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THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE. — slips of parchment enclosed in silk
Acts 19: Ephesians 6: 10-20. • bags and covered with mysterious
GOLDEN TEXT.—"Be strong in the characters were well known all over
Lord, and in the strength of his the East. The more potent or rare
might." Ephesians 610. spells or charms were written out in
16, "Withal taking up the abield
of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery. darts of the
evil one." Faith is that by which we
lay hold of God as our Sakdour. The
kindling and inflaming power a
suggestions from without, whether te
repining against Go& or to anger, Or
to evil desire, or despair is best met
by trust in God."
17, "And take the helmet of sal-
vation." (Cf, Ise. 59 :17 ;1 Thess. 5:
8.) The Christian warrior here wears
the helmet of salvation in the sense
of his being thereceiver and pos-
Sesser Of deliverance crowned and
armed in the victory of his Head."
"And the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God," This is the
only offensive weapon in the entire
list. In opposition to all error, to all
false principles of morals, to all the
sophistry of vice, to all the sugges-
tions of the devil, the sole, simple,
and sufficient answer is the word . of
God.
18. "With all prayer and suppli-
cation praying at all seasons in the
Spirit, and watching thereunto in all
perseverance and supplication foe all
the saints." We are to pray on every
occasion, in every crisis, with, every
conceivable form of prayer, spirit-
ually, watehfully, perseveringly,
comprehendingly. No soldier enter-
ing battle prays for Iarnself alone,
but for all his fellow soldiers also.
They form one army, and the sac -
cess of one is the success of the
other.
19. "And on my behalf,, that ut•
terance may be given unto me in
opening my mouth, to make known
with boldness the mystery -of the
gospel, 20, for which I am an an
zassador in chsiris; that in it 1 may
speak boldly, as I ought to, sp.mk.
(See Acts 4. 29.) If Paul ever be-
came weak in Lis preaehing, his life-
work was over. The chains to which
the apostle refers ware thcse which
which coupled his right wrist, to the
left wrist of a soldier who continaa-1
ly stayed near him dating his 'Ro-
man imprisanment. The. fact that ; e
was in chains did n. -:t ...ancel the
fact that he v -as also :•rn ambassador
of God.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING books which passed from one =or -
Time, — Paul remained in Ephe- cist to another, and were sold for
sus nearly three years, A.D. 53-56. large sums.
The Epistle to the Ethespians was 20. "So mightily grew the word
probably written about A.D. 62, of the Lord and prevailed." The con -
Place. — The city of Ephesus was junction "so" refers to all that has
located in the Roman province of Preceded — it was in this way that
Asia, near the mouth of the Cayster the word of God SIMS revealed as so
River, three Miles from the western powerful, for the phrase "mightily
shore of Asia Minor. Paul wrote the grew and prevailed" might be rend -
Epistle to the Ephesians from the ered "with overpowering force and
city of Rome. strength which nothing could resist."
`And he entered into the syna- 13. Wherefore take up the whole
gogue, and spake boldly for the space armor of God, that ye may be able to
of three months, reasoning and per- withstand in the evil day." The ar-
suading as to the things concerning tide "the" identifies the period of
the kingdom of God." Paul, at Ephe- which the apostle is speaking as a
sus, follows his usual custom of first critical 'day," a time of peculiar peril
entering into the synagogue; for and trial."
there he would find men pf his own "And, having done all, to stand."
race whowould knoW something of The admonition here is for the
the Scriptures, who believed in the Christian to hold his ground and not
one true God, and who were looking to give in or to retreat before the
for a' Messiah. pressure of his enemies.
