The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-10-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Nlssson for Teachers and Pupils
Edited by Charles K. Meyers.
CRAWFORD cou MY SUNDAY
SCHOOL Ass oCIATION

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OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT Sears McHenry, Denisol
sec'-Treas. ..Chas. X. Meyers. Denisor
Executive Committee
r. L. Hoffman, Denison; VIM. Lind berg
Hiron; +. L. Vanslyke, Manila; II. ]
Cook. Denison;s Frank Woolston, Deni
son; %. G.. Virgins, Dow City. II
Superintendent. 40 sj.
Elementary Grades ..l.t.. ~. .s.'.s.. y.
Miss Susie Craft. Denisor
secondarysfsr Trade, r. L. Hoffman. Denisor
Adult pspaTtpa fqa, s III an. Mani1, !.
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Teacher TFainihg Z !; ,s A b 3.
...... Miss Manetta icrgensen, Val
Missionary Department 1880. -.
........ Mrs. Anna Williams, Denisor
Oct. S-Paul Before Fiiix.-Acts "a.
Another most interesting lesson in
the life history of Paul. twill be re-
membered that Paul while in the tenn
pie at Jerusalem was set upon by the
Jews and would have been killed il
ne had not been rescued by the Roman
soldiers. 1t will also be recalled how
he was taken before the great Jewish
council for a hearing, and that the
ing that he believed in life after death
also that plot was formed to ask
that he be brought again before the
council and that while there or ON the
way he was to be set upon and killed
How the plot was discovered - we
learned about in the last lesson, as
we'll as the circumstances of his re.
moval by night to Caesarea, where re-
sided the Roman governor of the
province of Felix.
TIE Jews were told to appear before
Felix and there make known their
complaint against Paul. This they
did. Ananias, the high priest, came
as we'll as many others, among whom
was a noted orator or speaker named
Tertullus. 1t was this lawyer who
made the speech against Paul and he
did it very shrewdly and WE'LL He
fattered the judge by telling him how
we'll he was governing the people and
then came to the charges against Paul
these being that he was disturber of
the peace. a ringleader of the sect of
Nazarines and had profaned the holy
Jewish temple at Jerusalem.
Soon there came the important time
when Paul was asked to speak for
himself" There he was with few
friends, in the presence of the great
Roman governor, and must answer the
address of the hired attorney of the
Jews. Happily the champion of the
gospel Of Jesus was one of the ablestr
men of his time, for he could say things
to win favor in the eyes of the judge
and state case with logic and power.
AS Luther before the assembly at,
Worms was not afraid, but with cool
ness made answer, so did Paul upon
this occasion. He said he had been
found in the temple at Jerusalem, but
that; he was not talking with any one
but attending quietly to religious
duties. He defed- the Jews 10 prove
creating a. disturbance. Now he
warns up, however, and said with
boldness that he was indeed believ,
er in the doctrines which the Jews
called heresy, yet he worshipped the
God of his fathers. believing all thel
things written in the books Of prophesy
and the Jewish law, and further that
there was in time to bela resurrection
of the dead, both just and unjust.
We now come to the words of Paul
on the occasion of his address before
Felix which has been picked out as
the golden text of the lesson. Please |
note it we'll,
,>& Herein do exercise myself to
have always conscience void of
Offense toward God and toward
man.
He here set forth the ideal toward |
which all should strive. II Is pretty |
hard to- keep from doing or Saying |
things which can give offense to those
whome we live with from day to day.
When it comes to being pure in the
sight of God at all times, the case ap.
pears about hopeless. While this is
the situation, this is no excuse for not
trying to keep the standard which
Paul sought to attain. s,.s
I'M the eye of the Roman law Paul
had done nothing worthy of punish
ment, but not wishing to gain the dis,
pleasure Of the Jews, Felix put off de,
cisioh until he said, the captain of the
soldiers at Jerusalem could have time
to come down, In the meantimeshe or
dered that very little restrictions bel
put on Paul, as to his liberty, and that
his acquaintances be allowed to talk
with him freely. This was virtually
an acquittal. Things went on this
way for two years. In the interval
Paul was called before Felix number
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talk and also that a chance might be
given Paul or his friends to give the
governor money for release entirely |,
from prison. St /
1t appears that Felix was a very
wicked man and had unlawfully TAX
en- "a wife named tDrusille. On one of
the occasions when Paul was talking II
before Felix he boldly, gave his judge a
talk on righteousness, temperance and
a Judgment to come. So strong were
the words of Paul that Felix trembled h
but put off action on the words Of Paul
by saying when I have a more con
venient season will call for thee"
The words of Felix at this time are
called to mind as those OF.
ten spoken by those who want to put
off confession of Jesus as their Saviour
or the call to lead a better life. y De.
lays are dangerous and now is the
most accepted time for taking the
right stand as to our relationship with
jesus vi S, IA
We admire Paul for his great de.
Tense, for his trying to live with pure
for his obedience in rebuk. 1
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