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2 a . 3 = Ls Lil lt gh " a { am Fo RE -- " THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE. -- Acts 19: Ephesians 6: 10-20. GOLDEN TEXT.--"Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might." Ephesians 6:10. aE THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. -- Paul remained in Ephe- sus nearly three years, A.D, 53-56. The Epistle to the Ethespians was probably written about A.D. 62. Place. -- The city of Ephesus was located in the Roman province of Asia, near the, mouth of the Cayster River, three miles from the western shore of Asia Minor. Paul wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians from the city of Rome. ; "And he entered into the syna- gogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and per- suading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God." Paul, at Ephe- sus, follows his usual custom of first entering into the synagogue, for there he would find men of his own race who would know something of the Scriptures, who believed in the one true God, and who were looking for a Messiah. a 9. "But when some wera: hard- ened and disobedient." The word 'disobedient" means primarily "to to believe," an God's message 'is often referred to the doctrines which the Christians believed and practised. 'He depart- ed from them, and separated the dis- ciples, reasoning daily In the school of Tyrannus." Separation, which is often necessary if the purity and peace of the church is to be main- tained, took "plage at "Antioch of Pisidia (13: 46-48), at Corinth (18: 6, 7).-and at Rome (28: 23-28). 10. "And this continued for the _ --spsee of two yeurs; so that all they 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." 11. "And God wrought 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 1s not said that Paul gave 'away parts of. his. dress,' the cloth used 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.cf blood (Matt. 9: 20-22): and God answered their faith as God answered the womna's faith, for God answers faith if it is real, even when made imperfect by ignorance or superstition." : 18. "Many also of them 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 ¢on- fessed their sins, 'but . came before. the whole church and declared their wrong-doings. : E 19. "And not a few of them that practised magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; 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 slips of parchment enclosed in silk bags and covered. with . mysterious characters were well known. all ever the East. The more potent of rare spells or charms were written out in books which passed from one exor- cist to another, and were sold for large sums. 20. "So mightiiy grew the word of the Lord and prevailed." The con- Junction "so" vefers to all that has preceded: -- it was in this way that the word of God was revealed as so' powerful, for. the .phrase "mightily grew and prevailed" might be rend- ered "with overpowering force and strength which nothing could resist." 13. Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day." The ar- ticle "the" identifies the period of which the apostle is speaking as a critical day," a time of peculiar peril and trial." "And, having done all, to stand." The admonition here. is for the Christian to hold his ground and not to give in or to retreat before the pressure of his enemies. 14. "Stand therefore, = having girded your loins with truth. Doubt, error, and skepticism can never give strength to resist.evil. *"And having ~put. on the breastplate of righteous. ness." (See Isa. 59:17.) The: right- eousness here referred to is probab- « ly the believer's own personal right- eousness, his obedience to the holy law of God. 15. "And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. "The feet are the instru- j ments and therefore the appropriate 'symbols of motion; and the Chris- 'tian soldier whose career 1s a march and a battle, must always keep him- self in marching order. 16. "Withal taking up the shield 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 Saviour. The kindling and .inflaming power of suggestions from without, whether to repining against God, 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. Isa. 59:17; I Thess. 6: 8.) The Christian warrior here wears the helmet of salvation in the sense of "his being the receiver and pos- sessor 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 for all the saints." We are to pray on every occasion, in every crisis, with every conceivable form of prayer, spirit- ually, watzhfully, perseveringly. comprehendingly. No. soldier euter- ing battle prays: for L'mself alone, but for all his fellow soldiers also. They form one army, and the s'.c- 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 am- zassador in chains; that in it T may speak boldly, as 1 ought fo sp:ak. (See Acts 4. 29.) If Paul ever be- came weak in lis preazhing, his life- work was over. The chains to which the apostle refers wore these whi which coupled his rizit wrist to the left wrist of a soldier who continua-l ly stayed near him during his Ro- mar. imprisonment. The fact that ie was in chains did nat. cancel the fect that he was also un ambassalor of God. Preserving Milk Writes the Detroit. News.-- Milk, charged with oxygen somewhat in 'the fashion that. soda water : is charged with may mark the next conquest of the chemists in their unending war on destructive bacteria. ~ Milk treated by this preservative process, developed by Dr. Holius of Frankfort-on-Main, has been ship- 'ped in experimental' quantities - to South - Africa 'and back to Amster- dam, with no' change in 'taste, the nourishing qualities or chemical con- sistency, the trip taking two months. The process has 'engaged the in- terest of our Commerce Department which has examined it sufficiently to say without qualification that it 'makes possible the transportation of 'milk over great distances without the expense - of pasteurization, re- frigeration or condensing. Dozens of scientists, at meetings in recent years, have indicated that the trend in scientific thought as it affects everyday life is strongly to- 'ward exploration of the possibilities in the chemical field. A process which would do away with: or mod- ify the vast machinery by which so common a commsdity as ilk is shipped from place to place un- spoiled wculd surely work a revolu- ition in our economy. ; Liberty, Lost in a Subway, Finds Freedom From Storage Rooms-- - Bidding was brisk for this gilt Statue of Liberty, 44. inches high, which. was absent-mindedly left in a New York subway by its owner. She came to light at auction of subway's lost and found department and found An Advance Criticism On the Autumn Salon table. --- RS Workers hanging paintings in the 1936 exhibition buildings for the Paris, France, Autumn Salon discuss the merits of the various works of art as they get a new slant ongthem while using floor as their lunch Canada Playing Her Part Abroad-- Here are Canadian delegates in Europe attending Some of the in . on. Lett to right, Dr. W. A. Riddell, Canada's permanent delegate to )! ton, Le of State for Foreign Affairs; Col. C. P. Vanier, adviser in" State Department; Paul Martin, M.P,, for Essex West, who attended the i portant meetings that have been going the League of Nations; Dr, O. D. Skel- You th Conference, Senator Dandurand. carbonic = acid gas, |: 7 J. W. T. Mason, for years noted as foreign affairs expert of the United Press, pictured as he arrived in San Francisco with Mrs. Mason aftek spending a year in Japan studying Shintoism. Writer of Sea Thriller Arrives With Wife William McFee, famous author of sea, tales, pictured with Mrs. McFee as they arrived in New York City on S. S. Washington Laboring to Halt Forest Fires : -mile This scene of toil shows how 200 men halted a forest fire on half-m front in Cedar River watershed near Seattle, Wash. Thay are carrying gasoline for waterpvmps and other equipment up steep slopes (right). Survivor of 'Wreck ' M. Le Gonidec, the sole survivor of the ill-fated arctic expedition headed by Dr. Charcot, famous French explorer, is pictured with his wife after arriving in Brest, France; from Rakjavick, 'Iceland, where ship sank. , og