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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERN ATIOMZI Sunday School 1 Lesson ’ ,B» H«V. P. R pitzwatbr, D.n I)t „ Os the Evening School. Moody Blbla I*. •titan ot Chicago.) ,(£l. 1»26. Wcatorn Nowopapor Ualon.) Lesion for December 13 PAUL IN MELITA ANO ROME LESSON TEXT—Acta 11:1-11. • GiibPHf-' TEXT —"1 am pot aahamal of the gospel nt Christ: for it la the power of God untn aalvatlon. to every one that belleveth.”—Rom. 1.11 PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI the Helper. JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI In the World's Capital. INTERMEDIATE and senior topic—a Prisoner Preaching. young people AND ADULT TOPIC The Power of the Gospel. I. The Shipwreck on Mallta (tv. 1-W). Through the storm they lost their bearings, and when they were safe on land they learned that the Island was called Mellta. Their experiences here may be noted as follows: 1, The Hospitable Reception of the Natives (v. 2). They built a fire and niftde the shipwrecked people as comfortable as possible in the cold and rain. 2, Paul Gathering Sticks for a Fire (r. 3). The worlds greatest preacher and missionary, yet he was not above picking up sticks for a fire. All along the journey Paul busied himself In doing ail that he could to help some onet Any service rendered In the right spirit is holy work. 3, Paul Bitten by a Venomous Serpent (v. 3). Among the sticks that Panl gathered was a serpent. Perhaps It had already colled itself up for its winter's sleep, but aroused by the warmth of the tire, it darted at Paul and fixed its fangs upon his hand. This was a serious thing. The natives expected to see him fall down dead, yet he shook it off, unharmed. At first the natives concluded that he was an escaped murderer, and that retributive justice was being meted out to him. When they saw he was unharmed they concluded that he was a god.' In the pop nlar mind a man soon passes from a

murderer to a god, or more frequently the reverse is true. 4. Paul Heals Publius’ Father fw. 740). \ These people now received some return for their kindness. When this man of note was healed, other* came and were healed also. 11. Paul’s Arrival At Rome (w. 11-16). When Paul reached Rome Christ's charge io the disciples was fulfilled. After three month's stay at Melita Paul departed for Rome In the Ship of Alexandria, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. At Syracuse they were delayed three days, perhaps for favorable winds. At Puteolt he found brethren at whose request he tarried seven days, after which he again set his face towards Rome. At Appil forum and at Three Tavers brethren from RonTe met him. Front Puteoll the news went before of Paul s coming, and so interested were the brethren that they came for more than forty miles to meet him. This greatly en couraged him and he gave God thanks. He greatly craved the fellowship of other Christians and was much helped thereby. This was the first city in all his missionary life that thus welcomed him. It was typical of the welcome that was given to the gospel by the Gentile world. He was treated with great leniency at Rome for he was allowed to hire a house and IWe apart, etcept that his guard was constantly with him. Being chained to a soldier rather irksome, yet it gave hitn a chance to preach to the soldiers, which he could not have had In any other way. 111. Paul’s Ministry In Romo (vv. 17-81). 1. His Conference With the Leading Jews (vv. 17-22). He did not as usuaL wait for the Sabbath day to speak to the Jews. Ha allowed only one day for rest, his object being to have a fair understanding with them. When thov came he endeavored to qpnciliate them. H* told them that though he came a* * prisoner, he was not a criminal. 1 hough hta own countrymen had sought hi* life he did not come with accusations against them. The result of this interview was that thd JAW* cautiously took neutral ground, hut expressed a desire to hear Whst Paul could siy In defense of a sect which was everywhere spoken against. 2. Paul Expounding the Kingdom of God and Persuading Concerning Jesus (w. 23-31 Y. He pointed out a real kingdom - the Messianic kingdom with th* historic Jesus aa the kiM. The kingdom to Paul mAant a delirtife reign of a def inlte person, not simply an improve state of society. This he showed from the Script urea. Small Things; Great Things You are waiting to do some.grea' thing; you ire waiting to pull down some great evil. Perform the sma things that are unseen, and they wi bring other and greater things for yon to perform.—John Bright.

