WOMAN'S BIG WORK
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Bill Arp Addresses the Woman's
Home Mission Society.
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HE GIVES nib UNaiiiiicu -tkujl
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Tells of the Splendid Work and Self
Sacrifice of Women-Hls Address
Published in Full.
the
Atlanta Constitution.
tnflfw n Cartesville, Ga.,
xbv;ucu.i
Woman's Home Mission Society of the
north Georgia conference met. Among
those who made addresses were Bill,
Arp. His talk was interesting through
out, arid is by request from many re
produced in the Constitution in lieu of
his regular letter?-It follows in full:
"If our youth Js happily spent, our
old age will be crowned with peasant
memories. How Messed are those chil
dren whose hemes are happy, J08
parents are kind and loving, who are
not cursed with wealth nor pinched
with poverty. I believe that it is pos
sible for parents to make the home so
attractive that even the boys would
rather stay there in their leisure hours
than to seeK tne careiess tumyau,
those about town whose homes are 'not
happy. I don't know about David s
home, nor what he did in his youth, but
his prayer was one of great anguish
-when he said 'Visit not upon me the
iniquities of my youth .
"But I was ruminating about tne
state and condition of Methodism and
missions in the long ago, when I was
young and the most of you were an un
known quantity. When I was in my
teens and was just noticing the -girls
and wondering what they were mads
for, the Melodist church was the only
church in our town and It had the
only graveyard. 1 was very familiar
with that graveyard, for I had to pass
right by it every night that I visited
my sweetheart's home. I had a rival in
her affections, and one dark night he
saw a ghost and ran home and I got
rid of him, though I was accused of
being the ghost. Near there was the
church and there were the people, but
where was the bell and where was the
steeple, for it had neither. It was an
old-fashioned unpainted building and
had small glass windows of 8 by 10
glass, and two doors in front, which
used to be a peculiarity of Methodist
churches. It was said that one door was
to take in the converts and the other
to turn them out. The Baptist churches
of that day had but one door, for
when once they got in they never got
out. This old church contained on the
Sabbath pearly all the religion that
was in the town, and at night was the
trysting place of the old people ,who
lioved God and the young .men and
maidens who loved one another. No
tice was given that meeting would be
gin at early candle-light. Candles! that
gave what Milton calls a dim religious
light. Don't smile, my young friends
for Shakespeare wrote by candle-ligM
and says, 'How for that little candle
throws its beams, so shines a good
deed in a naughty world.' Everybody
was familiar with the amen corner and
had reverence for those who occupied
it. My wife and I still remember the
low, guttural amens of Brother Mur
phy, the snap-short amens of Brother
Ivy, and the deep groanings of old
Father Norton in echo to the pleading
prayers of the preachers. Father Nor
ton was a very close and stingy man
and on one occation got to shouting
and clapped his bands and exclaimed.
Thank God for giving us a religion
that has never cost me 25 cents And
the preacher responded, 'And may the
lord have mercy on your stingy soul
We remember, too, the good Sister
Jenkins, who always had three or four
little children tagging after her, be
sides one at the breast, and how she
always took them to church and spread
them out on the long front bench and
took a .basket of biscuit and fried
chicken to keep them quiet, and all the
epace between the front bench and the
pulpit was their crawling ground, and
when they wanted water she reached
op to the pulpit and got It from the
preacher's pitcher.
"By and by a new preacher came who
Vas deaermined to purge the church of
Its loose and languid members. At his
second service he had before him the
book: of membership and read out the
roll and remarked that somebody had
been I adding to some of the names in
pencjl wHh such capital letters as D
D., which he supposed stood for doctor
of diyinity, but learned later that it
stood for dram drinker, and there were
other letters, such as B. K., vhich stood
for barkeeper, and N. T. for nigger
trader, ard H. R. for horse racer, and
there was G for gambler and an F. for
fiddler. He raised a big rumpus over all
such as these and declared they. should
all h turned ot and they wer&'-He re
: minded me of old Simon Peter Richard
son, who, while stationed- here, won
over to visit his old home on the Pee-
flee, in South Carolina When he re-
iurneu i assea him If he had a s-nnrt
time, and he said f es he had a glorious
nme in nis eld church th nhnmH-iib
first joined and used to Breach in rh
said he,, we had a glorious revival, the
best I ever experienced: Did vnn td-o
in many? said I. Take in, take In; .no
jy inena. we never.; took, In. nary one;
but We turned seventeen out, thank the
- jxra. un, it was a glorious revival
. CHURCH WORK THEN AND MOW
- "But I was ruminating; about the dif-
-acjeiicer Between; now .and then in
, -church work and missions arid salaries
:, church environments. and the cyl-
re Of the preachers. There was : old
. amer . uonailv. with his worxJan
who always came to our campmeeting3
and attracted great crowds, who came
to hear him scare the sinners and scari
fy the Christians and denounce the
fashions and follies of the day. I have
E&t forgotten his rebuke to a gay young
couple who behaved" unseemly during
the sermon and the old man stopped
and said, 'If that young man over there
with hair on hir .face and that young
woman with a green bonnet on her
head and the cavil's martingales
around her neck and his stirrups on
her ears don't stop, - their " giggling
while I am preaching Go if. "s message to
sinners; I will pint 'em out to the con
gregation But we had a number of
very great and notable preachers - in
those days. George Pierce, the bishop.
