t SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON |
PAUL PLANTS THE GOSPEL
IN NEW FIELDS
International Sunday School Lesson
for April 16, 1939
GOLDEN TEXT: “As a wise
masterbuilder I laid a founda
tion; and another buildeth
thereon.” —Cor. 3:10.
(Lesson Text: Acts 14:1-7;19:23)
Last week we saw how they left
Antioch of Pisidia as a result of the
hostility fostered, by the Jews. The
missionaries proceeded to Iconium,
where the gospel message was first
given in the local synagogue and both
Jews and Greeks accepted. After a
long stay, the opposition became
more violent, whereupon the party
moved on to Lystra.
At Lystra, where there seems to
have been ho synagogue, Paul was
attracted by a life-time cripple in the
audience before him. This man’s
spirit had been touched and his strong
faith became apparent to Paul, who,
in a loud voice, called upon him to
walk. The miracle was the result of
two strong souls meeting—one with
faith and the other with vision to
recognize the trust and acceptance;
in the other. Naturally, the miracle!
created considerable comment.
The natives of Lystra had been
brought up in the superstitious semi
religion of their day and locality.
Their worship was directed towards
placating a varied host of deities,
familiar to most of us who have read
the mythological stories of the an
cients. One of these relate how
Jupiter (Zeus) and Mercury
(Hermes) in the guise of mortals
visited this very section. Conse
quently, confronted by the miraculous
cure of the cripple, the pagan crowd
promptly assured a repitition of the
story, seeing in Barnabas and Paul
the divine pair who had fooled many
of their ancestors.
The inhabitants of Lystra, led by
the priest of Jupiter, promptly at
tempted to render to the supposed
gods the customary ritualistic wor
ship. Oxen and garlands were
brought up for the proper sacrifices
to the dieties. Sacrifice was not a
strange rite to the Jews, either, be it
remembered, but Paul and Barnabas i
were horrified at the prospect of'
, their assumption of divine honors.!
They quickly explained their mortal |
kinship with those who would deify ■
them and used the occasion to preach i
about Jesus.
Shortly afterward, there came to|
Lystra the unbelieving Jews from
the cities previously visited, and their
bigotry and intolerance soon fanned
their victims into crusading zeal. The
mob which wanted to worship the
missionaries as gods were soon turn
ed to critics and foes, and attacked
the missionary apostles. Paul seems
to have received the most severe
punishment, for he was stoned and
left upon the earth as dead. How
ever, he revived, but the next day
the missionary party went to Derbe.
The stay at Derbe was without out
standing events apparently, and after
a ministry there Paul resisted the
temptation to visit the home folks at
nearby Tarsus so that he and Barna
bas might return to Antioch by the
various continental cities already
visited. This they did, building up
and cementing the new body of be
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Antioch (of Syria) Paul and Barna
bas returned and their splendid re
port of the Gospel being preached to
the Gentiles was made.
A year’s time had Deen occupied in
this first great missionary journey,
and fourteen hundred miles had been
covered. Paul had definitely assum
ed his role as missionary to the Gen
tiles, having frankly declared to the
Jews in Pisidian Antioch that it was
necessary to speak the word to them
but since they rejected it, “10, we
turn to the Gentiles.” The fact that
Christian missionaries brought the
Christian religion to our European
ancestors and that our nation is to
day Christian can be traced directly
back to the beginning of this mis
sionary enterprise in the ancient
Syrian city of Antioch. To Paul,
more than any other man, the spread
of the new faith was due.
There are pagan faiths yet alive
today, but as Robert E. Speer points
out: “Mohammedanism is spreading
in Africa and India, but it makes no
effort of any significance to convert
America or Europe or Japan. The
bounds of Confucianism are contract
ing. Shintoism has withdrawn from
the lists as a religion, and claims now
; only the place of a court ceremonial
| and a burial rite. Zoroastrianism,
one of the worthiest of the ancient
religions, has almost vanished in the
land of its origin, and, numbers com
paratively few adherents in India.
Hinduism is geographically limited,
save as a philosophy, by its disciple
of caste and Buddhism is rejected in
Japan by the very men who might
succeed in propagating it elsewhere.”
On the other hand, Speer declares:
“Christianity is moving out all over
the earth with steadily increasing
power, with ever-multiplying agen- ■
cies, with ever-enlarging devotion, I
and with open and undiscouragable!
purpose to conquer the world.”
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Gilmer Wagoner, a senior at High
Point College, was the week-en 1
guest of his brother, the Rev. Forest
Wagoner.
Miss Virginia Phelps, accompanied
by her guest, Miss Mary Foy Peter-
I son, spent the week-end in Raleigh
j with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Phelps.
I A. L. Holmes and W. D. Peal at
j tended the chamber of commerct
j meeting at Swan Quarter Monday
I evening. Governor Clyde R. Hoey
| and Representative Lindsay Warren
were among the distinguished guests.
Dr. G. A. Martin was in Raleigh
on business Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Murray, of
Efland, were guests of Mrs*. Murray’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Daven
port, Sr., during the Easter holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Starr of Wind
sor, were week-end guests of Mrs. J.
W. Starr.
0. L. Lassiter, of New Bern, spent
the week-end here with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brinn left
Sunday to attend the wedding of
their daughter, Elizabeth, in Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walker and
' children, Harry, Jr., and Alice Dillon,
: visited relatives and friends in Cres
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The Rev. Forest Wagoner, Gilmer
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Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Holmes, Mrs.
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Miss Caroline Swain motored to Terre
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The children of the Methodist Pro
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annual egg hunt Monday afternoon at
the home of Chester Craddock.
Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Gregg and
children, Iris Jane and Lael June,
spent the Easter holidays in Norfolk,
Va., with Mr. Gregg’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peal and chil
l dren, Francis and Walter, Jr., visited
j Miss Elizabeth Peal at St. Mary’s,
| Raleigh, on Sunday. They were ac
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Miss Martha Weston Jones spent
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