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I jUPROVW UNIFORM INTERMAHONAL SimdaySchool » Lesson ’ ik. KSV K « FITZWATER. DD.. D.*» * y r U>» Kvvnlng SvbuKl. M««ay Bible IB•titut* of , (£. im, NmHH* tnlon ) November 15 PAUL'S ARREST IN JERUSALEM LESSON TEXT—Act. 21:18-21:12. I gulden TEXT—"If »ny man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed '• ’ PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI Is Brave In .JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI and the Jerusalem Mob. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Paul Faces a Mob. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—The Spirit of the Mob. I. Paul’. Vow (21:18-26). Upon Paul’s arrival at Jerusalem representatives of the church there rave him a most cordial reception. In order that the brethren in Jerusalem might graciously receive him, it was proposed to him by the elders that he take a Jewish vow to prove that he was in no way opposed to the law. The effort was to remove prejudice. They recognized that such an act would in no way compromise or tn volve the Gentile brethren. Furtherpiore this would not compromise his own principles of action, viz., to the Jews he became a Jew, and to the Gentiles, a Gentile; all things to all Bien in order to gain them for Christ. 11. Paul’s Arrest (21:27-40). How far this act conciliated the Jews we are not told, but it only enraged the unbelieving Jews, causing them to resort to mob law. These maddened Jews on the basis of a supposition seized him and dragged him from the temple and beat him mercilessly Intending to put him to death. Paul was rescued from the mob by the Roman guard. The chief captain, not being able to get any information from the howling mob, bound Paul and started for the castle. In order to protect him from the murderous fren ty of the mob, the soldiers lifted him upon their shoulders and bore him up the stairs. Paul kept himself under control, and politely asked permission of the captain to speak to the people. V hen he addressed him in Greek and quoted his Roman citizenship, the captain granted his request. . 111. Paul’s Defense (22:1-27). i Paul's chief concern was not hfs own safety. He used this opportunity to witness unto them of Christ. I 1. His Claim for a Rightful Hearing (w. 1-8). (1) His birth (v. 3). He was a Jew bom in Tarsus, a city of no mean reputation. 1 (2) His Education (v. 8). ■ He was educated under Gamaliel and Instructed "according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers." I (3) His Zeal (v. 3). , He was as zealous toward God as those Jews who were trying to destroy him. | 2. His Attitude Toward Jesus (vv. 4 5). "I persecuted this way unto the death,” so that his attitude was one of hatred as was that of the Jews. h 3. How His Attitude Was Changed ’(vv. 6-16). While on his way to Damascus with authority to bind the Christians at Jerusalem, he was smitten to the ground by a light from heaven, and the voice of the Lord said, "Why persecutes! thou me?" When Paul Inquired what he was to do, he was told to go to Damascus where he would be told what to do. | 4. The Lord Commissioned Him to Go to the Gentiles (17-21). I IV. Paul Before the Sanhedrin (23:110). The Roman officer, In order to learn why Paul was arrested, commanded the chief council .to assemble, and brought Paul before them. j 1. Paul’s Earnest Look at the Council (vv. 1-2), Ttiis was a solicitation of their honor to give him a fair.hearing, and also a look of conscious integrity and unfaltering courage. | 2. Paul’s Stern Rebuke of the Head of the Council (v. 3). ; “God shall smite thee, thou whited wall.” 3. Paul’s Appeal to the Pharisees |(vv. 6-10). Seeing that he could not get a fair hearing, and perceiving that the body before him was made up of Pharisees and Sadducees, he appealed to the Pharisees hoping to get their attention, for his preaching had something in common with their belief. V. The Lord Stood by Paul (v. 11). This assured him that his course was right, and thus comfort was brought to him. ■ VI. The Conspiracy to Kill Paul (vv. 18-22). More than forty men placed themselves under a curse to abstain from eating and drinking until they had | murdered him. God defeated their I plan without a miracle. — Darkness j The darkness which is the result of I the absence of the light which others I ought to shed Is bad enough; but how I Breat is the darkness of disbelief and I unbelief into which some will volunI tartly plunge I—The Mennonlte.

