Evening star., 1925-12-26
European Campaign.

Looking back upon his career. Paul
| in his last letter that has come down
10 us told Timothy that he had
fought good fight" Although he
was physically weak. requiring the
constant oversight of the beloved
physician. Luke. vet he could cor
rectly claim that he had lived a heroic
life, used every ounce OF his energy
to win not one battle but continuous
campaign for the Lord Jesus Christ.
We must not forget that we owe our
modern civilization to the first Saliva
ton Army" soldier who carried the
Gospel into ancient Europe. Armed
with the sword of the Spirit. wearing
the helmet OF salvation. carrying the
shield of faith and protected by the
hreastplate of righteousness - Paul
fought to conquer Europe for his
Lord
Planting Christia nifty in the old
pagan culture of Athens and the
political power of Rome. the Apostle
revitalized their old life and made
possible the development of modern
civilization. 1t has been claimed that
, his work lacked a definite plan, vet
he tells us that this one thing ! do. ="
pointing out how he followed the
leadership of his unseen Guide. who
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, for the harvest. Invaria bly, he sought
out the men of his own race in their
syna CogueS upoD the sabbath days
and eXpounded unto them the Scrip
lures in an endeavor TO prove TO them
that Jesus was the Messiah. When
the Jews refused To believe that the
suffering Jesus was the promised Mes
siah, Paul then turned to the Gentiles
with his Gospel of a Risen Saviour
iand Redeemer.
While everything that he did.
whether il was making tents to pay
the expenses of his missionary work
or debating with the members of his
own race or others upon the one
theme that had mastered him. Paul
ever sought to win converts for the
Lord. He changed his methods. hut
never the principles of the gospel.
He met the wisdom and intellect ual
leaders of Athens with tact and a
knowledge of their own poets nd
religious life that has stamped his
sermon upon Mars Hill as masterful
presentation of the character of God.
While he appealed to the intellect in
Athens, when he commenced his work
in the great commercial center of
Corinth ne conquered the bitter oppo-
sition that was intensified by its social
impurity by a life of self-denial and
sacrifcial service. Although he
preached the gospel day and night
from house to house. he support ed
himself by working at his trademark
ing tents and sails. The consumma-
ton of his campaign in Greece was
seen in superstitious Ephesus. whe.e
the riot started by the selfish and
greedy idol-makers proved that his
ministry had changed the character of
the city and its commerce.
Another source of the Apostles sue
cess was the strategy he used in seek
ing to win the cities for Christ More
than 30 cities We're reached by this
versatile minister and missionary in
his campaign. who sought TO retain all
that he had won by a pastoral super
vision which has partly reached lis IN
his epistles. These letters Of Paul
have helped us through their auto.
biographical notes to visualize some
thing of his character and the charm
of his personality.
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Paul found that each city had its
own peculiar problem, so that his
work in the cities thoroughly tested
the Gospel as the power of God unto
salvation The accessibility of the
cities as centers Of influence made
possible the rapid dissemination of it's
message to other places The com.
munication between places enables
the apostle to keep up personal
supervision over the churches that he
had established through messages