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LESSON V.— JULY 29
""The First Foreign Missionaries"
ACTS 13: 1-52,
Golden Text.—Go ye therefore and
•make disciples of all the nations, bap-
tizing them into the name of the Fath-
er and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit; teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I command you;
• and lo, I am with you always, even
,unto the end of the world. --Matt. 28:
19-20.
'THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING.
Titne.—Paul's first inissionary jour-
ney, A.D. 47-49. ,
Place,' --Antioch in Syria to Antioch
:en Pisidia, through Cyprus from east
„to west, thence to Perga in :Pamphy-
siia,-ati'd hence north to Antioch.
'411714E FIRST MISSIONARY OR-
DINATION.
'Now there were at Antioch, in the
'church that was there. The Chr stw
ians of Antioch were not long a mere
congregation, but were an organized
church, and they proved themselves a
thoroughly established institution in
the best possible' way, by setting to
work to establishother • institutions of
tie same kind. Prophets and teach-
eers. "Prophet" means literally 'fore-
teller' and the prophet had special
insight into the future. But the word
:.means. also "forth -teller, one who
had insight into divine truth and pro
+clairrzed it to men, a preacher. Barn-.
a :bas. He was the friend of Saul,, the
.first head of the Antioch church, And.
;.Symeon that was called Niger. No-
:thing is known of this Syrneon (Sim-
on), though some identify him with.
the 'Sinton of Cyrene in North Africa
who took up Christ's cross when the
:Saviour fainted 'beneath it. The ad-
ditional name, Niger (black) is held
to substantiate this identification.
.And Lucius of Cyrene. Men of Cy
Irene were among the first Christians
who came to Antioch (Acts 11: 20),
and this Lucius may have been one
•of them. And Manaen the fcester-
brother of Hero:; the tetrarch. This
was Herod Antipas, who put to death
John the Baptist, and to him our
Lord was sent by Pilate during his.
trial. And Saul. Named last out of
-modesty, since he was undoubtedly
Luke's informant regarding these
matters.
And as they ministered to the Lord,
.and fasted. Tht reference to fasting
indicates the . prominence of that
means of grace in the early church,
whose members seem to have fasted
regularly at least Deere a week. On
those days they had more time for
prayer and for religious meetings, and
their minds were clearer for religidus
meditation, and for such communica-
tions from the 1;-foly Spirit as these
Antioch leaders received, The Holy
Spirit said, Separate Me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I
have called them. The Spirit spoke
to and through the prophets Just
mentioned. Saul from his conversion
was set apart by the Holy Spirit kr
the great work of foreign missions,
Barnabas was providentially raised,' up
to be his comrade, for he was prob-
ably educated much as Saul bad been,
he had introd!uctd Saul to the church
in Jerusalem, had brought him to An-
tioch, and had labored successfully
with him there for a year.
Then, when ,they has fasted and
prayed.' The fast and prayers men-
tioned before were general, putting
their minds into eeniclitien to receive
the nncesage frpni The Moly Spir;t�
The act of prayer and fasting was"
particular, being bent specially upon
a blessing' for the new missionaries
and their .vastly important errand`
'And laid their hands on them, This
laying on of the hands was in token
of the bestowal of the special grace
and might of the Hoy Spirit, enabl-
ing Barnabas, and Saul to. perform
their tasks in the Spirit's power and
with results well pleasing to him.
They sent them away. "Missionary"
from the Latin rnissus, "ole sent,"
which is two Greek words meaning
"sent forth."
So they, being sent forth by the
Holy Spirit. Every missionary
should be upheld by the conscious-
ness of this double ' commission; .are
we church members true to our part
of it? Went down to Seleucia. Pro-
bably,' according to the Eastern cus-
tom, many if not all of the church
at ' Antioch accompanied. Barnabas
and Saul as far as Seleucia. And
from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
The main portion of Cyprus is 110
miles long and` from 30 to 60 miles
broad. It is very mountainous, and
the valleys among the mountains are.
at certain seasons very unhealthy.
And when they were at Salamis..
Tuecer, from the island of Salamis
off the, coast of Greece, is said to
have founded the city. . Its modern
name is Famagusta. They proclaim-
ed the word of God in, the synagog-
ues of the Jews. "The Word of God"
which they proclaimed was the fact
that Jesus Christ was the Son of God,
God's. Word of salvation to lost souls
(John 1: 1), And they had also John
as their attendant, John Mark, the
nephew of Barnabas, had been brou-
ght by Barnabas and Saul from Jer-
usalem when they returned from. their:'
ministrations to the poor Christians
of Jerusalem.
THE FIRST MISSIONARY TRI-
U,MPH.
