The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-30
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sil1aldayschoel
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FlTZWATER, y. H.s
Teacher of English Bible In the MOODY
Bible Institute of Chicago)
(0 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JULY 3
THE EARLY LIFE OF SAUL.

LESSON TEXT-Acts n:ss; Deut. s:4-s;
CT. IL Tim. 3:14, Is.
GOLDEN TEXT-Today II ye Will near
his voice. harden not your hearts.-heD'
81. 8. .. .a
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Deut' 80
10; s:9o-2S; Josh. 4:2o-A x
PRIMARY TOPIC-When Saul was
Boy,-Acts 22:3; Deut. 6:t-9
JUNIOR TOPIC-When Timothy was
Bowl Tim 3:H-16. ,o, roprr
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR ToPiC
Jewish Boy Life. ,o,,C
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT IorAo
--saurs Early Training and Education
We are now entering six months
study Of the life and teachings Oh one
of the greatest men who ever lived
1. saups Birth (Acts Il :39).
His parents belonged to the tribe OF
BENJAMIN and were Hebrews Oh tho
Hebrews" that Is, Jews who have NOT
become contaminated In their ancestry
through intermarriage with the 0en-
tiles (Phil. 3:5).
l. Time of. 1t is impossible to deter
mine the exact year Of his birth. put
the probability is that it was pracu'
cally the same as that OF Jesus. ns
was a young man" when stephen was
stoned (Acts 7 :5S). "Young man" may
mean any age from twenty to thirty.
About GO A, ID. In the Roman prison
he calls himself Paul the aged lfni-
lemon ~. This distinction would hardly
be appropriate for man under sixty
2. Place of ". 39). Tarsus, the cap
ital of the Province of Cilicia. hepre-
sentative business men came here IRON
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.
! II. saups Home Training Deut. q:
40; CT. ii Tim. 3 IA, 15).
! He was brought up in a pious home
(Phil. $3.50. In the passages clteo
above is given the responsibility OF q
Jew in the training Of his children.
l. Central truths to be taught wv.
4, 81. 1) Unity of God. "The LQrd
our God is one Lord" This was a 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 need
of the world Is a recognition OF the
fundamental doctrine of the unity and
trinity of the Godhead. There can be
no established order until God Is given
His rightful place; neither can there
be any moral health. (2) 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.
z. 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 child's educa-
ton is that given by parents in the
Word of God. (2) 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 tit
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. 60 Write them upon the posts
of the houses and on the gates ". 81
Doubtless Timothy's home training
was similar to Sauls I'll Tim. 3 IA, 15)
From a child Timothy was taught the
Holy Scriptures I'll Tim. 1:5). This
was done in the home by his mother.
III. Saul's Education (Acts ~ :3).
/. In college at Jerusalem. A Jewist
child became child Of the law at tht
age of thirteen. Most likely at this
age he went to Jerusalem to enter upor
his course Of study. Here he sat a,
the feet Of Gamaliel, one Of the mos
eminent teachers that ever blessed Is
rael. The course OF study here wa!
restricted to the Holy Scriptures.
2. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps aftel
finishing his college course at Jerusa
lem he returned to Tarsus and learned
q trade. One rabbi said, HE that teach
eth not his son trade doeth the sam,
as If he had taught him to steal" Th,
trade he learned was tent making. Thi
came in very good in his later life, en-
abling him to support himself Will