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IffTDWKT,ONAI ■unday School 11 Lesson ’ 9 e^’ i ■hX" | '>' octob " n ■ PAUL IN-CORINTH r _ A l'e not afraid, but «"> V-C. -Aot. U’HC-Ovd Protecting Tcr’.u-i’au 1 in Workshop K ~T E AND SENIOR TOP *TL Corinth ■Lp.u- V w e and adult topO.Ckur.hinCormth SV The True Missionary Method (vv. M 5 i -»n>e to Corinth a stranger !n aal He did not have an ■r !raU ; tt -n’t to Jo N" aJ'e rt,sln « m gaining a foothold In was aa f° IIOWB - «!, he f lU P with Aquila and PrteI.' jens, .! re recently expelled Home by the cruel edict of W? J 'X Tolled for ills Dally Bread of the same craft with ■'* being a tentmaker. Every child . levs was taught some H means' of which he could ■ re Jf'ii' pneacnmfl in the Syna o o S ue at 9 orinth (VV. 4-8). _ „ > 1 Though compelled to Toll for a 9 living WtH- Getting a Foothold In 9. 11,. Did Not Lose Sight of 19 Us Main Work (v. 4). M He res-or.e : in tt e synagogue every laW-uti., persuading the Jews and ■■ lr ee KS . While the missionary should Ct be above honest toll when nearises, lie must not allow toll &■ fl .'.(.-vre with preaching the gospel |H 2 His Activity Was Increased ■ F ; s s: '“ s !iL ' ; T::i * othy Came (v - 5) R 9 This resulted from three causes: 91 (1) They brought good news from he church Tbessal-’nlca (I Ihess 9| . hear f • steadfastness of those h° J confessed Christ under his plus’."}', put new vigor Into his la 9| <-) They brought pecuniary gifts |9l' i ,hl " Macedonian church (Phil. n Cor n:9) - 9| Being relieved from the necessity 9 tolling for a living, he could now Kvote n:ore tl,ue 1111,1 ener 4D’ t 0 tdle |9preaching of the gospel. 19 (3) Silas and Timothy became asto Paul In the work. |9 3 - Baul Opposed (v. 6). |9 H!» lucre.,sed activity was met with 9 Increased opposition. As the Lord's 9ministers become more aggressive in HI their work, the ministers of Satan put |9 f rth <sc:(.vo. ndlng efforts In opposl|9 tlon. |9 4 Paul Announces His Purpose to |9 Turn to the Gentiles (v. C). 91 Because ~f their blasphemy aud op |9 Position, he ceased to work Hmong 9| — -’ewe There is a time when good |9 Jii'lgiiwi,' a i'-es one to abandon work 9 "'■'■re efforts have been fruitless, but |9 "I s difficult to know just when so do 9 it. Oftentimes lasting harm Is done |9 to the work by pressing efforts when Hl people have turned against the truth. Paul's declaration, “I am clean," was a most solenfii one. 9 5- lle Not Go Far Away (v. 7). 9| He remained sufficiently near tb.--.-j |9 rllose hearts God had touched that 9 00,1111 ei ‘ s| ly find him. It Is like9 wi ' e tru e that although Christ is ■9 obliged to depart from the soul that ■9 ffuses Him entrance, He lingers with 9 Faming love around that heprt. 9 6 - I1!s Success (v. 8). 9 frlspus, the chief ruler of the syn--9 was converted. Perhaps Paul’s 9 w “ ver * action In turning away from them moved Crlspus to act. 9 1,1 Paul '» Vision (vv. 0-11). 9 llls experiences since coming to 9 Europe were very trying. He needed 9 ’"couragement at this time. It Is 9 st llke the Lord to come nt the 9 * lm e of the servant’s greatest need. 9 •’" te the Lord’s words to him. 9 ’• “ Be Not Afraid.” When one Is 9 crccutlng the commission of the Lord, 9 w need not be afraid. 9 2 ' “ s P°ak and Hold Not Thy Bc’ce." The one who has heard the IB ,olce °f God cannot refrain from 9 taking. H e cannot be still. 9 5 ' 1,1 Am With Thee.” The Lord 9 is with every one who faithfully car--9 rl#s out His commission. K n 4 ' * No MRn ® hall Set on Thee, to 9 Bllrt Thee.” 9 The on e sent by the Lord to do a 9 ' r,lrlt I 3 Immune from danger and harm 9 w '. tll his work Is done. 9 ri 5 ' ~“ I Have Much People in Thin 9 . ty - tt Is most encouraging to 9 J 0 that in the great cities the Lord 9 ’ IS “is own people, and that the one ■ " 111 goes in His name shall have fruit B w his service. | All Are His H It Is not the high summer alone that ■I «God’s. The winter also is His . . . ■ X all “ all ’ s winters are His—the || »ter of our poverty, the winter of I n Ur Borrow ’ the winter of unhappiB 1 ■ even the winter of our dlsconI " at -'~George Macdonald. I 'X.4S— , , n- '