Now Paul and his company set sail
from Paphos. Note that it is "Paul
and his company" and not "Barnabas
and his company," The more forceful
character inevitably comes to the
front and takes the lead. And came
to. Perga in Pamphylia. Perga was
the capitalofPamphylia, which was
the division of Asia •Minor situated
in the middle of the southern coast,
I,ycia being west of it and Chicle,
Paul's provinces lyinkto the east. And
John departed from them Axid return ..
ed to Jerusalerza., Th9, cause of Joli t s
defection is not told us; in view of
}s' It ijessin later years, Luke
elifM QM' this less honorable portion
of his histo't'y,
But they, passing thediig!i from ,'per-
ga....They went "through" Paiiiphylia,
starting from Perga and going north-
ward; and then "through" 'Pisidia, the
province to the north of Pamphylia,
crossing both districts until they
came to Antioch of Pisidia. Came
to Antioch of Pisidia. This Antioch
in Pisidia, was regarded by the Ro-
mans for administrative purposes as
being in Galatia, the great province
occupying most of the central table-
land of Asia Minor. And they went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath
day. "Though 1 e is the apostle of.
the Gentiles, it is ever to the syna-
gogue that Paul first finds his way.
Even in that remote province there
were enough Jews in Antioch to form
and support a synagogue. And sat
down. Some consider that this
means that Paul and Barnabas took
seats on the platform where rabbis
would sit and teach.
And after reading of the law and
the prophets. The prophets included
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the
twelve Minor Prophets, and also the
Books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and
Kings. The portion of the Law read
each Sabbath was divided into seven
parts, which were assigned to seven
readers. The rulers of the synago-
gue sent unto them._.... These "rulers"
were a committee who selected the
readers of the portion of the law for
the day, and the speaker that follow-
ed. Usually the speaker was also the
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leader. of the concluding portion of
the Law, and commented . upon it:
Paul and Barnabas had probably been
in Antioch fora 1 days, so that
their character and ability' was iahowif
xo the synagogue committee. Say-
ing, Brethren, if ye have any word of
exhortation for the people, say on.
We note the similarity of the meet-
ing to our triedern 'prayer meetings,
and 1. see how far back in the ages
that 'institution is rooted.
And Paul stood up, . and beckoning
with the hand said, Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, hearken. The
,apostle addresses the Israelites pre-
sent, 'and also the Jewish proselytes,
"ye that fear God."
THE FIRST MISSIONARY CON-
FLICT.
Arid the next Sabbath almost the
whole city had gathered togethere to
hear the Word of God. Nothing is
more popular than the Word of God,
faithfully presented.
But when , the Jews saw the multi-
tudes, they, were filled wwith jealousy.
They could not draw such a crowd
with their message,' and they selfish-
ly grudged that power tocanyone else.
And contradicted the things which
were spoken by Paul. They denied
the deity of Jesus, and therefore His
Messiahship, together with all the
conclusions which Paul had justly
drawn from those facts. And; blas-
phemed. They blasphemed by mock-
ing the name of the Son of God and
deriding His claims.
And Paul and Barnabas spake out
boldly. It required great courage in
a distant city, amid a host of foreign-
ers, to set themselves against the lead-
ers of their own people; but bravery
is a quality which every true miss-
ionary possesses, and Paul most of
all exhibited courage through all his
life. And said, It was necessary
that the Word of God should first be
spoken to you. Thus they followed
the example of their Master, whose
work was almost solely among the
Jews. Seeing ye thrust it from you,
and judge yourselves unworthy of
eternal life. Paul's sarcasm is keen:
they had been judging themselves and
not hint. Lo, we turn to the Gen-
tiles. Henceforth Christianity was
not confined to one small nation and
one race; but was to go "into all the
world,'' as its founder had command-
ed.
For so hath the Lord commanded
us. Paul would not have taken such
a step without the definite command
of the Lord, given him by Christ
Himself on the Damascus road (Acts
26;17), and repeated three days lat-
er through Ananias (Acts 9:15). Say-
ing, I have set thee for a light of the
Gentiles. That thou shouldest be for
salvation unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
And as the Gentiles heard this, they
were glad and glorified the Word of
God. By their ready reception of
the gospel, message they prove that,
it was meant for them. And as many
as were ordained to eternal life be-
lieved. No philosopher can recon-
cile the fact of God's foreordination
with the fact of man's free will, but
both, we know, are true.
And the Word of the Lord was
spread abroad throughout all the re-
gion. This implies a stay in Antioch
and its neighborhood of several
weeks, perhaps several months.
A GOOD MOVE
Kincardine' Township Council has
decided to change the date of nom-
ination and polling days a month
earlier, and a by-law to annul exist-
ing by-law is now in preparation for
passage at next meeting. This is a
good move from •many standpoints,
and gets away from the busy Christ-
mas season when electors are so much
taken, -up with things of the festive
season and little prepared to consid-
er the affairs of the municipality. The
date of nomination' will be fixed for
the last Monday in November and.
election day the first Monclay'in De-
cember. Many municipalities have
adopted the change in the last few
yearsiand find that works to advan-
tage n every case. --,News,
Mrs,. J. C. Thompson of Saskatoon,
is spending a month with did friends
in town.
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A stn' 1EERE. s' DriERSFON.
Amelia Opie Bad a New Dress Every
Time She Attended the Assitea.
Aurelio Opie, famous in her own
day as e novelist, is now almost rer-
gotten. Some amusing glimpses of
her are found in a biography by
Emma Marshall, Mrs, Opie's fellow -
townswoman of Norwich. When Mrs.