9, "But when some were hard- 14. "Stand therefore, having
ened and disobedient." The word girded your loins with truth. Doubt,
hero translated "disobedient" means error,- and skepticism can never give
primarily "to be unpersuaded, not strength to resist evil. "And having
to believe," and failure to believe put on the breastplate of righteous -
God's message is often referred to ness." (See Isa. 59:17.) The right -
the doctrines which the Christians eousness here referred' to Is probab-
believed and practised. "He depart- ly the believer's own personal right-
ed from them, and separated the dis- eousness, his obedience to the holy
ciples, reasoning daily in the school law of God.
of Tyrannus." Separation, which is 15. "And having shod your feet
often necessary if the purity and with the preparation of the gospel
peace of the church is to be main- of peaee. "The feet are the instru-
tained, took place at Antioch of ments and therefore the appropriate
Pisidia (13: 46-48), at Corinth (18: symbols of motion; and the Chris -
6, 7). and at Rome (28: 23-28). tian soldier whose career is a march
10. "And this continued for the and a battle, must always keep him -
space of two years; so that all they self in marching order.
that dwelt in Asia heard the word
of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks."
"Ephesus, as the seat of government,
was the center from which the whole
province of Asia could best be af-
fected; and the effect of Paul's long
work extended far over that vast
province."
IL "And God wronght special
miracles by the hands of Paul." 12.
"Inasmuch that unto the sick were
carried away from his body handker-
chiefs or aprons, and the diseases
' departed from them, and the evil
spirits went out." The word here
translated "handkerchiefs" means
"sweat -cloths". It Is not said that
Paul gave away parts of his dress,
the. .cloth eased to -wipe the sweat
from the workman's. face and the
short apron, in order to work mir-
acles by them. The text rather im-
plies that the people manifested their
faith in the same manner as did the
woman with the issue of blood (Matt.
9: 20-22): and God answered their
faith as God answered the womna's
frith, for Gocl answers faith if it is
real, even when made imperfect by
ignorance or superstition."
13. "Many also of then: that had
believed came, confessing, and de-
claring their deeds. It is amazing
how wickedness and true belief in
Christ cannot exist together. These
converted Ephesians not only con -
Tema their sins, but came before
the whole church and declared their
wrong -doings.
19. "And not a few of them that
practised magical arts brought their
books together and burned them In
the sight of al]; and they counted the
price of them, and found it fifty
thousand pieces of silver." Ephesus
was noted 'for its magicians or wiz-
ards and the `Ephesian spells'. Small
In Which Mr. Wickey Comes Out a Hat Ahead—
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Albert E. Wickey, (right), 60 -year-old retired freight handler of St.
Louis, Mo., whosedark green hat .raveled and gathered fame while he
stayed home, receives a brand new hat from Wilson S. Platt in a New
York store.
Chile Warms Up for Horse Show Honors
}Iorsemen and mounts seemed poised in mid-air as members of the Chilean Army team go through th91r
paces on Governor's Island, New York City, in preparation for the International Military Jumping
honors at the National Horse Show to be held in Madison Square Garden.
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When Paris Went On Buying Spree
Even purely family markets, where housewives purchase ordinary domestic provisions, showed a feverish
quelity aused by underlYing memories ot the bad days of franc inflation 12 years ago, and an Uneasy dis-
trust of the effect of devaluating the franc tow, Housewives and heads of families hurried off to market
to lay Iti a Stock of provisions while the franc still r stained the internal value which it had before the
devaluation. This picture shows tYPical scene in the downtown retail district of Paris. D-4
Touchdown, Or—No, They Score —
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These girls will tackle anything once—even the unique beach gridiron on the sands
as if a tricky tackle is coming up but who wouldn't fall for something like that.
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of Bermuda.
Another British Submarine is Launched
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At Chatham, England, Ris Majesty's ,atest
christened at the shipyards.
suhmarine, the Sunfish,
slides into the water after
New York's Mayor Whoops It Up!
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Mayor Piorella La Guardia waves his ten-gallon hat with
Yrk's City lialx surrottaded by cowgirls and cowboys *ho
with rodeo at hladiSou Square €10.rdau.
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enthusiasm as he stands on stele; of New
brought a wild and wooly note to the city