loosened as to liberate
every prisoner. 90 The jailer saved
The brutal n is now the anxious In
quirer, and becomes a good type for
all to follow who are, out of Christ. ta)
He saw he was lost. He was subject
W lhS dL1 uCdbA 90 hlo CoS6pCu pk no
oners. "Supposing" ". 30 has dark
ened many lives, and u greatest sor-
rows are often imagined. Face to
face with death. the jailer would
plunge into an eternity for which he
was not prepared. Paul's clarion call
brought the jailer to express his ankle
ty ". 29), and it was no a trifiing nor
specifically Indifferent man who ap-
pealed to Paul. He was brought face
to face with two holy men, with GOD
and with eternity.
Those to whom he came knew the
facts, had faith, and could meet the
emergencies of life with condolences.
OBJ The jailerH question and its an
swer. This question is the most i'm
portant of life, and the answer is very
simple. What is it to believe on the
believe in any other person. He is to
take him John 1919 as Savior, Lord
and King. as the only One who can de-
liver from the penalty and power, and
finally from the presence OF sin ACTS
1886; Heb. Z: 25). 1t is to commit all
we have and are to him I'll Tim. 1:12)
for guidance; to surrender absolutely
to him. cast all upon him and leave
all with him. God is love, and we can
safely trust in his justice, yet in his
son the full penalty of sin has been
met and through him we are saved
from its depression and power unto
a godly character and unselfish career.
Salvation is loving everything God
loves and hating everything Goa
h~ates."-Sam Jones. (c) Those saved.
Our trust makes a way for Christ to
save and for us to make a trial of him
He does the rest The result was first
a service of ministration ". 3S),
washing the disciples stripes as he had
been washed from sin. and then a
service of testimony by being baptisea
in the water reservoir or swimming
bath common to such houses. "The
purple-dealer of Thyatire; the native
slave girl with the divining spirit; the
Roman jailer-all alike acknowledged
their new faith; one an Asiatic, the
other a Greek, and the third a Roman"
~. The Humbled Magistrates (vv.
35-40). The jailer evidences Joy, hos
pitality and a changed home, which
news must have reached the magiB-
trates. Their early command was 10