Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-29
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
For October End, 1921. Acts 1878
BY DR.. MARION NH. HULL

Golden Text: "For determined to
know nothing, amnog you, save Jesus
Christ, and Him crucifed." l Cor.
a.,
Timothy joined Paul at Athens,
but did not stay long with him, for
Paul became SO concerned for the
Thessalonian Chris tians hearing OF
the persecution to which they were
being subjected, that he sent him
to Tnessa1onica to establish them
in the faith and to comfort them Il
Thess. 81, y In the meantime.
Paul left Athens, took boat to
Cenchrea, one of the seaports c OF
rinth, the most important city of
Greece and O.: the West at that
time. When Silas and Timothy after
ward joined him there (Acts 1873
and 1 ThesS. $50 he wrote the first
letter to the Thessalonians; and a
bit later in his stay there, ne wrote
the second letter to the Thessalo-
mans to correct a false impression
which his irst letter had caused,
Reaching Corinth alone ana with
out funds, Paul's first step was TO
find a lodging place and means
of livelihood. Like every JeWlSh boy,
he had been taught a trade as a
sus making tent cloth out OF the
coarse goats hair so abundant IN
that section was the most popular.
paul found congenial companions IN
the home of couple VINO were IoI-
lowing the same trade. Aqulla, Win
his wife Priscilla, had oeen or! ". Il
from Rome q short while before thlS
bv an edict Of the Roman emperor
CIaudius, which vanished every Jew
in the city. Aquila was Jew VINO
had been born in Pontus but VINO
had subsequently moved to rome.
Now he and his wife were p4yins
their trade as tent-makers in TINS
busy cosmopolitan city of Corinth,
and graciously gave Paul employ
ment and shelter. They were IN no
sense the losers though, Tor Faul
gave them the knowledge OF Jesus
as the Christ which was to them u
lncalculable value. 1t was Inc pe
the opening of door OF Wonder1u u
opportunity to them.
We knW that Paul supported
himself IN every place he Went' nuS
this is the first record OF IL anu
it is not without signit canoe. In
Corinth. Of all PLACES it was wa n I'm
free from any suspicion OF self
seeking. Corinth had been N an
Gent times one of the most beau~-
tul cities of that southern peninsula,
but 1T had been utterly deStroyea
| in LAG B. C. For an hundred years
ic lay in ruins; then julius caesar
,ehniIt it and made it a Roman col
CIV with ali the privileges that en-,
tailed. With such privileges anu
with it's natural advantages, l. SieM
yery rapidly until a. the time Faul
visited there it had become Guy
of over a half million people, ana
PitV CONNER
ciallv in the world. 1t was sltud t2o
IN the isthmus that separated the
Saronic gulf on the west from the
Aegean sea on the east. Inere Wa o
shin canal connecting the Two
SO that many vessels were spa! GU
the danger and expense OF salllnE
around the dangerous coast on Ine
Meeting it with all parts OF the worry
brought into it's midst sailors OF
au nationalities it's population was
largely composed of slaves. Iherc
We're a large number OF Jews there
because it was so important com ON
mercially. But along with Us Wedf - ~
and materialism, it was noted Lol
its Wickadness, particularly drunken
ness and sexual vice which were ex-
aggerateG by the religion OF the peo-
pIe. Under the guiSe of worship nam
less practices we've employed. EVEN
among the ight-hearted GreeKs,I Co
rinth had become Il by-Word for the
worst. To "Corintheanize" was to
do every ching that was base ana OUT
rageous. Even on the stage when an
sctor wanted to initiate Corlnthea1l
he played drunk! ~
Their whole life was materlallst-
ic, seeking to get more money lndt
thew might spend more on them
selves in luxury and Righteousness.
1t was exceeding ly important there
fore that Paul should not let any
of them get the impression that ne
was preaching the gospel Tor Wnal
he could get out OF 1t. In deIeIlu-
ing his apostleship he reminded them
of his care about this q Cor. liz
9: 12-13-15 and l Cor. 9:1S). Often
times it had meant actual suffer-
ing on his part; but that was all
right so 1ong as the gospel was
preached and God glorifled by 1t. DO
we not need some of that spirit
today when every man is seeking his
sacrifice seems to have peen lost
everywhere and among all classes
ministry the most potent reason
given for the great dearth OF can
didates to fill up the gaps IS me
fact that salaries are TOO small, w s
believe that every minister should
be adequately compensated; but PAU
did not stand back on that. His
business was to preach the gospel
p BEN IS to Keep anybody from think
Ing he had a selfish motive in it.,
HIS method is not the best for the
ministry today; but they do we'll If
the are animated by his spirit and
Reasoned and Testified
The Sabbath found his tent ciotn
unfinished but laid aside while he
went into the synagogue and rea-
soned. from the scriptures that this
Jesus is the Christ. Pals expe-
@ience in Athens had been a trying