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-  _Story Of  The Life Of St. Paul, The Apostle._
-
-
-{2}
-
-{3}
-
-       Story Of  The Life Of St. Paul,  The Apostle.
-
-                  By M. F. S., (Mary Seymour)
-
-          Author of
-            "Legends of the Saints,"
-            "Stories of the Saints,"
-            "Stories of Martyr Priests,"
-            "Tom's Crucifix and other Tales,"
-            "Catherine Hamilton,"
-            "Catherine Grown Older,"
-            "The Three Wishes," &c.
-
-
-
-                      _London_
-         R. Washbourne, 18 Paternoster Row.
-                       1877.
-
-{4}
-
-{5}
-
-      To The Fathers Of The Sacred Heart
-      For Foreign Missions,
-
-      Who, Obeying Their Vocation,
-      Are Devoting Their Lives
-      To The Apostleship of Heathen People,
-      This Story Of The Life Of
-      The Great Apostle Of Nations Is
-      _Dedicated_
-
-{6}
-
-{7}
-
-
-                 Preface.
-
-
-
-Of all the Christians that have ever lived, there is, perhaps,
-not one whose life is invested with a greater interest than that
-of St. Paul the Apostle. A Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, of the
-strictest sect of the Pharisees, highly educated, and brought up
-under the eye of the chief doctor and teacher of that time, a man
-of position among the Jews, he must necessarily have been one of
-the most conspicuous of the early converts to Christianity; even
-had his conversion not been miraculous.
-{8}
-But to us Gentile Christians, St. Paul, the Hebrew of the
-Hebrews, stands in a very special relation; for he, as the
-Apostle of the Gentiles, reminds us that we have a claim to the
-promises which God made to Abraham--promises which the
-parenthetical dispensation of the Law could in no way disannul.
-It is in his writings especially that we read of the liberty of
-Christians, and of the necessity, power, and abundance of the
-grace of God; of the personal relation to God in which all true
-religion consists; of conscience, which makes the just man a law
-to himself; and of a simple interior godliness which he speaks of
-as Christ being formed in us.
-
-{9}
-
-But while he insists on our spiritual freedom, he dwells no less
-strongly on our duties--on the sincere charity that we owe one to
-another; the care we should take to avoid scandal; the interior
-preparation with which we should approach the holy sacraments;
-and the truth and reality that should pervade our lives.
-
-St. Paul, too, is a great example and teacher of the way in which
-we should conduct ourselves towards unbelievers and the civil law
-of the State. For we find him not only showing charity to all
-men, and respect and submission to the magistrates and rulers in
-all that was lawful, but also availing himself of all his civil
-rights and privileges as a Roman citizen.
-
-{10}
-
-And does not the condition of our own times increase and
-intensify the interest which must always attach to the life of
-this great Apostle? The wide-spread structure of mediaeval
-Christendom is broken up, and public opinion is no longer on the
-side of right because right is the Will of God. Nations frame
-laws and constitutions which recognise neither the Church, nor
-the God Who founded it.
-
-As it was in the days of St. Paul, so is it now: material
-prosperity, luxury, and pleasure, are the ends for which men
-live. The Church, now as then, is a private community of
-believers, depending, after the grace of God, on the good-will of
-its members individually, and on no authority derived from civil
-governments; indeed, there is hardly a nation upon earth in which
-the Church is even free, unless it be ignored.
-{11}
-Those that are without look upon it now with much the same
-feelings of fear, wonder, hatred, or contempt as men regarded it
-in the days of the Apostles. Many a Gallio lives now indifferent
-to all religions; many a Demetrius who judges of religion simply
-by the gain it brings to the craftsmen; many an Agrippa who is
-all but a Christian; many a polished Nero ready to persecute.
-
-Meanwhile, we that are within are cheered by the same hopes, and
-tried by many of the same temptations, as were the lot of the
-early Christians.
-
-{12}
-
-May the great Apostle of the Gentiles guide and help us in times
-which are growing more and more like to his own, and obtain by
-his prayers that Christ may live in us by grace, and truth, and
-peace.
-
-    W. J. B. R.
-
-    _January_, 1877.
-
-
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-
-
-  Story Of The Life Of St. Paul, The Apostle.
-
-
-              Chapter I.
-
-A year had scarcely passed after the death of Christ, when a
-young man of honourable birth and great learning visited the city
-of Jerusalem at the time of the religious festivals, and there
-discovered that people of every rank were being attracted to a
-new faith--the faith which Jesus had taught from His own lips
-while He dwelt on earth, and which His Apostles were now
-preaching in the midst of danger, difficulty, and unbelief.
-{14}
-Saul was filled with the fiercest indignation. His father was a
-Pharisee who had carefully trained his son in their strict and
-austere rules. From his earliest years he had been instructed in
-the laws and traditions of the Jews by Gamaliel, the most noted
-teacher of that day, and he had far excelled his companions in
-the acquirement of that knowledge which was so highly valued by
-the sect to which he belonged; and now, in his first anger and
-hot zeal, the young man believed it his duty and his glory to
-root out the Christian truth which _he_ deemed heresy, and
-to destroy all who avowed themselves followers of Jesus of
-Nazareth.
-
-{15}
-
-Tarsus, in Cilicia, was Saul's native city, and he must have been
-dwelling there during the period of our Lord's public ministry,
-for no record exists of his having witnessed any of the wondrous
-scenes connected with the life and death of Christ; and it is
-supposed that, after completing his studies at Jerusalem, he
-returned to his home, remaining there until the year 35, when his
-career of persecuting cruelty began by the martyrdom of St.
-Stephen, about the time of the Feast of Pentecost. The Scripture
-narrative does not mention Saul's name as one of those who took
-Stephen captive, but probably he was among the number who
-listened to that speech before the council, when we are told that
-the martyr's face was "as the face of an angel."
-
-{16}
-
-It is at the scene of the stoning that we hear of Saul--the young
-man at whose feet the witnesses laid down their garments, thus
-choosing him for their commander and chief; and when the dying
-Saint cried, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit," and, "Lord, lay not
-this sin to their charge," Saul was there, consenting to his
-death.
-
-Little did the fierce and angry multitude think of the marvels
-which St. Stephen's dying prayer would work, pleading effectually
-with God, and securing the conversion of the young man Saul, who
-was then one of the most bitter enemies of the Christian Church.
-Perhaps, in those last moments, it was permitted the martyred
-Saint to understand in some measure some of the purposes of the
-Almighty in his sufferings and death--to know, maybe, that very
-near him, in the ranks of the cruel and persecuting throng, stood
-the man who had been chosen as the agent to carry out the
-gracious designs of Providence towards the Gentile world.
-
-{17}
-
-However, the stoning of the Proto-martyr was followed for some
-considerable time by a course of merciless severity. Saul
-scourged, imprisoned, and put to death, men and women to whom the
-name of Christ was dearer than aught else, even than life;
-driving them by thousands from Jerusalem, and even pursuing them
-into their hiding-places, that he might force them back to die.
-
-Thus it came about that Saul was journeying to Damascus.
-
-It was well known that many of the persecuted Christians had
-sought refuge in that city, and Saul, "breathing out threatenings
-and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord," went to the
-high priest to obtain from him authority to seize all who were
-known to be believers in the new faith, and to bring them back to
-Jerusalem.
-
-{18}
-
-His journey was almost accomplished. Already the walls of the
-then beautiful city were within his sight; his heart beat high
-with triumph, when suddenly he was stayed, and, swifter than
-gleam of lightning, an unnatural brilliancy encompassed Saul and
-his attendants, who, confused and dazzled, fell prostrate on the
-ground.
-
-A voice from heaven was heard--not in tones of anger or reproach,
-to terrify the bold persecutor of Christians, but sweetly,
-softly, sorrowfully it sounded in his ear, speaking words which
-none but he could understand--
-
-"Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?"
-
-{19}
-
-Oh, wondrous power of the gentleness of Jesus! The haughty
-Pharisee became in that brief moment humble and yielding as a
-little child, and answered, "Who art thou, Lord?"
-
-"I am Jesus whom thou persecutest," said the heavenly voice.
-
-Those who were with Saul heard not these words, nor was it
-permitted them to see Christ. They were only conscious of the
-overwhelming brilliancy of the flood of light, and knew too that
-a strange voice seemed speaking--the privilege of beholding in
-vision the Saviour of the world was reserved for the man who had
-so deeply grieved Him.
-
-"Lord, what wouldst Thou have me to do?" inquired the now humbled
-Pharisee, and the answer came at once--
-
-"Go into the city, and there it shall be told thee what thou
-shalt do."
-
-{20}
-
-It was a hard and humiliating command to one like Saul!
-
-_He_--so well versed in classical learning, honoured for his
-superior attainments, followed by numbers who trusted implicitly
-in his wise counsels--must he indeed in submissive obedience
-learn from the lips of man what was the Will of God?
-
-Was it not also harder still to hear that he should be required
-to teach the very faith he had openly despised to the Gentiles,
-for whom, as a Pharisee, he had the deepest contempt and scorn?
-
-It _was_ hard to human nature, but Divine grace was strong,
-and Saul did not hesitate, but suffered his attendants to lead
-him to Damascus, still blind from the effect of the wondrous
-light which had shone upon and around him, there to do whatever
-God should direct.
-
-{21}
-
-In the grand old city, in a street called "Straight," which is
-said still to exist, there dwelt near the eastern gate a man
-named Judas, who received Saul into his house. While staying
-there, a vision was granted to the sufferer, promising him
-relief, and naming a Christian man of that city who should
-speedily come and visit him.
-
-This man was Ananias, who also was directed from heaven to seek
-out Saul of Tarsus, the well-known persecutor of Christians.
-
-That name had a terror for the servants of God in Damascus, and
-Ananias was alarmed.
-
-{22}
-
-"Behold, he prays," the voice had said, and yet the Christian
-hesitated, for he knew fall well that Saul had received from the
-high priest authority to bind all who were followers of Jesus.
-
-But the command, "Go thy way," stayed his many doubts, and,
-confiding in God's care, Ananias set out for the house of Judas.
-
-Arriving there, he laid his hand on Saul, saying that God had
-sent him that he might receive once more his sight and be filled
-with the Holy Ghost; and at once, by the power of the Almighty,
-he was blind no longer, and, by the direction of Ananias, he
-received baptism, and avowed himself from henceforth to be among
-the followers of Christ.
-
-{23}
-
-Having recovered his strength, Saul entered the Jewish synagogue
-in Damascus to proclaim the message of the Son of God whom he had
-before rejected and despised, and the people there asked each
-other in amazement if this could be he who had come to the city
-as the enemy of Christians.
-
-Their surprise served only to animate Saul with still greater
-zeal in preaching that the promised Messiah, so long expected,
-had really dwelt upon the earth in the person of Jesus of
-Nazareth, the crucified God.
-
-Shortly after his conversion, Saul travelled into the desert
-regions of Arabia, to fit himself by prayer and solitude for his
-future work; to learn those lessons of self-knowledge and
-self-distrust, without which no active work can be done for God's
-sole glory; and--separated from the business of this world--to
-hold communion with his Creator.
-
-{24}
-
-Three years of silence and retirement--years in which the once
-well-known Pharisee was almost forgotten by the crowd who had
-followed him in his old days of influence and power--and then
-Saul came forth to do his Master's work imbued with those deep
-principles of spiritual life which should sustain and guide him
-in the arduous labours which he was about to undertake on his
-return to Damascus, and the Jewish people there.
-
-But just as fiercely, just as deeply as Saul had once hated the
-holy Stephen, so did the Jews in the city hate and resolve to
-destroy him.
-
-A plot was laid for his apprehension, and three men were
-stationed at the different gates of Damascus in order to slay him
-if he should try to escape; but his friends placed him in one of
-the large, strong baskets common in the East, and let him down by
-ropes from the window of a house close to the city wall; and thus
-freed he made his way to Jerusalem.
-
-{25}
-
-Arrived there, Saul asked eagerly for the disciples of Jesus, but
-they were afraid that he only sought to betray them; for,
-although three years had passed since his conversion, it had not
-become known in Jerusalem, and neither St. Peter nor St. James,
-who were there, believed that Saul was a Christian.
-
-It was a fresh humiliation for that proud, lofty nature to be
-thus mistrusted and rejected by Christ's own Apostles, but it
-served to deepen his contrition for his former bitter persecution
-of the Church. One friend was raised up for him in St. Barnabas,
-who, remembering the honour and distinction which had attended
-Saul's departure from Jerusalem, pitied him in this humiliating
-return, and undertook to make known the wonderful story of his
-change of heart to the other Apostles.
-
-{26}
-
-Hearing this, they were no longer fearful, but welcomed Saul as
-one of their brethren, and gladly permitted him to share in their
-work, so that he at once began to labour for the conversion of
-the Grecian Jews in the city.
-
-But they remembered him as one of their own party, one whom they
-had honoured as a Pharisee, and who had been their leader in the
-work of persecution; and these facts made them so much the more
-bitter in their hatred, and they began to conspire against his
-life.
-
-{27}
-
-One day, while Saul prayed in the temple, he fell into that
-strange supernatural state of ecstasy in which the prophets of
-old, and the Apostles and Saints of later times, have received
-messages and revelations from Heaven. It was the Lord Jesus
-Christ Who thus in vision appeared to His servant, bidding him
-leave Jerusalem because the Jews there would not receive his
-words, and declaring it to be the Divine purpose that he should
-journey afar off--to the Gentiles.
-
-Doubtless, in the freshness and fervour of his newly-felt love,
-Saul would have chosen rather to remain in the city and give up
-his life for God, but with that great faith and ready submission
-of will which grace had implanted in his heart, he yielded
-without hesitation; and, going down to Cæsarea, entered a ship
-bound for Syria, and made his way to Tarsus, where he remained
-for many years.
-{28}
-During that time Saul's life was secluded, and very few positive
-records of it remain; but it was then he took short voyages to
-the different towns on the coast, and suffered the shipwrecks
-which are mentioned in his Epistles to the Corinthians. There,
-too, he endured some of that hunger and thirst, scourging and
-imprisonment, which he suffered for the sake of Christ, and
-received, as it is believed, many of those wonderful revelations
-which God granted as a help and consolation in his trials, as
-well as in preparation for the still greater difficulties which
-were hidden in the future.
-
-All this time the Jews, who were still unbelievers, pursued Saul
-with the deepest hatred and longing for revenge.
-
-{29}
-
-He had forfeited his patrimony on becoming one of the sect of
-Christians, and he had then no Gentile friends to help and to
-pity him, yet he was content; for, as he tells us in his Epistle
-to the Philippians, he esteemed "all things to be but loss for
-the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord."
-
-Meanwhile, St. Peter had visited the different towns and
-villages, and at length, reaching Joppa, took up his abode in the
-house of a man named Simon, by trade a tanner.
-
-There, one day at noontide, as he reclined in Eastern fashion
-upon the housetop, he turned his heart to God, and, forgetting
-all earthly things, became absorbed in contemplation.
-
-A feeling of intense, supernatural hunger came upon him then, and
-as his friends prepared food, he fell into a rapture, and saw the
-heavens open, and a sheet descend which contained animals of
-every description.
-
-{30}
-
-St. Peter had the strong Jewish regard for the distinctions of
-the law concerning the clean and the unclean, therefore when a
-voice directed him to kill and eat of these animals, he answered,
-"Far be it from me, for I never did eat anything that is common
-or unclean."
-
-A second time the voice spoke to him. "That which God hath
-cleansed do not thou call common," it said; and when this
-mysterious vision had been three times repeated, the sheet was
-drawn up to heaven again.
-
-In the same manner that the Jews avoided eating such food as the
-old ceremonial law of Moses deemed unclean, so they shunned all
-intercourse with the Gentiles as an unclean nation.