and old Lovic Pierce, his father, and
Judge Longstreet, the eloquent presi
dent of Emory college, and Dr. Mean3
and Walker Glenn and old brother
Parks used to attend our quarterly
meetings and our revivals. They were
all great and good men and the. people
came from far and near to hear them.
No more eloquent and gifted divines
have occupied the pulpits of Georgia
from that clay to this. ' -, .'
"But mission work was totally un-
knows as an organized feature of
church work. The first we ever heard of
was introduced by some northern emis
saries who came to this region to plant
Christianity among the Indians, l wo
of them, whose name3 were Worcester
and Butler, were suspects, and arrested
by order of Governor uiimer ana
placed in jail in Lawrencevme, wnere
my father lived. It was believed that
these men, who were Massacnuseu3
yankees, were secretly trying to influ
ence the Indians to violate tne treaty
and not to sell their lads to Georgia;
but this was never proven, and Gov
ernor Gilmer turned them out on con
dition that they would go back to New
England, and they went. I remember
the excitement that pervaded our
townspeople during the event. John
Howard Jayne, the author ot 'Home,
Sweet Home was another suspect. He,
too, was arrested and sent to Milledge
ville a prisoner, but was soon released
and sent to Washington city with an
escort. Two years ago I received a let
ter from an old woman in Texas, who
said she was born near Cartersville in
1831, while her father, who was a Meth
odist preacher was teaching an Indian
mission school up the Ftowah river at
a place called Laughing Gal, which was
the name of an Indian chief. My old
partner. Judge Underwood, knew him
well, and said he was a good Indian. He
got his feminine name according to In
dian custom, which was to name a new
born child for the first thing that the
Indian doctor saw from the door of the
wigwam after the child was bom, and
so, when the doctor looked out and saw
an Indian maiden laughing, the little
baby boy had to be named Laughing
Gal. Old man Harrison, who has been
living here for sixty-Sve years, is fa
miliar with the name and the homo of
Laughing Gal. The Cherokee Indians
took kindly to this missionary work.
John Ross and Major Ridge, who were
half-breeds, became converts, and
Ifoss' son became a preacher, and so
did his grandson .and I and rny
daughtr,. Mrs. Aubrey, heard him
preach at Little Rock about twenty
years ago.
CHANGE WROUGHT BY WOMAN'S
WORK.
"But you must pardon mo. I did not.
forget that the object of this confer
ence was home mission work, but elo
quent men and cultured women who
have preceded me have faithfully cov
ered that ground in every phase and
nave left for me nothing: but memories
that are only kin to it. There is, how
ever, no dividing line. Both foreign
and domestic missions are founded in
Christian' charity and Christian prog
ress. There was a ti
was no such organization as home mis
-in raith and creed the world will
disagree, : '
But all mankind unite on charity."
"And Wadsworth says: J.
" 'The charities ; that soothe f and heal
and bless . ,
Aro scattered at the feet of man like
' flowers " . ': ; .
SiOn conference. When there was not
a parsonageln the State, and the itene
rant preachers were sheltered in any
house that was vacant and could be
rented for a triflewhen their house
hold goods were moved from place to
piace Dy a single team and the good
wife and little children were mixed un
J A T 1 1 . . . r
wiia ine ioaa; when two or three' hun
dred dollars was considered a liberal
allowance for a year's support. But
woman's work has wrought a wond
rous change over these conditions, and
rtiuxusL every town and village has pro
vided a comfortable home for the
preacher's family. The advance on this
nue ua3 oeen rapid and it has been
contagious.. Ten years aeo there
not a preacher's nermanpnt rirrminn
in Cartersville. but
has a comfortable home attached. But
iet me say just here that then, is vAf
room for improvement. A house is not
all cf a home. It takes shade trees and
flowers and fruits and green grass and
vines to adorn and shade the veranda.
