The Republican., 1925-10-22

second missionary venture and with
the church established in Corinth be-
gan a plan visit to the home folks
in Antioch No doubt sickness took
him to Cenchreae or overlook him
there where Phoebe nursed him, and
the joy of recovery expressed itself in
the Jewish form of a vowed visit to
the temple in preparation for which
the hair, uncut during the illness, was
shorn and would be carried to Jeru-
salem to be burned in the altar flame.
Ephesus received the party gracious
ly, while the ship laded and Aquilla
and Priscilla finding work abundant
remained, and Timothy would set out
to visit home and pour into the eager
ears of Eunice and Lois the stories of
the adventurous journeyings. Antioch
of Syria followed Jerusalem, and
wrapped in love of those Christian
converts and friends he might have
rested had not Timothy brought the
report of Judaizing activities in Gala
tia that called forth his letter to those
churches and hastened his following
it himself, having Titus, the uncir-
cumsized CD Gentle; Timothy, the
circumsised Gentile-Jew; in the COM
pany of himself, the Hebrew-of- the
Hebrews, Christian-of the Christians.
Shrewd Paul gave such illustration of
the uniting qualities of Christ in liv-
ing characters that the trouble was
ended in Galatia and he walked on
joyously to begin his three years of
ministry in Ephesus toward which he
had looked on his second journey.
1t was city on trade routes in the
heart of a populous district which it
dominated as the religious and busi-
ness center of its activities. 1t housed
the Temple Of Diana, entered through
a forest of marble columns 60 feet in
height, and its interior was a dream
of art from the masters of Greece.
The roof of cedar was supported by
pillars of jasper ON which were votive
offerings that might have served for
a kings ransom. Beyond the curtain
was the image of the goddess, made
probably from a meterOite. About the
temple lounged brutal-faced criminals
who had gathered there from all the
districts to escape arrest. Vestals
marched in long professions in their
midst. Against the hill the great the
atre, seating $4,000 spectators, waits
its filling, and the stadium calls for
sightseers for its games. Lust and
religion, business and debauchery, su-
perstition and chicanery marked the
life of the town and demanded rem
edy. And the city's only cure is the
Christ. So, in the person of Paul,
the Christ Man came.
THE PREPARATION.
Into the synagogue came a visitor
from Alexandria, Apollos the Jew. He
was welcomed by the colony of fell
low-religionists and declared the COM
ing Of the Messiah preached by John
the Baptist. There was a group of
such believers there and it may have
been the knowledge Of their presence
that induced his coming, for he would
be sure Of being among like minded
folk. 1t may be that there had been
some sort of shadowy organization
among the scattered followers of the
great forerunner and that Apollos
was something of an apostle among
them. But he met Jesus in the home
of the tentmakers and with open mind
yielded his whole life to Him as Lord
and the group that had grown up
about Priscilla and Aquilla gave him
letter to the Christians in Corinth
where he greatly served Him to
whom he had given his allegience.
When Paul reached the city there
were quite company to welcome him
and he at once assumed the direction
of its affairs and searched out a
dozen followers of John, sincere souls
who had broken with their past and
yet knew not the way into life. They
did not know that the Spirit of Jesus
could be claimed by Delivers until
Paul inducted them into the joy of his
Lord, and they became ecstatic in
their joy. So there was a group of
Christians gathering in the house of
the tentmakers and cheering Paul in
to immediate activity in attacking
the needs of the city thru the syna-
Cog body first of all, for Paul always
worked best under the stimulus of
friendship.
THE WORKER.
Settling himself into the home of
friends and into the business of tent
making for the paying of his bills,
Paul began his campaign of educat-
ing a city in the spirit of Jesus. He
soon left the synagog and rented a
room used by Tyrannus for school
purposes and had his regular hours
each day during two years. Into the
other hours of the day went consuta-
tions with those desiring to discuss
his teachings, to ask advice upon
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