-{31}
-This remarkable vision was God's way of teaching St. Peter that
-the prejudices of his life must be laid aside, and as fully as
-grace was poured out upon the Gentile world, so he must also
-admit them to all the blessings of the Christian Church.
-
-While St. Peter pondered over this wondrous revelation of God's
-Will, two servants and a soldier came to the tanner's house, and
-asked if one Simon, surnamed Peter, was lodging there.
-
-They came from Cornelius, an officer in the Roman army, who dwelt
-in Cæsarea, a fine city and seaport some thirty-five miles from
-Joppa. We read in Scripture that Cornelius was a devout man, and
-that he gave alms to the people, and spent much time in prayer.
-{32}
-He must, therefore, have been conscientiously following the light
-he had, and praying to know God's Will; and such humble constant
-prayer can never be disregarded by Heaven. So it happened that
-one evening as Cornelius prayed, a heavenly visitor appeared to
-him, speaking in gentle tones of love, and yet he was alarmed,
-and exclaimed, "What is it, Lord?"
-
-Then he heard that his prayers and his alms had gone up as a
-memorial before the throne of God, and he was bidden to send men
-to Joppa, who should bring to him Peter, then lodging with a
-tanner in his humble dwelling upon the sea-shore.
-
-We have already seen these messengers reaching the dwelling of
-the Apostle; and while they asked for him, the Holy Spirit made
-their arrival known to St. Peter, and inspired him to go with
-them, for it was God Who sent them.
-
-{33}
-
-Immediately leaving the housetop, the Apostle went to the door,
-and heard how the messengers had come from Cornelius, and also
-that he had been directed by an angel to send to Joppa.
-
-Strong though his Jewish prejudices had been, love of his
-Master's will and his Master's work were still stronger, and St.
-Peter made the Gentile visitors welcome for the night, and
-departed with them next day for Cæsarea, taking with him some of
-his Christian brethren.
-
-When they reached the house of Cornelius, they found him with his
-friends, assembled to receive the much-desired visitor; and
-meeting St. Peter at the portico of his house, he prostrated
-himself with the greatest reverence and humility, recognising the
-Apostle as the visible head of the Christian Church, and the
-representative of Jesus Christ.
-
-{34}
-
-St. Peter raised him from the ground, and entering the house,
-began speaking of the old Jewish law which had prohibited
-intercourse with other nations, telling his hearers that God now
-commanded all those restrictions to end, and therefore he came
-among them as readily as if they were his own Jewish brethren.
-
-Cornelius then related the favour which had been granted him, and
-said that they were all there assembled to hear the words of life
-from the lips of the Apostle.
-
-St. Peter now tells the glad news of Christ's coming amongst men.
-He tells them that the once despised and outcast Gentiles are not
-only invited to receive God's grace, but are to be in all things
-equal partakers with the Jewish people--that Christ, of Whose
-resurrection and ascension they had already heard, had given an
-express commission to His Apostles to preach the Gospel to all
-nations.
-
-{35}
-
-Suddenly his address is interrupted. It is a scene second only to
-that of Pentecost, for the Holy Ghost comes down upon these
-Gentile converts, and they begin to speak with tongues, to the
-surprise of St. Peter and his companions. If any lingering
-feeling of Jewish superiority had been left in their hearts, this
-unmistakable proof of God's gracious purposes towards the
-Gentiles destroyed it for ever.
-
-If special grace and special gifts were thus bestowed from
-Heaven, St. Peter, as head of the Church on earth, must not fear
-to admit them to every privilege it was his to bestow, and he
-therefore desired that they should be baptized.
-
-{36}
-
-Thus began that mission to the Gentiles which opened a new era in
-the world's history.
-
-The Apostles had thought much of the blessings and honours
-intended for their own people, but they had not fully
-comprehended how broad, how extended Christ's kingdom was to
-become. So God wonderfully interposed, and called into His
-service one who was better fitted to be the Apostle of the
-Gentiles than St. Peter with his zeal, or St. John with his
-ardent love,--even Paul the persecutor, but afterwards the great
-and glorious servant of the Christian Church.
-
-{37}
-
-                 Chapter II.
-
-The city of Antioch, in Syria, was full of fugitives from other
-countries.
-
-Many had come from Jerusalem, many also from the adjacent island
-of Cyprus, others again from Cyrene; and when the truth was
-preached to them, a great multitude turned to God.
-
-Tidings of this went to Jerusalem, and St. Barnabas was appointed
-to go to Antioch to instruct the converts more fully in the
-doctrines they had received, and shortly afterwards, Saul went to
-assist his labours.
-
-{38}
-
-The people of Antioch gave the name of "Christians" to these
-followers of Christ. Before this the disciples had called
-themselves "brethren," or "saints," while the Jews in scorn
-termed them "Nazarenes."
-
-St. Barnabas, with the help of Saul, had been teaching about a
-year, when some prophets came down from Jerusalem, one of whom,
-named Agabus, proclaimed a famine throughout Judea.
-
-When the Christians at Antioch heard of the great price of food,
-and the consequent distress among their brethren in Jerusalem,
-they collected together a sum of money, and St. Barnabas and Saul
-conveyed this gift to the sufferers.
-
-But a greater evil than famine troubled the Christian Church--the
-persecuting cruelty of Herod Agrippa, who had killed James, the
-brother of John, and now would have taken also the life of St.
-Peter, had not God interposed, delivering him by the help of an
-angel.
-
-{39}
-
-When St. Barnabas with Saul returned to Antioch, they were
-accompanied by a young man named John Mark, and probably they
-would have continued long in their united work, had not the Holy
-Ghost inspired them to begin that mission to heathen lands to
-which they were more directly called.
-
-It was about this time that Saul exchanged his name for Paul--a
-name more pleasing to the ears of Greeks and Romans.
-
-Somewhat near the Feast of Pentecost, in the year 44, the
-Apostles started from Seleucia, the nearest seaport to Antioch,
-arriving, after a few hours' sail, at Salamis, a large city on
-the coast of Cyprus, the birthplace of St. Barnabas.
-
-{40}
-
-They began at once to preach in the synagogues, but with no very
-marked success; however, neither Jews nor idolaters attacked
-them, or made any opposition to their teaching, until they came
-to Paphos.
-
-The governor of the island at that time was Sergius Paulus, who,
-though a Roman and a pagan, was not content with the false
-deities he had been taught to worship.
-
-At his court there was a false prophet and sorcerer named
-Bar-Jesus, who had called himself "Elymas," which signifies "the
-wise one."
-
-When Sergius Paulus heard of the arrival of the Apostles he sent
-for them to come to him. Perhaps some hope was roused in his
-heart of hearing from these strangers some truth which would
-satisfy him.
-
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-
-When St. Barnabas taught of Christ, Elymas the sorcerer began to
-deny and contradict his words, until the governor said he knew
-not whom to believe.
-
-St. Paul, appealing to Heaven, called down the punishment of
-blindness upon this impious man, which so strongly impressed
-Sergius Paulus with belief in the power of God, that he at once
-avowed himself a Christian.
-
-"Oh, full of all guile"--thus had the Apostle addressed the
-sorcerer--"Oh, full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the
-devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the
-right ways of the Lord. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is
-upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a
-time."
-
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-
-Even as the servant of God spoke, a mist came before the eyes of
-Elymas, then light faded into a deep, terrible darkness, and
-blind and helpless he was led to his own home.
-
-Their mission to Cyprus concluded, the Apostles journeyed to
-Pamphylia, landing at Perga, where there was a celebrated temple
-dedicated to Diana.
-
-On arriving here, the young companion of Barnabas, "John Mark,"
-determined to return to Jerusalem--probably he shrank from the
-difficulties and perils which threatened their missionary life.
-
-Together then did Paul and Barnabas proceed on their way, through
-mountain passes, and across bleak plains, until they reached
-Antioch in Pisidia--not the city of Antioch in which they had
-already laboured.
-
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-
-Upon the Jewish Sabbath they directed their steps to the
-synagogue, where they were invited by the "elders" to address the
-people.
-
-St. Paul stood up, and in forcible, eloquent words gave a rapid
-sketch of the history of the Jewish nation, showing that the
-promises to the line of David were fulfilled in the coming of
-Christ.
-
-He next proved to them that from this Saviour, this God-man, who
-had lived and died in their own day, all might receive pardon of
-sin, and, lastly, he warned his hearers not to incur the dreadful
-punishment which awaited those who rejected the word of the
-Almighty.
-
-Some who heard these things were deeply impressed, and followed
-the Apostles to receive instruction; some had listened with
-delight to an appeal which showed the preacher's familiar
-acquaintance with the traditions of their forefathers, but their
-hearts were not gained for God.
-
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-
-When the next Sabbath came, an immense throng made its way to the
-synagogue, and this public demonstration of interest roused the
-anger of the unbelieving Jews, who uttered terrible blasphemies
-against the name of Jesus, and tried to silence His Apostles.
-
-But neither St. Paul nor Barnabas was afraid. They told these
-angry Jews that to them had God's grace first been offered, they
-had been His own chosen and beloved people, but now, as they
-would not hear, the Divine message was sent to the Gentiles.
-
-Enmity against the Apostles now ran so high that they were forced
-to leave the city, and on passing out they shook from their feet
-the dust of Antioch, as Christ had commanded them to do in such a
-case.
-
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-
-The Jews perfectly comprehended the meaning of this ceremony.
-They, when they reached the borders of their own land, were in
-the habit of carefully wiping from their sandals the smallest
-particle of dust, so that not so much as a grain of the sacred
-soil might fall on ground which was unblessed.
-
-When, therefore, they saw Paul and Barnabas pause and shake from
-their feet the dust of Antioch, they knew that _they_ were
-regarded as heathen and idolaters--no longer the people beloved
-of God.
-
-Some hundred miles eastward stood Iconium, and there the Apostles
-made their way, preaching with such power in the synagogue that
-great numbers both of Jews and Gentiles believed.
-
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-
-But again the hard-hearted multitude made efforts to raise a
-persecution against these messengers of Christ, although they
-were not so violent as the Jews of Antioch, so that, in spite of
-opposition, the Apostles remained some time in Iconium,
-performing by God's power many miracles there.
-
-These wonderful proofs of Divine greatness caused much
-excitement, and the enemies of the Christian party became so
-infuriated that they would have stoned the Apostles to death,
-unless they had escaped and fled to Lystra.
-
-In that city was a poor cripple who had been lame from his birth.
-He was known by every one, yet none pitied, none cared for him;
-and as he heard St. Paul tell of the love and compassion of
-Jesus, he longed to know more of One Who was so good and kind.
-
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-
-The eye of the Apostle had noted this man who heard him with such
-rapt attention, and he was inspired by God to heal his infirmity.
-"Stand upright on thy feet," commanded St. Paul, and immediately
-the cripple leaped up from the spot where he had been
-crouching--not standing only, but walking as perfectly as though
-he had possessed the power from his infancy.
-
-We can partly imagine the excitement such a marvellous event
-would cause amongst the people, and in their surprise they
-shouted, "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men."
-
-Old pagan stories told that the gods sometimes assumed a human
-form for the purpose of visiting and helping the people of earth,
-and therefore these idolaters believed St. Barnabas must be their
-own god Jupiter, while St. Paul, by reason of his wonderful
-eloquence, could be none other than Mercury.
-
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-
-The report spread rapidly throughout the town, and when it
-reached the ears of the priest of Jupiter, he hastened to show
-his reverence to these visitors who were supposed to have
-descended from heaven. Meantime the Apostles had gone quietly to
-the dwelling of some Christians, who entertained them during
-their stay in the city. Presently they were disturbed by the news
-that two bulls, decorated with garlands, had been brought to the
-gates as an offering, and that a vast crowd of people had met
-there for the purpose of worshipping them.
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-The Apostles were very much troubled, and, rending their
-garments, as was the custom of the Jews in any moment of great
-grief, they hastened to prevent the people offering the proposed
-sacrifice, telling them that their only desire in visiting the
-city was to persuade them to turn from such idolatry, and worship
-the one true and living God.
-
-But the enemies of the Apostle Paul had pursued him even to
-Lystra, and these, now exercised so strong and so evil an
-influence over the fickle people, that they were persuaded to
-stone him whom they had sought to worship.
-
-Thinking him to be dead, they dragged St. Paul's body outside the
-city gates, exulting over his destruction. But God was protecting
-His servant, and, with that power which can do all things, He now
-interposed; for, while the little group of Christians stood
-mourning and weeping by the side of their teacher, he rose up in
-their midst, and reviving, went home with them.
-
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-
-Next day both SS. Paul and Barnabas left Lystra, and went to
-Derbe, a city in which dwelt a man named Gaius, who was rich and
-highly esteemed.
-
-In the Epistle to the Romans he is mentioned as one who rendered
-many services to the Church, and it is believed that by his
-influence the malicious Jews were not allowed to interfere with
-the teaching of the Apostles, and therefore multitudes were
-converted.
-
-After remaining there some time, SS. Paul and Barnabas returned
-to visit those whom they had already converted at Lystra,
-Iconium, and Antioch, who received them with great joy.
-
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-
-Among the new disciples at Iconium was a young maiden named
-Thecla, who, during the absence of the Apostles, had been chosen
-to risk her life for God's truth--the first female martyr. When
-she was dragged before the pagan judges, she firmly resisted all
-their attempts to force her to renounce the Christian faith; they
-threatened, they tortured her, yet she was not afraid. At last
-Thecla was exposed to the cruelty of the wild beasts in the
-amphitheatre, but they came crouching to the feet of the virgin
-Saint, so beloved of God. The crowd who looked on were so moved
-by this spectacle that they demanded the maiden's release, and
-the judges dared not resist them; so Thecla ended her days
-peacefully serving and praising God. Nevertheless, she has
-received the title of "martyr," and her name placed next to that
-of St. Stephen, because, in the early ages of the Church, they
-who had suffered torments for God's sake, which they could not
-have survived excepting by miraculous help from Heaven, were thus
-called.
-
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-
-While SS. Paul and Barnabas made this second visit to the cities
-where already their preaching had brought forth fruit, they
-formed rules for the orderly government of the Churches. Then,
-passing again into Pamphylia, through Perga, to Attalia, and
-thence to Antioch in Syria, they closed their first mission.
-
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-
-                  Chapter III.
-
-For some years the Apostles remained labouring amongst the people
-of Antioch, but at length a trouble arose, through the disputing
-of the Christian Jews.
-
-It was very difficult to them to divest themselves of the idea,
-that in the exact observance of the Mosaic law lay the one way of
-justification and salvation.
-
-It was very difficult, again, for them to believe that faith and
-obedience to the law taught by Jesus Christ was sufficient
-without the outward ceremonies to which they had been accustomed,
-and which were peculiar to them as a nation.
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-When, therefore, the Christian Jews refused to communicate with
-the Christian Gentiles until they submitted to the rites of the
-old Hebrew law, SS. Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, there to
-confer upon such matters with St. Peter, and SS. James and John.
-
-St. Peter, as head of the Church, addressed the assembly first.
-He told them that God had given His Holy Spirit to the Gentile as
-well as to the Jew; nor did He require them to conform to the
-Jewish customs as regarded meats, and drinks, and outward
-ceremonies. When he had finished, both St. Paul and St. Barnabas
-spoke in turn of their mission, and the success granted to their
-labours.
-
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-
-St. James then addressed the assembly, and said that the Jews
-could observe the customs in which they had been educated, but
-that the Gentiles were not to do the same. They must seek to
-abstain from idolatry.
-
-The final decision of this first council, known as the Council of
-Jerusalem, was, that the Gentile converts were only obliged to
-abstain from meats offered in sacrifice, from blood and the flesh
-of strangled animals, and also were to preserve purity of manners
-as a distinctive mark of their connection with the Church of
-Christ.