ven a iew pretty pictures and a mir
ror would not come amiss, for such
lulu6s uaunot oe sareiy moved. if
nothing better can be supplied, you
might put a painted motto over tho
mdniei, "uoa Bless Our Temporary
"umc- uur uartersvllle Methodists
have built a nice, comfortable house.
uut i nave to iuraish Brother, Yar-
urougn with-Presbyterian strawberries.
ana ne-. reels constrained to oay. mm
uat& 1U Metnoaist tomatoes. I promise
"uw-lu lurmsn every parsonage in
town with strawberries and raspber
ry plants next fall if the good ladies
will have them planted. I have noticed
that the children of preachers are as
fond of these things as other children;
and their wives and daughters are as
fond of flowers. Yes, my friends, mis
sion work,, whether foreign or domes
tic, is advancing all "along; the lines.
Home missions are but a nursery for
SSe-eUuit-take In 1 man
kind. The spirit of charitylove of
God and love to mah-is the founda
ion of all anol there is tio boundary to
a nwnferenctiImits :no Mason
Sm ? lilies V The od Samaritan
did not stoj to inquire where the sui
ferer lived. , Charity, is the only thine
lch' mankind api
tfi-
MADAME DE STAEL ANu MISS
STONE. -
"Charity is the essence of love, and
love is the fulfilling, of the law. Chari
ty, like mercy, is not strained, but
droppeth as th gentle dew from.heav
en upoh the earth beneath. It is twice
blessed. 'It -blesseth him that gives
and him that doth receive Madame
de Stael said, 'The only bank acchunt
we will have in heaven will be what
we gave away in charity.' Sometimes
we question the, self-sacrifice " of mis
sionary work in foreign lands,. and the
xecent case of Miss Stone has stagger
ed the faith of those who help unwill
ingly; but the command of the Savior
after His resurrection is ever before
us: 'Go ye unto all the world and
preach the. gospel to every creature
Not long a go a lady said to me, 'Well.
ir we cannot convert them, we can
civilize them.' The gospel of a clean
shirt goes side by side with that of re
pentance. Wherever the missionary
has gone, his or .her message has been
addressed to the head as well as to the
heart. John Wesley said that cleanli
ness was next thing to godliness. A
clean body anda comfortable home is
the beginning oXHeligion. But neither
tne aoauctlon of Miss Stone nor the
personal sacrifices of thousands of oth
ers for a moment stops or impedes the
work of tho missionaries. - It broadens
and lengthens as the years roll on. un
lifting the lives of the Ignorant and
degraded in the dark places of the
earth. The twenty millions contribu
ted this last year to this cause proves
that the god cf greed -and selfishness
has not assumed entire sway over this
nation. These millions brine no re
turn in wealth to the donors, nothing
Dut tne reward of duty performed.
"just think of it for a irioment. Do
you know that we have eighteen thous
and missionaries in foreign lands? In
China, India, Turkey, Egypt, and Cape
Colony, and these missionaries are re
inforced by eighty thousand native
preachers and teachers., They have,
churches in twenty-three thousand
town3 and villages, with one and a half
aiilliou communicants and Christian
communities of over four million
impils. These missionaries have over
four million pupils under instruction.
They have nlrety-tour universities and
colleges, and sou e of them are world
renowned and rank well with out own.
The best endowed of these colleges are
at Constantinople, Beirut, Pekin,
Egypt and Cape Colony. Then there are
over one thousand secondary schools
for training in the arts and industries,
and also one hundred and twenty-two
kindergarten schools. The most grati
fying and significant fact is that more
and rejoice, for it is a pitiful fact that
girls. The colleges have over two
thousand of them, and in the common
schools they .constitute more than half
the number of pupils. Just think of it
and rejoice, for it is a pitful fact that
for centuries in these benighted lands
women has been under the ban, and5
ycung girls were slaves to man's domi
nation, convenience and passion.
What a beautiful and glorious picture
she now has' of the freedom and ele
vation of her sex, and it has all come
through the work of missionaries, and
Is worth a million times moce than it
has ever cost.
WOMAN'S GREAT WORK.
