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Virginia News. | campus of Marshall College, Hunting-
| ton, within sight of the home of Miss |
| Pearl
| become his
| army after his rejection, but, hearing
July 30 has been designated as the day
upon which the remaining members of |
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Mosby’s cavalry will meet at Leesburg.
Ex-Postmaster Burroughs, who is ac-
cused of stealing $2263 of Government |
funds, surrendered to the Federal au- |
thorities at Norfolk. Examination was
waived and he was released on $1000
bail.
Senator Carter Glass is now in Rich- |
mond, and a statement from that city |
declares that he will shortly make for- |
mal announcement of his candidacy for |
Congress from the Sixth District.
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The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- |
gineers held its convention at Norfolk |
before a large and interested audierice. |
Mayor Beaman, Governor Montague and |
others made addresses in connection |
with the exercises. - svey .
Morgantown” expects in the near fu-
ture to gain. four big factories, diverted
to the place by the influence of Senator |
Elkins and Hon. G. C. Sturgis. Real |
estate is soaring as the result of the |
unprecedented demand for good build- |
ing sites; ‘and the town is on the edge
of the biggest boom in its history.
ceived here of the death of Father Pat-
rick F. Burke at Abingdon, Va., to-day. |
Father Burke has been a Catholic priest |
of the see of Wheeling for more than |
36 years, and had been stationed at |
Abingdon for the past six years.
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Roanoke, Va.—Intelligence was re- |
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Never before was Confederate Mem- |
orial Day observed in Norfolk as it was |
this time. The National Convention,
Brotherhood of Locomative Engineers, |
adjourned to honor the Confederate
dead, apd military and civil celebrations
were extensive. Ex-Confederate Gen-
eral Garrett delivered the memorial ora-
tion.
The plans and architect have been
selected by the commission appointed to
superintend the improvement of the
capitol at Richmond. It was decided
to have Nolen & Baskerville of Rich-
mond and Frye & Chesterman of Lynch-
burg make composite designs, the com-
mission being tied over the plans sub-
mitted by these firms. The two firms
are to jointly superintend the work.
loss, 1 he |
Morgantown, W. Va.—The whole
populace was shocked this “evening to
learn of the death of Mrs. Flora Cort-
right, wife of Prof. F. L. Cortright, of
the university. She had been ill but two
weeks. Her ailment was typhoid fever.
Professor and Mrs. Cortright came here
a vear ago from Cornell University. |
“Rey.” H. V. Cunningham, recently
sentenced to the West Virginia Peniten-
tiary for stealing $1525 from Joshua Day
nearly 16 years ago, will probably be
pardonéd, as recomménded to the Gov-
ernor by the Pardon Board. His guilt
is doubted, and his health is also bad
enough to alone constitute grounds for
a pardon,
Richmond, Va.—The earth along one
side of what is know as Dutch Gap, on
the James river, seven miles below this
city, has: sunk considerably, and large
masses have fallen into’ the channel.
The gap was cut by the Federal forces
under: Gen. B. :F. Butler during the civil
war, straightening the river and cutting
off several miles. The sinking of the
ground seems to have been caused by
one of the seismic disturbances so prev- |
alent lately.
A special dispatch from Norfolk says:
“The Virginia commission appointed
by the last Legislature to confer with |
a similar body from the State of Mary-
land relative to the oyster industry of
the two States and to make recom-
mendations to their respective Legisla-
tures next session’ for the establishment
of certain boundaries and laws to cover
the Potomac River, met the Maryland
contingent at Old Point, and the two
‘ The lumber mills of R. W. Kennedy
& Co., at Ceredo, W. Vi., caught fire
during a stiff breeze, ‘and the entire
plant, covering ten acres, with a -num-
ber of dwellings and. the Camden Inter-
State Electric sub-station, were con-
sumed. The burning of the station has
suspended all street-car traffic in the
town and several other towns in West
Virginia and Kentucky.” ' The loss will
reach $200,000. The mills were partly
insured, but the remainder will be a total
bodies—the Marylanders on their steam-
er, Governor Thomas, and the Virginians
on the State pilot steamer, Relief—vis-
ited the Potomac River. Tih
“After the Potomac River matter: is
settled, the commissions will cruise in’
other waters, probably going up the Bay
as far as: Annapolis. v
“The Virginia. Commission is com-
posed of State Senators',C. Harding
Walker, W. W. Sale, R. P. Wise, George
Y. Hundley, S. Wilkins Matthews. and
W. D. Caldwell. The members of the
Maryland Commission’ are Messrs.Gray-
son, Olney, Dryden, Broening, Moses,
Applegarth and Dennis.”