-
-It was necessary to prohibit these converts from meats offered in
-sacrifice, else they might easily have fallen back into paganism:
-impurity was thought so lightly of by the un-christian, that it
-was necessary to set a higher principle before them as a positive
-law and obligation.
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-The prohibition against strangulated meats originated in the
-consideration of what was healthful, while the prohibition from
-blood had a still higher signification. While it continued to be
-offered in the temple as a sacrifice to God, it must be reserved
-wholly for sacred purposes.
-
-The decision of the council was made known to the different
-Churches, and SS. Paul and Barnabas were sent again to Antioch.
-
-Paul soon began to think of visiting the Churches they had
-established. "Let us return and visit our brethren in all the
-cities wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to see how
-they do."
-
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-
-St. Barnabas agreed, but he wished to take his nephew John Mark
-with them, for he also had come to Antioch. St. Paul objected.
-John Mark had deserted them at Perga through fear of the
-difficulties which lay before them, and it did not seem expedient
-to take one who could not endure hardships for the love of
-Christ.
-
-Then--these two Apostles who had so long been united in God's
-work could not agree upon this one point, and therefore they
-parted company, Barnabas sailing for Cyprus, taking John Mark
-with him, while St. Paul went to the Churches in Asia Minor,
-having Silas for a helper. We see here that even Christ's own
-Apostles were not perfectly free from those imperfections and
-risings of human nature which men are prone to. Doubtless this
-disagreement was permitted by God for their humiliation, and also
-for the good of others in the wider diffusion of the Gospel,
-through the separation of their work.
-
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-
-St. Paul first visited the Churches of Northern Syria, Cilicia,
-and Lycaonia. At Lystra he was joined by the young Timothy, who
-had a great desire to help in the missionary work. He was the son
-of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, and believing that by
-undergoing the old rite of circumcision he could more easily gain
-access to the Jews, St. Paul desired him to submit to it.
-
-With Silas in their company, these two messengers of God's truth
-travelled on until they reached Troas, at which place St. Luke,
-the physician and evangelist, joined them.
-
-While they remained there a vision was sent to St. Paul in a
-dream at night. It appeared that a man of Macedonia cried to him,
-saying, "Pass over into Macedonia and help us."
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-From this the Apostle believed that God wished him to preach the
-Gospel there, and therefore he embarked in a ship with his
-companions, staying, on their first landing, at Philippi, the
-chief city.
-
-There was no synagogue in this place, for but a very few Jews
-dwelt there; yet in a little quiet enclosed space by the
-riverside, the true God was worshipped by a small assembly of
-Christians, chiefly women. On the Sabbath the Apostles went to
-preach to them.
-
-One of the women was not of the people of Philippi; she was but
-staying there while she tried to sell some of the richly-dyed
-purple or scarlet cloth, which was so greatly prized at that time
-for its brilliant colour.
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-Her name was Lydia, and she was not a Christian; but when from
-the eloquent lips of St. Paul she heard the story of the
-wonderful life, and still more wonderful death, of Jesus of
-Nazareth, her heart opened to receive the truth, and she and all
-her household were converted.
-
-In that city of Philippi there was a female slave, through whom,
-it was supposed, the pagan gods were accustomed to speak, and
-therefore she managed to gain money for her owner by appearing to
-foretell future events.
-
-When this poor creature saw the Apostles going about the streets
-of Philippi, she used to cry out, "These men are the servants of
-the Most High God, who preach unto you the way of salvation."
-
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-
-One day as she uttered these words, St. Paul pitied her, and
-pausing, said to the evil spirit which possessed her, "I command
-thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out from her."
-
-That Holy Name had power then as in later days, and in that same
-hour the evil spirit departed from the poor slave, much to the
-displeasure of her masters, who could now gain no more money by
-the strange predictions of future things she had been accustomed
-to utter.
-
-In their rage they seized St. Paul and Silas and dragged them
-before the magistrates, complaining that they disturbed the
-public order by teaching unlawful customs to the people.
-
-The Romans had a law which forbade the teaching of any new
-religion unless it was one of which the government had already
-approved. This law St. Paul had certainly broken, that he might
-obey the higher law of God, but neither he nor his companions had
-occasioned any disturbance in the city.
-
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-
-The magistrates made no attempt to discover the truth of the
-complaint made to them, and seeing that the people were angrily
-resolved on having the offenders punished, they ordered St. Paul
-and Silas to be beaten.
-
-The Jews, in scourging, were not permitted to inflict more than
-thirty-nine blows, but the Romans used rods of elm, and gave many
-more stripes, so that Paul and Silas were all bruised and
-bleeding from the treatment they had received, when they were led
-away to prison.
-
-The gaoler had orders to keep them securely, and they were thrust
-into the close inner prison with their feet fastened in stocks,
-so that they were prevented from taking any rest.
-
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-
-During the night, the prisoners who were confined in another part
-of the prison heard voices singing--singing God's praises from
-the miserable dungeon. Suddenly, while the Apostles sang, an
-earthquake shook the prison to its very foundations, every door
-burst open, and the bands of every captive were loosed.
-
-The keeper of the prison awoke from sleep, and when he saw what
-had happened, and that the doors were open, he trembled with
-fear, for he naturally believed that all the prisoners would have
-escaped, and knew that his own life would be the forfeit.
-
-Drawing his sword, he was about to kill himself. Death was
-inevitable, so by his own hand he would die; but in this moment
-of despair, the voice of St. Paul reached him. "Do thyself no
-harm," said the Apostle, "for we are all here."
-
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-
-Calling for a light, the gaoler entered the dungeon. Yes, there
-indeed were his prisoners; and falling down trembling and tearful
-at their feet, he said, "Masters, what must I do to be saved?" It
-was given him in that moment to know that the scourged,
-imprisoned men before him were the servants and messengers of
-Almighty God.
-
-"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved and thy
-house." That was what they had to tell him; and the gaoler took
-them out of the dungeon and washed their wounds, and bringing
-them to his own house, set food before them, and begged for
-instruction in the Christian faith. Then, with all his family,
-this man received the grace of Baptism; and when morning came, a
-message was brought from the magistrates bidding the gaoler
-release his prisoners.
-
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-
-But St. Paul said that they would not thus depart. They had been
-scourged, they had been thrust into the dungeon without an
-opportunity of proving their innocence, and he then declared
-himself a citizen of Rome, requiring the magistrates to make
-known that they had been wrongfully punished.
-
-The authorities of the city were afraid when the Apostle's words
-were repeated to them. To scourge a Roman citizen publicly and
-uncondemned was a serious offence against Roman law. So, coming
-to St. Paul and Silas, they acknowledged they had acted
-unlawfully and entreated them to depart, which the Apostles did
-after bidding farewell to their Christian friends in the house of
-Lydia.
-
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-
-St. Luke, with Timothy, who had not been taken before the
-magistrates, remained in the city to instruct the Philippian
-Church more fully.
-
-Travelling onwards many miles, Paul and Silas reached
-Thessalonica, the city next in importance to Philippi, wherein
-many Jews were living. At first they were disposed to listen to
-the teaching of the Apostles, but hearing that the Gentiles were
-to be equally partakers with themselves in the privileges and
-graces offered, they began to murmur loudly and excite the anger
-of the people, who cried out that the strange men were
-proclaiming another to be king--Jesus the Nazarene--in the place
-of the great Cæsar!
-
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-
-The mob went to the house of Jason, where the Apostles were
-lodging, intending to seize them, but, as they were absent, Jason
-himself was seized and brought before the magistrates, upon a
-charge of having such persons at his house.
-
-The magistrates made the Christians of the city and Jason also
-promise that no further excitement and disturbance should occur,
-so in the darkness and silence of night St. Paul and Silas had to
-escape from Thessalonica.
-
-They were not discouraged or daunted by this opposition to the
-truths they preached, they sought only to obey the command of
-their Master, Who had bidden them carry His Gospel to every
-creature.
-
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-
-Another fifty miles of journeying, and they were at Berea. Here
-they found more sympathy than they had met with in Thessalonica,
-but their persecutors followed them into Berea, seeking to rouse
-the malice of the unbelieving against the Apostles, so that those
-who were Christians and loved St. Paul entreated him to escape,
-and even went with him down to the sea-shore and saw him safely
-embarked in a ship sailing for Athens.
-
-Silas and Timothy had remained in Berea to instruct and confirm
-the faithful there, so the Apostle Paul was alone in the
-beautiful city of Athens, surrounded by glorious temples and
-costly statues, and all the marks of civilisation of which it was
-the centre. As he observed the gorgeous temples raised in honour
-of every known pagan god, St. Paul felt a burning desire to
-preach to the Athenians of the great Father in heaven, and Jesus
-Christ, His eternal Son.
-
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-
-Going to the Jewish synagogue, he addressed the Jews assembled
-there, and then went to the large square, called the Agora, in
-which the market was held.
-
-Here many people were in the habit of meeting to hear and to tell
-news, and the Apostle had _his_ great, glorious news to
-utter--the tidings of a Saviour born into the world, dying for
-the world, risen from the grave, and ascended to the right hand
-of God, the Father Almighty--which were unknown themes to the men
-of Athens.
-
-A flight of sixteen steps led from this Agora to Mars Hill, upon
-which was built a temple in honour of Mars, god of war.
-
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-
-Here, too, was the great court of justice, called the Areopagus,
-and the judges were the most learned men of Athens, who tried all
-matters of government, and pronounced sentence upon criminals.
-The Stoics and Epicureans led St. Paul here--to the supreme
-tribunal--that he might speak about his God.
-
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-
-                  Chapter IV.
-
-In the Acts of the Apostles we have the address which St. Paul
-delivered with eloquent tongue and flashing eye to the astonished
-audience.
-
-He told them that in their capital he had seen one nameless
-altar--an altar "to the unknown God"--an altar which they had
-erected, lest there might, in some other land, be a God of whom
-they knew not.
-
-"What, therefore, you worship without knowing it, that I preach
-to you. God, Who made the world, and all things therein, He,
-being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with
-hands."
-
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-
-Thus did he commence his instruction, to which the men of Athens
-at first listened with interest and attention, but when he came
-to dwell upon the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead they
-laughed him to scorn.
-
-A few, however, believed that St. Paul spoke truly, and these
-sought further instruction from him during his stay in Athens.
-Among their number was a humble woman named Damaris, and
-Dionysius, one of the members of the Areopagus. For a short time
-Timothy came to assist the Apostle in his work at Athens, but he
-was wanted in Thessalonica, and therefore speedily returned
-there, while St. Paul went on alone to the city of Corinth, where
-he had neither companion nor friend.
-
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-
-The Emperor Claudius had issued a proclamation, commanding the
-Jews to leave Rome, and one of these named Aquila, with Priscilla
-his wife, had taken up his abode in Corinth. With them St. Paul
-obtained a lodging, partly because Aquila was a tent-maker, and
-the Apostle in his younger days had learned that trade.
-
-Now that food was scarce throughout Greece, and he had none to
-assist him, St. Paul had to employ himself and work hard during
-the week, but always when the Sabbath came round, and the Jews
-assembled in the synagogue, he was there to tell the Corinthians
-the new law of Christ Jesus.
-
-A great number of Jewish people were opposed to such strange
-doctrines, but the Apostle met with greater success amongst the
-Greeks, and soon formed a little congregation of Christians.
-
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-
-After labouring about three months alone, St. Paul was encouraged
-by the arrival of Silas and Timothy. There was much to tell about
-their work, and Timothy spoke of the faith and of the love of the
-Christians in Thessalonica, but they had fallen into some errors,
-which St. Paul reproved in his letter of holy counsel, known to
-us as the First Epistle to the Thessalonians.
-
-Silas and Timothy had brought a gift of money to the Apostle from
-the Churches of Macedonia, so that he was not forced to spend so
-many hours at his trade, and had therefore more time for
-instructing and preaching. Among those people of Corinth who had
-been received into the Christian Church was Crispus, the chief
-ruler of the synagogue--and his entire household had also opened
-their minds to truth.
-
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-
-This made the Jews extremely angry, and they spoke so
-blasphemously of Christ that St. Paul could not bear to hear
-them. Shaking his garment with a gesture of horror and
-indignation, he cried, "Your blood be upon your own head; I am
-clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles." And so
-saying he left the synagogue and went to the dwelling of Justus,
-who, being a pious man, allowed the Apostle to teach there.
-
-In a vision of the night God encouraged His servant, saying to
-him, "Do not fear, but speak, and hold not thy peace. Because I
-am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, for I
-have much people in this city."
-
-After this declaration of God's Will St. Paul remained in Corinth
-for another year and half.
-
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-
-He had already, as we have seen, written one epistle to the
-Thessalonians, and a few months later he wrote them a second.
-Some of the people of Thessalonica had fallen into a mistake.
-
-Thinking that Christ was soon coming to judge the world, they
-deemed it useless to occupy themselves in their different
-callings.
-
-When they left off work, like all other idle, unemployed people,
-they began to meddle with the concerns of their neighbours, and
-in his second letter St. Paul warned them that a great many
-things were to happen before the second coming of Christ, and he
-told them also the rule, "If any man will not work neither let
-him eat." He begged them to pray that the Word of God might bring
-forth much fruit among the Corinthian people, and bid them hold
-firmly to the traditions received from him.
-
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-
-After a time a new governor named Gallio came to Corinth, and the
-unbelieving Jews took this opportunity of trying to injure the
-Apostle. Taking him before a magistrate, they accused him of
-teaching men to worship God after a manner contrary to law.
-Before the Apostle could attempt to defend this charge, Gallio
-said he would not listen to such a complaint, and he sent the
-angry people away.
-
-The Greeks were very much vexed at this attempt of the Jews to
-bring trouble upon St. Paul, and they seized Sosthenes, the chief
-ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat,
-and yet even then Gallio did not interfere.
-
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-
-It seems probable that the Apostle would seek out Sosthenes after
-this rough treatment, and gain his friendship; at any rate, we
-next hear of this Jewish ruler as a Christian, and also a
-companion of St. Paul in his journey to Ephesus.
-
-About a month following the day upon which he had been taken
-before Gallio, the Apostle left Corinth with Aquila and
-Priscilla, whom he left at Ephesus, while he himself passed on to
-Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Pentecost.
-
-In the city of Ephesus stood the widely celebrated temple of
-Diana, which was one of the seven wonders of the world. It had
-taken more than two hundred years to build, and it was made of
-the purest marble. It had one hundred and twenty pillars,
-thirty-six of which were most beautifully carved, and the others
-polished; every one had been the gift of some king.
-
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-
-The temple was not roofed over, excepting just in the part where
-the image of Diana stood--the ugly log of wood, with a head
-adorned with a mural crown, and the body covered with figures of
-animals.
-
-The superstitious people believed that this idol had fallen from
-the sky, and during our month of May they held a great feast in
-Diana's honour, to which people came from far and near in vast
-crowds.
-
-In this city they also practised magic. Certain words were
-written on parchment, which had been copied from the image of the
-goddess, and this parchment was worn upon the body to charm away
-evil spirits, and to heal diseases, as it was believed.
-
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-
-We cannot marvel that ignorant people were thus led astray, when
-the wise and learned philosophers of Greece had begun to write
-about these hidden things, and sell such books at enormous
-prices.
-
-It was to Ephesus, the city filled with pagan superstition and
-practice, that St. Paul came after his visit to Jerusalem,
-meeting there again the Christians Aquila and Priscilla.
-
-During the absence of the Apostle a young man had been preaching
-in the synagogue, who was a Jew of the name of Apollos.
-
-He was well versed in Mosaic law and the books of the Old
-Testament, but he could teach nothing of Christ, for he did not
-believe that the promised Messiah had indeed come into the world.
