PART SECOND.--STORIES OF THE EARLY CHURCH. Lesson XXXV. The First Days. (Tell Story 1 in Part Seventh.)
1. Where did the followers of Christ meet after Je´s?us went away to heaven? In Je?-ru?´sa?-lem.
2. What day came ten days after Je´s?us left the earth? The Day of Pen´te-cost.
3. What seemed to fall from heaven on all the followers of Christ on the day of Pen´te-cost? Tongues of fire.
4. What power came upon them all? Power from God.
5. What did they all begin to speak? The wonderful words of God.
6. Who preached to the people on that day? Pe´t?r.
7. What new name was given to Pe´t?r and the other eleven disciples of Christ? They were called apostles.
8. What did the apostle Pe´t?r tell the people to do? To believe in Christ as their Saviour.
9. How many were added to the church on that day? Three thousand.
10. How did all these people act toward each other? Like brothers.
Lesson XXXVI. The Beautiful Gate, and the Apostles in Prison.
1. Whom did Pe´t?r and John meet at the Beautiful Gate of the temple? A lame man.
2. What did Pe´t?r say to the lame man? "In the name of Je´s?us Christ, walk."
3. What did the lame man do? He walked and leaped and praised God.
4. Who did Pe´t?r say had given to this man power to walk? Je´s?us Christ.
5. What did the rulers of the city tell Pe´t?r and John? That they must not preach Christ.
6. How did Pe´t?r and John answer the rulers? "We must speak of what we know."
7. What good man gave his money to the poor in the church? BÄr´na-bas.
8. Who died because they told a lie? An-a-ni´as and Sap-phi´ra?.
9. What did the rulers of the Jews? do to Pe´t?r and John? They put them in prison.
10. How were they set free from the prison? By an angel of the Lord.
Lesson XXXVII. Stephen and Philip.
(Tell Stories 4 and 5 in Part Seventh.)
1. What good man preached in Je?-ru?´sa?-lem? Ste´phen.
2. What is told of Ste´phen? His face shone like an angel's.
3. What did the Jews? do to Ste´phen? They stoned him to death.
4. What young man helped in the stoning of Ste´phen? A young man named Sa?ul.
5. What did Sa?ul do to the followers of Christ? He beat them and put them in prison.
6. What worker for Christ was driven out of Je?-ru?´sa?-lem by Sa?ul? Phil´ip.
7. To what place did Phil´ip go preaching the gospel? To Sa?-ma´ri-a?.
8. Where did an angel send Phil´ip from Sa?-ma´ri-a?? To the desert.
9. Whom did Phil´ip meet in the desert? A man riding in a chariot.
10. What did Phil´ip do when he met this man? He preached Christ to him.
Lesson XXXVIII. The Voice that Spoke to Saul.
(Tell Story 6 in Part Seventh.)
1. To what place did Sa?ul go, that he might break up the church there? To Da?-mas´cus.
2. What took place when Sa?ul was near Da?-mas´cus? A light shone from heaven.
3. Who spoke to Sa?ul from out of the light? The Lord Je´s?us Christ.
4. What did the bright light do to Sa?ul? It made him blind.
5. Who brought sight to Sa?ul in Da?-mas´cus? A follower of Christ named An-a-ni´as.
6. What else did An-a-ni´as do to Sa?ul? He taught him how to be saved.
7. What did Sa?ul do at once when he became a believer in Christ? He began preaching Christ.
8. What did the Jews? of Da?-mas´cus try to do when they found that Sa?ul was preaching Christ? They tried to kill him.
9. How did Sa?ul get away from the city of Da?-mas´cus? In a basket.
10. Where did Sa?ul go from Da?-mas´cus? To Je?-ru?´sa?-lem.
11. Where did he afterward go? To his home in TÄr´sus.
Lesson XXXIX. About the Apostle Peter.
(Tell Story 7 in Part Seventh.)
