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' A full line of School Books at The Messenger Book Store, Alone in the great heathen city of Athens, the scones on which Paul 'gazed made him all the more lonely. It was a great center of art, phil osophy, and science. It was called "the brain of the world." Milton de scribes it in his "Paradise Regained" as the ''mother of arts and eloquence." In .these very streets Socrates had been a daily teacher during his life, and on Athens' Areopagus he was condemned to die. In the olive grove by the banks of the Cephissus, Plato founded his academy. Within this city was a garden where Epicurus met his followers. TAB SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON September -9, 1928, |v ' Paul in Athens and Corinth Text: Acts 17:16-18:17. . For the first time in Raul's travels he found himself without human com panionship. He had been persuaded by the believers at Berea to take ship to Athens in view of the ap pearance of persecutors from Thes salonica. Silas remained behind and ye gather that Timothy had been sent back to Thessalonica to establish the Christians there* (1 Thess. 3:2). Thus the evangelistic band was brok en up into units. j Where all this education flourished: | where the very periection of human art was found; the center of huninn culture their idolatry and sensuality most abounded. Does that carry a j message for the present day? What is there in material splendors and .mental training: to affect the moral [and spiritual condition of a people? ;(1 Cor. 1:21; Rom. 1:21). I Tte3l had more images than could be found in all the rest of reece. Their streets were crowded I (with i dol sellers. It well-nigh broke Iauls heart to see all this misuse of (the products of genius? culture end ing in nothing but selfish, vile grat ification for the flesh. "His spirit was stirred (paroxysm) in him" (17 lo). Daily he carrlcd on a discussion in the synagogue and In the market place. There he encountered the Epi cureans and the Stoics (v. 18), the two leading schools 0f philosophy. Epicureans taught ttiat the gerat end of existence was enjoyment. Crea tion was ascribed to chance. If there was any Supreme Being, He wasjn a erent *? human interests. TJic Stoics claimed to b61ieve in God but were pantheists. Providence was governed by fatal necessity. In the language of today, we have - V? 80110018 th? materialists and the moralists. In Epicureanism it was: man s sensual nature resisting the claims 0f the Gospel of Christ. In Stoicism, it was self-righteousness rS ?ridl?f intellect that ^?^ted Chnst. The same general lines may of Christ t0day am?ng th? rejecters Here was Christianity's first con tact with human philosophy. Paul was an educated man- in a- university city. He was fearless of all humv.i sophistries, knowing that the Gosoel could stand any test (Rom. ihese men called him "a babbler" (seed'-picker). ? The' word referred to birds that picked up seed u. .i:nd the market places and was sonKt >res appRed to persons who hung around the streets picking up gossip. It was the old game of brow-beating. Paul to them wa8 just a picker-up- of learning s crumbs. Do not the high brows still look upon the messengers of the cross with the 8ame contempt? The late William Jennings Bryan was ntver regarded by stamen as i an uneducated man, but when he used his oratory to proclaim thn Gosnol of Jesus Christ and defend funda mental truth, even some preachers called him an Ignoramus. He was a bachelor of arts a master of arts, m >ache!or 0f law, a doctor of law (hon ored by degrees in eight or ten col not competent to v"* m B5blG and Wei*h {ts values? babbler 6 PaUl' h? Wns cnlled a mero How did Paul meet theso high brows? "He poached >ur to them Jesus and the resurrection" (\f. ih). There you have two strings that the preacher can always play upon. There s no danger of two much emphasis. The mu w||| (ind itB way ,nto n|| kinds of. hearts. I They took this babbler to the Areo pagus to hear him through. This was a college of justice Where judg ment was pronounced upon the worst cases. Luke tells up that these Ath enians spent their time in picking up everything new in the way 0f religion <V. 21). We still have the religious newsmonger with us. He runneth from lecture to. lecture t0 see what new vagary he can pick up. up in the mJd*t of Mars' Hill and said j nor. oelve that In all things ye are too .uperstitlou." (over 'religions? <v 2Z). They admitted anything and ev ,n th* dre"" of religion, though In it .11, there was , ot w? >">vo In S5* \ comblnatfon of prudence, courtesy, wisdom and bold o 1 ,eoun>61 t0 (2 Tim. <2:24) ^ signally Illustrated. I^t tho preacher and teacher observe that ho did not denounce their heathen priest craft and insult them, but