-
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-
-It was from Aquila and Priscilla that Apollos learned the
-Christian faith, and then in his gratitude and love he longed to
-make it known to others, and for this purpose went to Corinth,
-where he induced many Jews to listen and to believe.
-
-When St. Paul came back to stay a while in Ephesus he resumed his
-trade, and taught continually in the synagogue; but at length the
-ill-feeling of the Jews broke out upon him, and they spoke evilly
-of him, and blasphemed the Name of Jesus.
-
-Upon this the Apostle left the synagogue and hired a room, where
-he taught the Word of God, and many were converted and baptized,
-and received the Holy Ghost from the hands of the Apostle.
-
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-
-It pleased the Almighty to work miraculous cures by means of St.
-Paul, as we read: "God wrought by the hand of Paul more than
-common miracles. So that even there were brought from his body to
-the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed
-from them, and the wicked spirits went out of them."
-
-Then some of the people who had witnessed the wonders which St.
-Paul could do in the name of Jesus, thought they also could do
-the same. There was a Jew who had seven sons, and these men
-wanted to drive out an evil spirit with which a person was
-possessed. But when they bade it come from him, the devil spoke
-from within the man, and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know,
-but who are you?" and the possessed leaped upon and overcame
-them, so that they had to escape.
-
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-
-When this was told in Ephesus, the people were awed, for they
-could not but see that God would not permit His Name to be taken
-in vain, and they began to be so much afraid of practising their
-magic arts that they brought out the wicked books, which treated
-of hidden things, and publicly burned them.
-
-During St. Paul's stay at Ephesus he went over for a short time
-to visit the Christians in Corinth, and to his great sorrow he
-found that among them were some who had brought disgrace upon
-their faith by relapsing into many of their heathenish customs.
-
-After he had again returned to Ephesus, such bad news came about
-the Corinthian Church that St. Paul wrote them a letter, in which
-he reproved their sins and entreated them to lead holy lives.
-This letter is the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
-
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-
-About this time a disturbance arose in Ephesus because the men
-who had formerly sold models of the pagan goddess Diana could not
-now find an easy sale for these things, and were therefore
-enraged with St. Paul for preaching against idolatry.
-
-A silversmith of the city, whose name was Demetrius, called
-together all who followed his own trade, and represented to them
-how much they had lost through this man who preached the new
-faith and persuaded the people to renounce the gods they had
-formerly worshipped.
-
-Ephesus was soon in a tumult, and the angry people resolved to
-seize upon St. Paul, whom they considered had done them great
-injury; but on going to find him in the house of Aquila, he was
-not there. Instead of the Apostle, therefore, two other
-Christians were captured and brought to the place where all
-public meetings were held.
-
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-
-St. Paul was not long in receiving tidings of this occurrence,
-and he would have hastened to the assembled crowd had not his
-friends interfered, for they believed that in their rage the
-excited people might do him some serious injury.
-
-"Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"--so rose the cry again and
-again, and it was a difficult matter for the authorities to quiet
-them.
-
-In this occurrence the Apostle saw an indication of God's Will
-that he should depart from Ephesus,--at any rate, for a
-time,--therefore he called together the Christians, and after
-exhorting them to perseverance in the faith they had embraced,
-and to a holy and blameless life, he bade them farewell.
-
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-
-For three years he had taught in that city, but now, with Timothy
-for a helper, he was to teach in other places, and win more
-hearts to a knowledge and love of the true God.
-
-He now made his way to Troas, where once before he had stayed,
-though only for a short time. But St. Paul's heart was troubled
-regarding the Corinthian Church: Titus had been sent there, but
-he had not returned, and St. Paul resolved to go and meet him.
-
-Leaving Troas he went to Philippi, where he was welcomed with
-great joy by his friends, and after a time Titus found him
-bringing better news of the people of Corinth, the greater number
-of whom were striving to obey the counsels contained in his
-letter.
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-There were, however, some who still refused to submit to the
-Apostle's authority, and who were wicked enough to utter
-untruthful things of him. They said that the money he wished the
-Christian Churches to collect for their poorer friends, was
-really needed by himself. It was now that St. Paul wrote his
-Second Epistle to the Corinthians, in which he encouraged those
-who were trying to live a holy life, and this letter he sent by
-the hand of Titus, while he himself visited Thessalonica and
-Berea.
-
-After summer and autumn had passed, the Apostle went to Corinth,
-but scarcely had he arrived than he heard of troubles in the
-Church of Galatia, because some people of Jerusalem had been
-there, endeavouring to sow disbelief and distrust in the teaching
-of St. Paul.
-
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-
-A letter was therefore written by him to the Galatians, to warn
-them against these false doctors who were preaching the
-obligation of observing the Mosaic law.
-
-Now the Apostle began to attend to the Church in Corinth,
-reproving error and sin, and separating those who would not obey
-the law of Christ from the submissive and good. He had warned
-them many times before he did this, but now he could not permit
-to be numbered among the followers of Christ those who brought
-shame upon their profession by openly disobeying His laws.
-
-There were connected with the Christian Churches pious women, who
-were called "deaconesses." Their charge was to assist the sick,
-to instruct the catechumens, and help the newly baptized to lead
-a Christian life.
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-For these duties it was necessary to have persons of experience
-and great piety, and therefore the age for their admission to the
-office was first fixed at sixty, but afterwards at forty years.
-
-One of these deaconesses, named Phoebe, was about leaving Corinth
-for Rome, and by her St. Paul sent an epistle to the people of
-that city.
-
-He had not yet been there, but he hoped before long to visit the
-Church which was then being formed, and meanwhile he sent them
-this proof of love and good-will. It was written in Greek, but
-for the benefit of those who did not understand that language was
-translated into Latin. In the arrangement of the Scriptures, this
-Epistle is always placed first--although not the first which the
-Apostle's hand has written--because of the great importance of
-its contents, as well as the pre-eminence of the place to which
-it was sent.
-
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-
-In it the Apostle first commends the faith of the Romans whom he
-long[ed] to see, "that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace
-to strengthen you." He goes on to show how the shameful sins of
-the pagans were the result of the lack of faith and of humility.
-
-He next censures those Jews who, while they boast of the law,
-neglect to keep it, and while admitting the advantages of the
-Jew, "because the words of God were committed to them," he
-teaches that all men, whether Jew or Gentile, are sinners who
-must be saved by the grace of God, and not alone by obedience to
-the law.
-
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-
-This doctrine of salvation by Christ is dwelt upon continually,
-but St. Paul also insists upon the necessity of good works, and
-that a Christian must die to sin and self, and live unto God.
-
-He also gives many beautiful counsels regarding Christian
-virtues, lessons of obedience to superiors and of mutual charity.
-He bids the strong bear with the weak, and cautions Christians
-not to judge and condemn each other, neither to give scandal.
-
-Then, exhorting them all to be "of one mind one towards another
-according to Jesus Christ," he promises to come and visit them,
-and concludes by invoking upon them the grace of God "to Whom be
-honour and glory for ever and ever."
-
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-
-                 Chapter V.
-
-The time was approaching when St. Paul was to leave Corinth--not
-sailing thence to Jerusalem as he had planned, but returning by
-the way he had come, because he found that some of the
-unbelieving Jews had formed a scheme to destroy him while upon
-his journey.
-
-For the space of a week the Apostle remained at Troas, and upon
-the last evening he had assembled the Christians together in an
-upper room--one of those dining-halls which the Latins termed
-_cænacula_.
-
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-
-The Scripture narrative tells us that they were there to "break
-bread," the name usually given in those days to the celebration
-of the Holy Mysteries. The Body and Blood of our Lord was
-received by those early Christians with extreme care and the
-profoundest reverence, but in that age the Church had not
-ordained that the reception of the Eucharist should take place in
-the morning and fasting. This rule prevailed at the close of the
-first century out of respect to so great a mystery. In the time
-of the Apostles the Communion was given at other parts of the
-day, and thus we understand the passage referring to this meeting
-of Christians upon the last evening of St. Paul's stay in
-Corinth.
-
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-
-An unusual crowd appears to have been assembled, and the heat was
-so great that the windows were left open. A young man named
-Eutychus, sitting in the recess of one of these windows, being
-overcome with sleep, fell through it to the ground. St. Paul at
-once descended, to find Eutychus, as it seemed, lifeless, but
-stretching himself upon the body, he besought God to manifest His
-power, and then returned to the upper room, and continued
-teaching till the day dawned.
-
-Eutychus soon joined the assembly, perfectly restored by the
-power of the Almighty through His servant.
-
-St. Luke, with Timothy and others who proposed accompanying the
-great Apostle on his journey, went down to the ship, but St. Paul
-had decided to travel on foot to the place at which it would next
-stop, called Assos, where he entered the vessel and went on to
-Miletus, situated some thirty-five miles from Ephesus.
-
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-
-At Miletus he sent a message asking some of the bishops and
-priests to come down to the ship and pray with him. They talked
-together upon the shore, and St. Paul told them that he was bound
-for Jerusalem. "I go to Jerusalem not knowing the things which
-shall befall me there. Save, that the Holy Ghost in every city
-witnesseth to me, saying that bands and afflictions await me at
-Jerusalem." He conjured the bishops to guard the people confided
-to their care, and warned them against false teachers, who would
-seek to mislead them, and then he bade them farewell. We read
-that there was weeping among them all, for they feared from his
-words that they should see the face of their teacher and father
-no more; and as the vessel sailed from Miletus they returned to
-Ephesus with heavy hearts.
-
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-
-At Tyre the ship had to unload, and St. Paul with his companions
-availed themselves of this opportunity of going on shore to find
-out the Christians who dwelt in that part. Seven days they
-remained amongst the disciples they found there; and one who had
-the power of understanding some of the things which were to
-happen, warned the Apostle of the great danger which threatened
-him at Jerusalem.
-
-But St. Paul knew that his way was ordered by God Who could
-shield him from every danger if such was His Divine Will,
-therefore he would not be persuaded to alter his course.
-
-The Christians of Tyre went with him to the shore and knelt down
-while he blessed them, and so they parted, and the ship sailed on
-to Ptolemais.
-
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-
-There the Apostles left the vessel and pursued their way by land,
-staying at Cæsarea in the house of Philip the Evangelist, whose
-four daughters had the gift of prophecy. During St. Paul's visit,
-there came down from Judea a prophet, named Agabus, who took the
-girdle of the Apostle, and binding his own hands and feet with
-it, said, "Thus saith the Holy Ghost. The man whose girdle this
-is, the Jews shall bind in this manner in Jerusalem, and shall
-deliver into the hands of the Gentiles."
-
-St. Luke and Timothy then entreated their companion not to go to
-Jerusalem, but he would not listen to them.
-
-"What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart?" he said,
-"For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in
-Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."
-
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-
-When the Apostle uttered these words, the others besought him no
-longer, but said, "The Will of the Lord be done," and thus--the
-one with heart filled with courage and even with desire to die
-for Christ, the others with sorrow mingled with their confidence
-in God--they went on to Jerusalem.
-
-Arriving in that city, St. Paul was received with the greatest
-joy by all the Christians, and next day the Apostle James, the
-Bishop of Jerusalem, convened a meeting of all who composed the
-Church.
-
-To them St. Paul gave a report of his work during his four years'
-absence. When he had concluded his address, he was told that
-great numbers of the Jews in that city believed the Gospel, yet
-were very strict in their observance of Mosaic law, and that they
-were hostile because they believed St. Paul taught the Jews of
-other places to neglect the customs of their people.
-
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-
-St. James advised that, to prove this belief unfounded, the
-Apostle should go to the temple upon the next day, which was the
-feast of Pentecost, and take part in a certain ceremony for four
-of the faithful.
-
-These four men had taken a vow. The Jews frequently did this for
-some special purpose, either that they might be delivered from
-some danger, or to show their gratitude for some special
-blessing. Vows were made for a certain time, during which the
-person considered himself specially consecrated to Almighty God,
-and he had to observe strict rules, such as to abstain from
-drinking wine, or from shaving his head.
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-When the time had come to an end, it was the duty of the person
-who had made the vow to appear in the temple, taking his
-offerings. Offerings on such an occasion were costly, and it was
-a customary thing for some richer and pious Jew to pay this
-amount for the man whose vow was at an end.
-
-It was for this purpose that St. James proposed St. Paul
-accompanying to the temple the four men who now accomplished the
-vow of the Nazarite, so that the Jews might observe his respect
-for their ancient law.
-
-Scarcely had the Apostle shown himself than some Jews, who had
-come up from Asia for the festival, saw him, and pointed him out
-to their fanatical companions as one who despised the law and
-profaned the temple. A terrible uproar followed, and seizing the
-Apostle, they cried, "Men of Israel, help: this is the man that
-teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and
-this place, and moreover hath brought in Gentiles into the
-temple, violating this holy place."
-
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-
-St. Paul was thus dragged from the temple to the outer court, and
-the gates were closed, while the angry people began beating their
-prisoner, and would certainly have killed him had not word been
-taken to the Roman tribune Lysias, who sent soldiers and
-centurions down to the scene of contest.
-
-Lysias readily believed that the Apostle had committed some
-serious offence, nevertheless, however guilty, it was not lawful
-for the mob to punish him, so the soldiers were ordered to bring
-him in chains to receive judgment.
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-When the captain enquired what was the charge against the
-prisoner, there was such a confusion that he could not discover
-the truth, and therefore bade the soldiers lead St. Paul to the
-castle, the angry crowd following, with cries of "Away with him.
-Away with him."
-
-When the Apostle was brought into the castle, he turned to
-Lysias, and asked if he might speak with him, who replied, "Canst
-thou speak Greek?" Upon hearing that St. Paul was a Jew of
-Tarsus, he acceded to his request that he might address the
-people.
-
-"Men, brethren, and fathers," began St. Paul, using the Hebrew
-language, which was spoken in Jerusalem, and in a moment the
-tumult was hushed and every ear strained to listen.
-
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-
-The Apostle gave them a sketch of his early history, telling them
-how he once hated and persecuted the Christians, and then of his
-wondrous journey to Damascus--of his blindness, and its cure.
-
-He passed on to his first visit to Jerusalem, spoke of his vision
-in the temple, when the Lord Jesus appeared to him, and bade him
-depart and preach to the Gentiles.
-
-The crowd had heard him thus far with silent attention, but now
-their rage burst forth afresh. Were they, the sons of Abraham, to
-be left for the despised Gentiles? They would not suffer such
-words to be spoken, and once more they cry, "Away with him." Away
-with such an one from the earth, for it is not fit that he should
-live.
-
-They began casting off their heavy outer garments purposing to
-stone him, but Lysias ordered his soldiers to bring the prisoner
-within the castle.
-
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-
-He had not understood St. Paul's address, being delivered in
-Hebrew, but he saw how greatly the people were infuriated, and
-therefore judged that some terrible crime must have been
-committed.
-
-He accordingly told one of the centurions to scourge the
-prisoner, so that he might confess what he had done, and St. Paul
-was bound to a low pillar that he might receive this humiliating
-punishment. But he spoke to the centurion and said, "Is it lawful
-for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"
-
-The centurion knew that such a thing was unlawful, so he went to
-Lysias to tell him that their prisoner was a Roman.
-
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-
-When Lysias found from St. Paul that he was a free-born citizen
-of Rome, he gave orders for him to be unbound, and convened a
-meeting of the Jewish council for the next day, before which the
-Apostle should answer the charges made against him.
-
-Early in the morning this council assembled, just as once it had
-assembled to judge St. Stephen when Saul, the well-known
-Pharisee, was one of its members. Now he was a prisoner--Paul,
-the servant of Jesus Christ, standing before many who knew him as
-the persecutor of Christians.
-
-"Men and brethren," he said, "I have conversed with all good
-conscience before God until this present day."