"The freedom and Ovation of wo
man is the most gloriouLand heavenly
work of the past century, and it still
goes on, not only in foreign lands, but
here at home. Woman is now at the
head of every charitable work. Who
else is educating our children in the
public schools? Who is foremost in
the church, the Sabbath -'school, the
Epworth League and the aid societies?
who is in almost exclusive charge of
this conference? Fifty years ago she
had no voice in . these things and they
were considered beyond her sphere and
St Paul was quoted against her evry
time she presumed to talk in meeting
or speak very loud at home. The Sav
ior did not so speak to the woman of
Samaria, nor condemn the one the
Jews wished to stono because it was
the Mosaic law. 'Neither doI condemn
thee. Go and sin no more,' was the
most beautful sermon on forgveness
that was ever preached. But tho halt
cannot be now told you n relaton to
our mssonary work. Thnk of the 15D
publshng houses that last year sent out
10,800,000 volumes. Thnk of the 456
dfferent translatons of the Bble nto
foregn tongues. i"hnk of the depart
ment of medicine' that goes side by
sldei with the mission work in every
land. We have now 379 hospitals and
783 dispensaries or drug - stores, and
during last year 6,500,000 cases were
treated. There are sixty-seven medi
cal schools , and training schools for
nurses, with 50 pupjls, male and fe
male. There are 247 ; orphanages and
asylums, over one hundred homes for
lepers, thirty for the mute and blind
and 15C for the insane a'nd the slaves
to opium. .Is it not amazing, .the. ex
tent of this work? Can we stop it?
Can we imptde it? Shall we neglect it?
If it be of man it will come to naught,
but If it be of Gcd we cannot over
throw it, and if we oppose "or negleci
it it "will . be like lighting against God,
"My Christian friends, I thank you
for the privilege of making these fare
well remarks. When your presiding
officer wrote to me a kind letter, in
viting me,to participate in these exer
cises, P was surprised and pleased, .for
it was ; another sign of that growing
fellowship which is now pervading all
Christian denominations. , The bitter
ness of sectarianism ia passing away.
I heard a gentleman say, the other day ;
.'I am a! Lutheran, . and prefer that
church-to any other, for I .was raised
up in it, but when I travel and find no
Lutheran ; church in' the town or vil-
lage where the Sabbath catches me 1
always find a welcome ana itei at uumc
i onir ThHfitia.n churcti.l;Love of God
and love of man covers all creeds and
all forms of worship.
"That is the spirit i oi universal
brotherhood. Love is stronger than
creeds or kindred or country. Espe
cially the love of woman. David's
highest tribute to Jonathan was that
his love of women. Ruth, the Mo a
bltess, was not an Israelite, but she
left her homo and her- native land to
live with her husband's mother because
she loved her. How often do ve see
Methodist or Presbyterian women
choosing their mates outside of their
church and joining the church of their
husbands. They do not Stop to consult
the creed, but change their church as
willingly as3 they change their name;
and I have known them to do that
two or three times. ' Brother Sam
Jones is not ashamed tb tell how he
found his wife in a Baptist duck pond,
and I. make no secret of telling how 1
found mine in that same old Methodist
church I have described to you not up
in the 'Amen' corner among the saints,
nor afar back amone the sinners, out
ahut midway, where the angels con
gregate. Men do not change tneir
churches to please their wives for they
still maintain their rightful lordship as
the head of the family. ' But for love a
woman will change not only hex
church but her name. The love of wo
man has no parallel. It extinguishes
all fear. The apostles; shrank from
danger and hid themselves, and one be
trayed and another denied his Lord
grave.
and master, but woman was last at His
"Then we bid you God-speed in your
noble work, you members of this mis
sion. It Paul had respect for the Jews
because unto them was committed t.be
oracles of God, how much more shall
we haev respect for the Christian wo
men of this land who are planting
those oracles at homel and abroad.
THE SABBATH
A DOG SCHOOL.
An
Institution in
Canine
Paris Devoted
Culture.
to
In M. Edward Gillette's school of
etiquette for dogs in Paris canines are
trained. The school room is a large
square apartment, furnished with a
few rugs on its polished floor, some
chairs and a table or! two. On tthe
3chool assembling in the morning the
roll is called. The teacher, looking
exceedingly dignified, taps his, desk,
and the dogs immediately form in line.