WHY GO TO CHURCH? Few thoughtful men deny that persistent Intelligence and close alliance are found among the forces of evil and disruption still in the world, while every soul is tested by the methods used by tile temper in the Judean wilderness. The gospel tells the story of how Jesus met the chief of the hierachy of evil. The insolent adversary dogged his footsteps and constantly sought to injure him and his cause. They came to grips in the wilderness struggle of forty days ever since commemorated by Lent, but, though vanquished, the foe did not cease challenging the Saviour of men. The Church provides means and grace Tor the necessary strength for the combat that each individual must have if he wishes to attain any degree of character. The Christ who met the evil one and conquered him is in the the midst of his Church to furnish men with the needed armor. He says, "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." "He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him." WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY? o — r vnrj

Leading members are often millstones. • ♦ • Duty Street leads to Joyville. • • • Faithfulness is the only real success. ♦ ♦ * Sin takes the song out of life. * • « Regeneration is never brought about by refrigeration. * • * Play is contact with the realities of lite. • • • No lazy man ever found an easy job. ♦ • • Excuses are cheap. Only reasons count. » » • Purpose is gas, going up. and a bake, going down. * * * Not happiness but service is the true object of life. * * • Three things to wish for—health, friends and a cheerful spirit. • * • Fill the minutes well and they will fill your purse. • * • God hears every earnest prayer, whether spoken or unexpressed. • • * No beauty can be compared to the beauty of a good life. • * * Successful character-building depends largely upon attention to details. ♦ * * Religion is not a pain remover, but a comfort in time of pain. • ♦ ♦ Though we shout with the crowd w e shall be judged as individuals. » ♦ * If you cannot smile a happy smile, then smile a determined smile—bul smile. • » » Be sure you are right, go ahead, and keep going until you get there. * ♦ » Remher that your rights end where the other fellow’s rights begin. It is a long way to perfect happi ness, but we have many guide posts along the way. ♦ * • Prayer is not the act of a weakling, but of a strong man who wants to be stronger. ♦ * ♦ Next in power to the Spirit of the living God. is the Spirit of a living and determined man. « » • Our work is not drudgery, it is only the spirit in which we do it that can make it so. — Weekly Story Os Early Education In The Homes — ■— Truth Rather Than Position “I want a very fine weave, in this material,” said a customer to a young clerk, who knowing tha tsuch was not in stock, said, “I am sorry, but we have nothing with a finer weave." The proprietor, hearing the conversation was indignant and later said to the clerk, "WhY did you not show]

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other goods? You are here to make sales and never to let a customer leave if it is possible to sell him anything.” “Hut we did not have the quality in the store that he wanted, and when he asked me a plain question, to be honest, I had to tell him that we had nothing with a finer weave.” "Young man," said the proprietor, "it can't stretche the truth a little to fit the circumstances, you will never do for me.” "Very well, If I must tell falsehoods in order to keep my place, I must lose it, that's all.” This clerk was Marshall Field, who later became one of the kings of commerce, while the dishonest employer became a bankrupt and died in poverty. o THE QUESTION BOX

(Send problems in question form to Church Editor; answers will appear in later issue.) 1. —What is the place of the teacher in all the organization of the Young People’s Department today? An old familiar question: First, the task is changed from doing to guiding. He must solve the problem of getting other people to do what he formerly has been doing. Secondly, the teacher's opportunity is tremendously increased. His chances of knowing his group are tripled. No longer does he seek some pretext to talk to a boy or girl. He learns to be a chum through the meetings of the week. In the third place, he can now do real leadership training. He now definitely strives to lead the group to the full limit of their ability. This was Christ’s method. Peter was the spokesman. Were not Peter. James and John like the executives of the group? The problem Jesus faced was the same the teacher faces today; namely, that of training leadership for the Kingdom. 2. —How would you cultivate the life of the Young People's Department? We might designate this work as that of building an esprit de corps. The task should be planned and carried out by a young people's committee varying from five ho seven. It is not necessary to have every department represented — altho the proper distribution through the several classes will materially aid its work. Roughlyk this committee plans and does anything which will bind the common aspirations of young people together. The following, just a sketchy idea of what can be undertaken: Fellowship and Social life; Class rivalry and competition; Interlass and co-operation; Educational and informal talks; Vocational talks; Health Education; Personal service; Department paper, bulletins, etc.