: ~,7 WHY GO TO CHURCH? I The Church Cthe"general !y reeog' that f llrnißlle „ means for DerpetMtlng that, life «hleh continues after death It may •ometimes happen that cultivate that spiritual life q U)tO sat . 18 "corny outside the church a<. mining that this true, in some in•dHiiees the majority making progress in attaining a life hfgher than me physical use the church as a means. , 1018slfkinay ! rLa I So “' renie<)y not P re scribed hy a registered physician but the majority who feel the need of attention for physical life call on a reputed physician because he has at his disposal tried and proven ways and means for full restoration to health. There may be other means than the church whereby a soul may be brought into living relations with God. There may be something in nature, or in conscience, or In literature that makes for spiritual life. But it is taking a long and desperate chance. It you are seeking God, go where his presence and power are revealed. WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY?

Selfishness i 8 self-love out of place. —Crafts. » « « People get nowhere because they do not aim for somewhere. A cheap, trashy book is too expensive for you to read. * • * Dig deep, put in good foundations, and build a strong character. • • * Give not front the top of your purse, but from the bottom of your heart. « * * If you can't see God in a pebble you can't see Him in a mountain. * » » "Stewardship is not primarily to heighten the giving, but to deepen the living.” » « • There is seeming success which may be more disastrous than failure. • • * The resources of God are promised only to those who undertake the program of God. » » « It is as necessary to have good books for the mind as it is to have pure food for the body. « « ♦ The man who turns his back to God refuses the only aid that will avail in time of need. » « * Nothing makes one so happy as making others happy, or so unhappy as making others unhappy. » » * Respect yourself, not by demanding respect from others, bitt by requiring high character from yourself. * • « To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws—that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him. all(1 ca,m u us P oi,e(l when the world praises him.—Balzac. « * * Our friends see the best in us, and by that very fact call forth the best from us. —Black. Aggressive fighting‘for the right is the greatest sport the world knows — Theodore Roosevelt. if ♦ « Reputation is what men and women think of us: character is what God and the angels know of us.-Thomas Paine. The test of your Christian character should be that you are a joy-bearing agent to the world.—Beecher. — « RELIGIOUS NEWS GATHERED • * ALL AROUND THE WORLD * * *•♦• ********** Sixty-two churches were erected in lx>s Angeles, Calif., during 1924. in the past year more than 41,000 women Joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Bible Study for credit was authorized in Virginia High Schools by the State Board of Education, eight years ago During the first year 37 pupils eurujled. Last year 933 enrolled. A new church feast to hasten the atummeut of universal peace ia to be proclaimed by the poi*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1925

Th beam at St. Peter's dosing Holy Year, on New Year's Eve. Facing the Facts—Facing the Future," will bo the theme of the annual meeting of the Home Mlesions Council and Council of Women for Home Mlrsions, which will he held In St. Louis, Mo., January 21-25, 1926. When completed, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in New York t-Hy. will be the third largest cathedra! in the world. Its tower, which Is higher than that of any other cathedral, will rise to a height of five hundred feet. The historic restaurant in Seoul, < hosen, where the thirty-one signers of the Korsan Declaration of Independence met when the proclamation was promulgated in March, 1918, has been acquired by missionaries of co-operat-ing evangelical denominations for use as part of a city mission center. • China, with approximately 40,000,000 people, has fewer physicians than the city of Philadelphia, with only 2,000,000 people. Medical missionaries who on all fronts are pushing back the lines of death are serving their Lord with heroism unsurpassed in history.

****»««*•••••• WEEKLY STORY OF EARLY • * EDUCATION IN THE HOMES " * * The Secret of a Happy Married Life. in a letter to his son, by Irving Bacheller, published recently in the Delineator, he tells of learning the secret of a happy marriage. It was when he and his young wife were visiting his aged mother, one twilight summer? evening; the young wife had said something displeasing to her husband who responded witli a thoughtless and impatient remark. Both being sensitive, both were hurt. The mother broke the silence by telling of the gentle art of keeping step, of bearing and forbearing, and of the danger of hasty words. The gist of mother’s* advice was, "Every day at least once, I want you to think this: 'What can 1 do this day to show her that 1 really love her? What can I do to make him lobe me .more? If you are ever angry with each other, don't speak, 1 beg you, until the anger has passed away.' ” This advice holds the secret of a happy married life. o— THE QUESTION BOX ***«********«** + *••** (Send problems in question form to Church editor; answers wil appear in later issue.) 1. Just what do you mean by Woman's Day which is observed in several schools today? —The observance of Woman’s Day on the first Sunday in December has been recognized for many years a a one of the important occasions in the calendar of special days. The president of your missionary society should preside, perhaps. It affords an opportunity for presenting the work of the church done by the women. One or two short addfcsses, or many short talks might be given on "The Fields," "The Workers”—High Points in Missions—or a pageant might be given. "The Strong Tower" is fine. The day is rich in opportunities. 2. What do you think of writing Christinas—“Xmas?” —We think it is “jazzing" it. We should bar the contraction. John H. A. Kelly, a newspaperman, explains that although the “X” is borrowed from the Greek as a symbol for the name of the Savior, Christians “will prefer to keep Christmas known by its right name, so that none of its significance be lost.” — o — *** * * * COMMENTS on THE J * SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON * * ****♦♦♦♦♦ SCHOOL LESSON Paul in Malita and Rome—Acts 28: 1 24, 30-31 for Sunday, Dec. 13. While in Ephesus Paul had formed a purpose to visit Rome —the metrop oils of the world bearing the proud name of the Eternal Cityi AU the world had been taxed to enrich this city. But Paul arrives as a prisoner bound in chains. Yet. as Mr. Snow den says, “he was incomparably the greatest man in that city beside whom Nero shrank into insignificant worthlessness." The preacher was hound but the prisoner was free. Tilt Word of God cannot be bound any where, and whatever is our condition we can always live and speak tin gospel. Dfi. Jewett said "The prisoner eclipsed the prison. His com age was more obstrusive than hl chains. His fellowship with the Lor l was more manifest than his bondag to a Hemau soldier. His light ehou

