The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-09-01

Inns letter raises interesting ques-
tons for research and discussion, such
as:
i. Whn' is the difference between
Pauis l"F"I>m and that OF soldier +?
z. Is war essential to the development
OF heroi>in: 3. Which courage is high
er, mora! rr physical?
I.Paul. the Hero I'll :21-22). To man
OF sth>!'ive nature, craving perfec-
ton, sarr" IN stirs up the deepest hit
terness "t he soul. We do not believe
Paul primarily desired to refuse these
false chnrE"S-they We're unworthy Of
him-bu il" knowledge of his suffer.
inSs for the cause of Christ and the
truth Of IA" gospel would augment his
power I" ~"rN" the church. For the
sake of tho>" whom he had reclaimed
from h"uth"nism he was willing to
seem I" Il" bonsting. Literally he
says: Il speak by way of disparuge-
ment t"f myself as though we had
been weak" yet he adds "Whereinso-
ever any Is bold, | am bold also" Paul
had as much t" boast of as any one
of his Jewish opponents ". 2D. "Are
they ll"hr"wSE cor the purest blood,
Of one nation and languageD So nm
l." Are they Israelites, worshiping
only or" God? Are they of the seed of
Abraham, inhcritOrs of the ministry of
the pr"lniS" and the Messinnic hope
and tn" kingdom of God? Are they
ministers Of the Messiah. seeking to
bring all men into his kingdom 81
speak nS II fool. | speak assone beside
himself am more" In labors he
was NOR" abundant; he had occupied
a larger field with greater results. In
stripes above measure-those inflicted
by the hrnthen were not limited to
forty blnws-besides other bentings re-
ferred to in this list. In prisons oft
| (Acts 1G:23). Frequently exposed to
| death and to the perils of robbers by
land and sea ". DAY. give times I
received forty stripes, save one, from
the Jews" (v. 25). "Thrice WIS |
beaten with rods: once was | stoned"
| (Acts. Il :I9). "rhrice I suffered ship
wreck" evidently not recorded in Acts.
for his shipwreck on the way to Rome
was later, "a night and n day I'm the
deep" this not otherwise recorded.
ain iourneyinrs often suffering from
the perils of hard travel, often on foot
in unciviliZpd regions. an periIs of
water" literally "in rivers" Bridges
were rare, and floods sudden and fire.
uurnt. "In perils of robbers" Every
road in Asia Minor then AS now was
infested with robbers. I'm pcrils OF
|
the GentiIes:" I'm perils in the city :"
"In perils In the wilderness :" "In per-
lis in the sea- from storms, rocks, pi-
rates; I'm perils among false breth-
ren''-Judnising teachers who were
self-seeking instead of making the Cos
pei first (Gal. "a: II Cor, :1:O. "In
WEAKNESS and pnlnfuIncss," literally in
en-" repented nights of s!epplessness
due to anxiety or pain. I'm hunger and
thirst, in rastinys often" hunger I'M
satisfied for Il long time. I'm cold and
nnkeGluess;' - IN the mountain passes
badly sliod and badly clothed. Besides
these things which were without in
Vulnerable other trials such us the
care Of or anxiety over the churches
wv. 81, :s3).
II. Gods SUSTAINING Grace 12:1-1O),
To Paul God gave one of the greatest
tasks over committed t0snan, viz, the
planting of the rospcl in heather
lands; founding churches; teaching
them the GOSPEL truths of the Lord Je-
Sus. lie wrote to these churches two
ffths of the New Testament, thirteen
| Of its twenty-seven books, and this
work was ACCOMPLISHED under the
| greatest difficulty, trials and suffering,
To sustain and guide. the Lord gave
him visions and revelations- ". ~.
These revelations came to him from
| the very beginning of his Christian life
and continued in every preat crisis.
The first was given at his conversion.
twenty years before this letter was
written. when he saw Jesus In His