The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-31
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| Lesson for June 4 10 1.-THE Call OF
|the Wsst."-Aets 1855 to 16:t6
~ WILLIAM 7. ELLIS


~ WILLIAM T. ELLIS
Nobody yet knows OF certainty
hieh of the battles OF the world
NJ Will be written down in history
the whether the battle
the Marne. OF verdun. or Ere
I'm. or Using Tau. or some other
u unfought. The importance OF an
bochal hour Is seldom seen until
lat hour is past. Neither a man
,r q nation can surely tell when
10 clock OF destiny strikes. The
rocian navigators who saw a little
bat beat its way from Troas to
eapolis. one spring day In the year
4. d., gave no second look to u.
pr dreamed that II held the fate
Europe as It's cargo. The destiny
the west was wrapped up In the
orn coat of the dreamy-eyed little
bw who was a passenger that day
cross the Aegean.
"This journey says Prof. James
kalker. was perhaps the most
omentous recorded in the annals
the human race. In its issues II
n outrivaied the expedition OF Alex
nder the Great. when he carried
be arms and civilization OF Greece
hto the heart OF Asia; or that OF
aesar. when he landed on the
hores OF Britain or even the great
oyage of Columbus when he dis
overed new world.
Now that the struggle OF empires
I raging over the scenes OF Paul
Journey. and when huge warships'
vatchful against hidden subma'
hines, are sailing the very waters
lowered by Paul's ship. 1t is OF un'
Usual timeliness and Importance Tor
he whole Sunday school world Ia
bontemplate anew the reality ana
bigniflcance OF the great event when
PAUL carried Christianity from Asia
hcross into Europe.
This II a lesson to study with out
bpread maps; for In these days
)ittls bit OF geography illuminates
many a problem. Perhaps the OLD
Bot political conflict in history has
been for the possession OF this juno
Hon of Asia and Europe which Pau
won for his Master. Had the apos
HE been making his crossing In re
cent months he would have heard
khs guns of Gallipoli roaring. and
b. would have been challenged by
many q naval vessel.
Two Young Men
This climax OF Pauls journey
the carrying OF the Cross into Eu
rope-occurred on his second mis-
sionsry journey. when 1t was pro
|posed that he and Barnabas visit
1.-THE churches they had established
land hearten them In the faith
There was a special reason for go
ing over the ground once more, be
cause that letter from the council
lot Jerusalem must be read and ex
pounded to the churches. Right away
II diflculty arose. Barnabas wanted
his cousin, John Mark. TO 60 with
them. Paul took an attitude some
thing like this: mo. that cannot
b. Mark deserted us on the pre-
vious journey. He failed in loyalty
He has disqualified himself for this
hind Of work"
But Barnabas, whose emotional
naturs was stronger than his judg
mont, stood up for Mark. even to the
point Of clashing with Paul. There
Was . serious disagreement between
~ two great missionaries. Neither
would give in-and we are rather
dad that they both believed in their
oenviotion to the sticking point. So
Dasnabas took Mark and went on
70 Cyprus. And az Sir William
Ramsey says, he passes out Of his
tegy. We part from the honorable
and gracious personality Of Barna.
bss with deep regret: but history
marches with Paul" Later on. after
Marx had proved himself. Paul again
eavo him his friendship and conf
dsncs.
FOR q companion instead OF Bar
nabas, Paul chose Silas. about whom
We know little. except that he was
the sort of man who could sing songs
IN the night in prison cell. We do
not need to know much more about
him. Tho FIRST quality OF a good
travelling companion 10 that he can
endure without complaining the dim.
culties by the way.
Wise Paul. who understood the
importance OF training up leaders,
wanted also young man to share
the Journey. Mark had failed, but
at Zystra Paul found young limo
thy, son OF one of his converts,
though with q heather father. The
narrative has a most casual allusion
20 the selection OF Timothy, yet the
vast consequences Of that act can
not be measured. We have only to
read the two books Of the New Tes'
tamept which Paul wrote to limo
thy to understand the place In the
older mans heart that this youth
soon won. II the major part OF this
lesson were not OF such command
Ing Importance we might make an
excursion into the study OF the two
fxnaa o{ vniins man renreaentad by