Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-30

o rare and great Rarnabas,-saw also
that his first task was 20 find n great
er than himself TO lead the new
Church.
So he turned to Saul. living in re-
tirement in his home town. Tarsus.
Personal contacts are half the secret
OF success" What II Barnabas had
not been acquainted with Saul and his
unique qualities? To know vital men.
and to be known to them, Is an import
ant part of ones equipment for larger
service.
Discovering "n Grenter Man"
1T is better to be discovered than
to he found out" runs the clever
apothesm which comforts the spir-
contemplate the temporary successes
of shams and pretenders. Saul was
discovered; after the fashion the great
hour always has OF reaching out and
| finding the fit man. Driven from
/ Damascus and Jerusalem because OF
his fearless testimony to Jesus as the
Christ. this scholar-convert had re-
tired to his old home. We can only sur
mise his experiences, during this prep
aration time. n sort of second install
ment OF his Arabian seclusion. Did his
spirit chnfe at the enforced inactivity
Was II during these days OF waiting
that he converted so many OF his
kinsmen7 Was this nc time OF mis- rapt
vision, when he was caught up itno the
third heaven? We only know that he
was being made ready. in ways that
he knew not. to do the greatest work
ever achieved by mortal
III only we strive to &c pure and true.
To each OF us there will come an
hour.
When the trce of life shall burst into
flower.
And rain at our feet glorious
dover,
OF something srander than ever We
knew"
A thought suggesting prayer runs.
20 Lord. prepare me for what Trou
art preparing for me-" Saul was I'M
consciously being lifted for the great
task that was shaping to his hand in
Rntioch. In n way that he knew not.
he was being led into his mission.
pondous work Of the first Apostle to
the Gentilcs.
The Great Rrenk
One OF the great hours OF history
had struck. wo ut this distance can
radical IL was. Up until the antioch
experience. Christianity had been
chiefly n Jewish sect The Good
News had been carried only to the
Chosen People. True. the incident of
Cornelius and Peter. and of Philip and
Z the Ethiopian, had preached the wall
Of oNclusivencss. But tho great break
came at Antioch. when the gospel vaa
openly preached to tho Gcrtiles. In
/ this pagan city II was settled that
Christianity was vhster than Jowry,
and n Message for all the world.
PnradoNicRlly. Saul. the rharisee
I the born and bred Jewish aristocrat,
the higot of the Canhedrin. the perse-
cutor Of tho followers Of Jesus. was
/ TO be the leader of the Gentle church
| In his great brain the mighty truths
OF the new faith were to be fused aud
/ formulated. Trained within the limits
OF Judea, he was TO become Christian
/ itys frst and greatest coamopolite. DR.
James Stalker. in his charming and
stimulating little. Life OF st. Paul.
/ which every follower Of theae lessons
should possess states the situation in
few tersc sentences:
Beyond Palestine lay the great
world Of Greece and Rome-the world
Of vast populations of power and cul-
ture. Of pleasure and business. II need
ed a man OF unlimited versatility. Of
| education. OF immense human gym
pathy and breadth. to go out there
with the gospel message. a man who
could not only be Jew to the Jews.
but a Greek TO the Groe.Sa. n Roman
to the Romans. n barbarian to the bar
hartans' a man who could encounter
not only rabbits in their synaeosues.
bu. proud magistrates in their courts.
and philosophers in the hnunts of
learning: n man who could face travel
hv land and by sea, who could exhibit
presence Of mind in every variety Of
circumstances. and would be cowed by
no difficulties, No man of this size be-
lonsed to the original apostolic circle
but Christianity needed such a one.
and he was found in Paul"
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