The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-06-24

CT. IL Tim. 3:14. Is.
GOLDEN TEXT-Today If ye will near
his voice, harden not your hearts.-heo'
BIZ, s. 49,. "a
10; 6:2O-25; Josh. 4:2O-2.
PRIMARY TOPIC-When Saui was
Boy.-Acts 22:3; Deut. SAG.
JUNIOR TOPIC-When Timothy was
Boy-II Tim. Stills. ar>,,op topic
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR IoFie
Jewish Boy Life. uo3yc
VOTING PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC
-SauI's Early Training and Educauon'
We are now entering six mohlhs
study of the life and teachings OF one
of the greatest men who ever llVeu'
|. Saups Birth (Acts Il :39).
His parents belonged to the tribe Vi
BENJAMIN and were Hebrews or the
Hebrews" that is, Jews VINO nave MOI
become contaminated in their ancestry
through intermarriage with the zen
tiles (Phil. 3 :5). .
/. Time of. 1t is impossible to deter
mine the exact year of his birth, Dut
the probability is that it was practi-
cally the same as that OF Jesus. ne
was young man" when Stephen was
stoned (Acts 7 :5S). Young man may
mean any age from twenty to thirty.
About 60 A. d. in the Roman prlsoh
he calls himself paul the aged" (Phl-
lemon 81. This distinction would haruiy
be appropriate for man under slAty'
2. Place of ". 39). Tarsus, the cap
itol of the Province of Cilicia. Repre-
sentative business men came here from
all parts of the world. 1t was sell
governing city which made Citizenship
therein honorable. Besides, 1t was one
of the three great educational centers
of the Roman empire. GODS proVl-
dence ordered that the apostle TO the
Gentiles should be born in city Where
he would encounter men of every class
and nation, making him broad IN MS
sympathy and tolerant in his dealings
with others.
n. Saups Home Training (Deut. q:
40; CT. IL Tim. 3:14, 15).
He was brought up in pious nome
(Phil. 3:5). In the passages cited
above is given the responsibility OF
Jew in the training of his children.
l. Central truths to be taught wv.
4, 81. ~ Unity of God. 1.-THE Lord
our God is one Lord" This was tes-
timony against the polytheism existing
among the Gentiles 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-Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. The great neeo
of the world is a recognition OF the
fundamental doctrine Of the unity anu
trinity of the Godhead. There can pc
no established order until God is given
His rightful place; neither can there
be any moral health. (2) Mans SUI
preme obligation ". 81. God should
be loved with all the heart, soul ana
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. 6-9). The place for Gods
Word is in the heart. In order that 1t
may be in the heart (1) teach it dill
gently to thy children" ". y. The
most important part of a child's educa-
ton Is that given by parents In the
Word of God. GU Talk of them in the
home ". y. How blessed is that
home where Gods Word is the topic of
conversation. (3) Talk of them when
retiring for the night ". y. The last
thing upon which the mind should rest
before going to sleep should be God
and His truth. (5) Talk Of them when
rising in the morning ". y. How lit
ting that God should speak to us the
first thing when we awake (6) BIND
them upon thine hand ". -. This was
literally done by the Jews, even to the
wearing of little boxes between their
eyes. 90 Write them upon the posts
of the houses and on the gates ". -.
Doubtless Timothy's home training
was similar to Saul's I'll Tim. IA, l5).
From a child Timothy was taught the
Holy Scriptures I'll Tim. l :5). This
was done in the home by his mother.
III. Sauls Education (Acts q :3).
/. In college at Jerusalem. jewish
child became a child of the law at the
age of thirteen. Most likely at this
age he went to Jerusalem to enter upon
his course of study. Here he sat at
the feet of GamalieI, one of the most
eminent teachers that ever blessed Is
rael. The course of study here was
restricted to the Holy Scriptures.
2. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps after
finishing his college course at Jerusa-
lem he returned to Tarsus and learned
a trade. One rabbi said, "He that teach
eth NOT his sou a trade doeth the same
as il he had taught him to STEAL. The
trade he learned was tent making. This