-
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-
-At this the high priest Ananias, in his anger, told those who
-stood near to strike the prisoner upon the mouth. Then St. Paul
-said to him, "God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For
-sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to
-the law commandest me to be struck?"
-
-The bystanders now accused the Apostle of speaking against the
-high priest. Seeing that he was not to be fairly tried, St. Paul
-appealed to the Pharisees who were present. "Men, brethren, I am
-a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. Concerning the hope and
-resurrection of the dead I am called in question."
-
-At these words a great dissension arose between his judges. Party
-spirit was kindled immediately in the Pharisees, who, forgetting
-their anger against the Apostle, now declared that they found no
-evil in him. The confusion increased, so that Lysias heard of it,
-and ordered his soldiers to go and bring back the prisoner to the
-castle.
-
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-
-It was well that he did so, or St. Paul would have been almost
-torn to pieces by the indignant Sadducees.
-
-Night drew on, and in the still darkness the Lord Jesus Christ
-appeared to His servant, speaking softly and encouragingly in his
-ear: "Be constant; for as thou hast testified of me at Jerusalem,
-so must thou bear witness also at Rome."
-
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-
-Not to die then! not yet to lay down life for God's truth. To
-suffer again and to suffer more--yet St. Paul was not dismayed.
-Had he not said already to the Christians of Ephesus, when upon
-the sea-shore of Miletus they looked on his face for the last
-time, "I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life
-more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course."
-
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-
-                   Chapter VI.
-
-During that night the enemies of God's servant were not forgetful
-of him, and forty men bound themselves under a curse neither to
-eat nor drink until they had succeeded in killing him.
-
-They accordingly made request to the council that Lysias might
-have St. Paul tried once more, purposing in their hearts to lie
-in wait as he came out from the castle, and falling upon him,
-destroy him.
-
-In some manner which we do not know, the secret transpired, and a
-young man related to the Apostle brought news to the castle of
-what the forty Zelotes had arranged.
-
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-
-Lysias listened to his story, but bade him not to speak of the
-discovered plot to any one. He then determined to send St. Paul
-away that same night, as it was evident that his life was in
-peril through the malice of the people. Summoning two of his
-centurions, he bade them make ready two hundred soldiers, seventy
-horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, who were to take a journey
-into Cæsarea at nine o'clock that night, and horses were also to
-be provided for the Apostle, who must be safely placed under the
-care of Felix the governor of that place.
-
-Lysias knew that this enormous guard would be necessary to ensure
-the safety of his prisoner. When all was in readiness for
-departure, he had a letter written which was to be given to the
-governor of Cæsarea, explaining the reasons for which St. Paul
-was sent to him, and all who had any accusation to make against
-him were told to go to Felix with the complaint.
-
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-
-By the dawn of morning, the travellers had accomplished about
-thirty-five miles of their journey, reaching Antipatris, where
-the foot-soldiers were dismissed; the rest of the guard conducted
-the Apostle safely through another day's travel, and then they
-entered Cæsarea.
-
-After reading the letter sent by Lysias, Felix asked his prisoner
-from what province he came. St. Paul told him that he was from
-Cilicia, where he was born.
-
-Felix then gave orders that he should be kept in the
-judgment-hall of Herod until his accusers came forward, and his
-defence could be heard.
-
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-
-For several days the Apostle remained thus, until the high priest
-Ananias, and others of the Jewish council, arrived with a Roman
-advocate, or lawyer, ready to assist them in making their
-complaint against him to the Cæsarean governor.
-
-Felix had once been a slave, who by the favour of the Roman
-emperor had been raised to his high position; but he was an
-unjust and a tyrannical man, who lived in great sin. It was
-before him then that St. Paul had to appear, and Tertullus, the
-lawyer, commenced his speech by praising Felix, as if he had been
-a good man, and laying his accusations against the prisoner.
-First, he was charged with being a "pestilent man, raising
-seditions among all the Jews throughout the world, and author of
-the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes." On these grounds St.
-Paul was deemed an offender against the Roman government, and
-against the law of Moses.
-
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-
-The next charge was that he had brought Gentiles into the temple.
-
-The assembled Jews confirmed the truth of what Tertullus uttered,
-and then Felix gave the prisoner permission to defend himself.
-
-He therefore declared that he was not guilty of disputing with
-any man, nor had he caused disturbance either in the temple or
-synagogue; that he had gone up to the temple to engage in a
-Jewish ceremony, and those who had been in his company were not
-Gentiles.
-
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-
-After such a defence, it would have seemed impossible to find any
-plea for detaining the Apostle a prisoner, but Felix only put the
-matter off, promising to enquire further into it at the coming of
-Lysias. Hoping that the Apostle would purchase his freedom, Felix
-remanded him to a somewhat light imprisonment, which continued
-two years.
-
-One day the governor sent for St. Paul, that he and his wicked
-wife Drusilla might hear so famous a teacher speak about his
-faith.
-
-The Apostle had the gift of making his addresses exactly
-applicable to those who listened to him; and as he knew the
-sinful life of Felix, he was not afraid to speak out openly of
-that purity of life which the Gospel law enjoins.
-
-He spoke also of the judgment to come, in such forcible words
-that the governor's conscience was awakened, and he trembled.
-
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-
-Still,--like so many wicked people of later times,--he was not
-ready to give up his sinful pleasures, but only wished to be rid
-of the thought of God's future punishment. "For this time go thy
-way;" he said, "when I have a convenient time I will send for
-thee."
-
-Thus did Felix close his heart to the influence of the Holy
-Spirit, and resist God's grace; nor do we read that he ever had
-another opportunity for repentance.
-
-At the close of the two years during which St. Paul was a
-prisoner, another governor was appointed in place of Felix, whose
-name was Festus.
-
-Scarcely had he come to Cæsarea than he went to visit Jerusalem,
-and the Jews took the occasion as a favourable time to ask that
-Paul might be tried there, but this request was not granted.
-
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-
-When Festus returned to Cæsarea, he had the Apostle brought up
-before him in the presence of the accusers, and St. Paul replied
-to the charges against him in much the same words he had used two
-years before.
-
-Festus was perplexed, for it was evident to him that the prisoner
-had not created any disturbance against the government; still he
-feared the Jews, and therefore asked St. Paul if he would not
-like to go up to Jerusalem for trial. But the Apostle replied
-that he stood before Cæsar's judgment-seat, and he appealed to
-Cæsar.
-
-Then Festus cried, "Hast thou appealed to Cæsar? To Cæsar shalt
-thou go;" meaning that he should be sent to Rome for trial.
-
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-
-Soon after these proceedings, the young King Agrippa, with his
-sister Bernice, came upon a visit to the governor of Cæsarea, and
-hearing of St. Paul's case, said that he would himself pronounce
-judgment upon it.
-
-The great hall of audience was filled with the royal court, the
-tribunes and all the chief men were assembled; and St. Paul took
-this opportunity to preach the Gospel to them.
-
-He told the story of his life, of his conversion and subsequent
-work amongst men; but when he said that Christ had come to be a
-light to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews, a loud cry broke
-from Festus, "Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning hath
-made thee mad."
-
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-
-"I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth
-and soberness," replied the Apostle; then, appealing to the king,
-he added, "Believest thou the prophets, O King Agrippa? I know
-that thou believest."
-
-Agrippa said, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."
-
-"Would to God," cried St. Paul, "that not only thou, but all that
-hear me this day, should become such as I am, except these
-bonds."
-
-The king, with Festus and the rest, rose up to leave the hall.
-"This man hath done nothing that merits either death or the
-prison," said Agrippa. "He might have been set at liberty if he
-had not appealed unto Cæsar."
-
-As it was now necessary to send the Apostle to Rome, Festus had
-him placed with some other prisoners on board a ship which was
-going part of the way. It was in the year 62 that St. Paul
-started as a prisoner, with Luke and Aristarchus to bear him
-company.
-
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-
-Sidon was the first stopping-place, and here the Apostle was
-allowed to go on shore to visit the Christians who dwelt there.
-
-When they arrived at Lystra, Julius the centurion, who had charge
-of the prisoners, found a large ship going to Italy from
-Alexandria, into which he had them removed. But a contrary wind
-rose, so that for several days they could proceed but very
-slowly. It was a time of year when sailing was difficult and
-dangerous, so when they reached a place called Good Havens, St.
-Paul said it would be better to remain there during the winter.
-
-But the master of the ship and the centurion determined to go on,
-hoping to reach Phenice, and winter there.
-
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-
-At first a gentle south wind was blowing, but a sudden change
-came, and the ship was driven furiously along towards the
-dangerous coast of Africa. The sailors were afraid that their
-vessel would be broken to pieces in the storm, and they passed
-strong chains underneath it and took down all their sails. The
-next day they tried to make the ship lighter by throwing over all
-they could most easily spare, and upon the third day they even
-cast away ropes, sails, and anchors.
-
-It was so dark from the heavy stormy clouds, that the master of
-the ship could not discover whereabouts they were, and all hope
-seemed gone.
-
-Then St. Paul stood up in the midst of the frightened men, and
-bade them take heart, for the life of every one should be
-preserved, although the vessel would be lost.
-{121}
-He gave them his authority for such a promise--"For an Angel of
-God, Whose I am, and Whom I serve, stood by me this night,
-saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar; and,
-behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee."
-
-For fourteen long days and nights the vessel was driven about in
-the sea of Adria, and then the sailors thought they were drawing
-near land, but upon letting down their measuring line they found
-the water becoming so shallow that they feared being cast upon
-the rocks, so they cast down four anchors to hold the ship
-securely until morning.
-
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-
-Filled, however, with selfish fear, the sailors secretly let down
-a boat into the water, meaning to get into it themselves, and
-leave the others in their difficulty. St. Paul was given the
-power of divining what passed in their hearts, and he told their
-scheme to the centurion, who ordered his soldiers to cut the
-ropes that the boat might fall over into the sea.
-
-When day broke, the Apostle begged all on board to eat, and he
-repeated his promise of safety for all, and taking bread, he
-"gave thanks to God in the sight of them all," and they also ate
-and were refreshed.
-
-It was now evident that the ship could not be saved, so the wheat
-with which it was laden was thrown over, in order that it might
-be lightened, and so run close in to the shore. But as the
-sailors were endeavouring to get up a little creek, the vessel
-stuck fast in the ground, and the hinder part was broken to
-pieces by the stormy waves.
-
-{123}
-
-The soldiers would have begun putting the prisoners to death,
-lest they might swim to shore and thus escape, but the centurion
-prevented them, and ordered those who were able to swim to do so,
-while the rest he made hold on to the boards and broken spars of
-the ship. In this way every soul was saved of the two hundred and
-seventy-six who had been on board the vessel--saved for the sake
-of Paul, the beloved servant and Apostle of God.
-
-The island on which they were cast was called Melita--the Malta
-of our own day--and no sooner were they landed than a fresh proof
-of God's providential care over St. Paul was granted.
-
-A fire of sticks had been kindled by the people of the island,
-and as the Apostle assisted the others, gathering together what
-faggots he could find, a viper came and fastened upon his hand.
-
-{124}
-
-The ignorant natives observing this, thought it must be some very
-wicked man pursued by dreadful judgments, although he had escaped
-the perils of the sea; but when St. Paul shook off the viper, and
-it was seen that he was wholly uninjured by its poisonous bite,
-they changed in their feelings, and believed he could be nothing
-less than a god.
-
-It was the Will of Almighty God that still more wonders should be
-wrought upon that island.
-
-The father of Publius, the governor of Malta, was lying
-dangerously ill, and St. Paul went to visit him as his Master
-when on earth visited the sick and suffering, and "laid his hands
-on him," and healed, him.
-
-{125}
-
-Seeing this marvel wrought by the touch of the Apostle, all the
-people of the island who were in any way sick or diseased came
-hastening to St. Paul, and they too received the healing of their
-infirmities. For three months the shipwrecked company remained in
-Malta, and when at length they departed in a ship bound for
-Italy, the people of the island gave them many presents in
-gratitude and good-will.
-
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-
-                   Chapter VII.
-
-On arriving at Puteoli (Pozzuoli) St. Paul received a welcome
-from the Church already formed there, and at last, in the year
-63, the eighth of the reign of Nero, he entered the city of Rome,
-surrounded by the Christians who had gone out to meet him in his
-chains.
-
-Julius the centurion now gave up his charge to the captain of the
-emperor's guard, whom we hear of as a just and kind man, who
-treated St. Paul well, and even permitted him to see his friends,
-and to teach the Christian faith to such as willed.
-
-{127}
-
-For two years this imprisonment lasted, during which time,
-Scripture tells us, he "received all that came in to him,
-preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things which
-concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without
-prohibition."
-
-Here ceases the narrative of the first missions to the pagan
-world, given by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. Those first
-triumphs of the faith were won much as the triumphs of later days
---always against unbelief, error, opposition, and calumny; yet
-won even by an Apostle in chains, as truth must ever conquer,
-even when apparently vanquished.
-
-That two years' captivity in the Roman capital was cheered by the
-company of St. Luke, Timothy, and John Mark, who was now a
-faithful servant of Christ; they could go where St. Paul was not
-permitted, and take counsels and messages of encouragement from
-him to the different Churches.
-
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-
-There was a slave named Onesimus, who was very useful to St.
-Paul, and who became a Christian through his teaching. He had
-robbed his master and escaped to Rome, where from curiosity he
-went to hear the imprisoned Apostle tell of Jesus of Nazareth.
-His heart was touched, and seeking an opportunity, he opened his
-conscience to St. Paul, in obedience to whom he went back to his
-master, bearing a letter written to him by the Apostle. This
-letter is known to us as the Epistle to Philemon. Tychicus
-accompanied Onesimus on his way, bearing an epistle to the Church
-of Colosse, which was the city in which Philemon dwelt.
-
-{129}
-
-In this beautiful letter St. Paul exhorts his brethren to beware
-of the philosophers and Jewish teachers, who would withdraw them
-from Christ. He entreats them to look after heavenly things and
-to grow in holiness. He also speaks of the duties of husbands and
-wives, parents and children, advises constant prayer, and
-concludes with various salutations from the Christians of Rome.
-
-Tychicus was also the bearer of the Epistle to the Church at
-Ephesus, and all these letters are supposed to have been written
-when St. Paul had been about a year at Rome.
-
-To the Ephesians the Apostle speaks first of the many and great
-spiritual blessings received through Christ, Who is our peace. He
-prays that they may be strengthened by the Spirit of God, and
-exhorts them to fly from sin, to be united in "One Lord, one
-faith, one baptism."
-{130}
-To these Ephesians, as to the Colossians, he speaks of the duties
-of the various relationships, and finally directs them to "Put on
-the armour of God," that they may resist in the evil day, when
-their wrestling would be against "the spirits of wickedness in
-high places."
-
-The Church at Philippi had always shown a deep affection for the
-Apostle, and about this time they sent him a present as a mark of
-their love and sympathy for his sufferings.
-
-When St. Paul wrote to thank them, he told them also about
-himself and that he expected soon to be tried, but that whether
-his sentence was life or death he should be content.
-
-{131}
-
-Probably about this same time was also written the Epistle to the
-Hebrews, which was addressed to the Jews of Judea and Jerusalem.
-In this letter the Apostle sets forth the immeasurable
-superiority of the New Law of Christ over the old Mosaic
-dispensation.
-
-All this time the Christian Church at Rome was making rapid
-progress. With the zeal of St. Peter, and the eloquent teaching
-of St. Paul united in the great city, it was no wonder that the
-truth made its way even into the imperial court, for we find
-among the salutations of the Epistle to the Philippians, those of
-"Cæsar's household."
-
-It was apparently through the influence of some of these more
-powerful disciples that, in the early part of the year 65, St.
-Paul was released from his imprisonment.
