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(ny REV. =. b. FlTZWATER, D. D..
Teacher OF English Bible IN the Moody
Bible Institute OF ChicACo.)
20, 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JULY 3
THE EARLY LIFE OF SAUL.


LESSON TExT-Ac,s N:S; Dsut st-s.
Ct. II Tim. 3.4. Is
GOLDEN TEXT-TodAy II " will hear
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REFERENCE MATERlAL-Deut. -.
70; SAB; Josh. t:3o-A,
PRIMARY TOPlC-When Saul Was
Boy.-Acts 22:3: Deut sA-s.
JUNIOR TOPiC-When Timothy Was .
Boy-ll Tim 3:N-l6.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Jewish Boy Life.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-saurs Early Training and Education.
We are now entering \ six months
study Of the life and teachings VI one
Of the greatest men who ever lived.
!. saui's Birth (Acts Il 500.
His parents belonged to the tribe OF
BENJAMIN and were "hebrews Of the
Hebrews" that Is, Jews who have not
become contaminated In their ancestry
through tntermarriage with the Cen
tiles tPhii. $3.50.
/. Time OF. 1t Is impossible to deter
mine the exnct year Of his birth, Dut
the probability Is that It was practl'
cally the same rs that OF Jesus. lie
was a young man" when stephen was
stoned (Acts :5s). Young man" may
mean any age from twenty to thirty
About W A. ID. In the Roman prison
lie calls himself paul the aged" (Phi'
lemon %. This distinction would hardly
be appropriate for man under sixty.
2. Place Of ". By. Tarsus. the cap
,tnl of the Province Of Ctlicta. Repre-
sentative business men came here from
all parts Of the world. II wus SELF
governing city which made citizenship
therein honorable. BESIDES. 1t WAS one
of the three great educational centers
Of the Roman empire. Gods Prov.
dence ordered that the apostle to the
Gentiles should he born In city where
he would encounter men Of every class
and milton. making him brOad In his
sympathy ard tolerant In his dealings
with others.
u. saui's Home Training (Deut. &:
40; CT. II Tim. 3:l4. l5).
lie WINS brought, up In y pious home
| rhil. $3.50. In the passages cited
above is given the responsibility OF .
Jew In the trimming Of his children.
l. Central truths to he taught tvv.
4. 81. ~ Unity Of God. ''rhe LORI
our God In one Lord" This was tes
tlinOi,y against the pOlytheisln existing
among the Gentiies OF that day. lie ID
God alone. therefore 10 worship an.
other 10 sin. The word translated
God" ts plural In form. giving room
for the doctrine Of the Trinity-t'ather
Son and Holy Spirit. The great need
Of the world Is recognition Of the
fundamental doctrine Of the unity and
trinity Of the GOdheud. There can he
no established order until God IL given
His rightfuI place; neither Gun there
be- any moral health. CD Nuns su'
preine obligation ". 81. God should
be loved with all the heart. soul and
might. because lie IL God alone and
supreme. This being the tirst aud great
commandment. we know what IL mans
supreme duty.
=. How these truths are to be kept
alive (vv. SD. The place for Gods
Word In In the heart. In order that II
may he In the heart ~ teach II am
gently to thy children" ". -. The
most important part OF chiid's educa.
ton IL that given by parents In the
Word OF God. (.) Talk OF them In the
home ". y. How blessed is that
home where Gsd's Word In the topic Of
conversation. 3) TaIk OF them when
retiring for the night ". ~. The last
Thing upon which the mind should rest
before going to sleep should be GOi
and His truth. t5) Talk Of them when
rising In the morning ". ~. How NJ.
ting that God should speak to NJ the
nrsi thing when we awake! (8) hind
them upon thine hand ". ~. This was
literally done by the Jews. even to the
wearing OF little boxes between their
eyes. az Write them upon the posts
Of the houses and on the gates ". ~.
Doubtless Ifmothy's home training
WAS similar TO Saul's IN Tim. 3:i4. 49,.
From . child Timothy WAS taught the
Holy Scriptures III Tim. ! 90. This
WAS done In the home by his mother.
~. Saui's Education tActs ~ ~.
J. IN college Mt Jerusalem. A Jewish
child became u child Of the law nj the
age ~ thirteen. Most likely 1T this
age he went to Jerusalem Ia enter upon
'hs course Of study. Here he sat nj
the feet OF Gnnaiici. one Of the most
eminent teachers that ever blessed ls-
rael. The cOurs. ~ study here WAS
restricted 10 the Holy Scriptures.
=. A trade NJ Tnrsus. rerhnps after
finishing his college course ut Jeruss-
lem M. returned In IN rstIs n mi Ian RI AT