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November 17, 1909. Paul soon pave offense to sot leniency in the conditions of cl ed upon the gentile converts; and gave such convincing tesl approved by God, that, with own experience, the apostles s with letters borne by person their approval of his work. After a short rest in Anti determined to go and visit tl tablished, to encourage and t a sharp contention having oc cause of John Mark. Paul star the work in Asia Minor. Bt merely visit the work already the right way, and new desire; possession of him, and Pro^ way. For we are told that h< thinia, but the Spirit suffered had pushed on to Troas,?p< years of labor and suffering, 1 interpreted as a Divine suninv salvation into Europe. This with most vital consequences Europe to America, and throt to the world. One fact connected with th that should be of interest to u first convert was a woman; ai women pressed in large nun Church. This was a good o of the happy change in the lo tianity was to produce in the i Paul would doubtless have among these sturdy, faithful, but he was by persecution h town till he had visited am principal towns in Macctloni Athens and Corinth, the int< centers of Greece. During his third journey Ephesus, an important comm devoted to the worship of th< also made a flying visit to th< tablished. During this second visit to the Romans that they should hastened to Jerusalem, "deaf friendship and blind to the friends entreated him with 1 Jivr>ir1 tliat ttin Qn him there. We are all doubtless famili; arrest at Jerusalem, his impri: appeal to Caesar that made i his purpose to see Rome; ol Rome, which time was spent i to those who were allowed t( writing to his churches letter* still among "the most uplifti the world." But I have given hardly a 1 to accomplish his task of la Christian missions. V THE PRESBYTERIAI lie of the brethren by his tiurch membership impos but he went to Jerusalem i timony that his work was Peter's' testimony of his sent Paul back to Antioch lal messengers testifying i och, Paul and Barnabas 1 le churches they had es- 1 o strengthen them. Bui i curred between them be ' ted out with Silas to visit ' it he was not content to ' established. He was on 5 to extend the work took ? /idence showed him the 1 : essayed to go into ?>y- ' 1 him not*'; but when he '< erhaps after months or lie had a vision which he i ons to carry the gospel of < was a decision fraught i to Europe and through ^ igli Europe and America i is Macedonian mission ' s as women, was that the 1 id Dr. Stalker says, "The s nbers into the Christian ; men; it was a prophecy ? t of woman which Chrislations of the West." < enjoyed a season of rest < , generous Macedonians, < tirried on from town to i made converts in the a and Achaia, including dlectual and commercial ? he spent much time in ercial center, but wholly e goddess Diana; but he - churches previously esGreece he sent word to see him soon. Then he to the entreaties of tears of love ; for his tears not to go; but to irit had told him awaited ar with the details of his sonment at Caesarea, his t possible to accomplish f his imprisonment in n giving the word of life ) visit him there, and in > that have been and are ng intellectual forces of t lint of what it cost Paul tying the foundation of c * V * OF THE SOUTH. Listen, while he is forced by the cost as he compares hims< ers : "In labors more abundanl ure, in prisons more frequent, Jews five times received I forty was I beaten with rods; once suffered shipwreck; a night an the deep; in journeyings often perils of robbers, in perils of m perils by the heathen, in perils in weariness and painfulness, luinger, and thirst, in fastings o ness,"?all this besides the bu laid upon his heart. Now, since Christian princip is now, since unregenerate hun the same in all lands and in al tore the problems of the missiot is today, a close study not o: \cts of the Apostles but espet s nrarticallv a n<>faccWv ?11 - I J - ..wvaoiv; is-. Oil ity work. But before we can rightly u A-e must have the spirit of Chr: spiritually discerned. What was the spirit of Chris uined world. To save it he ha< he riches of heaven and becc spirit to endure hardships. an< ind ingratitude, and even deatl lccomplished. When the Church has this sj evangelization of the world wil ed. "The gospel does not sav< reived." "The only way to ser Lander College, Greenwood, 1ME DULL J It is one of the greatest ble? ihould be some duties that ai some things should be irksome md life, and in the search after t was a little dull for Moses cl n the broiling heat of the d rveary, too, but he had to climb rommunion with God. It has nany a child to come to the 1 lull for many a young man wh< >ier on his bicycle on a Sunday or the business man, who is ^ >f the week?it is dull for us >ut it is the dull path that leac he primrose path of dalliance, >f your own pleasure, and taki seeking to keep life one long: >lissful sensation, but it is ris >y step and hand by hand, ov >rayer and communion with C ts into the upper air and the he face of God is clear and cc C ?.x ?1 ?ocicticu. Only the man with the yeari ount with the evangel. 7 circumstances to count -1 f to sonic false teachin stripes above measin deaths oft. Of the stripes save one; thrice was I stoned; thrice I (1 a day have I been in , in perils of waters, in ine own countrymen, in i among false brethren ; in watchings often, in >ften, in cold and nakedrden that his churches les were the same then lan nature is practically 1 ages, and since therclary were the same then nly of the book of the -iciiijv v?i l dill 3 t|JI3lli:5 who aspire to niissioninderstand these things ist; for these things arc t? He saved a lost and i the spirit to surrender imc poor ; he had the :1 toil, and humiliation, I, that the end might he Dirit as Paul had it, the 1 be almost accomplishe when it is simply reve God is to help man." S. C. PATH. ?sings in life that there -e dull to us, and that in the wrestle for truth God. I have no doubt imbing up Mount Sinai esert, a little dull and !i ' hj me summit to open no doubt been dull for louse of God. and it is o thinks he will be hapmorning, and it is dull ?veary with the routine all. I grant you that, is to heaven. It is not it is not the following ng your own way, and prolonged dream and ;ing ana climbing step er the craggy paths of Jod that at last brings open table-land where >mmunion can be held. ning soul is of any ac