Then, in a pleasant biit commanding
voice, he calls the dogs' names in. ro
tation, each animal being trained to
respond with a sharp, quick bark and
a wag of the tail. The first lesson af
ter the performance ofj the regulation
discipline is to I earn to welcome visi
tors. No matter who comes into the
room unexpectedly, each dog is taught
to greet the newcomer with a low,
short bark. The animal must also
lump up and wag his j tail, but must
keep far enough away from the visitor
to cause him no discomfort. Each dog
goes through this performance three
times, and returns to its place in line
like a soldier. j
If a' dog is unruly, it Is marched to
a chair in the corner of the room and
made to crouch on its hind legs beside
it and pray for half an hour. Then
the dogs are taught gallantry. For
nstance, if ycu drop your handkerchief
at one end of tho room J and an educat
ed dog happens, to be at the other, Jio"
will scamper along to pick it up, then
come running alter you with a lew
barks to -attract your attention, after
which he surrenders hs burden most
fastidiously. The dogs are taught to
pick up any dropped article in this
fashion.
Prancing, dainty little steps are
taught the animal a for the street, as
well as a deep and profound obeisance.
A. visitor to any house; where an edu
cated dog is kept never! leaves without
the dog following her tp the 'door eith
er beside or behind its mistress. Then,
NTERNATIONAL LESSOR
FOR APRIL
Subject: Saul of Tarsus
6.
Ix., 1-20-Goldeu Text: aJu'
Memory , Verses, 3-5 Comm..
the Day's Less on.
1. "And' "Butl"R.
marks the contrast between the in
ary zeal of Philip, and j the neS-
1 -HLTV.
mi
zeal of Saul. One ia inflimed by TUli
the' other inspired by love. 'Saul
same as mention
His name in Hebrew
name wa3 Paul. 'Yet."
ed in the itory 0f
brew was ISaul.' fe; $H
Ud tft ;
ment his blind, peraecutmz rae-P J3?
as ever. ureatmng out thrpnw
i- .T ..-'--UlIl
Persisted in persecuting the di.;! '
increasing violence, as if hp jVlli
breathe without utterinr tV,rJa .
ncflinaf. twrn: fir wnnlHiif nMn l vain&
t.ym with the brenth hf iL rMi
the high priest. -Being
3 P3.,
-bilious V
fullv exterminating the reli-in e v
and was rfndv to earrv fhp-m . -
- ""-"J uiiop,
tion
o
to the utmost of his abi'.ii-
t. ii ;'
in the world, situated about
one Hnj
and iorty miles northeast of JeriKiio 11
' 3. "Suddenly." About noon (chaf
6): at midday (chap, 26: 13). ovi,;'
sun was shining so there could hp
j.: t l.j. Ti. J . . "0
cepuou. - ajigiic. it was abov
e ti
brightness of the sun." Chap. 26: r
waa m tho miner, nt thia r'riMr ,.,
was seen by baul (1 Cor. 1J: S), so tW
who had beheld the Lord
rection.'
4. "Fell to the earth."
pany fell to -the earth.
"Heard a voice." In the
The voice was clear and
but to those with him it
tenous sound, (fcee on v.
lecutest thou Me?" Canst thou sriv?
good reason for it? Muse
cihed by thee : 1 hose w
amontr tUJ
liis resj
Th
V l
Chan. 9fi-
Hebrew
uisuncc to Sy
was only a
I afresh be
crt
cinea oy mee ; x iiuse wno persecute ti
saints persecute Christ Himself, and 1
taiisB wnat is uone against taem as do
unto Himself. I
5. "Who art Thou?" iTesus nPW s,.
teiore csaui Knew desus. . TLord. tispd
denote respect for some unknown W
person. 4I am Jesus." takes the ta:
wnicn was ine ooject or .Jewish h
Thy enmity is against JNle and My relig1
He whom you persecute isl the Lord of
and glory, not simply poor, fusitive di
ple3. "It is nard," etc. This clauses
the first" part of v. 6 are Omitted from
Revised Version, but they belomr tot-
account for Paul himseif utters them :
chap. 251 14." iviclc against the
Or coads; as .stubborn
wounding themselves the
6. "Trembling," etc. A
of a sinner who sees the wickedness of
pricks.
oxen did,
more deeD.v.
true descriptior
etc. Convi
nice;:
heart. "What wilt Thou,
that he had persecuted Christ, and tk
his religious views and character m
wronff, he submits himself to the will c:
Him who had arrested him in his blind
career, with the consent that he .-would
be obedient to all His directions. "Arise;
Until now he had continued prostrate
the ground. "G o." Into pamascus, to tot
instructed by one whom bej was on his waj
to destroy.
7. "Hearing a voice." In chap. 22: 9.we
are told that those with Paul heard not V
the words." What is meant is cleariv that I
they did not hear-the words as words-l
OB
to the sound.!
heard, or tW
stretching out its fore
the front part of its
head rests on the floor. It does not
rise, moreover, until the door is closed.
