The Republican., 1925-07-09
ADVANCE-

Paphos was at the end of Cyprus.
What next? They could have Jour
neyed along the back trail and re-
ported to Antioch, but Paul's eyes
were on the far horizon: he was deter
mined to advance. His company"
was not altogether satisfied, but took
shipping with him for the mainland
1t is possible that the unrecorded
might and a day adrift at sea" may
have happened on the way and that
they landed battered by waves and
winds and the swarming mosquitoes
OF the coast may have added malaria
as well as discomfort To the weakened
Paul. Fresh from city comforts the
sore muscles Of John Mark rebelled;
he wasn't partial to the leadership of
Paul, and he still bore his Jewish
rather than mis- Gentle name and the
aliens made small appeal. The sting
ing sentence indicates that the jew
ish John and not the Gentle Mark
was the deserter. There was some
sickness or other physical trouble, for
1t is Of this trip that Paul writes to
the Galatian Christians that he
preached to them the first time be-
cause Of an iufrmity of the flesh.
Staggering with sickness, the Apostle
dared advance INTO the widest terri
tory and amongst the widest men
whose robDer bands infested all the
roads, into the heights where cooling
bIeezes and elevated ground might
hasten the recovery of the resolute
herald Of the Gospel. So they started
their climb that carried them across
blldgeless wauer-courses, over stony
paths winding through dark defles
and gloomy mountain passes, or along
the ragged edge of some cliff in peril
from their own misstep, from a fall
ing stone or from some maurauding
band. Steadily they advanced until
they reached Antioch and were safely
housed under the shelter Of the Ro-
man eagles. There were Jews there
and a synagog. There were Greeks
VINO had been attached to the Hebrew
taJH and attended their worship.
There were many more who wor-
shipped gods many and various. so
e..,.,. ,...'I ''' S.N'' louiio d vastly dlf-
..rl,, n..-t.-, - ''i '"'1 Oh Jeru-
l3,,u.l.... - rested "iiiIe
.,..in4.l .-.... '''''''l I0"'i, soV ac-
.,aIa w. INC % 'ie IoIhS ana
+,.+. 49,. 7''' 'PIes9LoH, SO
+,.......l .,.. = very Vo'd-aI Ieeling
'i' 90 ,"eS entered the
b,.'. o'''t''G ol "e9"S per
,al,,.. '''l' ...., ,, W" u "i,eie 'hey could
,,l,. r,a,. ,,l,-t..' ,,.-.i p'' " 9'eaA' ana
.,o.l,..l-I' ,..t,.. - ''e''' al" nave
mr., -. "a, "
- - / - 40 2'-NNioN'
MS 's AUS IfsV recorded sermon.
ne I'''U zee" 15aohihg IN the other An
-''O''' ne iau spoken many times both
a. jews" fao0l ana as a Christian
'e<'''ei' oUV 1hIH IS the earliest mis-
5'oi,s-S SCI HloH III Che record and
0o"o' '-eSs 7afilaoaS mad been the
> P7"Ner H'lhefJo' Ihe scripture was
lJr,'l' ,,,,,, ! ana iSaiah l. and the phrase,
no your sins De as scarlet, they
'''''t' 'e d. "Il'le aS snow, was still
n'&NIhg music IN PaufS heart as he
Loi'o"eu Ihe 1feeN rather than the
d e"iSn form, ana stood up and using
HIS cHat&c'eilS1lc gesture began to
9p'aN u 'he TWO thlhgS that had been
read swiftly ne covered the Hebrew
history TO the time OF David, emph-
slzlng the rule OF God. God chose the
IofefatnerS' Il God led them out of
Egypt God cared for them, conquer
ca Iof Ihen' settled them,gaVe Judges,
gave saul raised up David as king
all the movement of their history
was Ood-dlrected march. And Gods
grace was the SHINING light of their
ADVANCE 1or IN the abundance OF their
'''l II u'o mol nuch more abound. Sin
0TS%" 70 rear us ugly mead and the
"'''Ie peI'ou Oh Che exile is passed
CI I've, VIII goa sun IN command Tor
NOu plOuSHJ d odVlOf from Cne seed