Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday School Lesson for Sept %. Timothy
BY DR.. MARION MICH. HULL

Golden Text: BE thou an exam
pie for the believers, i'm word, in
conversation. in charity, in spirit, in
faith, in purity l Tim. 4:12.
Timothy was a native of Lystra.
His grandmother and mother were
Hebrew Christians, but his father
was a heather Greek. The grand
mother Lois had migrated into Asia
with other Jews, and her daughter,
Eunice, had married an heather.
The old grandmother saw to it, how
ever, that the little baby boy that
came into the home was well in
structed in the scriptures which she
had learned and had taught her
daughter, the baby's mother. Z.
Somewhere in the SOS Paul and
Barnabas had come to their home
town and preached. Healing an i'm
potent man. had produced such a
sensation that the natives took it
as a visitation of the gods, and
would have made a festival of it
and worshipped these visitors. You
remember how they turned COM
pletely and stoned Paul until they
thought him dead and left him.
Young Timothy, like every boy in
town, was out to see what was 60
ing on, and no doubt witnessed the
stonins; but he was also the bearer,
most likely, OF the news to his
mother and grandmother, who had
now become believers in Christ, of
the recovery of Paul and his de-
parture to Iconium. When they
came back through there they must
have seen these friends again, and
it is probable that it was now that
young Timothy gave his heart to the
Lord Jesus.
A few years later Paul came
through Lystra again. This time he
was accompanied by Silas, for he
and Barnabas had separated. AS
they were leaving Lystra. Timothy
joined them. He was still a very
young man, and probably went as
minister to Paul, just as John Mark
had been at first. From then on he
was an almost constant companion
of Paul's. He left him at Berea and
went back to Thessalonica while
Paul waited at Athens. Later he
Joined Paul at Cornth and contin-
ued with him until just before he
left Ephesus after his three years
stay in that city. From that point
Paul sent him over into Macedonia
on an errand and vas joined by him
there when the riot at Ephesus
. made il necessary for Paul to leave
there. He accompa MED him to Je-
rucalem. to Caesarea, and to Rome.
He acted as Paul's stenographer
and was thus the joint author of
the letter to the Corinthians the
seconD, Philemon, Colossians. l and
Thessa lonianS. and Philippians.
After Pau was relea sed from his
frst Imprisonment in Rome, he went
with him back to Asia, and Paul
left him at Ephesus to look after
the churches in Asia. Here he was
when Paul was In Rome the second
time. and here Paul addressed to
him one of the last. letters he ever
wrote shortly before he was behead-
ed. In it he urges him to come
to him at Rome as only Luke was
with him. and especially urged him
to bring him mis- cloke before winter
arrived
When Paul wrote to the Philip.
plans he referred to Timothy as
the only one that he could trust to
send to them as every one else was
selfish. In Hebs. 1928 We find thai
Timothy had been imprisoned too
at one time, but had been delivered
He seems 10 have been very deli
cate, and often sick Tim. $3.50.
1t would be we'll for you to look
UP the following references from
which the above facts have been
gained. Read them for yourself.
Acts 1G:1; 17:14; 1876; 1922; 20:4. Rom.
1921; I Cor. AIT; Cor. 1:19; Phil.
2:19; Tim. IL, IS; $40; 2 Tim. IL.
and the first verse in land 2 Thess..
2 Cor. Philemon, Colossans, ard
Philippians.
His Character
Paul thought very highly of him.
He loved him as his own son. limo
thy meant much to Paul While
Luke ministered to him physically
and as a companion, Paul depended
greatly on Timothy. leaned on him
a. an older man will lean OF young
or one in whom he has great conf
dence and for whom he has a great
Affection In writing to the Cor
inthians Il Cor. AID, he speaks of
him as beloved son, faithful i'll
the Lord, and tells them also Il Cor.
1910 that Timothy works the work
OF the Lord. He was a Christian
ana worked at IL necessarily, Su
much so that in writing to the
Romans Paul calls him his wOfk-fel
low. To keep up alongside Paul re-
uuired a workman of no mean ca
pacity. We have already noticed
how unselfish he was, that Paul sim
giles him out as the only one whom
he can trust, since all the others
are looking out for themselves in
stead Of for the things of Christ. He
had been a Bible student all his life,
thanks 10 the training his mother
and grandmother had given him;
and as a result of this he Rad devel-
opHd a quality of faith that was
!. sincere and without alloy-the UNI
feigned faith, the faith without the
suspicion of pretense, as Paul called
Il.