-
-{132}
-
-Very little information is given us in the Scriptures respecting
-the Apostle after this liberation. We gain our knowledge chiefly
-from his own letters to Timothy and to Titus, and from the
-traditions of the early Church.
-
-Thus it appears that the first use the Apostle made of his
-liberty was to undertake new missions, and to visit those
-Churches to which he had already preached "Christ crucified."
-
-Though no longer young, he was still full of zeal for God's
-glory, and we find him now journeying to Spain, which he mentions
-in the Epistle to the Romans. A contemporary author--Clement of
-Rome--tells us that "Paul was the herald of the Christian faith
-to the whole world, and penetrated even to the limits of the
-West."
-
-{133}
-
-Accompanied by Titus, the Apostle also went into the island of
-Crete. Taking a long voyage, he next visits Ephesus, passing
-thence to Macedonia. Titus had remained in Crete to watch over
-the newly founded Church, and with power to institute bishops and
-priests, and to him St. Paul writes an Epistle from Nicopolis,
-counselling him how to watch over the flock committed to his
-care. In this letter he speaks of remaining during the winter in
-this city, but he appears to have passed to Corinth, and thence
-to the Churches of Troas and Miletus, returning to Rome at the
-close of the year 66.
-
-The first general persecution of the Church had commenced by
-order of Nero. Being disposed to give a spectacle which might
-rival the celebrated taking of Troy, this tyrant gave command for
-the city of Rome to be set on fire.
-
-{134}
-
-Rome was then composed of fourteen divisions, out of which only
-four escaped the flames of this tremendous conflagration. Nero,
-to excuse himself from the infamy of this act, laid the blame
-upon the Christians, and, as a punishment, had them arrested and
-condemned to the most dreadful torments.
-
-Some were sewn up in the skins of wild beasts, and then were
-hunted by dogs in imitation of a barbarous chase. Many were
-crucified; others had their clothing smeared with some
-combustible material, and, fastened to posts in the streets or in
-the alleys of the imperial garden, were then set on fire.
-
-During these horrors Nero walked, or drove in a car, about the
-gardens, or through the ruined city, enjoying the sufferings
-which his cruel nature had invented.
-
-{135}
-
-It was at the very height of this persecution that St. Paul was
-brought into Rome once more a prisoner, and dragged before the
-emperor. So great, however, were his courage and his eloquence,
-that he escaped any severer sentence than that of imprisonment.
-This time St. Paul was alone--his friends had removed to other
-parts, and feared to come to him. But, like that dear Saviour,
-Whose own disciples forsook Him in the hour of peril, St. Paul
-did not harshly censure his Christian brethren, but rather felt
-pity for their weakness of heart, and prayed that they might be
-forgiven for deserting him in his infirm age, with the near
-prospect of martyrdom before him.
-
-{136}
-
-While in prison, the Apostle wrote a second letter to Timothy,
-full of love and holy counsels. In this Epistle he exhorts him to
-"stir up the grace of God," which he had received at his
-ordination, and not to be discouraged by suffering.
-
-He also utters a warning against those who have gone astray from
-truth, and concludes by speaking of his approaching death, and
-desires Timothy to come to him.
-
-The trial of St. Paul terminated, as he had expected, with
-sentence of death.
-
-In the midst of the fury of persecution, St. Peter had set no
-bounds to his zealous teaching of the faith of Christ. He had
-celebrated the Holy Mysteries in the house of a Christian named
-Pudens; in the presence of Nero himself he had confounded the
-audacious heresy of Simon Magus; he had converted, among others,
-a female slave greatly loved by the wicked emperor, and when she
-forsook the court, and served God by a virtuous life, the
-tyrant's rage against the Apostles of Christ broke out with
-fourfold strength.
-{137}
-St. Peter was arrested and conveyed to the Mamertine prison,
-where he converted two of his guards to the Church.
-
-Then together were these glorious Apostles brought before the
-governor of Rome, together they confessed the faith, and together
-were condemned to die.
-
-A tradition of the early Church tells us that, before they died,
-the two Apostles prophesied the impending ruin of Jerusalem.
-
-Then St. Peter--the Jew--was beaten with rods, and crucified with
-his head downwards upon Mount Janiculum, and buried in the
-Aurelian Way, near the temple of Apollo, the spot upon which the
-Vatican now stands.
-
-{138}
-
-St. Paul--the citizen of Rome--must not die by crucifixion but by
-the sword. Upon the same day, the 29th June, he, the old man of
-well-nigh seventy years, who had borne hunger and thirst,
-scourging, imprisonment, and chains, was led out beyond the gates
-of Rome to give up life for God.
-
-In a place near the Fulvian waters, the crowd stayed their steps,
-and the executioner's sword severed the head of the old Apostle
-from his body. A beautiful legend tells us that three times that
-severed head leaped from the earth, and each time a clear
-fountain of water sprang up, to the amazement of all who
-witnessed the miracle.
-
-{139}
-
-There stands now upon that sacred spot the church of "Delle Tre
-Fontane," and visitors to the Eternal City, who go there to pray,
-have testified to the existence of these fountains.
-
-In the story of the life of St. Paul, Apostle and Martyr, we see
-the marvellous effects of God's grace. It was by grace, through
-the strength of Christ, that he laboured so long, so faithfully,
-so successfully. It was by grace he had courage to endure
-hardness, and by grace that his heart thrilled with such fervent
-love to Christ--a love which sustained him through all the trials
-of his long life.
-
-We read that St. Paul was exposed to one great trouble, a "thorn
-in the flesh," as Scripture terms it, and we are told that it was
-permitted for his humiliation. Three times he besought of God to
-take it from him, but the answer was, "My grace is sufficient for
-thee."
-
-{140}
-
-The Apostle had been highly educated; he was nobly born; he had
-received great intellectual gifts; he had gained knowledge and
-experience by travel into distant countries; he had even been
-caught up into paradise, and heard words which he could not
-utter, and seen wonders which it had been impossible to describe,
-yet God kept him humbled by some sharp and continued trial or
-temptation.
-
-There are some who have imagined they could find in the life of
-St. Paul reasons for denying the teaching of our Holy Church,
-which affirms the supremacy of St. Peter.
-
-{141}
-
-St. Paul taught in words the unity of faith and discipline, the
-necessity of order, the obedience due to lawful authority, but he
-taught it also in his own life.
-
-Glorious is his career; so marvellous in his conversion; so
-sublime in doctrine, so eloquent in teaching, so grandly
-successful in his missionary work, yet he comes to St. Peter as
-supreme head of the Church. To him he refers all matters of
-discipline, and to him he gives an account of his labours,
-because to him Christ said, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
-will build my Church."
-
-Nor are there wanting those who seek to prove from the writings
-of St. Paul, that to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" is
-salvation without the good works which the Church of Christ
-requires of her children.
-
-{142}
-
-The Apostle does indeed teach the redemption of man through the
-death of Christ--that by grace and not through works are men
-justified. But he tells also just as plainly, just as clearly, of
-the necessity of a new life, of a casting away of sin; and while
-he says "There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are
-in Christ Jesus," he adds, "who walk not according to the flesh."
-
-Profession of faith in Christ, but a corresponding holiness of
-life, a constant warfare against the world, the flesh, and the
-devil, the mortification of self, and of even sinless pleasures--
-this was the teaching of Paul the Apostle, as it is the teaching
-of Christ's Church.
-
-{143}
-
-Oh that we may receive some small measure of his burning
-love--love so humble, so faithful, so abiding. Oh that, like St.
-Paul, we too may become "new creatures in Jesus Christ," so that
-with him we may even dare to say, "Mihi vivere Christus est, et
-mori lucrum."
-
-
-                   The End.
-
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-A'Kempis, Thomas -- 10
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-Allies, T. W., Esq. -- 12
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-Amherst, Bishop -- 7
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-Bagshawe, Rev. J. B. -- 15, 16
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-Beste, Rev. K. D. -- 25
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-Bethell, Rev. A. P. -- 21
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-Blosius -- 8
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-Bona, Cardinal -- 8
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-Boudon, Mgr. -- 8
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-Bowles, Emily -- 28
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-Bradbury, Rev. Fr. -- 29
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-Browne, E. G. K. -- 15
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-Brownlow, Rev. W. R. B. -- 7, 14
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-Burder, Rt. Rev. Abbot -- 7, 8
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-Burke, S. H., M.A. -- 13
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-Butler, Alban -- 9, 18
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-Challoner, Bishop -- 17, 20
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-Collins, Rev. Fr. -- 9, 10
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-Compton, Herbert -- 3
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-Dechamps, Mgr. -- 12
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-Deham, Rev. A. -- 6
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-Dixon, Rev. Fr. -- 1, 18
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-Doyle, Canon -- 2
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-Doyotte, Rev. Père -- 6
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-Dupanloup, Mgr. -- 9, 17
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-Francis of Sales, St. -- 12, 13
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-Frassinetti -- 16
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-Gibson, Rev. H. -- 15
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-Grace Ramsay -- 20
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-Gracian, Fr. Baltasar -- 3
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-Grant, Bishop -- 6
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-Gueranger -- 25
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-Hedley, Bishop -- 14
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-Henry, Lucien -- 8
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-Herbert, Lady -- 8, 9, 19
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-Hervey, Mrs. T. K. -- 1
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-Hill, Rev. Fr. -- 30
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-Hope, Mrs -- 10
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-Humphrey, Rev. Fr., S.J. -- 1
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-Husenbeth, Dr. -- 2, 18, 20, 21, 22
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-Kenny, Dr. -- 17
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-King, Miss -- 28
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-Laing, Rev. Dr. -- 14, 17, 21
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-Lane, H. Murray, Esq. -- 30
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-M'Corry, Rev. Dr. -- 17, 26
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-Macdaniel, Miss -- 6, 21
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-Meehan, Madeleine Howley -- 27
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-Milner, Bishop -- 6
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-Nary, Rev. J. -- 15
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-Newman, Dr. -- 2
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-O'Clery, Chevalier -- 25
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-O'Mahony, D. P. M. -- 26
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-Oratorian Lives of the Saints -- 18
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-Oxenham, H. N. -- 13, 29
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-Ozanam, Professor -- 12
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-Philpin, Rev. Fr. -- 7
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-Platus, Fr. Jerome -- 17
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-Poirier, Bishop -- 16
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-Poor Clares -- 14, 20, 23
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-Powell, J., Esq. -- 25
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-Prins, Leopold de -- 31
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-Pye, H.J., Esq. -- 17
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-Ravignan, Père -- 9
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-Redmond, Rev. Dr. -- 14
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-Richardson, Rev. Fr, -- 17
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-Rowley, Fr. A. J. -- 2
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-Schulthes, Herr -- 31
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-Tame, C. E., Esq. -- 22, 26
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-Tandy, Very Rev. Dr. -- 27
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-Taunton, Mrs. -- 28
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-Tondini, Rev. C. -- 9, 25
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-Wegg-Prosser, F. R. .-- 25
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-Williams, Canon -- 17
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-Our Lady, Works relating to -- 21
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-Prayer-Books -- 22
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-Rome, &c. -- 25
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-
-  <h1><i>Story Of  The Life Of St. Paul, The Apostle.</i></h1>
-
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2">{2}</a></span>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3">{3}</a></span>
-<br>
-       <h1>Story Of  The Life Of St. Paul,  The Apostle.</h1>
-
-                  <h2>By M. F. S., (Mary Seymour)</h2>
-
-<table class="center">
-<tr><td>
-        Author of<br>
-	    "Legends of the Saints,"<br>
-        "Stories of the Saints,"<br>
-	    "Stories of Martyr Priests,"<br>
-	    "Tom's Crucifix and other Tales,"<br>
-	    "Catherine Hamilton,"<br>
-        "Catherine Grown Older,"<br>
-	    "The Three Wishes," &amp;c.
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-
-                      <h4><i>London</i><br>
-         R. Washbourne, 18 Paternoster Row.<br>
-                       1877.</h4>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4">{4}</a></span>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5">{5}</a></span>
-<br>
-
-<p class="cite2">
-      To The Fathers Of The Sacred Heart<br>
-      For Foreign Missions,<br>
-<br>
-      Who, Obeying Their Vocation,<br>
-      Are Devoting Their Lives<br>
-      To The Apostleship of Heathen People,<br>
-      This Story Of The Life Of<br>
-      The Great Apostle Of Nations Is<br>
-      <i>Dedicated</i>
-</p>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6">{6}</a></span>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7">{7}</a></span>
-<br>
-
-                 <h2>Preface.</h2>
-<br>
-
-<p>
-Of all the Christians that have ever lived, there is, perhaps,
-not one whose life is invested with a greater interest than that
-of St. Paul the Apostle. A Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, of the
-strictest sect of the Pharisees, highly educated, and brought up
-under the eye of the chief doctor and teacher of that time, a man
-of position among the Jews, he must necessarily have been one of
-the most conspicuous of the early converts to Christianity; even
-had his conversion not been miraculous.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8">{8}</a></span>
-But to us Gentile Christians, St. Paul, the Hebrew of the
-Hebrews, stands in a very special relation; for he, as the
-Apostle of the Gentiles, reminds us that we have a claim to the
-promises which God made to Abraham&mdash;promises which the
-parenthetical dispensation of the Law could in no way disannul.
-It is in his writings especially that we read of the liberty of
-Christians, and of the necessity, power, and abundance of the
-grace of God; of the personal relation to God in which all true
-religion consists; of conscience, which makes the just man a law
-to himself; and of a simple interior godliness which he speaks of
-as Christ being formed in us.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9">{9}</a></span>
-<p>
-But while he insists on our spiritual freedom, he dwells no less
-strongly on our duties&mdash;on the sincere charity that we owe one to
-another; the care we should take to avoid scandal; the interior
-preparation with which we should approach the holy sacraments;
-and the truth and reality that should pervade our lives.
-</p><p>
-St. Paul, too, is a great example and teacher of the way in which
-we should conduct ourselves towards unbelievers and the civil law
-of the State. For we find him not only showing charity to all
-men, and respect and submission to the magistrates and rulers in
-all that was lawful, but also availing himself of all his civil
-rights and privileges as a Roman citizen.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10">{10}</a></span>
-<p>
-And does not the condition of our own times increase and
-intensify the interest which must always attach to the life of
-this great Apostle? The wide-spread structure of mediaeval
-Christendom is broken up, and public opinion is no longer on the
-side of right because right is the Will of God. Nations frame
-laws and constitutions which recognise neither the Church, nor
-the God Who founded it.
-</p><p>
-As it was in the days of St. Paul, so is it now: material
-prosperity, luxury, and pleasure, are the ends for which men
-live. The Church, now as then, is a private community of
-believers, depending, after the grace of God, on the good-will of
-its members individually, and on no authority derived from civil
-governments; indeed, there is hardly a nation upon earth in which
-the Church is even free, unless it be ignored.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11">{11}</a></span>
-Those that are without look upon it now with much the same
-feelings of fear, wonder, hatred, or contempt as men regarded it
-in the days of the Apostles. Many a Gallio lives now indifferent
-to all religions; many a Demetrius who judges of religion simply
-by the gain it brings to the craftsmen; many an Agrippa who is
-all but a Christian; many a polished Nero ready to persecute.
-</p><p>
-Meanwhile, we that are within are cheered by the same hopes, and
-tried by many of the same temptations, as were the lot of the
-early Christians.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12">{12}</a></span>
-<p>
-May the great Apostle of the Gentiles guide and help us in times
-which are growing more and more like to his own, and obtain by
-his prayers that Christ may live in us by grace, and truth, and
-peace.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    W. J. B. R.<br>
-
-    <i>January</i>, 1877.
