Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...did in Arabia. But even if he engaged in missionary preaching, he also meditated on the great thing that God had done for him; and certainly he prayed. QUESTIONS ON LESSON XVI 1. Where was Paul born? Find the place on a map. What sort of city was it. 2. What is known about Paul's boyhood home, and about his educa tion? In what books of the New Testament is the information given? 3. Why did Paul persecute the Church? 4. Describe in detail what the book of The Acts says about the con version of Paul. Where does Paul mention the conversion in his Epistles? 5. How did the conversion of Paul differ from the conversion of an ordinary Christian? In what particulars was it like the conversion of an ordinary Christian? 6. What did Paul do after the conversion? LESSON XVII The Gospel Given to the Gentiles Saul of Tarsus was not only converted directly by the Lord Jesus; he was also called just as directly by Jesus to be an apostle, and espe Acts 9:31-43 During the period of peace which followed after the persecution at the time of the death of Stephen, Peter went down to labor in the coastal plain of Palestine. Acts 9: 31-43. At Lydda he healed a lame man, jEneas; at Joppa, on the coast, he raised Dorcas from the dead. And it was at Joppa that he received the guidance of the Holy Spirit as to the reception of Gentiles into the Church. Ch. 10. Acts, Chapter 10 At midday Peter went up upon the flat housetop to pray. There he fell into a trance, and saw a vessel like a great sheet let down from heaven, and in it all kinds of animals which it was forbidden in the Mosaic Law to use for food. A voice came to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean. And a voice came...