in the darkness, and the darkness unable to quench it. And many of the brethren of the Lord, coining into this bright, inspiring atmosphere, felt the quickening of the apostle's triumph, and were much more bold to speak the word without fear. O the contagion of a healthy soul."

V 16—“ But Paul wtw suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him." There are no ties like those of Christian fellowship. What, punishment more grievous to the sensitive soul than lack of privacy. V 17—After three days Paul is ready for work and “called the chief of the Jews together" ana said “Men and brethren. 1 have committed nothing against the people." A good man doesn't want to rest under unjust suspicions. Vs 16-19—The world crucifies and burnt* its her'etjiqs'—then it raises statues and builds cathedrals to their memory. V 20 —“For this cause therefore, have I called you -because that for he hope of Israel I am bound with this chain." It doesn’t matter if a man’s hands are shackled |f his soul is free. Vs 21-22 —"But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against." It was a 'sect' of the Jewsi Christians were declared to be the enemies of mankind. “Everywhere spoken against—” Has any great man or movement escaped such a fate? Was not Christ himself spoken against the the last expiring cry on the cross? And shall the disciple be above the Master? V 23—“ And when they had appointhim a day—” Paul preached an allday sermon. He persuades the Jews "concerning Jesus, both out of the

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law of Moses, and out iff the prophets." Again Paul takes the Jews on their own ground and proves the Messiahship of Christ out of their nwn Scripture. V 24—" Ami sonts believed and some believed not)” An honest rec- ! ord. There will over follow two resuits front preaching the Word. Some i will accept and some will oppose "The same sun melts the wax and ; harden* tlte daw" What a man believes lifts or lowers the conduct; it is the making or marring or happiness. ' Vs 30-31 —“Paul received all that ' came in Unto him." Prison wails are ! open doors to the God-fearing, hu-manity-serving. If ho had been for1 bidden, lie would likely have gone on preaching "those things which 1 concern tile laird Jesus Christ" just ! the same. Under the greatest dlsad--1 vantages the true worker continues his work, ero is dead, but Paul L lives. "God buries his workmen, but r carries on his work.” — — —o It . . ' ♦ QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION * , Paul in Malita and Romo —Acts 28: t 16 24, 30-31 for Sunday, Dea 13. t 1. How did Rome become such a i great city? Why is the gospel al--1 ways planted in large cities? 2. What was the gospel Paul • preached? Why does the gospel i message have power? I 3. Why do some believe the gos- ' pel while others do not? 4 What letters were written by s Pal driug his stay al Rome? i 5. What was the real secret of • Paul during bis stay at Rome? I LESSON PRAYER s We thank thee, our Father, that ’ thou dost give to us also oppertuni- > ties to serve thee in hard places. Make us. like Paul, fruitful and joy- ■ ous in that service. Amert. BOOK REVIEW i BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE, i hy Henry Hugh Proctor. Pilgrim

Press, 14 Beacon Street, Boston. The author is one of the outstanding leaders of the colored people who have risen from obscurity making ail obstacles the stepping atone to suc-| cess. This book Is the story of his, remarkable career. A. stirring, dramatic narrative fairly interpreting, the race problem. THE JUST WEIGHT, by Bishop

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