This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...admire, and why? 5. Is there anything in the life about you, at home, at school, or on the playground that you think might well be reformed? 6. What might you or other boys and girls of your age do to help make this thing better? "Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...admire, and why? 5. Is there anything in the life about you, at home, at school, or on the playground that you think might well be reformed? 6. What might you or other boys and girls of your age do to help make this thing better? "Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." THIRD QUARTER Lesson 25. PAUL. The Persecutor who Became an Apostle. Born about a. D. 1; died about a. D. 64. "I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision." Acts 26:19. An Old University Town. If you will look at the map of Asia, on the northeast shore of the Mediterranean sea, you will see a little river, called the Cydnus, flowing down from the north through the province of Cilicia; and on this river, a few miles from its mouth, you will see the city of Tarsus. The city is very old, and even before the birth of Christ was famous for its schools, from which teachers were selected to teach the sons of the Roman emperors. It was also a rich and prosperous city, and ships used to come up the river to its wharves, bringing merchandise from many lands. There were fine palaces and beautiful gardens, a great marketplace, the gymnasium and race-track, and other places for the amusement of the people. A Boy with a Future. In the Jewish quarter of this city, about nineteen hundred years ago, there lived a boy named Saul, whom we know better by the Greek form of his name, Paul. We do not know the names of his parents, which is rather a pity, for they deserve some credit for bringing up a boy who accomplished all that Paul did in the world. As a little child he was very carefully taught in the law of the Jewish people. First, his mother told him thrilling stories of the old Hebrew patriots and prophet...
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