Religious News Gathered All Around The World First Baptist Church, Shreveport, La., with a resident membership of 2,200 has 1.229 tithers. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan of Brooklyn. N. Y.. becomes pastor of First Presbyterian church, Cincinnati, en.‘ering upon his duties January Ist. The Roman Catholics are about to »pen in New Haven. Conn., a college or women, which is intended to rank with such institutions as Vassar and Wellesley. Statistics presented to the Stockholm Conference on Christian Life and Work gives the total Protestant population of the earth 195,000,000. The American Tract Society has just completed one hundred years of service. During this time it has issued publications in one hundred and seventy-three languages and dialects. Rev. P. W- Philpott who has been pastor of the Moody Church, Chicago, for some time, has been called to, the pulpit of the Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles. Rev. Russell M. Brougher recently visited his father, Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, of Los Angeles. At a Sunday morning service the father spoke on “What Dad Owes to Jim,” and the son on "What Jim Owes to Dad.” The Pilgrim Church (negro), of Chicago, has in a few years grown from a membership of fflteen hundred to over five thousand. The house of worship, a former great Hebrew temple. is now undergoing improvements. Os twenty-eight thousand Christian missionaries in foreign fields, nine-

teen thousand are from the United States, while American annual contributions to the work amount to $40,000,000 out of a total of $45,000,000. Work has been started on the chapel of the University of Chicago. The new structure, expected to cost about $1,700,000, |s to be one of the finest gothic ecclesiastical structures In the United States. The Sunday school ranks among the biggest institutions in the world. According to the latest statistics there are in the world 347,000 Sunday schools, 3,520,182 officers and teachers, 29,157,419 pupils, and a total en rollment of 32,677,611, o Comments On The Sunday School Lesson As we meet Paul in Corinth we hardly recognize this weary, weak, discouraged man, but he was neither the first nor the last servant of God to be discouraged. Elijah before him. and after him. ourselves! Think over his experiences in Philippi, Thessalpnlca. and Berea, followed by lonely days of heart hunger and anxiety in Athens, where his spirit was tried by contempt, indifference. and a meager response. And now with depleted physical strength he faces a heathen city of the most profligate type. A man in sore need of encouragement. He got It—divine and human alike; yet in the last analysis all divine. He finds encouragement (1) in his •wn common sense; he waited ' Seasoning" in the synagogue on the Sabbath days, and worked between at his old trade of tent making. (2) He finds encouragement in companionship — Priscilla. Aquilla, and the rest; (3) Encouragement in re-en-forcements —God opens his eyes to the fact that he has “much people” in this great commercial city. (4) Encouragement in increasing success. Note Aquilla, Priscilla, Justice, Crispus. and the many others who believed and were baptized. (5) Then assurance of God’s presence and protection. God’s “fear not" has his own omnipotence behind it. Vs. 3, 4 —Paul made tents and ser-

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mons, and made both to the glory of God. William Grey's business was serving the he cobbled shoes to pay expenses. Paul ihad been taught a trade when very young as was every young Jew. Education is not merely acquaintance with books —but knowledge of life. Vs. 5, 6—Men of strength do not flinch and flee their opponents. Opposition is the meat and drink of a man of God; he thrives on it. V. 9—" The Lord came unto Paul In the night by a vision, saying. Ba not afraid, but speak and Hold not thy peace. "Some Christians and ministers hold their peace” when they know that crookedness is going on iu the community and in the nation. V. io—"For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee; for I have much people in this city.’’ Paul was reminded of the words which he must have known the Lord spake to his disciples when he said, "Lo, I am with thee alway," Christ is with us. He said so once. That’s enough—but love repeats. P4ul loved to preach and pass on but “he continued here a year and six months.” He would not wish missing any of the "much people” whom the Lord said he had there. The Church today need.-, to hear the Lord saying, as he lays upon our hearts the great unreached regions of the world, “1 have much people In this country." Q—QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Paul Plants the Church in Corinth Acts 18 : 1-11 —for Sunday Oct. 11. 1. What is it to reason? 2. Why does the gospel generally excite opposition? 3. What is the great vision of our world? If Paisl had not the vision recorded in V 9, what should he have done in the crisis? 4. What great results were accomplished at Corinth? 5. Should our minister support himself like Paul? Why? 6. What is a church? 7. When is it right to be discouraged over some church planting proposition? How should a Christian act in the face of discouragement ? Lesson Prayer Teach us, Father, tha tit is the better to serve thee than to be served. Spea kto us that we may be inspired to do better work for thee, to follow thee always, and to lead others to thee through Christ. In His Name, Amen.

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