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July 28, 1909. alliance, the purpose ofc-i of the Ost Mark the bit markably enough receiv< is preparing for great n This it is which ultram off with Leuger's Christia The words of the poet we Austrians had a two-t so had we with our gifts . man stock. But instead have produced is music captures but does not I with its sting and keeps and unable to stir, walle wuai ine great persecu done to Austrian intcllig trian religion. But a new day is whlt< Sund PAUL'S INSTRUCI L 1 1 Lesson I GOLDEN TEXT.:?"See any man; but ever follow DAILY I M.?1 Thess. 5:12-24. ? W.?2 Thess. 3:6-16. P.?Luke 18:1-8 S?] TOPI A Summary of Christian Of pastors and peopl Duties toward ot Personal holl 8HORT Q. 67. Which is the s A. The sixth commanc LESS It was while at Corlntl bors, that Paul wrote the which he had established. Timothy coming to Corii and in 1 Thess. 3:6 we t was highly favorable. H? an^ charity and their go desire to see him. The i in the. troubles which h V 2:17, Paul speaks of hlmi short time and that he ^ their city. Thus this eDii letters. It was written ] 1. and the second epistle v the first, while Silas, Pa pany and while the same Thessalonian Church thai written. 3 There were certain fai) purpose of the letter wa Christians to a more per in this city, he had dwe ^ and the second coming c church dwelt too exclusiv mem neglect present aut haps giving up their secu exclusively to religious n little use to labor with tl Christ was imminent. Some had lost relatives as to their estate and th ^ follow Christ's coming, tl THE PRESBYTERIAN vhich is to disclose to the Germans sssings of the Reformation, has read government sanction. The way iass movements. These will come, ontanism fears and seeks to ward in Socialist Party and other devices. Grillparzer are often quoted: 'Had mndred-year-long Protestant history, been the most capable of all of Gerwe have had the Jesuits and all we nnH rnnrnrdnts ' Tho mini wnsn (ill its victims. It paralyzes them them for months living but torpid ;d up in its mud nest. And this is ting order,' as Lecky calls It, has ;ence and Austrian talent and Ausjning the East." ay School 'IONS TO THE THESSA.ONIANS. rhess. 5:12-24. for Alienist R 1<109 that none render evil for evil unto that which is good."?1 Thessa. 5:15. HOME READINGS. T.?Heb. 13:7-17. Th.?Rom. 12:10-21. S.?Isa. 25:1-9. Phil. 4:1-9. CAL OUTLINE. Duty? e, vs. 12, 13. hers, vs. 14, 15. iness, vs. 16-24. ER CATECHISM. ixth commandment? Iment is, "Thou shalt not kill." ON COMMENT. a amid his secular and spiritual laflrst of his epistles to the churches In Acts 18:5, we read of Silas and ith from the Macedonian churches, Ind that the report that he brought ? brought good tidings of their faith od remembrance of Paul and their report was such as to comfort Paul > was encountering at Corinth. In self as only taken from them for a was still contemplating a return to itle is the first in time of all Paul's probably in the winter of 52 A. D. .aa written but a short time after ul and Timothy were still in comi condition of affairs existed in the : existed when the first epistle was ilts existing in the church and the is to correct these and exhort the rect obedience. During Paul's stay It much upon the kingdom of God >f Christ. After his departure, the ely upon this doctrine which made ies; forsaking their work and perIar business that they might attend natters. They thought that it was leir hands if the second coming of i by death and they were disturbed elr part in the blessing that would linking that those who were found [ OF THE SOUTH. alrve at that time would those who were asleep. In the fifth chapter thei them had sinned against charity. (5:7; 4:3, 5:15). of insubordination toward t symptoms of contempt o (5:19, 20.) It is also worthy of not< is not a single quotation would lead us to believe was composed mostly of G< In this epistle there is that we And in most of Pai tians and Romans. As ye call forth this style of wi with the moral and practic This epistle was a joint othy, and all three minist< be corrected and the varioi We can imagine the joj ceived at Thessalonica. T tion between the Apostle from him was an event in doubt obeyed his injunctk holy brethren. It was not long after thi it necessary to write them second advent had increa the more fanatical part of t words to increase it. Wt second coming in his genei ducing erroneous conclusk were stirring up this excite lation of the Spirit and als< to be from Paul. (2 These reminds them of certain s ond advent, which signs wc had not yet been seen. T letter is rather obscure tc the Thessalonians. 2 These them these things while he explained them. This prob perplexes us now. These two epistles were ters which Paul wrote to t of inestimable benefit to 1 Had Paul not written thes< prived of authoritative tea doctrines of relieion. Not for their doctrinal teachin events in the church ahd t foremost Christian workers By his correspondence t his work and retain an ov churches with which he v letters he being dead, yet of the present day can pari along with the Macedonian .We must remember also by a busy man, perhaps d rough tent cloth, or after weariness of the body. W respondence, we ought to 1 the extension of-the gospc not be done in person can many a soul that is deprh or pastor can be reached b "The wind that The tree Go It bioweth east, The tender leave But any wind th; The tree Go Strikes deeper r Spreads wider b< Meets all its * 'V * ? 15 have more of the blessing than re is an intimation that some of chastity and sobriety and also There were also manifestations heir spiiitual rulers (5:12, 13) and f spiritual gifts of prophesying. 3 that in theso two epistles there from the Old Testament, which that the church at Thessalonlca entiles. nnna of tho doctrinal nrmimonta ill's writings, for example, in Galait there were no deadly errors to iting. The epistles deal leargely al side of the Christian life, letter from Paul, Silas, and Timers discussed the various evils to js admonitions to be given, r with which this epistle was re'here was a strong bond of affecand these brethren, and a letter the life of the church. They no >n to read the epistle to all the s letter was sent, that Paul found again. The excitement about the sed rather than diminished, and he congregation were using Paul's tile Paul may have expected the ration, he was not misled into de)ns from his belief. Those who ment claimed to have special reve) used a letter which they claimed i. 2:2). In this second epistle, he igns which must precede the secmid be easily discerned and which bis second chapter of the second > us, but was well understood by i. 2:5 tells us that Paul had told i was yet with them and had fully iably explains the obscurity which the beginning of a series of lethe churches and which have been .he churches throughout all ages. ;, the church would have been deiching on some of the most vital only are these epistles valuable g but afford allusions to current jive us occasional glimpses of the i of that day. .he Apostle was able to multiply erslght of the teaching in all the tras in communication. By these speaketh, and to some extent, we :ake of the Apostle's ministrations s, Corinthians and Epheslans. ?, that these letters were written llctated while he was sewing the the day's labor when he was in rith our greater facilities for coruse the privilege as Paul did, for >1. Much pastoral work that can oe aone witn pen and paper, and red of the services of the church y our mail facilities. blows can never kill * d plans; it bloweth west; is have little rest, at blows is best, d plants v oot, grows higher still, nighs, for God's good will wants." . ?The Interior.