London Express. ! ;
paws, it bends
body until its
Dining Customs.
A student of social f: customs hat
called attention recently to the fact
that man eats today practically the
same viands as he did in ancient
times. However far back we push our
researches, the foundations of all
dishes are the same the same birds,
the same meats, ' the; same , fish
,though, perhaps, the list of the an
cients fish is somewhat more exten
sive. Modern man has forgotten the
flavor of the- porpoise or dog fish, and
in the north, at all events,' has learned
to shudder at the mention of a dish
of octopus.. . The meats, the courses,
the principals, and in some cases even
the names remain the same.1 In
spite of Alexandre Dumas' assertion,
that napkins were first used "in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries,
they must have been of much -more
ancient origin, since the Roman cui
sine necessitated their use much ear-.
Her; Giles.; Rose, . master . cook of
Charles. II., gaye methods for folding
them in a variety, of ;ways, but the
general adoption pf forks among the
middle classes did' away with the ser
viette to a great extent. At dessert,
when the cloth was removed, a bowl
of water -was; presented to each - guest
and this stocjd on , a. plate covered with
a square cloth, our present doyly.
.Chicago News. ;- -:.rx- t . ::-..
coula attach no meaning
We sav that a voice is not
we do not hear him, when, though yje p
his voice, he speaks so loWj or inaistmctj
that we do not understand him.
8. "Saw' no mani" "Saw nothing." I
V. The dazzlinsr brightness of the ha:
iriarlo him totallv blind. This bkd-
ness was. no doubt, mercifully intended toy
Providence to give him an opportunity
to attend to the great matter oi ms souis
Q "Kp?fhpr A eat.' etc. The menta.
mguih for a time overpowered the natui
pr.ivinff fnr fnnd . I
10. "Ananias." We know nothing tf
this man except what we find in this lesot
anfl in rhan. 22: 12. He was a dSTflU
man, in good report among the Jews, vj
in communication witii tne oremuu .
Jerusalem, and was trusted by theni.
a viaion," Saul was" nreDared for the to
by a vision, and by a vision Ananias s
told to go to him. y.y , .
.11 "fitmio-ht " IMain thoroughfare i
namaefnc. cn.cn V.tc fmm its running ID '
direct line from the eastern to the i wesg
gate. , It was a mile long, a hundred i
f!nrmthian COiUOW
into three avenues. "He pi
and slaughter," but struggling desires ai
lifA liorVif in flip -nprsprnted OnC
13 "Have heard; etc. This hesg
on the part of Ananias to visit Sauia
not prove that he was either leaning
olinprl fn fli'cftViPipnpp TTp wa s merely d
mriCT-nfr Iiia aro Via IpalrpH to ?i
about the matter. "Thv saints.
Chris tian- converts were I probably w
very early period after thej death oi tw
because of the marvelous outpourings
cne apiric upon tne nrst conveito. ,
r5. "Go." This brief,
of the Lord (1)
ence.- (2) puts the doubts
to shame, (3) contains a
Lord's aid andblessing.
sel.'. One whom in view
a man. Jesus had chosen for 'a ffreat
Imnnssihilifv fliaf ho vcrvtiTr? disobey ,
call, nor anv eternal predestination to ,
vauun. vaoa cnose ana aupoiuicu
. r.
of a wea r
"A chosen
Af his fitness;
Compare
See-also cU
S3
cause Saul chose the Lord
16. "He must suffer."
ptvn words in chap. 20 : 23l
' 17. "Ananias w-ent." How beauty
rhildlike-is the obedience of Ananf
the. heaveniv vision. "Brother
Knowing that the Lord had chosen
to a. sacred ofSce, Ananias felt a grea ,
tpect for him and an interest in his sai
tion. " ! ' '. - ' -1 " . , .
' .IS. , "As it had been scales." The
i ifference of opinion as to whether
i cales-.felt from his eve. $ There is no Q ;
lion, however, but that the restorati0
his sight was supernatural The Vf'i
the injury we cannot determine, . PUJ ..
certain that the. recovery was
neous ) and complete. 'iArose aP
From this we see that he was imvr.
baptize'd before he had received '.tiearT3.''
Tf in icM
beenior some months!-' as he did not g , ..
i-.jeruaisera until three years ur,
time. He remained some time at v rj
cus, then went to Arabia ana ic jf
again to Damascus, and then went
rusalem - -
20. w "Straiehtwav."
'Preached Christ He prochmie
Jesus was the Christ. V. 22.