; WHY GO TO CHURCH? "In what world are yon living?" Is a vital question For your world is: the one reflecting your vision, your’ view point, your ideals, your interpretations of life including your essential qualities of character be they good or bad. A selfish man sees a selfish world; a man whose object is money sees a financial world; one who revels in pleasure sees the world as a grand theater; the disgruntled man sees the world as a stage of troubles; the pessimist sees a world of hard knocks. On the other hand an unselfish man sees a world of humanity; the one whose object Is rendering service sees a world of blessed opportunities; the one who enjoys mental, moral and spiritual life, the world Is Heaven's university; the man who takes everything that conies with a smile sees a world created and taken care of by God his father. It is a question then of the right vision, right viewpoint, right ideals, correct interpretations of life and possessing good qualities of character. These may lie attained while waiting on God in worship. WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY? o , No man drifts homeward. + + + i A church fuss is the devil's delight. ♦ ♦ ♦ Wherever you go. love will light the way. ♦ ♦ ♦ Nothing is well done until it is ( willingly done. ♦ ♦ ♦ , God's will is the very perfection > of all reason.—Edward Payson. + + + 1 Many a man refuses to let his • shortcomings rest in peace. + + + Go to church from duty until you go to church from delight. t + + + • An hour of well-doing is better than a month of repentance. + + + Gossip does not embellish conversation—‘it throws mud upon it. + + + A lack of harmony in the choir is I not always revealed in the singing. + + + • People pay far more attention to our example than they do to our i good advice. + ♦ + Sometimes tho easiest, way to • cheer oneself is to go out and cheer somebody else. i* * * Selfishness and injustice tangle 1 life’s threads in knots that are hard to undo. i+ + + t You will never do a full day’s work • if you toil only when you feel like it. ♦ ♦ ♦ ' You may rob a man hy withholding J from him that which of a right be’longs to him. ♦ ♦ ♦ , Heaven may be reached by a single bound; but hell may bo reached by a • sinble step. ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 There are persons whose idea of 1 putting "first things first" is always 1 to put themselves first) + + + There is a great deal of practical . Christianity in simply holding one’s I tongue on unpleasant subjects. 1+ ♦ + Make every occasion a great I occasion; for you cannot tell when some one may be taking your mea- ’ sure for a larger place. + + + 1 Do what you are paid to do and , then some; it’s the ‘then some’ that gets your salary raised. o »*»*»*»»*. *********** COMMENTS ON THE • * SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON * Paul's Arrest In Jerusalem—The ceaseless conflict over incidentals obscuring essentials—(Acts 21:2739) for Sunday, November 15. From his interview with the Ephesian elders Paul proceeded to Jerusalem and the trouble which he anticipated soon began. He was kindly received by the brethren and the church. Narrating his labors among the Gentiles he drew from them praise unto God. The church seemed to be harmonious and united yet as Dr. James H. Snowden Bays, “the old antagonism between conservatives

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and liberals was working beneath the i surface." , ( Some of the Jewish Christians wer P zealous for the Mosaic law and were susplciouq of Paul's orthodoxy, and ' they pfoposed that he go Into the temple with four brethren that had taken a vow and, by thus appearing I with them, disarm these criticisms. 1 Paul in accord with his practice of 1 being all things to all men when no principle was imperiled, complied with this request. V. 27-28 —While doing this some Jews saw him, and instantly there was a tremendous Oriental uproar. Men are more willing to fight for their religion it seems, than to live by it. A maddened mob arose against Paul and would have killed him — only interference in the nick of time saved him. They had brought the charge that Paul rejected Moses, and was defiP ing the temple, when he was only ad vocating progress in religion. They thought it death th their religion whereas it was new life. Many great causes have been defeated through stirring tile passions of unthinking people hy spreading falsehoods. No degree of consecration ensures one against being a victim of misrepresentaiton. "This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people and the law. and this place.” And as William Ridway says, "pretty much like all such reli-rio-politieal 'bunkum' it was not so. Never pay attention to old Vox Populi. “Pop" nine-tenths of the time does not know what he is talking about, amt almost any one can swing him up hill and down dale by a few lies or half-truths." Many Americans seem to think (hey are better than people from other nations and races. This is mob psychology. V. 29 —"They supposed—” Grave wrong may be done by an accusation i based on a guess. When a person acts on wrong information without knowing the facts he is guilty ot i bearing false witness against one who ought to be his neighbor. Vs. 30-31 —Angry voices are heard . in bitter accusation; others mutering the half-truth which is worse than a lie; some tell open falsehoods —(a ! mob will tell anything but the truth) and in a moment Paul is seized and dragged through the Gate Beautiful . It is bad enough for an individual to lose his head and run amuck; bu. when a crowd does so it is a reversion to the worst that is in man. A man with a head can handle a moL without heads—up to cretain limits. V. 32 —The providential interferenct that saved Paul in the nick of time was effected througn Roman soldiers. , God always works through human agencies doing his will though they may not know it. Th e gospel o. peace has not yet so aturuted society ( that it needs no .