The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1931 Page: 5 of 12
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The Hereford Brand, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, September 3, 1931.
International Sunday School
Lesson
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TURNING TO THE GENTILES
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Act* 13:42. And a* they went
out, they beaouffht that these word*
might oe sputten to iiimn iu»
nest Sabbath.
48. Now when the synagogue
broke up, many of the Jew* and
of the devout proselytes followed
Paul and Barnabas; who, speak*
lng to them, urged them to contin*
ue In the grace of Ood.
44. And the next Sabbath almost
the whole city was gathered to*
•ether to hear the word of God.
48. But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were tilled with
Jealousy, and contradicted the
things which weft* spoken by Paul,
and blasphemed.
4fl. And Paul and Bsrabas spake
out boldly and said, It was un*
necessary that the word of God
should first be spoken to you. See-
ing ye thrust It from you, and
Judge yourselves unworthy of eter-
nal life, lo, we turn to the Gen-
tiles.
47. For so hath the Lord com*
manded us, saying, I have set thee
for a light of the Gentiles, that
thou sbouldest be for nslvatlon un-
to the uttermost part of the earth.
48. And as the Gentiles heard
this, they were glad, and glorified
the word of God: and as many as
were ordained to eternal life be-
lieved.
48. And the word of God was
spread abroad throughout all the
region.
00. But the Jews urged on the
devout women of honorable estate
and the chief men of the city, and
stirred up a persecution against
Paul and Barnabs, and cast them
out of their borders.
81. Bgt they shook off the dust
of their feet against them, snd
came unto Iconlum.
82. And the disciples were filled
with Joy and with the Holy Hplrlt.
Rom. 1:14. I am debtor both
Greeks and to Barbarians, both
to the wise and to the foolish.
18. Bo, as much as In me Is. I
am ready to preach the gospel to
you also that are In Rome.
10. for I am not ashamed of
the gospel; for It Is the power of
God unto salvation to every one
that holleveth; to the Jew first,
and alao to the Greek.
Golden Text: I have set thee for
a light of the Gentiles. That
thou sbouldest be for salvation
onto the uttermost part of the
earth.—Acts 18:47.
Time: A. D. 4M.
Place; Perga In Pamphylla. Anti-
och of Plsldla.
As always where there were
Jews In a city, Paul began his
work with them. The synagogue
which the two missionaries attend-
ed on that memorable Babbatb
was doubtless arranged like all
other synagogues, with the ark at
one end containing the rolls of the
lsw, with a veil and lamps before
At the same end sat the rul-
ers of the synagogue, whose busi-
ness It was to arrange the ser-
vice*. Plrst the Bhema was re
cited, a sort of creed In Bible
words. Then came a prayer ser-
vice, followed by the reading of
the day's portion from the Law
(the five Books of Moses) and al-
*o from the Prophets, Including
tiie historical dooms with the pro-
phecies. The synagogue bad no
definite minister or preacher.
Paul snd Barnabas were able
•nd scholarly men, and Paul at
least was • rabbi. Ills sermon be-
gan with a summary of the history
of the Jews, pointing out the grad-
ual unfolding of God’s plan of
aalvuttou through s Havlour who
should be descended from I>avld.
Paul told abont the birth of this
Havlour, and about the cruel way
In which he was put to death by
Ills own people. Then the apos
tie related the rising of Jesus from
the dead, proving his Me*slsbNblp
and his deity; proving al*o his
power to forgive hIiis, and his au-
thority to call on all men to fel-
low him. In his Harmon Paul
stated his lending doctrine, justi-
fication by faith—that men are
made righteous tiefore God only
by virtue of their faith In the
atoning work of the Hon of God.
It was the great, central message
of Christianity unchanged from
Paul's day to this.
Preach II A*Un.
Quite different from many a
modern congregation, they want-
ed to hear the same sermon over
again, dir. Bernard u. ciausen
of Syracuse, N. V., had his con-
gregation vote every year on the
sermons they want preached orer
again, sad repeats that that re-
ceives the largeet number of votes.