{ Williams again before leaving. He went
| to Huntington, and, within sight of the
| as Register of Wills in order to accept
{ the position of chief coiner at the Mint.
| Freed's successor.
| contest Wharmsby won by a vote of 32
| sent his check for $5000.
| and other officials of the Reading and
| gram included a ride over the new road
.go uninstructed. . .
article in ‘the “Leader,” which stated
| of Forepaiigh & Sells Bros.” Circus at |
Marysville, six miles west of this city. | penditure in the county for this purpose
Ray Evans committed suicide on the
Williams,
wife.
who had refused
Evans joined the
that his regiment was to go to the Phil-
ippines, deserted in order to see Miss
girl's home, shot himself to death.
The English Telephone Company has
been chartered at Alexandria to man-
ufacture, buy or use electric magnetic
devices. Stilson and Lee Hutchins, W.
J. Dante and E. W. Creery are the in-
corporators.
Charleston, W. Va.—Longacre fur-
nishes another to Fayette county’s long
list of murders. Mrs. Fannie Washing-
ton is accused of murdering her hus-
band, and was taken to Montgomery for
preliminary examination. She was held
without bond to answer to the grand
jury.
“Pennsylvania News.
Friends yearly meeting held in Phila-
delphia registered a loud protest against
the proposal of the State Legislature tc
legalize the social evil.
At Norristown, Rhine Russell Freed
sent to Governor Stone his resignation
Following Mr. Freed’'s letter was one
from Assemblyman McGlathery to
Speaker Marshull containing his resig-
nation as a member of the House. Mec-
Glathery also circulated a petition ask-
ing the Governor to appoint him Mr.
Mayor Fred. E. Lewis, of Allentown,
with some friends, called on Governo1
Stone and Attorney General Elkin with
a view of securing their aid for Lewis
candidacy for the nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor. The officials are rep
resented to have been non-commitai,
the Governor saying that he was not tak-
ing any part in the contest, and Elkin
saying he was fighting for himself.
A public meeting of citizens of Phila-
delphia to indorse the candidacy of
Judge Pennypacker for Governor was
held in the assembly room of the With-
erspoon Building Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. It is intended to organize
a citizens’ committee to take charge of
the Pennypacker boom.
At Tamaqua. the Third District Re
publican Convention for the purpose of
elécting a delegate to the State conven
tion was held. W. H. Matten, of Mc-
Keansburg, who favors Pennypacker,
was indorsed by the Whitehouse fac-
tion. The Elkin candidate was Frank
Wharmsby, of McAdoo. After a sharp
to 30.
The Pittsburg fund for the sur-
vivors of St. Pierre and St. Vincent bas
been swelled to more than $27,000 and
is still growing. Included in <contribu-
tors was George Westinghouse, who
Mayor Vance C. McCormick of Har-
risburg issued an appeal to citizens for
aid to the volcano sufferers. He headed
the subscription with $100.
The formal opening of the Reading
Belt Line, an improvement the effect of
which is expected to be far-reaching on
the future prosperity of that city, was
observed under the auspices of the
Board of Trade. Leading business men
of Reading, President George F. Bear
other railways participated. The pro-
in one of the Reading Company’s hand-
somest trains, followed by a reception
and luncheon.
The Belt
vears ago.
Line was undertaken two
It is seven miles long, ex-
tends around the city and all. coal and
freight traffic will hereatter be diverted
from the main line passing through the
city.
