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PAUL A PR
November 14, 191
GOLDEN TEXT.?"I a
Christ; for it is the pow
one that believeth.". Rom
DAILY IM.?Acts
28:11-22.
T?Acts 28:23-31.
W,?Philemon 1-14.
SSHORT
Q. 81. What is forbid<
A. The tenth command
with our own estate, env]
neighbour, and all inordii
thing that is his.
TOPM
How Paul at Length Re
The last stage of his
First message to th<
Two years' unhin<
LESSC
It was probably about 1
his cohort of soldiers, his
re-embarked for the city
took passage was bound f
the winter in the bay of
skourol or The Twin Brotl
They spent three days
in 414 B. C. had passed t
suffering in the Peloponn
of the Punic wars betwee
cenuy oeen almost annini
quake ever known. How
we do not know. It maj
Julius permitted him to g
double assurance that in
porium of the West, Paul
lytes and that to them a
and Him crucified." Th<
the traditions that Paul
Church. Leaving the fam
and Pollux shaped her coi
of Messina. The weathei
sary to take a course son
at Rhegium, a city on the
By a striking coincident
faring men, "The Great
was ueaicaiea, were tne
one day's delay they set st
the seaport of Rome, the
Rome.
During the seven days o
made for the overland joi
munlon with a company <
The system of roads b
Rome was connected wit)
was and is one of the m
pire's entire extent of 3,7
southeast these roads w
gravel, cement, stone ai
'l' h OO A a <nAi
- uvov, lUttUO BLUUU IUQ YY Ci
er and climatic changes
highway from Rome intc
conquerors made their tr
into Rome was the "Apj
from Puteoli met this gi
out. Along this way Paul,
ant of Jesus, made his J
with the hiRtory of the c
whose debased emperor h
pel of Jesus Christ. Wl
THE PRESBYTERIA
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m not ashamed of the gospel of
er of God unto salvation, to every
ans 1:16.
IOME READINGS.
Th.?Rom. 10:11-21.
K.?l8a. 6:5-13.
S.?-Heb. 3:1-13.
Heb. 4:1-12.
ER CATECHISM,
len iu the tenth commandment?
Iment forblddeth all discontentment
ring or grieving at the good of our
late motions and affections to anyZAL
OUTLINE,
tached Rome?
journey, vs. 11-16.
s Jews, vs. 17 24.
lered preaching vs. 30, 31.
IN COMMENTS.
March 1, A. D., 60 when Julius with
i company of sailors and prisoners
of Rome. The shin on which they
rom Alexandria to Rome, had spent
St. Paul and bore the sign of Dioters,
or Castor and Pollux. ?
In Syracuse, Sicily?the same that
hrough such unspeakable scenes of
esian war?that had felt the brunt
n Carthage and Rome?that has related
by the most destructive earthPaul
employed his three days there,
/ be safely assumed however, that
o ashore. It may be assumed with
Syracuse, the great mercantile emwould
meet many Jews and prosend
others he would "preach Christ
ire ts probably therefore, truth in
was the founder of the Sicilian
ous harbour of Syracuse the Castor
urse northwards towards the straits
p not being favorable it was necesaewhat
indirect and so she touched
extreme southwestern part of Italy,
e the same hero-protectors of seaTwin
Brothers" to whom the ship
patron divinities of Rhegium. After
lil for Puteoli (180 miles northward)
>ugh it was 120 miles distant from
if delay and while preparations were
arney, Paul had the delight of com3f
Christians whom he found there.
y wuicu me rorurn in me city OI
h every city of the Roman empire,
arvels of the world. Over the em40
English miles from northwest to
ere constructed in strata of sand,
nd near the capital, with granite
ar of constant service and of weathfor
over 15 centuries! The great
) southern Italy, that along which
iumphal approach to and entrance
?Ian Way." The road leading out
reat "Appian Way" about 33 miles
yie encnainea conqueror?ine gervlourney
afoot. He was acquainted
ountry and the great nation before
e was ere long to testify of the goslat
heart conflicts were waging in
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N OF THE SOUTH.
