Middletown transcript., 1921-07-02
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
.Si11n1daySchool q
' Lesson '
tBy REV ?. 3. FITZWATER, y. y.
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
R.ble Institute of Chicago.)
t@. 1921, Western Newspaper Union.l
LESSON FOR JULY3
THE EARLY LIFE OF SAUL.

CT. II Tim. S:14, IS.
GOLDEN TEXT-Today if ye will hear
his voice, harden 60. your hearts.-Heo'
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Deut. AZ
10; 6:2o-.5; Josh. 4:20-24.
PRIMARY TOPIC-When Saul was =
Boy.-Acts 1913; Deut. GAS.
JUNIOR TOPIC-When Timothy vas
Boy.-1I Tim. 3:4-l5. ropxr
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR IOF1I
Jewish Boy Life.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-saurs, Early Training and Educatioh'
We are now entering a six months
study CT the life and teachings OF one
of the greatest men who ever hved.
l. sauPs Birth (Acts u :39).
His parents belonged to the tribe OF
Benjamin and We're Hebrews OF the
Hebrews" that is, Jews who have NOT
become contaminated in their ancestry
through intermarriage with the Gen
tiles (Phil. 3:5).
l. Time of. 1t is impossible to deter
mine the exact year of his birth, but
the probability is that it was practl-
cally the same as that Of Jesus. he
was q "young man" when Stephen was
stoned (Acts 7:5S). Young man. may
mean any age from twenty to thirty
About 90 A. ID. in the Roman prison
he calls himself paul the aged (Phl'
lemon 81. This distinction would hardiy
be appropriate for man under sixty
2. Place of ". 39). Tarsus, the cap
ital of the Province of Cilicia. Kepre-
sentative business men came here from
all parts Of the world. 1t was SELF
governing city which made citizenship
therein honorable Besides, it was one
of the three great educational centers
Of the Roman empire. Gods provi-
dence ordered that the apostle to the
Gentiles should be born in a city where
he would encounter men of every class
and nation, making him broad III ms
sympathy and tolerant in his dealings
with others.
u. SauPs Home Training Oeut. q:
40; CT. ii Tim. 3:14, 15).
He was brought up in pious home
(Phil. 3:5). In the passages cited
above is given the responsibility OF d
Jew in the training of his children.
1. Central truths to be taught wv,
4, 81. ~ Unity Of God. "The LORD
our God is one Lord" This was IL tes-
timony against the polytheism existing
! among the Genties OF that day. He Is
God alone, therefore to worship an
other is sin. The word translated
God" is plural in form, giving room
for the doctrine of the Trinity-F'ather
Son and Holy Spirit. The great need
of the world is recognition OF the
| fundamental doctrine of the unity anu
| trinity of the Godhead. There can be
no established order until God is given
His rightful place; neither can there
be any moral Realth. ca Mans su'
preme obligation ". 81. God should
be loved with all the heart, soul and
might, because He is God alone and
supreme. This being the first and great
commandment, we know what is mans
! supreme duty.
! 2. How these truths are to be kept
alive wv. 6-V. The place for Gods
Word is in the heart. In order that il
may be in the heart (1) teach it dill
gently to thy children" ". y. The
most important part OF child's educa
ton is that given by parents in the
Word of God. (2) Talk OF them in the
/ home (v. y. How blessed is that
home where Gods Word is the topic o1
conversation. (3) Talk of them wher
retiring for the night ". y. The las1
thing upon which the mind should resi-
before going to sleep should be Coo
and His truth. (5) Talk Of them whel
rising in the morning ". y. How tit
ting that God should speak to us the
first thing when we awake! (G) Bint
them upon thine hand ". 81. This was
literally done by the Jews, even to tn,
wearing of little boxes between theil
eyes. ~ Write them upon the posts
OF the houses and on the gates ". -
Doubtless Timothy's home trainin:
was similar to Sauls I'll Tim. ) IA, 15)
From a child Timothy was taught the
Holy Scriptures I'll Tim. :5). Thi.
was done in the home by his mother.
III. SauI's Education (Acts 2:3).
/. In college at Jerusalem. A Jewist
child became child of the law at tn,
age of thirteen. Most likely ut this
age he went to Jerusalem to enter upor
his course of study. Here he sat q
She feet OF Gamaliel, one of the mos
eminent teachers that even blessed Is
rael. The course OF study here wa:
restricted to the Holy Scriptures.
. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps aftel
finishing his college course at Jerusa
lem he returned to Tarsus and learned
Il trade. One rabbi said, 'He that teach
eth not his son Il trade doeth the same
rs IL he had taught him to steal.' Th'
trade he learned was tent making. Thi.
came in very good in his later life, en-
| ,.l,l;,,,r hin, c11,nprt him with