Evening star., 1921-11-05
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the name of religion. They are 'ho
results of mob law. The lives
Chrysostom, sayanaroia' naIS IESss., Huss. w
Patton testify to the fact that TN
man who dares to stand alone f"
Righteousness, religion and reforr
will be called upon to suffer afflction
Some of the most priceless posse
sions of humanity have been hand
down to us as result Of religion
persecution. We will during the con-
ing week honor those who sacI
feed for us in the world war. W
! welcome representatives of the M
tions of the earth who come to homo
the unknown soldier who contribute'
his life for the welfare of the world
The great moral forces of the wori
are not always known and recognize
We owe our present civilization T.
men like Augustine. Xavier. Mar
quette, Brainerd, Carey. Macka,
| Morrison. Peck, Booth and fatc.
humanity rank them with the world
heroes. These, like Paul. found tho
Lord near in the hour Of danger.
God was the neglected factor upo:
Asia" had not counted. The mo-
| would have put an end to Paurs liz
{, in the temple except for their rever-
ence for the sacred place. At JUST
the moment when PauIs danger was
the greatest the commander OF th'
Roman cohorts, who were stationed
| in the castle of Antonia at the north
west angle of the temple, brought 4
| squad Of soldiers and rescued Paul
| The shouts of the mob attracted the
Roman power, which the Lord used as
! one of the instruments to accomplish
| his purpose in molding the history ni
the world.
! Paurs passion to win souls did not
! desert him. He surprised the Officer
| who had rescued him and placed him
, under arrest by request, spoken i'll
Greek, that he be permitted to ad-
| dress the mob. He thought that Paul
! was an Egyptian agitator, but when
he learned his birthplace and race h"
permitted him to speak from the
steps of the castle. 1t was an oppor-
! tunity that the apostle had long
sought The riot in the temple paved
the way for him to preach. Paul saw
| it's possibilities. He did not hesitat"
| to take advantage of the hour. In d
moment he proved that he was mas
ter of assemblies. His defense welt
home. 1t was one of the most dra
matte moments in Paufs life. Gov
, cred with dust and blood and bound
with chains to soldier, Paul made =
powerful address, unfolding the evl-
Gence that God was responsible Tor
| any changes in his life and labors
that his original belief was identical
with their own. The change came
! through his conversion when he was
prosecuting the Christians. He did
not Seek to become a missionary ci
| the Christian faith among the Cen
! tiles, but that it was in response to =
| vision which he had received in that
very temple, when God sent him to
| the Gentiles His address was a mas
! terpiece. The argument was com
plete and unanswerable. They fell
| it. but when he mentioned Gentiles
| then the fires of fanaticism broke
forth SO that Paul was placed insid
| Of the prison, where the officer H.
charge sought to secure by scourgins
| the apostle the cause for the mob.
| The Roman commander, who had
used the third degree upon his pris
oner without success. was embarrass-
| ed by Paul's claim of his rights as Il
Roman citizen. The following day the
great council of the Jews assembled
| at the request of the commander.
sanhedrin and called it to order,
stating the reason for their meeting.
| This is the last time that the great
! body is referred to in~the history Of
! Christianity They had passed upon
! Christ and the early church. They
were called upon now to pass upon
! the truths of the Christian faith. when
a former member of that august body
| was presented before them for trial
| upon the charge of being a Christian.
! 1t was the supreme hour of the ma
| tion'S history. when the Lord, through
| the Apostle Paul, sought TO win them
f, for the Christ.
The attitude of the court was re-
vealed by the orders of the high
! priest, who objected to Paul's hrst
| statement of his defense. The unwar-
| ranted action of the high priest
jwhose life Josephus has painted as one
! mass of darkness. guilty Of every
! crime that could defile personal char
acter and debase official position, was
| illegal and tyrGnnicai. 1t proved to
Paul that the court was prejudiced
against him and his cause. He show
| ed his aStuteneSs by dividing the
! court over the issue of the resurrec-
I tion and the reality of the spiritual
| life. He raised an issue that made the
| court forget the purpose of their
| meeting. Their argument became $"
bitter and exciting that the captain
| removed Paul for safety within the
! prison.
| A nephew of Paul overheard mer
I plotting to destroy PaurS life with
the consent of, the sanhedrin. He in
| formed both the commander and Pau
concerning the plot. With Roman
promptness. that protected his pris-
| oner the captain sent him under n
| strong guard to CaeSarea with letters
| to Felix, the procurator of Judea
Lysias tried to free himself from
| blame because he overstepped his
authority in imprisoning Paul. His
false statements sustain the accuracy
of Luke. God saved Paul SO that he
could carry the gospel to Rome.