Opie hecanxle a Quakeress, she had,, of
course, to give up attending parties,
concerts, and the theatre, wearing
bright colors, and reading, as well as
writing novels. But one furious in-
terest of her youth --one can scarce-
ly call it an amusement--w—as not for-
bidden to her. "From her earliest
childhood," writes Miss Marshall,
"Amelie loved to frequent the court
during the assizes, and, when Baron
Alderson was on the bench, his
Quakeress cousin was often seen at
his side. It arae the one dissipation
of her' later life..,—a glimpse into the
w�orld'sl a had-., aanlaeen. She a1Vvays
had a new gown for tt',, .4161.nd
I rre�gamher heartag a dress ker say
t,•p iiy mother tatat she must wait for
the dog alia.,yggg making for her, as
kfz'a: Opie°s cold . shad to be An -
isle% f _l 'by a certain day. My
ther aughed and said, 'One would
than i "ra.;Q • e - _ going to be pre -
send to thTs"""'►
Mrs.' Opid ' �edr to be r vete Old I •
woman 'retaining -in extreme age a
�el ;min blend of the sweet tran-
quility of ..' end," with the
gielTeful gaiety of e orm _la, a4
fashion. She attendthe Greaf Ex-
hibition in 101, and was wheeled
about the building in a chair. ; ' She
was then eighty-two; but when she
perceived the venerable Miss Berry,
who was ninety-eight, she saluted her
merrily with a challenge to a race.
Norwich' has tried to perpetuate the
memory of Mrs. Opie by, naming the
street in which she lived Opie street.
FOCH'S HORSEMANSHIP.
Great Soldier Rode. iiis. Steed With
Great' Confidence.
A little secret 'about Marshal
Foch's horsemanship has justslipped
out.
The marshal often had to ride in a
military parade with a dozen military
bands blaring out the ' Marseillaise,
and a half million people lined up
along the Champs Elysees exclaim in
admiration:
"Doesn't he ride magnificently!"
"Doesn't he kFep his horse under
perfect control!"
The reason the marshal rides so
Majestically is that when he had to
participate in a parade he called Capt.
Perseval, who supervises the training
of horses in the French army, and
told him to get a horse ready.
Capt. Perseval picked out asafe
and handsome charger, takes a milt-
tart' band, and went out to the woods
for several days.
The Marseillaise is a vibrant piece
of music that frightens horses, and
he rode up and down with the band
playing this selection behind him un-
til the marshal's steed knew et by
heart, backward and forward and up-
side down.
He made the band play it for a
week if necessary, but when he'd fin-
ished the horse wouldn't be frighten-
ed by this piece of music as long as
he lived.
And that is why the great soldier
rode his steed with so much confi-
dence and sureness.
Not Irish Ones.
Others besides Irishmen blunder
when unexpected demands are made
upon them. A well-known . public
man was lately assured by the chair-
man that the assembly welcomed him
"with no unfeigned pleasure," at
which the visitor was so embarrassed
as to say, "I I'm always glad to be
here—or anywhere else."
It was an English mayor who or-
dered an interrupter to sit down and
go out. A suburban speaker sug-
gested that the pending proposition
"be postponed to the future- or some
other time."
The appointment by a Midland
(England) authority of a lady as
medical officer brought 'a protest
"against women becoming medical
men," which reminds one of the con-
vening of a meeting of "women of
every class— .regardless of sex or con-
dition."
Sir Francis Scott, who commanded
in Ashantee, in subsequently review-
ing his troops, said that "if were had
been. any fighting there would have
been absent faces here to -day."
This recalls the scantily -attended
meeting at which the chairman said,
"I am sorry to see so many absent
faces here."
Rusldn's Confession.
In a lecture at Oxford, when he
was Slade . professor, Sir William
Richmond defended the fame which
the world had accorded to Michael
Angelo and Raphael. Formerly Rus-
kin had denounced hfichael Angelo,
and he was not very well pleased
with Sir William for holding forth
on the other side. When Ruskin re-
covered from the ill -health which had
caused him to give up the Slade pro-
fessorship, Sir William retired, so
that he might fill it again. Touched
by this, Ruskin asked if he might
dinewith his young friend. ° The lat-
ter was delighted, and they' spent a
pleasant evening., When Ruskin rose
to go, he. said, "Willy, .'why did you
make that violent attack upon me
about Michael Angelo?" "I'll tell
you, Mr. Ruskin; the
you talked
nonsense!" was the uncompromising
reply. "You are quite right," re-
marked the great-hearted master,. 44,
was nonsense!"
llfstd a lriim Thine.
In a mining district. the local par-
son played cricket, and en his first
appearance anoted' scoffer among the
English miners Showed •his contempt
for the cloth by standing close to the
parson's bat, Presently there came a
half -volley, and the scoffer duetted
just in time -to save his head, Some
time afterwards he sent for tate par•
'Son. atter beiag injured in the mins.
The ;parson trade °dine remark about
his gladness in finding a ehartge of
heart. • "Aye," gasped the mon, it
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