-</p>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13">{13}</a></span>
-<br>
-
-  <h1>Story Of The Life Of St. Paul, The Apostle.</h1>
-
-
-              <h2>Chapter I.</h2>
-<p>
-A year had scarcely passed after the death of Christ, when a
-young man of honourable birth and great learning visited the city
-of Jerusalem at the time of the religious festivals, and there
-discovered that people of every rank were being attracted to a
-new faith&mdash;the faith which Jesus had taught from His own lips
-while He dwelt on earth, and which His Apostles were now
-preaching in the midst of danger, difficulty, and unbelief.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14">{14}</a></span>
-Saul was filled with the fiercest indignation. His father was a
-Pharisee who had carefully trained his son in their strict and
-austere rules. From his earliest years he had been instructed in
-the laws and traditions of the Jews by Gamaliel, the most noted
-teacher of that day, and he had far excelled his companions in
-the acquirement of that knowledge which was so highly valued by
-the sect to which he belonged; and now, in his first anger and
-hot zeal, the young man believed it his duty and his glory to
-root out the Christian truth which <i>he</i> deemed heresy, and
-to destroy all who avowed themselves followers of Jesus of
-Nazareth.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15">{15}</a></span>
-<p>
-Tarsus, in Cilicia, was Saul's native city, and he must have been
-dwelling there during the period of our Lord's public ministry,
-for no record exists of his having witnessed any of the wondrous
-scenes connected with the life and death of Christ; and it is
-supposed that, after completing his studies at Jerusalem, he
-returned to his home, remaining there until the year 35, when his
-career of persecuting cruelty began by the martyrdom of St.
-Stephen, about the time of the Feast of Pentecost. The Scripture
-narrative does not mention Saul's name as one of those who took
-Stephen captive, but probably he was among the number who
-listened to that speech before the council, when we are told that
-the martyr's face was "as the face of an angel."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16">{16}</a></span>
-<p>
-It is at the scene of the stoning that we hear of Saul&mdash;the young
-man at whose feet the witnesses laid down their garments, thus
-choosing him for their commander and chief; and when the dying
-Saint cried, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit," and, "Lord, lay not
-this sin to their charge," Saul was there, consenting to his
-death.
-</p><p>
-Little did the fierce and angry multitude think of the marvels
-which St. Stephen's dying prayer would work, pleading effectually
-with God, and securing the conversion of the young man Saul, who
-was then one of the most bitter enemies of the Christian Church.
-Perhaps, in those last moments, it was permitted the martyred
-Saint to understand in some measure some of the purposes of the
-Almighty in his sufferings and death&mdash;to know, maybe, that very
-near him, in the ranks of the cruel and persecuting throng, stood
-the man who had been chosen as the agent to carry out the
-gracious designs of Providence towards the Gentile world.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17">{17}</a></span>
-<p>
-However, the stoning of the Proto-martyr was followed for some
-considerable time by a course of merciless severity. Saul
-scourged, imprisoned, and put to death, men and women to whom the
-name of Christ was dearer than aught else, even than life;
-driving them by thousands from Jerusalem, and even pursuing them
-into their hiding-places, that he might force them back to die.
-</p><p>
-Thus it came about that Saul was journeying to Damascus.
-</p><p>
-It was well known that many of the persecuted Christians had
-sought refuge in that city, and Saul, "breathing out threatenings
-and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord," went to the
-high priest to obtain from him authority to seize all who were
-known to be believers in the new faith, and to bring them back to
-Jerusalem.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18">{18}</a></span>
-<p>
-His journey was almost accomplished. Already the walls of the
-then beautiful city were within his sight; his heart beat high
-with triumph, when suddenly he was stayed, and, swifter than
-gleam of lightning, an unnatural brilliancy encompassed Saul and
-his attendants, who, confused and dazzled, fell prostrate on the
-ground.
-</p><p>
-A voice from heaven was heard&mdash;not in tones of anger or reproach,
-to terrify the bold persecutor of Christians, but sweetly,
-softly, sorrowfully it sounded in his ear, speaking words which
-none but he could understand&mdash;
-</p><p>
-"Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?"
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19">{19}</a></span>
-<p>
-Oh, wondrous power of the gentleness of Jesus! The haughty
-Pharisee became in that brief moment humble and yielding as a
-little child, and answered, "Who art thou, Lord?"
-</p><p>
-"I am Jesus whom thou persecutest," said the heavenly voice.
-</p><p>
-Those who were with Saul heard not these words, nor was it
-permitted them to see Christ. They were only conscious of the
-overwhelming brilliancy of the flood of light, and knew too that
-a strange voice seemed speaking&mdash;the privilege of beholding in
-vision the Saviour of the world was reserved for the man who had
-so deeply grieved Him.
-</p><p>
-"Lord, what wouldst Thou have me to do?" inquired the now humbled
-Pharisee, and the answer came at once&mdash;
-</p><p>
-"Go into the city, and there it shall be told thee what thou
-shalt do."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20">{20}</a></span>
-<p>
-It was a hard and humiliating command to one like Saul!
-</p><p>
-<i>He</i>&mdash;so well versed in classical learning, honoured for his
-superior attainments, followed by numbers who trusted implicitly
-in his wise counsels&mdash;must he indeed in submissive obedience
-learn from the lips of man what was the Will of God?
-</p><p>
-Was it not also harder still to hear that he should be required
-to teach the very faith he had openly despised to the Gentiles,
-for whom, as a Pharisee, he had the deepest contempt and scorn?
-</p><p>
-It <i>was</i> hard to human nature, but Divine grace was strong,
-and Saul did not hesitate, but suffered his attendants to lead
-him to Damascus, still blind from the effect of the wondrous
-light which had shone upon and around him, there to do whatever
-God should direct.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21">{21}</a></span>
-<p>
-In the grand old city, in a street called "Straight," which is
-said still to exist, there dwelt near the eastern gate a man
-named Judas, who received Saul into his house. While staying
-there, a vision was granted to the sufferer, promising him
-relief, and naming a Christian man of that city who should
-speedily come and visit him.
-</p><p>
-This man was Ananias, who also was directed from heaven to seek
-out Saul of Tarsus, the well-known persecutor of Christians.
-</p><p>
-That name had a terror for the servants of God in Damascus, and
-Ananias was alarmed.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22">{22}</a></span>
-<p>
-"Behold, he prays," the voice had said, and yet the Christian
-hesitated, for he knew fall well that Saul had received from the
-high priest authority to bind all who were followers of Jesus.
-</p><p>
-But the command, "Go thy way," stayed his many doubts, and,
-confiding in God's care, Ananias set out for the house of Judas.
-</p><p>
-Arriving there, he laid his hand on Saul, saying that God had
-sent him that he might receive once more his sight and be filled
-with the Holy Ghost; and at once, by the power of the Almighty,
-he was blind no longer, and, by the direction of Ananias, he
-received baptism, and avowed himself from henceforth to be among
-the followers of Christ.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23">{23}</a></span>
-<p>
-Having recovered his strength, Saul entered the Jewish synagogue
-in Damascus to proclaim the message of the Son of God whom he had
-before rejected and despised, and the people there asked each
-other in amazement if this could be he who had come to the city
-as the enemy of Christians.
-</p><p>
-Their surprise served only to animate Saul with still greater
-zeal in preaching that the promised Messiah, so long expected,
-had really dwelt upon the earth in the person of Jesus of
-Nazareth, the crucified God.
-</p><p>
-Shortly after his conversion, Saul travelled into the desert
-regions of Arabia, to fit himself by prayer and solitude for his
-future work; to learn those lessons of self-knowledge and
-self-distrust, without which no active work can be done for God's
-sole glory; and&mdash;separated from the business of this world&mdash;to
-hold communion with his Creator.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24">{24}</a></span>
-<p>
-Three years of silence and retirement&mdash;years in which the once
-well-known Pharisee was almost forgotten by the crowd who had
-followed him in his old days of influence and power&mdash;and then
-Saul came forth to do his Master's work imbued with those deep
-principles of spiritual life which should sustain and guide him
-in the arduous labours which he was about to undertake on his
-return to Damascus, and the Jewish people there.
-</p><p>
-But just as fiercely, just as deeply as Saul had once hated the
-holy Stephen, so did the Jews in the city hate and resolve to
-destroy him.
-</p><p>
-A plot was laid for his apprehension, and three men were
-stationed at the different gates of Damascus in order to slay him
-if he should try to escape; but his friends placed him in one of
-the large, strong baskets common in the East, and let him down by
-ropes from the window of a house close to the city wall; and thus
-freed he made his way to Jerusalem.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25">{25}</a></span>
-<p>
-Arrived there, Saul asked eagerly for the disciples of Jesus, but
-they were afraid that he only sought to betray them; for,
-although three years had passed since his conversion, it had not
-become known in Jerusalem, and neither St. Peter nor St. James,
-who were there, believed that Saul was a Christian.
-</p><p>
-It was a fresh humiliation for that proud, lofty nature to be
-thus mistrusted and rejected by Christ's own Apostles, but it
-served to deepen his contrition for his former bitter persecution
-of the Church. One friend was raised up for him in St. Barnabas,
-who, remembering the honour and distinction which had attended
-Saul's departure from Jerusalem, pitied him in this humiliating
-return, and undertook to make known the wonderful story of his
-change of heart to the other Apostles.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26">{26}</a></span>
-<p>
-Hearing this, they were no longer fearful, but welcomed Saul as
-one of their brethren, and gladly permitted him to share in their
-work, so that he at once began to labour for the conversion of
-the Grecian Jews in the city.
-</p><p>
-But they remembered him as one of their own party, one whom they
-had honoured as a Pharisee, and who had been their leader in the
-work of persecution; and these facts made them so much the more
-bitter in their hatred, and they began to conspire against his
-life.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27">{27}</a></span>
-<p>
-One day, while Saul prayed in the temple, he fell into that
-strange supernatural state of ecstasy in which the prophets of
-old, and the Apostles and Saints of later times, have received
-messages and revelations from Heaven. It was the Lord Jesus
-Christ Who thus in vision appeared to His servant, bidding him
-leave Jerusalem because the Jews there would not receive his
-words, and declaring it to be the Divine purpose that he should
-journey afar off&mdash;to the Gentiles.
-</p><p>
-Doubtless, in the freshness and fervour of his newly-felt love,
-Saul would have chosen rather to remain in the city and give up
-his life for God, but with that great faith and ready submission
-of will which grace had implanted in his heart, he yielded
-without hesitation; and, going down to Cæsarea, entered a ship
-bound for Syria, and made his way to Tarsus, where he remained
-for many years.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28">{28}</a></span>
-During that time Saul's life was secluded, and very few positive
-records of it remain; but it was then he took short voyages to
-the different towns on the coast, and suffered the shipwrecks
-which are mentioned in his Epistles to the Corinthians. There,
-too, he endured some of that hunger and thirst, scourging and
-imprisonment, which he suffered for the sake of Christ, and
-received, as it is believed, many of those wonderful revelations
-which God granted as a help and consolation in his trials, as
-well as in preparation for the still greater difficulties which
-were hidden in the future.
-</p><p>
-All this time the Jews, who were still unbelievers, pursued Saul
-with the deepest hatred and longing for revenge.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29">{29}</a></span>
-<p>
-He had forfeited his patrimony on becoming one of the sect of
-Christians, and he had then no Gentile friends to help and to
-pity him, yet he was content; for, as he tells us in his Epistle
-to the Philippians, he esteemed "all things to be but loss for
-the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord."
-</p><p>
-Meanwhile, St. Peter had visited the different towns and
-villages, and at length, reaching Joppa, took up his abode in the
-house of a man named Simon, by trade a tanner.
-</p><p>
-There, one day at noontide, as he reclined in Eastern fashion
-upon the housetop, he turned his heart to God, and, forgetting
-all earthly things, became absorbed in contemplation.
-</p><p>
-A feeling of intense, supernatural hunger came upon him then, and
-as his friends prepared food, he fell into a rapture, and saw the
-heavens open, and a sheet descend which contained animals of
-every description.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30">{30}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Peter had the strong Jewish regard for the distinctions of
-the law concerning the clean and the unclean, therefore when a
-voice directed him to kill and eat of these animals, he answered,
-"Far be it from me, for I never did eat anything that is common
-or unclean."
-</p><p>
-A second time the voice spoke to him. "That which God hath
-cleansed do not thou call common," it said; and when this
-mysterious vision had been three times repeated, the sheet was
-drawn up to heaven again.
-</p><p>
-In the same manner that the Jews avoided eating such food as the
-old ceremonial law of Moses deemed unclean, so they shunned all
-intercourse with the Gentiles as an unclean nation.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31">{31}</a></span>
-This remarkable vision was God's way of teaching St. Peter that
-the prejudices of his life must be laid aside, and as fully as
-grace was poured out upon the Gentile world, so he must also
-admit them to all the blessings of the Christian Church.
-</p><p>
-While St. Peter pondered over this wondrous revelation of God's
-Will, two servants and a soldier came to the tanner's house, and
-asked if one Simon, surnamed Peter, was lodging there.
-</p><p>
-They came from Cornelius, an officer in the Roman army, who dwelt
-in Cæsarea, a fine city and seaport some thirty-five miles from
-Joppa. We read in Scripture that Cornelius was a devout man, and
-that he gave alms to the people, and spent much time in prayer.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32">{32}</a></span>
-He must, therefore, have been conscientiously following the light
-he had, and praying to know God's Will; and such humble constant
-prayer can never be disregarded by Heaven. So it happened that
-one evening as Cornelius prayed, a heavenly visitor appeared to
-him, speaking in gentle tones of love, and yet he was alarmed,
-and exclaimed, "What is it, Lord?"
-</p><p>
-Then he heard that his prayers and his alms had gone up as a
-memorial before the throne of God, and he was bidden to send men
-to Joppa, who should bring to him Peter, then lodging with a
-tanner in his humble dwelling upon the sea-shore.
-</p><p>
-We have already seen these messengers reaching the dwelling of
-the Apostle; and while they asked for him, the Holy Spirit made
-their arrival known to St. Peter, and inspired him to go with
-them, for it was God Who sent them.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33">{33}</a></span>
-<p>
-Immediately leaving the housetop, the Apostle went to the door,
-and heard how the messengers had come from Cornelius, and also
-that he had been directed by an angel to send to Joppa.
-</p><p>
-Strong though his Jewish prejudices had been, love of his
-Master's will and his Master's work were still stronger, and St.
-Peter made the Gentile visitors welcome for the night, and
-departed with them next day for Cæsarea, taking with him some of
-his Christian brethren.
-</p><p>
-When they reached the house of Cornelius, they found him with his
-friends, assembled to receive the much-desired visitor; and
-meeting St. Peter at the portico of his house, he prostrated
-himself with the greatest reverence and humility, recognising the
-Apostle as the visible head of the Christian Church, and the
-representative of Jesus Christ.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34">{34}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Peter raised him from the ground, and entering the house,
-began speaking of the old Jewish law which had prohibited
-intercourse with other nations, telling his hearers that God now
-commanded all those restrictions to end, and therefore he came
-among them as readily as if they were his own Jewish brethren.
-</p><p>
-Cornelius then related the favour which had been granted him, and
-said that they were all there assembled to hear the words of life
-from the lips of the Apostle.
-</p><p>
-St. Peter now tells the glad news of Christ's coming amongst men.
-He tells them that the once despised and outcast Gentiles are not
-only invited to receive God's grace, but are to be in all things
-equal partakers with the Jewish people&mdash;that Christ, of Whose
-resurrection and ascension they had already heard, had given an
-express commission to His Apostles to preach the Gospel to all
-nations.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35">{35}</a></span>
-<p>
-Suddenly his address is interrupted. It is a scene second only to
-that of Pentecost, for the Holy Ghost comes down upon these
-Gentile converts, and they begin to speak with tongues, to the
-surprise of St. Peter and his companions. If any lingering
-feeling of Jewish superiority had been left in their hearts, this
-unmistakable proof of God's gracious purposes towards the
-Gentiles destroyed it for ever.