At Mahanoy City, in the First Legis-
lative District Republican Conyention,
it took just nine minutes for the
delegates to organize permanently and
elect two delegates to the Republican
State Convention. . ane
The delegates are’ Harrison Ball; and
David R.James, of Shenandoah. = They
* Wilkes-Batre—A jury -has awarded
E. F. Bogert, editor, of the Wilkes-Barre
“Leader,” $8000 against Lawrence My-
ers, a banker. --The charge was slander.
Seven years ago Myers, annoyed hy an
that he did not decorate his bank during
seme celebration, it ‘was alleged shouted
to |
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| risburg Hospital in a gravel train::gnd
their wounds dressed, after which th¥ee
of them left for York to join the circus.
Those who are seriously injured “are:
Columbus Davis, colored, of Martin
county, N. C. .
Charles Berkley, of Louisville, Ky.
Harry Sheaver. of Springfield, Mo.
They are hurt internally. The others
are cut-and bruised about the head.
They are:
Robert Clark, of Altoona, Pa.
New York. tv.
James C. Bradshaw, of Richmond, Va.
The accident was caused by ‘the break-
ing of a truck under a car carrying a
large canvas wagon, on which the in-
jured were sleeping. Two cars
were wrecked, cadsing a delay of msey-
eral hours in the movement of the train.
Two sections carrying the performers
and animals were behind the section
which was wrecked :
men
Maryland News.
Mrs. Nancy Thomas, mother of’ Jacob
E. Thomas, of Baltimore, died in Ha-
gerstown, aged 76 years. Her husband,
aged 81 years, is dead. +
Frostburg’s special election to deter-
mine the question of issuing $15,000
worth of bonds to improve the city’s
water supply resulted in the defeat of
the project by four votes.
The annual appointments to Anne
Arundel county offices were announced
by the County Commissioners.
Howard County’s tax rate for the year
has been fixed at 75 cents on the $100,
the. same as last year. The county is
free of debt and has a cash surplus.
Mr. Andrew Stanbitz, a prominent
farmer of Henryton. Howard county,
died on Sunday of old age. - He= was
born in Germany, but emigrated catty in
life to this country. Mr. Stanbitz left
a widow, two sons and three daughters.
Demees McKelvey, a 12-year-old. boy,
of Somerset, Allegany county, accident-
ally shot his playmate, Donald Bricker
aged 15 years, in the mouth, the bullet
coming out of the back of his head.
Believing that he had killed Brickey,
McKelvey ran. home, loaded. his gun
and shot himself, dying instantly.
Bricker will probably recover. :
The new Boards. of Elections” Super-
visors of Washington and Howard goun-
ties perfected their organization the
former electing J. B. Sweeney presi-
dent, Thomas C. Geory clerk and’ W.
J. Witzenbacher counsel. Howard's
Board chose Humphrey D. Wolfe: for
président, Hon. John G. Rogers as coun-
sel and Bernard H. Wallenhorst as
clerk. :
The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Veazey
Craycroft, who died recently at. Phila-
delphia, was filed for probate in? Cecil |
county. Her sons — Benjamin Bladen
and Thomas Veazey Craycroft ie are
made the beneficiaries, while the latter
is named as executor. Mrs. Craycroft
was a nativé of Cecil county, being a
daughter of the late Gov. Thomas Ward
Veazey, chief executive of Maryland
| The injured were brought to the ir- |
Edward Bargin, of 8400 First Avenue, |
is $75,000. No actisn has as yet been
taken on the petition.
| —
| Governor Smith, in reply to a request
| from the Secretary of State at Washing-
| ton, has given his official consent for
| the transportation of French officers and
{armed marines through this State to
| the Capital. The men are to come from
| the French cruiser Gaulois to attend the
| Rochambeau monument unveiling in
| Washington.
ee
| Messrs. William M. Cannon, D. M.