laid a foundation upon common ground and then preached the Gospel. He speakes of seeing an "altar to the unknown God" (v.23). This was the only Greek altar which in apy sense was an altar to the true God. For fear there might have been some deity omitted, \hey erected this one for the unknown. "The God you do not know is the only God," said Paul. "Him I declare unto you." What a fino contact he had madel He then proceeds to open the three great books of God: (1) God in nature (vs. 24-25); (2) God in human history (vs. 26-28)7 (3) God in Christ (vs. 29-31). | "God made the world" (v. 24). In one crack he knocked the props out from under both philosophies. IT Sthere was a personal God, their doitieu were nothing. God is separate from and superior to all exi,stfcnces. Down goes pantheism. God is the controll er of everything. Chance is ruled out. He "dwells not in temples made with hands." Where could more beautiful temples be found than ii: Athens ? He is not worshipped by hand (v 25), but "in spirit and in truth" (.In 4:24). ? He wants, fii'st of all, our re cognition ond yieldedness,. not ou.' gifts and deeds. It was the common belief that the different races had different origins "God hath made of one blood all na tions" (v. 20). lie pulls up by the roots the Athenian conceit that th? y were a very superior stock. In theii conception mankind was divided int< two classes ? Greeks and barbarians. Scripture teaches that there is no <iif ference in the blood of human races. Science his proved it. ''In Him we live" (v. 28). There fore, live to Him. In Him "we move.' Therefore, look to Him. In Him we "have 'our being." Therefore, eonse- I crate your life to Him (Rom. 12:1). i All men are "the offspring of God" (v. 29). It is God's relation' to men as creatures that is here spoken of not His relation to them as spiritual children (see Gal. 3:26; Jn. 1:12), The argument is, that since man's very existence points to an intelligent Creator, He must be conceived of as more than a stone image. Why-- is it that some men are so eager to es tablish paternity for man among the baboons? ''THe times of ignorance God wink ed at" (v. 30). The word means lit erally "forbore." Winking is a figure the word will not bear. God allowed the ignorant worship of man to pass withoOt special interference for cen turies, but now, in the light of the incarnation, the cross and the resur rection, "commandeth all men every where^ to repent." Here is a word that should be pondered by thos/j -vlio teach that repentance is not tht m ;s sage for the present dispensation. The closing verses record the three fold result of Paul's discourse. 1. Derision. 2. Delay. 3. Decision. Paul 8aw more clearly than ever that the only salvation for cultured people was that of the cross, however they might regard it (1 Cor. l:i8-20, 25 30). ?ul next proceeded to Corinth (irf:i). The Corinthians were ex perts in sin and no city could beat its devotion to the altars of dark ness Paul no doubt preuehod better at Corinth because of his experience at Athens. Ho decided to make his messages thoroughly evangelistic. As he walked the forty mifeg to Corinth, he may have said to himself : "After all, there's only one arrow that can pierce the""heart of man." Anyway he wrote the Corinthians: ** I came not to you With excellency of spetch or wisdom . . . for I determined not f'to know anything among you pave Jesus Christ and Him crucified." That is a message we can all declar > and that always works when it finds en* trance in an honest hedrt. . At Corinth ho "found a certain Jew naVned Aquila . . . with his wife, I'riscilla. Because he was of the same craft ho abodo with them and worked .(for by occupation they were tentmakers)" (vs. 2-3). How did ho over find them ? How did wo find each other? There is no chance, but that of the eternal purpose. After all, there was a kind providence in that edict of Clau<Hus' (v. 2) that drovo these tentmakers from Home to Corinth. It was God's way of caring for Paul's comfort during a trying time. ? How much ' it mcajn i? the Lord's servants can have a place to feel at homo, with Congenial fel lowship! For Aquila and his wif?S it meant a rtfre opportunity to enter tain an apostle, and through it, to en ter Christian work (Rom. 16:8-4). Paul was glad to work on tents to pfty expenses, th^t he might preach without charge on tho Sabbath <fay. He would not give' occasion to"* the sharp-eyed Greeks to charge him with being a grafter. It is well for a preacher to know something besides preaching. "The laborer is worthy of his hire," Ifut there are times' when .a wise foresight for the Gospel might lead ministers to follow Paul's ox Western Union Telegraph Company *to Lay New Cable. St. JohnsLN. F., August 21, 1928. ? The