The true work of God, whleh Paul
proclaimed, speaks to the doe pest
needs of men’s hearts. Gonselon*
of sin, men feel their need of a
Havlour, and only the gospel of
Jesus Ohrlst offers salvation from
sin through the death of the Hon
of God. The history of Christian-
ity through nineteen centuries. In
every land under the eon, proves
the uni vernal hunger for Just what
Christianity has to give. Wher-
ever the gospel message Is faith-
fully given, the cry Is “Mors! More!
Again! Again!"
Past frsarhsd Wal to the Jews.
"It was necessary that the word
of God should first lie spoken to
you." In spprotrhlng the Jew-
first with the gospel, the mission-
aries war* following the example
of Jeeus end the rule of common
sense. They were sowing the ia*ed
In ground—the only ground—which
bad been prepared for It by ninny
centuries of providential history
They were approaching the most
religious people In the world. They
were baelng Christianity on the
lairest religion the world had
known up to the coming of Chrlri
By this beginning with the Jews
In every piece they obtained n
number of trained and convinced
believers on which the gospel lever
eoetd work as a fulcrum to over-
throw the groat asaaa of heathen
Ism.
Paul Turns to Mu Gentiles.
"Heelug ye thrust It from you."
The violence of the Jews' rejec-
tion of Christianity la here ludl-
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rated, a violence which hud Just
led them to blaspheme Christ.
"And Judge yourselves unworthy
of eternal life." What stinging ssr-
oaam Is here, the Jewish luuuen-
does against the Crucified turned
like a lash against their authors.
"You dare to coudeuiu Christ?
Thereby you condemn yourselves!"
"Lo" emphasise* the critical na-
ture of the declslou. It definitely
placed Christianity on the free
ground of unlimited brotherhood.
It emancipated Christianity from
the shackles of Judaism. And this
change did not frustrate the plan
of God. Paul was called for the
*|iecial purpose of miulsterlug to
l Has 4 l*n4 lln 0'* ll« • * I 11 f
Legon.
A Light at the Gentiles.
"For so hath the Lord command-
ed ua, saying, I have set time for
a light of the Gentiles." Paul
quotes the most evangelical of the
prophets, Isa. 40:0, selecting the
key verie In one of the most pow-
erful of Messianic passage*. The
gospel was to be like light, aud
the very naturo of light Is to pulse
ever outward, driving away all
darkness. "That thou sbouldest
be for salvation unto the utter-
most part of the earth." Paul hud
come to a distant region, for the
central plateau of Asia Minor was
barhurlc enough; aud yet was
only lN*glnnlng to press outward
with Christianity, us he well knew.
Corinth was beckoning him, and
Itome Iteyond that, and K|silu lie-
yond Rome. The true Christian
Is content with nothing short of the
ends of the earth.
Happy Believer*.
"And as the Gentiles beard tills,
they were glad." They were glad
because of the opportunities open-
ed before them by those go*|iel
preachers. They rejoiced In the
good uews of the Won of God, their
Havlour and the Havlour of all
men.. "And as many as were or-
dained to eternal life believed."
Tim Greek word translated ordain-
ed is a military term atgulfylng
arranged in order. ■■ la rank*.
The Kngllah work tactics comes
from It. Tlie word certainly In-
volves the divine orderlug of hu-
man affairs, but not iu such a
way as to exclude human choice,
with the guilt that attends evil
choices and the rewards that bil-
low a definite choice of the right.
It is God's ordaining that those
who Itelleve on Christ shall have
everlastlug life. God selects them
and places them In the ranks of
the armies of heaven. The opj*>»-
Ite of eternal life is eternal death,
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do not believe on Jeuua Christ,
and so are not ordained to eter-
nal life.
Paul'a Indebtedness.
Paul wrote Ills great letter to
the Christians of ltoiue when he
was at Corinth for three months
In the course of his third mission
ary tour, lie o|s>na the letter with
a statement of his long-time pur-
post* to visit Rome and preach
there, an Intent Ion which he hopes
to be able to carry out simiii ; aud
he gives the reason for this pur-
pose, a reason growing out of the
belief expressed at Antioch of
Plsldla, that the gospel of Christ
Is for all men, and not exclusive-
ly for the Jews.