Swing, James H. Smith, Dr. H. M.
| Rickards and J. H. Bowers were elected
| Town Commissioners of Ridgely at a
| special election, necessitated by the fail-
ure to hold the regular election on the
fourth Monday in April. Only 100
votes were cast, there being little inter-
est in the outcome.
DISASTER WAS PREDICTED.
New York.—To Prof. Falb of Vienna
belongs the credit of predicting the dis-
aster at Martinique. He did not specify
what the calamity would be, but he
named the date within 24 hours on which
something important would happen. In
the Herald of Sunday, February 2 last,
appeared the following:
Rudolf Falb, an eminent European
weather prophet, says there will be sev-
eral critical dates during 1902. These he
divides into three classes, according to
importance. :
Those of most importance are January
24, February 22, March 10, April 8, May
7, June 6, July 5, August 3, September 2,
October 17, November 15 and December
15.
Those of secondary importance are
January 9, February 8 March 24, April
22. August 19 and October 31.
Those of least importance areMay 22,
June 21, July 20, November 30 and De-
cember 20.
It will be seen that May 7 is in the list
of dates of those of the most importance.
The earthquake took place on May 8,
therefore, Professor Falb was a day
ahead of time. f
That Sugar Controversy.
The federai supreme court refuses to
be mixed up in the Michigan sugar
hounty controversy. In 1897 the state
legislature authorized the payment of 1
cent a pound on beet sugar. There were
provisions designed to secure to the far-
mer a portion of this bounty. For the
first two years the legislature appropri-
ated $10,000 for the payment of these
bounties. At the expiration of that time
no more money was available. The leg-
islature,” however, failed to repeal this
bill and the beet people claimed that the
law was still in force in spite of the
fact that there ‘was no money in the
treasury for bounties. The case was
appealed to the United States supreme
court, but it was thrown out on the
ground that the court did not have
jurisdiction. .
A deal has just been closed by which
the sugar trust takes the bonds of the
Saginaw & Valley beet sugar company
of Michigan, at Owosso. The sugar
factory will be erected and the trust will
take half the stock.
It is reported that C. W. Post, of Bat-
tle Creek, Mich. is promoting ar. or-
ganization which will engage in the
manufacture of sugar, glucose and syrup
from common corn. An immense plant
will be established somewhere in the
corn belt with the capacity of 20,000
bushels of corn daily. Associated with
Mr. Post are a number of well-known
from 1836 to 183%.
:
‘At the annual meeting of the stock- |
holders of the Queen Anne's Railroad |
Company the amendments to the char- |
ter permitting the road to build to. Cape |
Charles, Va., were accepted and a com- |
mittee was appointed to consider the |
advisability of making the extension. The |
committee consists of Douglas H. Gor- |
don, Wesley M. Oler, John M. Denison, |
and President William H. Bosley and |
Vice-President Charles H. Tilghman.
The following directors were eHosen .
Wesley M. Oler, Douglas H. Gordon, |
Henry C. Matthews, Frank Ehlen,.David |
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and Gen. John M. Denison, of Bhlti- |
more, and Philip L. Cannon, Dr. Hiram |
R. Burton, John F. Saulsbury and L. L.
Dayton, of Delaware. The board elected
the following officers: President, Will-
iam H. Bosley; vice-president, Dr. Chas|
‘H. Tilghman; .secretary, John S. Git-
tings ;assistant secretary, Hugh L. Pope;
treasurer, Robert W. Smith.
The management is pleased with the
extension from Queenstown to Kent Isl-
and, which places Baltimore. about one
hour’s sail across the Bay, near to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and Dela-
ware. Many industries have been start--
ed along. the line of the road, which
brings much business to the City of
Baltimore. v
‘John Hamilton Smith and Joseph M.
Guy, graduates of the Reformed Theo-
at Bogert several times in "succession,"
“2-cent postage stamp thief.”. This was
on the pubic square and Bogert claimed
$50,000 damages. Myers will carry the |
case to the higher courts.
