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July 21, 1909. Sunday PAUL'S SECOND MI August 1, 190' GOLDEN TEXT.?"In the > but be of good cheer; I ha' 16:33. DAILY MOM M.?Acts 18:1-11. W.?1 Cor. 9:13-23. F.?1 Cor. 4:1-16. S.?Johr eU/NOTPTi onwnicn Q. 66. What is the reason ment? A. The reason annexed to promise of long life and phos for God's glory and their owr commandment. TOPIC/ The Founding of the Corinth Paul's home with Aguila a Work in the synagogue A notable convert a LESSON ( How long Paul remained in probable that he waited until then sent him to visit and st lonica. We believe that h< Athens and decided to come opportunities for the spread In thi3 city were also large driven from Rome by a decre attracted to Corinth by the o Among these Jews who ha< now resided in Corinth, were j of Pontus, a province of At probably, of wealth and wei which there was great demi afterwards found at Ephesus Paul, being of the same ti We are not to infer that these Although he had a right to the criticism to which he woi and he preferred to lafcor witl him into close relations with were converted to the faith i him the acquaintance of thos business. Paul combined dlli; of life with an intense zeal work the means to gain ent whom he otherwise would noi who were about to t5ke long earth and came to buy ten' Jesus Christ and carried his n saw. The sailors who came remembrance of the burning and carried the light of Jesus Not only did he labor six embraced the opportunity of persuading the Jews and Gre At this time Silas and r condition of the churches in : that Paul wrote his first Epis Being "pressed in the spii among the Jews, and here w wuicu ue ever- eiicuunierea a doubt, referring to this opp Thessalonians of those who "] to all men; forbidding us to might be saved." With the symbolical act of ment he separates himself fron home of Justus the place of THE PRESBYTERIAh School SSIONARY JOURNEY. 9. Acts 18:1-11. world ye shall have tribulation; /e overcome the world."?John IE READINGS. T.?Acts 18:12-22. Th?2 Cor. 12:10-19. S?Jer. i:7-19. i 16:25-23. CATECHISM. annexed to the fifth commandi the fifth commandment is a iperity (as far as it shall serve 1 good) to ail such as keep this \L OUTLINE, ian Church? nd Priscilla, vs. 1-3. and the house of Justus, vs. 4-6. nd a cheering vision, vs. 7-11. COMMENT. i Athens we do not know. It is Timothy came from Berea and retfgthen the Church at Thessa> met with* discouragement at to Corinth as offering greater of the Gospel. numbers of Jews who had been e of Claudius and who had been pportunities for trade, i been expelled from Rome and &.quila and Priscilla, two natives iia Minor. These were people re manufacturers of tents, for ind in those times. They are and then at Rome, ra'de, attaches himself to them, people were already Christians, live by the Gospel, he knew of lid be subjected by his enemies, i his hands. This labor brought Aquila and Priscilla, and they of Jesus Christ. It also gained e who came into the factory on jent labor in the common things for the Gospel, and made his ranee into the hearts of those t have reached. The merchants ; journeys into all parts of the ts were made acquainted with ame to places which PaGl never ) for sails took away also the words of the little tent-maker to distant shores, days, but upon the Sabbath he reasoning in the synagogue and eks. Timothy brought news of the Macedonia. It was at this time tie to the Thessalonians. rlt," Paul redoubled his labors e have a hint of the opposition imong this people. Paul Is, no osltion when he writes to the please not God and are contrary speak to the Gentiles that they shaking the dust frotn his rai1 the synagogue and makes the assembly and worship. Justus ' I OF THE SOUTH. was a proselyte and could receive into his house. This house was i the continued growth of the Chi witnessed by the Jews who wors doubt one of the causes which st] enmity. Among those who withdrew fror the Christian Church were Crisp synagogue, and all his house. 0 sccuia iu nave oeen ine earnest 16:5), and the household of Ste Gaius, with whom he stayed d Corinth. Also, "many of the Coi and were baptized." So import Crispus, Gaius and Stephanus thi usual practice and baptized them 14-16). From 1 Cor., first chap Corinthians were mostly of the lo The opposition which he encour by the withdrawal of Crispus froi have depressed Paul, and God st vision, giving him the assurance promise of safety and abundant were all fulfilled, because Paul residence in the city for about e strong and vigorous church. About this time Gallio was made of Achaia, of which Corinth was original name was Annaeus No) Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher, we find allusions to Galllo's stay ii of his character. Seneca spea aucuuuii. nut oniy as a man of as one who won universal regard popular manners." The Jews, wishing to take advai new governor, thougnt that if tl ducing a new religion, or interferi laws, which were protepted by. Ro a conviction or perhaps would themselves. But, although they God was with him. Gallio would not even hear pronounced a decided judgment, carried the Jews off their feet; a utmost rage and disappointment i was that of a man who knew the that he had no time to waste on of the Jews." The Greeks had been bystanc result and to learn something of governor. They had no love for t take sides with Paul. When thej be manipulated by the Jews, t Judgment seat, they rushed upon synagogue, and beat him in the Gallio did not interfere, thinking, lesson for the Jews. It is possible that this Sosther joined with Paul in his salutatior when Paul later wrote them his fl These events made Paul's poi Corinth, and he tarried there yet : his leave of the brethren and saile as his companion Prlscilla and Aqi desire to attend one of the feasts Aquila, who had taken a vow of t his hair grow long as a sign of tha of the vow and had his hair cut. Prom Cenchrae, the port of Cori Here his two companions left hli unloading and taking on new cai visitiner the avnaenanie anrt ronam became interested In his message but he wished to keep the feast them that he would come again, missionary tour. 15 both Hebrews and Gentiles lext to "the synagogue, and -istian Church, which was ihipped next door, was no irred their antagonism and a the synagogue and joined us, the chief ruler of the thers were Epenetus, who Christian convert (Rom. phanus (Rom. 16:15), and uring his second visit to rinthians, hearing, believed ant was the accession of >1 x tiui uepariea rroru ills with his own hand (1 Cor. ter, we gather that these wer or middle classes, itered, aggravated, perhaps, m the synagogue, seems to rengthened his spirit by a of the Lord's presence, a success. These promise* had a safe and continued ighteen months and left a i pro-consul of the province the capital. Gallio, whose ratus, was the brother of In the writings of Seneca a Achaia, also a description ks of him with singular intecritv nr?H hnnoalv by his amiable temper and itage of the presence of the ley accused Paul of introng with their own religious me, that they would secure be allowed to punish' him "set on him to hurt him," the defense of Paul, but antl one that must have t any rate, it produced the among them. "His answer limits of his office and felt the religious technicalities iers, waiting to hear the tne character of the new he Jews and were ready to r saw that Gallio could not >ut drove them from the Sosthenes, the ruler of the presence of the governor, perhaps, that it was a good ies was the "brother" who i to the Church at Corinth rst epistle. (1 Cor. 1:1.) iltion the more secure in a good while and then took id thence Into Syria, having iiila. It was probably Paul's at Jerusalem. At Cenchrae some character and had let t vow, laid aside the tokens nth, they sailed to Ephesus. n, and, while the ship was rgo, Paul uses the time in ning with the Jews. They and begged him to remain; at Jerusalem and promised which he did on his third