c&ble ship Dominia, largest ship of her type in the world, arrived here today after completing what is be lieved to be the fastest survey of a new cable route. The survey, which included occurate soundings of the sea bottom, was made by the Dominia j over the route of the new deep sea j cable to be laid by the Western Union Telegraph Comf<nny, between Bay , Roberts, Newfoundland, and Azores. This cable, the core of which is wrap- j ,ped with a special alloy wire, origin- ' ater! in the laboratories of the West ern Electric Company, will be the fastest duplex cable in the wolrd. Beginning the survey at the Azores on August 14th, the Dominia Steamed steadily towards Bay Itobcrts for sev en days( over a premeditated route. PracticivHv all the way the vessell was proceeding at eight knots per t >ur, while soundings were made' constantly by an ccho depth finder which oper ates electrically. The distance is 1,264 miles. This depth finder radiates into the water a g(\und which is produced by elcctro-mechanicnlly driven diaphram. This sound travels to the bottom of the sea and returns in the form of an echo which is caught by hydro phone. The echo is conducted elec trically to the indicator on the ships bridge, where by suitable device.-; it iu translated into fathoms of d.j 'h. It thus is possible fgr the ship to make soundings while traveling at full speed, instead of hav.ng to -top to use the tediou.s lead-line method. The Dominia, owned by the 1VK ? Ki aph Construction an I Mainteimiu . Company, a British organization, ha ?. the* contract for laying t ho r.i-w \\\ t. cm Union cablc from Hay IN here to llorta, in the Azores. To. lay \ lie vessel is transferring the slio.v end of tlie cable to th Western I'ni.ri ?able ship Cyrus Field. The Cyrus 1< ielil will lay this shore en!. fr< m Bay Roberts to deep water, where it will be picked up August 2:5 by the Dominia Cor the start toward llorta. The Dominia expects to complete her job by about September 2. (iuod Money in Hogs. Lest year for the Tirat time Lan caster county shipped' out a cooper ative carload of h'jgs. This spring the same thing was done wi th very good success although the market this spring was not as satisfoctory as i? generally the. case. The hog market seems to run in cycles and the past eighteen months has been the period in which the prices of hogs has been the lowest. We are now on the up ward ?trend in prices with the possi bility that during the next eighteen months to two years hogs will sell for a good price. In March and Ap ril of this year the prices of hogs on foot was around 8 cents. Since May there has been a steady climb and good hogs are now selling at 12 to 13 cents per pounu on foot. In making up the carload shipment this spring, efforts were made to have the hogs finished on a feeding ration consisting of fish meal or tank age and corn. Even when prices of hogs were around 8 1-2 to 9 cents profitable gains were made with this ration. With a decided improvement in the market there is no reason why farmers should not make considerable profits now from fattening hogs. The County Agent wjshes to secure thv cooperation of 12 or 15 farmers in the county who desire to fatten for market one or more hogs, these hogs to be marketed in the fall. It gen erally requires 7.r> or more good hogs to make a carload shipment, and if those farmers who are interested will see him, the necessary arrangements can be made whereby our farmers can dispose of their surplus animals. If every farmer in Lancaster county marketed one hog from his farm ev ery year, it should bring to the county more than $100,000. Wo should sell from this county 2r> or .'JO carloads of fat hogs every year. We can do this without any big increase in labor or any great outlay of expense. ? The Kershaw Era. During his stny, until after re ? Reiving an encouraging vision and the words of Christ (vs. 9-10), Paul seems to have passed through a time * f de pression (v. 5). Later, writing of it, he says he "was with them in weak ness, and in fear and in much tremb ling," Ilia, epifetle confirms tho ifn pression that the whole of this first Corinthian visit waft a time of ordeaJ and crisis. The hardened perversity of the Jews and their virulent hatred against himself, together with bin own lowliness, pressed him down in spirit. In this excited and depressed condition Silas and Timothy found him (v. 6). Their fellowship and the encouraging news they bore, stimulat ed him greatly. A year and a half he continued ''teaching the Word of God among them" (v. 11). During this period were written tho two epistles to the Thosftalonianft, 1 he first of his nino letters to churches, though tho last in tho ordor of our New Teutamont. 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