Harrisburg; Pa.—Six canvasmen were
injured, three ‘of them seriously, in a-
wreck of the canvas and wagen train
lin the Reformed Church.
logical Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., pass-
¢éd examinations. for licenses to preach
Mr. Smith
"A committee of 50 school teachers
called on the County Commissioners of
Washington County and requested that
$18,000 additional be expended on the.
county schools. The present annual ex-
Ambach, Jordan Stabler, John S.: Gibbs |
capitalists of New York, Chicago and
Cleveland. | :
Stated in round millions of pounds,
the sugar consumption of the United
States has grown from 1272 in 1870, to
52314 in 1901. The percapita consump-
tion has increased from 33 pounds a
generation ago to 68 pounds now, ac-
cording to a recent treasury bulletin.
~ The Havemeyer sugar interests are
reported purchasers of 120 acres land
near Ft. Collins, Col., for location of
a beet sugar factory with a capacity of
| 1000 tons. | 2
PEDIGREE.
His father was a Jones of the Joneses
of Old Whoop,
Hezekiah Jones was captain of a famous
fighting sloop ;
Azariah. Jones commanded at the battle
of - Great Neck. .
In the dark old days of trouble all the
Joneses were on deck;
Down through noble lines he came,
Honor’s written o'er his name,
Many: a man would give a. fortune for
the lineage he can claim. 3
His mother was a Brown of the Massa-
chusetts Browns,
Who were citizens of Plymouth and
those other good old towns
When the savages shot arrows through
the Puritans’ tall hats
{And they soused the wicked’ witches out
of sight in boiling vats;
On his noble mother’s side
- There was power, honor, pride—
That the Browns made up a splendid
stock has never been denied.
His father was a ‘sturdy Jones, his
mother was a Brown, i
His pedigree would gladden many a
millionaire ;
He told me of the lines through which
his blood trickled down,
Last night, as I’ sat silent while he
deftly cut my hair. : i
International
Sunday School Lesson
GoLpEN TEXT.— Through this man is
preached unto you the forgiveness of
{ sins.—Acts 13: 38.
Leavin TroueHT.— Through believ-
ing in Fesus we are saved from our sins.
..The Vic - of the Prophets telling of
Jesus—P 53 '132:11, 12; Isa. 036,
7; Ezek. 34:23; \licah 5:2; Zech. 9:9.
Forgiveness of Sins—Ps. 103 :3;
130:4; Mark 2:7, 10; Luke 6:37; Acts
5:31; 26:18; Eph. 1:7; 4:32; Col. 2:13;
i John 1:0; 2:32.
Judging One's Self.—John 1:11, 12;
3:10-21; 12:46-48; 1 Cor. 11:31; 1
John 2:28. 29; 3:19-2I.
BY REV. F. J. MALLETT, PH.D. + +
43.—"“When the congregation was
(1) The end of a memor-
able service. (2) Speakers who had
earned repose. (3) Gospel teaching pa-
tiently continued.
V. 44.—“Came almost the whole city.”
(1) Attractive preaching that drew
crowds. (2) An unrecorded discourse
that produced marvelous results.
V. 45—“They were filled with envy.”
(1) Chagrin at the Gospel’s success
manifested. (2) Jewish exclusiveness
repudiated. (3) The gospel’s catholicity
reviled.
V. 46.—"It was necessary.”
educative programme set forth.
outburst of righteous indignation.
An awful alternative pointed out.
V. 47—A light of the Gentiles.” (1)
A scriptural quotation aptly recalled.
(2) An apostle’s interpretation of the
prophets. (3) The divine purpose of
love identified:
Vs. 48, 49—“They were glad.”
A permanent emotion described.
reference to the offers of salvation.
Acceptance of the gospel indicated.
V. 50.—“The Jews stirred up.” (1)
A social fact noted. (2) Female reli-
gionists make trouble. (3) Religious
intruders unceremoniously ejected.
Vs. 51, 52—“They shook off the dust
of their feet.” (1) A former command
of Christ's literally obeyed. (2) An act
of rejection well understood. (3) A
new enduement with power.