-word to keep it in order. V. 33—" Then tlie chief captain came and commanded him to be bound with two chains.” Two often ! it is the mob victim rather than members of the mob who is arrested and punished. Hut better to wear two chains, deserving none, than' to b< worthy of bonds and go free. V. 34 —"Some shouted one thing some another, among the crowd." No better description of the mob than just this. Gossips never agree in their tales. Slanderers when asked tc hie definite in their charges have nothing to say, are confused, or stam tner out different stories. We should be careful in uttering charges that cannot be sustained. V. 35 —"And when he came upon the stairs—so it was that he was bourne of the soldiers for the viol ence of the crowd. For the multi.ude of the people followed after wy ing. “Away with him!” The very same cry that was raised against Jesus when they sent him to the cross. Mr. Snowden says, “A man’s argument seems so conclusively answered when his head is off. A sword thrust that severs the tongue is so much quicker in bringing quiet than a reason that convinces the mind. But truth does not depend on the longue that utters it, but may cry out the louder long afer the lips that first declared it have been silenced and withered into dust.” These Jews wanted to kill Paul but today nobody knows who they were, while millions are studying Paul’s words. Vs. 37-38—“ May 1 speak unto thee?” Culture, courtesy, self-control are not the marks ot a criminal. V. 39. —“1 am a man which am a ' Jew of Tarsus ... no mean city." ' Many a man under arrest seeks to ’ conceal the city to which he belongs, 1 but Paul had nothink to conceal. His ‘ only request was, “I beseech theee, suffer me to speak;” and standing on the stairway he showed the spirit 1 of him who not far away from that ‘ very spot prayed, "Father, forgive * they know not what they do.” How magnificently does Paul’s spirit r

ride above any thought of hatred or even-justice towards his enemies! What a masterly man! Secret of it? i His faith In his cause and his grip ' on God. Paul was "timed in" with i Heaven. We are still subject to these little i prejudices and distorted prespeettves of life today. Thousands of Christian people think that Christianity has a brief for the white race, and that America somehow Is paramount In tlie councils of an all-seeing God. We say that Christ is our universal ( Savior and then we contradict it by ( our narrow nationalism. We say that all who call upon God are his and then we fix our theological bounadies. The Jews allowed incidentals to eclipse the great essentials ot faith. Let us take care that two thousand* years later we have learned our lesson from Christian history and do not l fall into the same pit. — --o — WEEKLY STORY OF EARLY * • EDUCATION IN THE HOMES • How Henry Ford Got Started. Henry Ford’s faher who owned a big Michigan farm was very persistent that his son Henry should be a farmer; little did he know that the bent ot’ a child’s life, his natural interests and’ capacity for some special line of work should guide in choosing life’s work. The place little Henry liked best was the shop where tools were sharpened. The little boy was allowed sometimes to blow the bellows, and with a small hammer he would make sparks fly from the anvil. One Sunday he persuaded a chum who had a watch that would not run to let him fix it, and the nhe had his first lesson in machinery. He made a tiny screw driver and took the watch apart but failed to get It together. After that he practiced on every watch and clock he could lay his hands on. For this Sunday work he received parental chastisement. In school he was the leader in using play time in making things; among other things hy means of blowpipes Henry made all sorts of glass ware from melted glass. One day he led the boys to dam a creek which as a result caused the flooding of two acres of potatoes, the damage of which his father had to pay. So anxious was Henry to know more about machinery that at sixteen he ran away from home and found employment in one of Detroit s machine shops; while there one day he saw a heavy traction engine on the strets and conceived tlie notion of having a carriage run by a light engine. He proceeded to experiment with gasoline as a motor power and experimented for many years till one morning at 3 o’clock he started his first automobile out in the rain and to his great joy and the delight of his wife as a witness, the thing went and the farmer boy of Michigan won his place as a world mechanic and benefactor. RELIGIOUS NEWS GATHERED * * ALL AROUND THE WORLD » * ♦»»»»•»»♦»»»»•♦»»•»•» The Supreme Court has decided that the Arizona minimum wage law for women is unconstitutional. By a tie vote of fifty to fifty the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States