1. To what place did the Apostle Pe´t?r go? To Jop´pa?, by the Great Sea.
2. What did Pe´t?r do by a prayer at Jop´pa?? He raised a woman to life.
3. Who was this woman whom Pe´t?r raised to life? A good woman named DÔr´cas.
4. What did God teach Pe´t?r in a dream at Jop´pa?? That people of every land and nation might be saved.
5. What did the Jews? call the people of every nation except themselves? Gen´tiles?.
6. To what Gen´tile did God send Pe´t?r to preach the gospel? To CÔr-ne´-li-us a Ro´man officer.
7. What did Pe´t?r and the church at Je?-ru?´sa?-lem learn from this? To preach Christ to the Gen´tiles?.
8. What was done to Pe´t?r after this at Je?-ru?´sa?-lem? He was put in prison.
9. What did the king intend to do with Pe´t?r on the next day? To put him to death.
10. What happened to Pe´t?r on that night? He was set free by an angel.
Lesson XL. The First Missionaries.
(Tell Story 8 in Part Seventh.)
1. Where did a great church of Christ grow up? At An´ti-och in Sy?r´i-a?.
2. Who preached and taught in the church at An´ti-och? BÄr´na-bas and Sa?ul.
3. For what work were BÄr´na-bas and Sa?ul sent out from An´ti-och? To preach the gospel in other lands.
4. What are those who go out to other lands to preach the gospel called? Missionaries.
5. To what island did the missionaries and BÄr´na-bas first go preaching the gospel? To the island of Çy´prus.
6. By what name was Sau?l called after this time? Pa?ul, the apostle.
7. In what land did the missionaries, Pa?ul and BÄr´na-bas, preach after they left the island of Çy´prus? In A´s?ia? Mi´nor.
8. In what city of A´s?ia? Mi´nor did they begin preaching the gospel? In An´ti-och of Pi?-sid´i-a?.
9. In what place were they first worshipped as gods and then stoned? At Ly?s´tra?.
10. What did Pa?ul and BÄr´na-bas do in all the places which they visited on this journey? They planted churches of Christ.
11. To what place did they go again after their journey? To An´ti-och in Sy?r´i-a?.
Lesson XLI. Paul's Second Journey.
(Tell Stories 10, 11 and 12 in Part Seventh.)
1. Who went with Pa?ul on his second missionary journey? Si´las and Tim´o-thy?.
2. What great land did they visit on this journey? Europe.
3. In what city of Europe did they begin preaching the gospel? In Phi-lip´pi.
4. What was done to Pa?ul and Si´las at Phi-lip´pi? They were beaten and put in prison.
5. How were they set free from the prison at Phi-lip´pi? By an earthquake.
6. What did the jailor of the prison at Phi-lip´pi ask Pa?ul and Si´las when the earthquake came? "What must I do to be saved?"
7. What did Pa?ul and Si´las say to the jailor? "Believe on the Lord Je´s?us Christ."
8. In what city after Phi-lip´pi did they preach the gospel? In Thes-sa-lo?-ni´ca?.
9. In what city did Pa?ul preach a sermon on a hill? In Ath´ens?, on MÄrs?' Hill.
10. Where did Pa?ul stay two years, preaching? At Cor´inth.
Lesson XLII. Paul's Third journey.
(Tell Stories 13 and 14 in Part Seventh.)
1. In what great city of A´s?ia? Mi´nor did Pa?ul preach on his third missionary journey? In Eph´e-sus.
2. What did Pa?ul do in Eph´e-sus? Many great works of healing.
3. How long did Pa?ul stay in Eph´e-sus preaching? Three years.
4. What arose in Eph´e-sus a little before Pa?ul left the city? A great uproar against Pa?ul.
5. To what places in Europe where Pa?ul had preached before, did he go after leaving Eph´e-sus? To Phi-lip´pi and Cor´inth.
6. Where did Pa?ul make a young man well, after he had fallen out of a window? At Tro´as.
7. At what place did Pa?ul send for the leaders of the church at Eph´e-sus? At Mi-le´tus.
8. What did Pa?ul speak to these leaders of the church? His farewell words.
9. What words of Je´s?us did Pa?ul tell them to remember? "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
10. Where did Pa?ul end his third missionary journey? At Je?-ru?´sa?-lem.
Lesson XLIII. Paul a Prisoner.
(Tell Stories 15, 16 and 17 in Part Seventh.)