his breast as he tramped these i
know, but when he reached the fa
Forum, !?0 miles from Puteoll, and
was weary and evidently depressed
nipt onmn?Ul- * * *
?v o^.ur.iuiis positively exhilaratir
in Rome having received informatl
made up a delegation to go out to i
proceeded in two companies. The
ket, famous for its low manner of
there in the market place we knot
that others in that company of tra
who were in that company and in.
at the "three taverns," 13 miles
know, but it is difficult to restrai;
Read Romans, chapter 16 and fin
Phoebe, Priscilla, Aquilla, Bpaeneti
nias, Ampllatus, Urbanus, Stachys,
his household, Herodion, the housel
na and Trvphosa, Persis, Rufus, Asj
ratrobas, Hernias, Philologus, Juli
What a company! Never was the
before?probably never again afterv
towards Rome."
The home terminus of the "Ap]
Roman ways?was the Forum, upo
hills of Rome and all the array of
in the closing years of the Republic
ors. Here, in front of the illustrious
centurion, delivered up to Burrus,
Paul and other prisoners, to be ke]
of the Emperor to try them.
Paul, doubtless by the request <
had saved, was allowed to rent a rc
chained to a Roman soldier (the re
every few hours), Paul spent two w
Three days after he was located
great effort for which h?? had inner
the Jews he first of all appointed a
hear him in full concerning Jesus c
Christ? On the appointed day the
numbers and all day long, from i
labored with all his powers to c
was the Christ. The result was a
and some refused to believe. Paul
Jews Isaiah 6:9-10. It is a passage <
The remainder of the two years
efforts to reach the gentiles. Thro
he sent the gospel into the legiot
have been a better or more effecti
personal work! One by one the gr<
aiuiuj suiuiers anve ana sent then
so it came to pass that the bonds i
of the entrance of the gospel into al
circles of Rome and thus the gospe
boundaries of the empire. During
letters to the Colossians, the Ephe
the letter to Philemon. At his trial
after two years, he was acquitted i
Not long after his release Ner
burned (so it appears reasonable tc
have it charged to the Christians,
brought to Rome, placed in an un<
mere u? wroie nis last letter to
with him. He was taken out, trie
two efforts, taken outside that ci
went to his Lord.
1. The secret of the unweary
and power of Paul Is seen in his <
Lord.
2. On the great day in Rome his
were based on the writings of Mose
were the authoritative living work
3. By personal work the gospel
the legions of Rome and through
provinces, even into Britain itself,
one?
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weary miles we may not
mous market place, AppJi
30 miles from Rome, he
in spirits. But there he
ig to his soul. The church
ion of Paul's arrival, had
neet him. The delegation
first met him at the marlife
and wickedness: and
v Paul found meat to eat
.velera knew not of. And
the other, that met him
further on? We do not
11 oue's imagination here,
id some of their names:
us, Mary, Andronicus, JuApelles,
Aristobulus and
told of Narcissus,Tryphoencritus,
Phlegon, Hermes,
a, Nereus, Olympas, etc.!
"Appian Way" as honored
rards! "And so they went
>ian Way"?as of all the
n whlnK J J
? .. mm luuueu uown tne
stately buildings erected
and by the earlier emperCapitoline
Hill, Julius,the
the Praetorian Praefect,
pt till it was the pleasure
Julius whose life Paul
>om for himself and there,
lays succeeded each other
hole years.
in his room he began the
ed. In a conference with
day on which they should
f Nazareth: Was He the
y came together in great
uorning to evening, Paul
onvince thpm ho* -
? VUMV OViOUP
. division. Some believed
quoted to the disbelieving
of fearful import. Read it.
was employed mainly in
ugh the relays of soldiers
ls of Rome. Could there
ve arrangement made for
;at fisherman caught these
1 out to win others. And
of Paul were the occasion
!1 the army and the official
1 was carried to the outer
these years he wrote the
sians, the Philippians and
before Nero, the Emperor,
ind released.
o had the city of Rome
> believe) and arranged to
Paul was arrested again,
lerground dungeon. While
Timothy. Luke only was
id, falsely convicted after
ty and beheaded, and so
ing persistence, wisdom,
complete surrender to his
appeals to his own people
s and the Prophets. These
of Qod then; so ndto also.
I permeated the ranks of
them "crept Into" outer
Can you carry It to some
R. B. Willis.