has declined to become a constituent member of the Federal Council of Churches. The annual convention of the Reigious Education Association will be aeld in Toronto, Canada. March 10-13, 1926, the general theme being “Education for Participation in World As (airs.” The private papers of William Jennings Bryan are to go for perpetual custody to the Library of Congress, where they will ultimately be available to responsible historical scholars. Dr. William Chalmers Covert, general secretary of the Presbyterian board of Education, is now organizing 1 nation-wide interdenominational movement to restore and Christianize the American family. The essential feature of the Church school of the First Congregational' church. Toledo. Ohio, is an eight year's preparation of the children of the school for Church membership. The school has closed its fifth year and is an established success. The United tSates Government is to take its religious census of the country next year This is done every ten years, in the years which end in ‘6’ and the object is to learn how many persons are church-members, t

how many ministers there are, how many children in Sunday Schoo), how much property the churches own, and similar data. A new and modern legal code for Turkey, designed to sweep away tho old laws based on tho Koran, has been completed by a commission of experts and will he placed before the Grand [National Assembly at Anogru for adoption when next that body mets. Polygamy is entirely abolished, civil 'marriages only are legal and the right of Inheritance by will is adopted. A fifty-three bell carillon has been presented by John D. Rockfeller, Jr., ,to the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York City. Tho carillon Is a memorial to Mr. Rockfeller's mother and Is the largest and most expensive in the world, having cost $60,000. The [only bell on which there is an inscription Is the "Illg Tenor,” which reads, I "The Lord bless thee; the Lord, praise ( him and sanctify him forever.” In .loving memory of my mother, Mura Snellman Rockfeller-1839-1915-whose gentle, kindly spirit and steadfast devotion to Christ and his cause will ever be an abiding inspiration, this •carillon is given, John D. Rockfeiler, Jr." The Rushwck Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., supports ten native teachers at Sona Bata; eight native teachers at Moanza (Congo); a native worker, a native preacher, and a native hospital assistant in south India; four beds in Clough Memorial Hospital; Sunday School worker and native Christian nurse in China; four native men In training at Ramapatnam, south India; a native precher in Central America, besides other more general missionary objects. If there were , more churches of like spirit with this I one, our foreign missionary problem would be far less acute than it is now. J........... • • • THE QUESTION BOX 1 (Send problems! n question form to Church Editor; answes will appear - in later issue.) I—Sugestl—Sugest some lines of action which : will make a Sunday School teacher '• more efficient. 1 . (A) Know your pupils—their back- ! ground, environment, their intimate * personal problems. It is especially 1 important to keep in touch with the ' parents of their pupils for co-operat--1 ive action in behalf of the best inter'ests of the church. 'I th) Develop group consciousness hv ■ ' organizing the classes for specific 1 worthwhile tasks. | (c) Study participation. Give the pupils an increasing part in all things . posible. This often can lie done hy open conferences when considering class activities. ' (d) Get a good project at the beginning of the year and carry the i thing through. Secure a copy of Sha- ! ver’s “Tlie Project Principles of Re-

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ligious Education ” 2—How may faithful attendance at the Sunday School be secured? —Too much stress has been put upon members rather than on faithfulness. The per cent of attendance of the membership of th Sunday School In th United States Is only 60 per cent of the enrollment so that hy securing the full attendance of our enrollment we would almost double the present attendance record; therefore, no school I should sek more members than can be well takn care of. To properly care for the members involves such a good program, with such helpful teaching that will give value in turn for every moment of time a pupil Invests in tho school. | Then such co-operation with the home must bo rfected that will enlist the assistance of parents In a united pro- 1 gram of religious education so that the home and the chltrc hare united factors in the moral and religious we) ’ fare of tho child. o * »' QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION *, » *' Paul’s Arrest in Jerusalem —Acts 21:27-39 for Sunday November 15. ' 1. What was the resemblance and the difference between the mob in Jerusalem and the riot in Ephesus? 2. If untruths are told about us when should we deny them, and when not? What effect does prejudice have on truthfulness? 3. What hard things must wo sometimes endure to be true witnesses for Jesus? 4 What examples of the mob spirit can you mention? How can we get Christian people to think for themselves? 5. What are the traits of a Christian under persecution? 6. What price has been pair for our civil and religious liberty?

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