Historically, the passage we are. to
consider in to-day’s study, Acts 13:13-52,
gives us, as in one glance, a view of the
course of the missionary life:of the great
Apostle. In it we see how he was ex-
posed to danger, buffeted by disease, for-
saken by friends, antagonized by bitter-
est enemies: and we also see his com-
mon course of procedure, and hear the
line of argument by which he was wont
to present Jesus of Nazareth as the
Messiah of Israel, the Light of the
Gentiles, ahd the loving, helpful One
ready to save from sin all who will ac-
cept him as Savior and King.
Time.—We cannot definitely determine
the year when Paul set out upon his
first missionary tour. But it is interest-
ing to observe how the history of his
journeyings through Pamphylia, Pisidia
and Lycaonia reveals clearly the time
of year he visited the various cities.
The spiritual and practical truth en-
forced by the portion assigned as our
Lesson Text, is that which Jesus had
proclaimed when closing his Temple
ministry—"“If any man hear my words
and believe not, T judge him not; . . he
hath one that judgeth him: the word
that T have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day” (John 12 :47, 48).
That is, the hearer of God’s Word of
salvation through Jesus, by rejecting it
condemns himself as unworthy of ever-
lasting life, or by believing it and accept-
ing the only Savior ordains himself to
eternal ife.
The missionaries presumably set out
from Antioch in Syria when navigation
opened in the spring—that is, about
March. The sail to Cypress was short
and probably their evangelistic tour
through that island took about three
months. Then they took ship from Pa-
phos and by a northwest course to Perga
in Pamphylia. Now they did not stop
at ‘Perga, though they did halt there a
few days on their return journey. This
confirms the foregoing supposition that
they reached Perga in early summer.
Because of the heat, and the malarial
conditions of the seacoast cities, their
populations, as far as possible, hurried
to the mountains or the high tableland
V.
broken up.”
(1) God's
(2) An
(3)
(1)
(2) A
(3)
in the interior as summer drew on (Con- |
yvbeare and Howson). What more
natural plan than that the missionaries
should follow the people?
Dr. Ramsay, with a considerable fol-
lowing, holds that Paul’s sickness, allud-
ed to in Gal. 4:13, 14, also hastened their
departure from the malarial district.
A second line of investigation, which
shows that Paul reached: Antioch in
Pisidia in midsummer, is based upon his
sermon delivered the Sabbath succeeding
his arrival, which is reported quite fully
in the chapter before us.’ Two, some
say three, unusual expressions are used
by the apostle, and these same expres-
sions are found elsewhere in Scripture
in certain passages of the Old Testa-.
ment. Believing that the apostle, like
his Lord, when preaching in a syna-
| gogue was wont to base his remarks
upon the passage of scripture just read,
we are led to surmise that the passage
from the Law of that day’s reading was |
Deut. 1, and that from the Prophets was
Isa. 1. Now, Jews have an arrangement
of synagogue lessons which was pre-
pared very early, and is still adhered to
in their synagogues, and therein these
passages are set down for the forty-
fourth Sabbath of their year, and this
“| falls late in the month of July. (Bengal,
Plumptre, Wm. Taylor, et. al. Compare
Acts 13:17 with Isa. 1:2; marginal read-
ing of V. 18 with Deut. 1:31; V. 19
with Deut. 1:38.)
The Persons—that is, the little com-
pany (V. 13) of which Paul was now
the recognized leader,—included possi-
bly some of the new converts from Cy-
prus, but possibly only Paul, Barnabas
and John. At Perga John left them and
went home. Whether he was dismayed
at the dangers he discerned before them,
we are not told. The cause for his
leaving did not satisfy Paul (Acts
15:38), yet this same John Mark later
became a most zealous laborer for
Christ, and, probably, under Peter's
guidance, the writer of the Gospel ac-
cording to Mark.
The Places which the apostles passed
through or visited, are in the southern
provinces of Asia Minor. Their route
lay through dangerous ways. The paths
were rugged, often precipitous, and the
mountain torrents were often impass-
able. So that this journey was in all
probability filled with “perils” which
Paul thought of when, in after years,
he wrote 2 Cor. 11:26.