1. What happened to Pa?ul while he was worshipping God in the temple at Je?-ru?´sa?-lem? He was taken by his enemies.
2. What did these enemies of Pa?ul try to do? To kill him.
3. Who took Pa?ul out of the hands of his enemies? Ro´man soldiers.
4. Where was Pa?ul taken to be kept from his enemies? Into the castle.
5. What did the Lord Je´s?us say to Pa?ul at night while he was in the castle? "Be of good cheer, Pa?ul!"
6. To what place was Pa?ul sent to be safe from the Jews?? To ÇÆ?s-a-re´a?.
7. Before what ruler was Pa?ul brought to be tried? Before Fe´lix the governor.
8. How long was Pa?ul kept in prison at ÇÆ?s-a-re´a?? Two years.
9. Before what other governor was Pa?ul brought after two years? Before Fes´tus.
10. What king listened to Pa?ul as he told how Christ had saved him? King A?-grip´p?.
Lesson XLIV. Paul in the Storm.
(Tell Story 18 in Part Seventh.)
1. To what place was Pa?ul while a prisoner sent for another trial? To Rome.
2. How did Pa?ul and many other prisoners leave ÇÆ?s-a-re´a? to go to Rome? On board a ship.
3. What did Pa?ul tell those on the ship that they would meet in the voyage? Great trouble and danger.
4. How did the trouble and danger come to those that were in the ship? From a great storm.
5. How long did the storm last? Two weeks.
6. What did an angel say to Pa?ul in the night while the storm was raging? That all on the ship would be saved.
7. What did Pa?ul say to those on the ship? "Be of good cheer."
8. How were the lives of the people saved from the storm? They were thrown upon an island.
9. What was the name of this island? Mel´i-ta?.
Lesson XLV. Paul at Rome.
(Tell Story 19 in Part Seventh. Stories 20 and 21 may be omitted.)
1. What happened to Pa?ul on the shore at the island of Mel´i-ta?? He was bitten by a poisonous snake.
2. What did Pa?ul do, when the snake bit him? He shook it off and was not harmed.
3. What did the people of the island think when they saw no harm come to Pa?ul? They thought that he was a god.
4. Who treated Pa?ul and his friends kindly at Mel´i-ta?? Pub´li-us, the ruler of the island.
5. What did Pa?ul do for the ruler Pub´li-us? He made his sick father well.
6. To what land did they sail from the island of Mel´i-ta?? To the land of It´a-ly?.
7. At what great city did Pa?ul's long journey end? At Rome.
8. How long was Pa?ul a prisoner at Rome? Two years.
9. What did he do while a prisoner? He preached the gospel.
10. What did Pa?ul write at the end of his life? "I have fought a good fight."
Lesson XLVI. Review on the Early Church.
1. In what city were the followers of Christ after Je´s?us went to heaven? Je?-ru?´sa?-lem.
2. On what day did the Holy Spirit come upon the disciples? The day of Pen´te-cost.
3. Who was the leader of the church in its early days? The Apostle Pe´t?r.
4. Who died because they told a lie? An-a-ni´as and Sap-phi´ra?.
5. What good man was stoned to death? Ste´phen.
6. What young man helped in the stoning of Ste´phen? Sa?ul.
7. Who preached in Sa?-ma´ri-a? after Ste´phen was killed? Phil´ip.
8. Where did Sa?ul become a believer in Christ? At Da?-mas´cus.
9. What good woman was raised to life through the prayer of Pe´t?r? DÔr´cas.
10. To what Gen´tile or foreigner was Pe´t?r sent to preach the gospel? To CÔr-ne´li-us.
11. How was Pe´t?r set free from prison in Je?-ru?´sa?-lem? By an angel.
12. What church sent out the first missionaries to preach the gospel? The church at An´ti-och.
13. Who were the two missionaries sent out? BÄr´na-bas and Sa?ul.
14. What island did BÄr´na-bas and Sa?ul first visit in preaching the gospel? Çy´prus.
15. By what name was Sa?ul known after this? Pa?ul.
16. Where were Pa?ul and BÄr´na-bas first worshipped and then stoned? Ly?s´tra?.
17. In what city was the gospel first preached in Europe? In Phi-lip´pi.
18. Where was Pa?ul made a prisoner? In Je?-ru?´sa?-lem.
19. On what island was Pa?ul shipwrecked? Mel´i-ta?.
20. To what city was Pa?ul taken as a prisoner after being shipwrecked? To Rome.
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