"I aui debtor both to Greeks and
to Jlarhiirlaus. Is>th to tin* wist*
and to the foolish." "The Greek*
and afterwards the Koiuuns, who
In this division arc reckoned
among the Greeks, regarded all
peoples speaking any language hul
their own us making unintelligi-
ble sounds -'bar, lair’—hence the
name 'llarha rla ns’." The Greeks
are here reckoned a* wise, 1, «.,
cultured, and the Barbarians as
foolish, 1. c., uncultured, those
whom the wise would regard as
foolish. Paul was debtor In the
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PHONE 353
Say "Hello
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sense that the trustee of a fund
or the executor of au estate owes
that which he holds In trust to
those for whom It has been desig-
nated. He considered himself a
trustee of the gos|sd (I Tbes. 2:4)
aud a steward, that la, one who
disburses to others that which
Ills employer lias designated for
them.
"Ho, us much as in me Is." "Just
as far as In me lie*- physically.
Intellectually, and spiritually, all
my powers are to he uacd in psy-
lug the debt that I owe to ull."
Tlie Power of God I nto Halvatlon.
"For 1 am nor ashamed of the
gos|iel." "The boldness of Paul’s
venture Is cuhuuccd when we con
slder how the gospel was then de-
spised aud scorned, A cross was
thru • term of reproach. Thla
did not daunt Paul. Despite aii
It cost him and in face of all the
ridicule and reproach with which
a scornful a ml skeptical uge greet-
ed the cross, he says, 'I uiu not
ashamed of the gospel'." "For It
is the istwer of God unto salva-
Mon to every one that helleveth."
The reason why l'uul was ready
to preach the gos|H‘l, even In the
proudest capital of the world, wa*
that It Is divinely efficacious 111
securing the sulvutlon of men. It
does what Bo other system ever
did or ever can accomplish."—
I Charles Hedge.
"Rome Is high In force; Athene
la higher; the Crons Is highest of
all, and It comes shrouded In woek-
upws having a floor Man h* ranee
dying there. That la a strange
embodiment of divine power. Yen.
and because so strange. It ll BO
touching, aud so conquering."—
Alexander Mucluitieu
J. E. lleyer returned during the
liast week from Kl l'uso where ha
hud goue to Jolu Ills sou, Virgil,
who had lieen a put lent In tba
Beaumont hospital, lie returned
this fur with J. F.., In going back
to Amarillo where he will vom-
|*lete Ills convalesence before again
»•••»•••*» ;;p his **.».rk Iu
Fe general offices.
Do You Overhaul These
Machines Too?
Tlie kitchen range, beaten* and other Natural Gan burner*
are machines—machine* that cook our food and keep u§ warm.
Like the automobile, they will give us 100 per cent service only
when kept in repair and overhauled at least once a year.
The range may he spotlesH on the surface, but inside the
burners dust particles have collected and perhaps rust has set in.
All thia retards tlie flow of gaa and reiults in larger gas bill*.
Summer time when gas i* used less, is the best time to ex-
amine and repair gas burners in your home. If you wish, a
trained service man will come to your home to inspect and ad-
just your appliances.
THE SERVICE COSTS YOU NOTHING!
WEST TEXAS GAS
COMPANY
to Hollywood
3 mlnutos • • $1.90
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Say to Long Dutanco:
><t’m calling Hollywood."
L Then give her the num-
ber if you know it or My:
MI’1I talk with anyone who
answers at the home of
(name of friend)."
That's how to pltct a
•tation-to-fltation call.
Usually the call goes
through while you hold th*
line.
Tip on rates
Such calls cost lets than call*
on which you Mk for a spe-
cific person. After 8:30 p. m.
station-to-station rates are
In most cases little moro
than half the day rate.
Use station-to-station
service when you arc reason-
ably sure the person you
want will be near rh* called
telephone.
Long distance bargains
(stofttw ft itoHun tor 3 minutes after S.30 pm.)
Carlsbad _________________ 60c
Dallas ..................... 90c
Now York City _____ $3.75
Oklahoma City -______ 80c
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114% West Third Street.
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Office Phone 004. Residence Phone 341.
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Kessie, R. E. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1931, newspaper, September 3, 1931; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825318/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.