“Behind Perga rose the snow-clad
peaks of the Taurus Mountains, which
had to -be penetrated through narrow
passes, where crazy bridges spanned the
rushing torrents, and the castles of rob-
bers, who watched for passing travelers
to pounce upon, were hidden in positions
so inaccessible that even the Roman
arms had not been able to exterminate
them. The country to the north of the
Tarsus was a vast tableland, more ele-
vated than the summits of the highest
mountains of England, and scattered
over with solitary lakes, irregular moun-
tain masses, and tracts of desert, where
the population was rude, and spoke an
almost endless variety of dialects.”—
Rev. James Stalker, D.D.
AxtiocH IN Pismia.—This city was
built by Seleucus Nicator, 312-280 B. C.,
founder of the kingdom of Syria, and
builder of Antioch on the Orontes, his
capital. He is said to have been the
greatest founder of cities that ever lived,
and to have built nine Seleucias, named
from himself, sixteen Antiochs, named
from his father, and six Laodiceas, nam-
ed from his mother. In the age of the
Greek kings the Pisidian Antioch was
a town of importance, but afterwards
suffered, as did all Asia Minor, from the
plundering and ravaging of Roman gen-
erals and governors. In the time of Paul
it was a Roman colony and there was a
mixed population of Greeks, Romans
and native Pisidians, together with some
Jews. The town was ninety miles north
of Perga. About seventy years ago the
site of Antioch was identified by Rev.
Mr. Arundell.. Conspicuous among its
ruins are the remains of an aqueduct.
Arriving in the town, they would go to
the “strangers” rooms” of the synagogue,
then find some lodging-place in the Jews’
quarters of the city. Next they would
set out to sell tent-cloth, or perhaps to
a place where Paul could work at his
trade of making tent-cloth. When Sab-
bath came they would seek the syna-
gogue, take places among the most hum-
ble of the worshipers there, but when
opportunity for address was given, one
would arise, begin by recounting some
precious truths on which all Jews were
agreed, and would go on with gréat
skill and tact to proclaim Jesus as the
One foretold by Jewish prophets, even
the promised Messiah. During all their
stay, in private houses, and while at
the workbench, they would talk of Jesus
and explain the way of life more clearly
to seekers. If, as was commonly the
case, bigoted Jews soon drove them
from the synagogue, they sought some
public hall or private.house for a place
of public meeting for expounding Scrip-
ture and worshiping God in Christ Jesus
(See Farrar, Stalker).
At Antioch, then, the apostles went to
the synagogue when the hour for the
Sabbath service came, and after the
readings from the Law and the Pro-
phets had been concluded, they were in-
vited by the ruler of the synagogue to
speak. Paul at once accepted the invita-
tion rosé in his place—instead of
mounting the platform and sitting™and
began a masterly address. It is well
for us to look carefully at this, as it
is the only sermon of this apostle de-
livered to Jews which is preserved for
us. We cannot fail ‘to note its points
of resemblance to Peter's sermon at
Pentacost, and Stephen’s defence. Like
Stephen, he began with a historical ar-
gument; and like Peter, reached his
climax through the story of Jesus’ res-
urrection, continued life and saving
mercy.
Setting out with the Scriptures just
read (see above), he noted God’s sov-
ereign choice and loving care for his
people Israel, through their wanderings
in the wilderness, during the times of
the Judges, until the monarchy was es-
tablished, and David, “a man after God’s
own heart,” was given to be their king.
He then declared that of David’s line
God had raised up the promised Savior,
Jesus, whom John the Baptist had an-
nounced, blinded rulers had crucified,
and God had raised from the dead to be
to Israel the bearer of “the sure mercies
of David.” He went on to tell that
through this risen Savior forgiveness of
sin is offered to all who will believe
in him; by him they are justified as they
could not be by the law of Moses, His
address was interspersed with quotations
from the Psalms of David, and reference
to the prophets.
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