bindmnce to the perfecting of Uhri~t,•s kiu~doin. Dut we need to make a careful disliuction bet'Yeen pnr~y spirit and party action. ~ectional action may be an impor- to.nt element 10 work10g, More can be accomplished by sections devotin.,. their nttention to po.rte. But party spirit, which means jealous feelincr separati~a the sections, is always bad, for those who feel the jealousy and for thos.;' wl10 suffer° from its schemes, Taking illustration from what is narrated of these Judaizina0 teachers, we notice that party prejudice- I. BLI~ms TO FAOT AND TRUTH. If th~ party has a piece of truth, it is but a piece, and yet 1t often prevents the o.pprehens10n of any other related or higher truth. .And even worse is its power to distort or deny facts. The party man will see or admit nothing that does not tell for his party. Show that St. Paul had factR and truths but these opponents would give him no calm consideration. They really shouted' him down, as did the excited Ephesians, who cried all day, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians." If we find an un~illin~ees to admit facts or to calmly consider phases of truth presented for our cons1derat1on, then we may gravely fear lest we be givina 0 place to party prejudices. II. INVOLVES INJUBTIOE, In dealing with individuals. For the partisan associates the holder of an objectionable theory with the theory, and is easily led to vent his annoyance at the theory upon the holder and propounder of it. The sectional and party spirit is at the root of all religious persecution. Men are not unjust when they contend for God's truth, but only when they contend for some ism of their own, which they persuade themselves is God's truth. Christ says to all who think of using external forces for him, " Put up thy sword into its sheath." III. p ARTY PREJUDICES ABE MOST DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. Seen in the difficulty of correcting the mistakes on which sects now divide from each other. The "common ground" is little regarded, and the points of difference are unduly exaggerated, and men stand to their little peculiarities and special points as if the whole gospel gathered up into their side and piece of doctrine. And if any try to free them from their prejudice, and let in on them a. little generous light, they only retire further in and hold their party sentiment tighter than ever. Surely the full warning of these Judaizers in St. Paul's time has not been sufficiently recognized in these days of a divided Church and unduly-magnified theological and ecclesiastical differences.-R. T.
EXPOSITION. OHAPTER XXII. the more qukt for kept the more ,ilcmce, A.V. When they heard, etc. This trait is wonder- Ver. l.-Brethren for men, brethren, A.V. fully true to nature, and exhibits e.lso St. (eh. vii. 2, note); the for my,A.V.; now make Paul's admirable tact and self-possession. for make now, A.V. The defenoe ; ci.1rol\o-y{c,. It was strikingly in harmony with his ad- This is the technical word in classical G1·eek dressing them as "brethren" the.the should for a defence in answer to an accusation, speak to them in their own moilier tongue. Thus e.g. the oration of Gorgias entitled, There is a living reality in such touches 'T,r~p Ila,\c,l'fiBous a.,ro>,.o-ylc,, begins, 'H I'~" ,cc,. which seems at once to refute Rena.n's sus- .,-71-yop(c, ,cc,I ~ a.,ro,\o-y{c, 1epl0'1s o~ ,r,pl 8c,v,hou picion thot St. Luke invented this and other -yl-yv,.,... ,, And Demosthenes oppoees ,cc,T7J'Y0• of St. Pe.nl's speeches in the later chapters of p•iv, to accuse, to lr.,ro>-O"Y••aB.. ,, to make one's the Aots. The full report of these later defence. And an l,.,ro,\o-y{c, 61,cc,{11 ,cc,I chMj speeches is abundantly accounted for by the is to prove the.ha ,cc,.,-71-yop11/'lvci, " the things fact that through this time St. Luke waa of which the person is accused," were never with St. Paul, and heard the speeches. done. But it is probably from St. Po.ul's use Ver. 3.-.J. Jeto for t1erily a man which am of the word here that it beoarne common to a Jl!'UJ, A.V. and T.R.; of Cilicia for a city call the defences of the Christion religion in Cilicia, A.V.; but for yet, A.V.; i11stl'llcler.L by the term lr.1ro>-o-ylc,, Thus we have the for and ta-ught, A.V.; strict for perfect, A.V.; •Apologies' of Justin Martyr, of Tertullie.n, our for the, A.V.; being for and was, A.V.; ef Minutius Felix, among the o.noients; the for for towards, A.V.; even as for as, A.V • Apologia Ecolesiai Anglican111,' by Bishop Born in Tarsus, etc. (see oh. :ui. 39). St. Jewel, e.nd many others. Puul was evidently proud of his native city, Ver. 2,-Unto them in the Hebrew language "the famous capital of a Roman province," for in tAe Hebreui tongue to them, A,V.; were watered by the "swift sue11m of the Cydnua." H"l'P Ii. i.l Hl4 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [ OH, XXII, 1-30,