-</p><p>
-If special grace and special gifts were thus bestowed from
-Heaven, St. Peter, as head of the Church on earth, must not fear
-to admit them to every privilege it was his to bestow, and he
-therefore desired that they should be baptized.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36">{36}</a></span>
-<p>
-Thus began that mission to the Gentiles which opened a new era in
-the world's history.
-</p><p>
-The Apostles had thought much of the blessings and honours
-intended for their own people, but they had not fully
-comprehended how broad, how extended Christ's kingdom was to
-become. So God wonderfully interposed, and called into His
-service one who was better fitted to be the Apostle of the
-Gentiles than St. Peter with his zeal, or St. John with his
-ardent love,&mdash;even Paul the persecutor, but afterwards the great
-and glorious servant of the Christian Church.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37">{37}</a></span>
-<br>
-                 <h2>Chapter II.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-The city of Antioch, in Syria, was full of fugitives from other
-countries.
-</p><p>
-Many had come from Jerusalem, many also from the adjacent island
-of Cyprus, others again from Cyrene; and when the truth was
-preached to them, a great multitude turned to God.
-</p><p>
-Tidings of this went to Jerusalem, and St. Barnabas was appointed
-to go to Antioch to instruct the converts more fully in the
-doctrines they had received, and shortly afterwards, Saul went to
-assist his labours.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38">{38}</a></span>
-<p>
-The people of Antioch gave the name of "Christians" to these
-followers of Christ. Before this the disciples had called
-themselves "brethren," or "saints," while the Jews in scorn
-termed them "Nazarenes."
-</p><p>
-St. Barnabas, with the help of Saul, had been teaching about a
-year, when some prophets came down from Jerusalem, one of whom,
-named Agabus, proclaimed a famine throughout Judea.
-</p><p>
-When the Christians at Antioch heard of the great price of food,
-and the consequent distress among their brethren in Jerusalem,
-they collected together a sum of money, and St. Barnabas and Saul
-conveyed this gift to the sufferers.
-</p><p>
-But a greater evil than famine troubled the Christian Church&mdash;the
-persecuting cruelty of Herod Agrippa, who had killed James, the
-brother of John, and now would have taken also the life of St.
-Peter, had not God interposed, delivering him by the help of an
-angel.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39">{39}</a></span>
-<p>
-When St. Barnabas with Saul returned to Antioch, they were
-accompanied by a young man named John Mark, and probably they
-would have continued long in their united work, had not the Holy
-Ghost inspired them to begin that mission to heathen lands to
-which they were more directly called.
-</p><p>
-It was about this time that Saul exchanged his name for Paul&mdash;a
-name more pleasing to the ears of Greeks and Romans.
-</p><p>
-Somewhat near the Feast of Pentecost, in the year 44, the
-Apostles started from Seleucia, the nearest seaport to Antioch,
-arriving, after a few hours' sail, at Salamis, a large city on
-the coast of Cyprus, the birthplace of St. Barnabas.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40">{40}</a></span>
-<p>
-They began at once to preach in the synagogues, but with no very
-marked success; however, neither Jews nor idolaters attacked
-them, or made any opposition to their teaching, until they came
-to Paphos.
-</p><p>
-The governor of the island at that time was Sergius Paulus, who,
-though a Roman and a pagan, was not content with the false
-deities he had been taught to worship.
-</p><p>
-At his court there was a false prophet and sorcerer named
-Bar-Jesus, who had called himself "Elymas," which signifies "the
-wise one."
-</p><p>
-When Sergius Paulus heard of the arrival of the Apostles he sent
-for them to come to him. Perhaps some hope was roused in his
-heart of hearing from these strangers some truth which would
-satisfy him.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41">{41}</a></span>
-<p>
-When St. Barnabas taught of Christ, Elymas the sorcerer began to
-deny and contradict his words, until the governor said he knew
-not whom to believe.
-</p><p>
-St. Paul, appealing to Heaven, called down the punishment of
-blindness upon this impious man, which so strongly impressed
-Sergius Paulus with belief in the power of God, that he at once
-avowed himself a Christian.
-</p><p>
-"Oh, full of all guile"&mdash;thus had the Apostle addressed the
-sorcerer&mdash;"Oh, full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the
-devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the
-right ways of the Lord. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is
-upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a
-time."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42">{42}</a></span>
-<p>
-Even as the servant of God spoke, a mist came before the eyes of
-Elymas, then light faded into a deep, terrible darkness, and
-blind and helpless he was led to his own home.
-</p><p>
-Their mission to Cyprus concluded, the Apostles journeyed to
-Pamphylia, landing at Perga, where there was a celebrated temple
-dedicated to Diana.
-</p><p>
-On arriving here, the young companion of Barnabas, "John Mark,"
-determined to return to Jerusalem&mdash;probably he shrank from the
-difficulties and perils which threatened their missionary life.
-</p><p>
-Together then did Paul and Barnabas proceed on their way, through
-mountain passes, and across bleak plains, until they reached
-Antioch in Pisidia&mdash;not the city of Antioch in which they had
-already laboured.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43">{43}</a></span>
-<p>
-Upon the Jewish Sabbath they directed their steps to the
-synagogue, where they were invited by the "elders" to address the
-people.
-</p><p>
-St. Paul stood up, and in forcible, eloquent words gave a rapid
-sketch of the history of the Jewish nation, showing that the
-promises to the line of David were fulfilled in the coming of
-Christ.
-</p><p>
-He next proved to them that from this Saviour, this God-man, who
-had lived and died in their own day, all might receive pardon of
-sin, and, lastly, he warned his hearers not to incur the dreadful
-punishment which awaited those who rejected the word of the
-Almighty.
-</p><p>
-Some who heard these things were deeply impressed, and followed
-the Apostles to receive instruction; some had listened with
-delight to an appeal which showed the preacher's familiar
-acquaintance with the traditions of their forefathers, but their
-hearts were not gained for God.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44">{44}</a></span>
-<p>
-When the next Sabbath came, an immense throng made its way to the
-synagogue, and this public demonstration of interest roused the
-anger of the unbelieving Jews, who uttered terrible blasphemies
-against the name of Jesus, and tried to silence His Apostles.
-</p><p>
-But neither St. Paul nor Barnabas was afraid. They told these
-angry Jews that to them had God's grace first been offered, they
-had been His own chosen and beloved people, but now, as they
-would not hear, the Divine message was sent to the Gentiles.
-</p><p>
-Enmity against the Apostles now ran so high that they were forced
-to leave the city, and on passing out they shook from their feet
-the dust of Antioch, as Christ had commanded them to do in such a
-case.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45">{45}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Jews perfectly comprehended the meaning of this ceremony.
-They, when they reached the borders of their own land, were in
-the habit of carefully wiping from their sandals the smallest
-particle of dust, so that not so much as a grain of the sacred
-soil might fall on ground which was unblessed.
-</p><p>
-When, therefore, they saw Paul and Barnabas pause and shake from
-their feet the dust of Antioch, they knew that <i>they</i> were
-regarded as heathen and idolaters&mdash;no longer the people beloved
-of God.
-</p><p>
-Some hundred miles eastward stood Iconium, and there the Apostles
-made their way, preaching with such power in the synagogue that
-great numbers both of Jews and Gentiles believed.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46">{46}</a></span>
-<p>
-But again the hard-hearted multitude made efforts to raise a
-persecution against these messengers of Christ, although they
-were not so violent as the Jews of Antioch, so that, in spite of
-opposition, the Apostles remained some time in Iconium,
-performing by God's power many miracles there.
-</p><p>
-These wonderful proofs of Divine greatness caused much
-excitement, and the enemies of the Christian party became so
-infuriated that they would have stoned the Apostles to death,
-unless they had escaped and fled to Lystra.
-</p><p>
-In that city was a poor cripple who had been lame from his birth.
-He was known by every one, yet none pitied, none cared for him;
-and as he heard St. Paul tell of the love and compassion of
-Jesus, he longed to know more of One Who was so good and kind.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47">{47}</a></span>
-<p>
-The eye of the Apostle had noted this man who heard him with such
-rapt attention, and he was inspired by God to heal his infirmity.
-"Stand upright on thy feet," commanded St. Paul, and immediately
-the cripple leaped up from the spot where he had been
-crouching&mdash;not standing only, but walking as perfectly as though
-he had possessed the power from his infancy.
-</p><p>
-We can partly imagine the excitement such a marvellous event
-would cause amongst the people, and in their surprise they
-shouted, "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men."
-</p><p>
-Old pagan stories told that the gods sometimes assumed a human
-form for the purpose of visiting and helping the people of earth,
-and therefore these idolaters believed St. Barnabas must be their
-own god Jupiter, while St. Paul, by reason of his wonderful
-eloquence, could be none other than Mercury.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48">{48}</a></span>
-<p>
-The report spread rapidly throughout the town, and when it
-reached the ears of the priest of Jupiter, he hastened to show
-his reverence to these visitors who were supposed to have
-descended from heaven. Meantime the Apostles had gone quietly to
-the dwelling of some Christians, who entertained them during
-their stay in the city. Presently they were disturbed by the news
-that two bulls, decorated with garlands, had been brought to the
-gates as an offering, and that a vast crowd of people had met
-there for the purpose of worshipping them.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49">{49}</a></span>
-The Apostles were very much troubled, and, rending their
-garments, as was the custom of the Jews in any moment of great
-grief, they hastened to prevent the people offering the proposed
-sacrifice, telling them that their only desire in visiting the
-city was to persuade them to turn from such idolatry, and worship
-the one true and living God.
-</p><p>
-But the enemies of the Apostle Paul had pursued him even to
-Lystra, and these, now exercised so strong and so evil an
-influence over the fickle people, that they were persuaded to
-stone him whom they had sought to worship.
-</p><p>
-Thinking him to be dead, they dragged St. Paul's body outside the
-city gates, exulting over his destruction. But God was protecting
-His servant, and, with that power which can do all things, He now
-interposed; for, while the little group of Christians stood
-mourning and weeping by the side of their teacher, he rose up in
-their midst, and reviving, went home with them.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50">{50}</a></span>
-<p>
-Next day both SS. Paul and Barnabas left Lystra, and went to
-Derbe, a city in which dwelt a man named Gaius, who was rich and
-highly esteemed.
-</p><p>
-In the Epistle to the Romans he is mentioned as one who rendered
-many services to the Church, and it is believed that by his
-influence the malicious Jews were not allowed to interfere with
-the teaching of the Apostles, and therefore multitudes were
-converted.
-</p><p>
-After remaining there some time, SS. Paul and Barnabas returned
-to visit those whom they had already converted at Lystra,
-Iconium, and Antioch, who received them with great joy.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51">{51}</a></span>
-<p>
-Among the new disciples at Iconium was a young maiden named
-Thecla, who, during the absence of the Apostles, had been chosen
-to risk her life for God's truth&mdash;the first female martyr. When
-she was dragged before the pagan judges, she firmly resisted all
-their attempts to force her to renounce the Christian faith; they
-threatened, they tortured her, yet she was not afraid. At last
-Thecla was exposed to the cruelty of the wild beasts in the
-amphitheatre, but they came crouching to the feet of the virgin
-Saint, so beloved of God. The crowd who looked on were so moved
-by this spectacle that they demanded the maiden's release, and
-the judges dared not resist them; so Thecla ended her days
-peacefully serving and praising God. Nevertheless, she has
-received the title of "martyr," and her name placed next to that
-of St. Stephen, because, in the early ages of the Church, they
-who had suffered torments for God's sake, which they could not
-have survived excepting by miraculous help from Heaven, were thus
-called.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52">{52}</a></span>
-<p>
-While SS. Paul and Barnabas made this second visit to the cities
-where already their preaching had brought forth fruit, they
-formed rules for the orderly government of the Churches. Then,
-passing again into Pamphylia, through Perga, to Attalia, and
-thence to Antioch in Syria, they closed their first mission.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53">{53}</a></span>
-<br>
-                  <h2>Chapter III.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-For some years the Apostles remained labouring amongst the people
-of Antioch, but at length a trouble arose, through the disputing
-of the Christian Jews.
-</p><p>
-It was very difficult to them to divest themselves of the idea,
-that in the exact observance of the Mosaic law lay the one way of
-justification and salvation.
-</p><p>
-It was very difficult, again, for them to believe that faith and
-obedience to the law taught by Jesus Christ was sufficient
-without the outward ceremonies to which they had been accustomed,
-and which were peculiar to them as a nation.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54">{54}</a></span>
-When, therefore, the Christian Jews refused to communicate with
-the Christian Gentiles until they submitted to the rites of the
-old Hebrew law, SS. Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, there to
-confer upon such matters with St. Peter, and SS. James and John.
-</p><p>
-St. Peter, as head of the Church, addressed the assembly first.
-He told them that God had given His Holy Spirit to the Gentile as
-well as to the Jew; nor did He require them to conform to the
-Jewish customs as regarded meats, and drinks, and outward
-ceremonies. When he had finished, both St. Paul and St. Barnabas
-spoke in turn of their mission, and the success granted to their
-labours.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55">{55}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. James then addressed the assembly, and said that the Jews
-could observe the customs in which they had been educated, but
-that the Gentiles were not to do the same. They must seek to
-abstain from idolatry.
-</p><p>
-The final decision of this first council, known as the Council of
-Jerusalem, was, that the Gentile converts were only obliged to
-abstain from meats offered in sacrifice, from blood and the flesh
-of strangled animals, and also were to preserve purity of manners
-as a distinctive mark of their connection with the Church of
-Christ.
-</p><p>
-It was necessary to prohibit these converts from meats offered in
-sacrifice, else they might easily have fallen back into paganism:
-impurity was thought so lightly of by the un-christian, that it
-was necessary to set a higher principle before them as a positive
-law and obligation.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56">{56}</a></span>
-The prohibition against strangulated meats originated in the
-consideration of what was healthful, while the prohibition from
-blood had a still higher signification. While it continued to be
-offered in the temple as a sacrifice to God, it must be reserved
-wholly for sacred purposes.
-</p><p>
-The decision of the council was made known to the different
-Churches, and SS. Paul and Barnabas were sent again to Antioch.
-</p><p>
-Paul soon began to think of visiting the Churches they had
-established. "Let us return and visit our brethren in all the
-cities wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to see how
-they do."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57">{57}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Barnabas agreed, but he wished to take his nephew John Mark
-with them, for he also had come to Antioch. St. Paul objected.
-John Mark had deserted them at Perga through fear of the
-difficulties which lay before them, and it did not seem expedient
-to take one who could not endure hardships for the love of
-Christ.
-</p><p>
-Then&mdash;these two Apostles who had so long been united in God's
-work could not agree upon this one point, and therefore they
-parted company, Barnabas sailing for Cyprus, taking John Mark
-with him, while St. Paul went to the Churches in Asia Minor,
-having Silas for a helper. We see here that even Christ's own
-Apostles were not perfectly free from those imperfections and
-risings of human nature which men are prone to. Doubtless this
-disagreement was permitted by God for their humiliation, and also
-for the good of others in the wider diffusion of the Gospel,
-through the separation of their work.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58">{58}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Paul first visited the Churches of Northern Syria, Cilicia,
-and Lycaonia. At Lystra he was joined by the young Timothy, who
-had a great desire to help in the missionary work. He was the son
-of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, and believing that by
-undergoing the old rite of circumcision he could more easily gain
-access to the Jews, St. Paul desired him to submit to it.
-</p><p>
-With Silas in their company, these two messengers of God's truth
-travelled on until they reached Troas, at which place St. Luke,
-the physician and evangelist, joined them.
-</p><p>
-While they remained there a vision was sent to St. Paul in a
-dream at night. It appeared that a man of Macedonia cried to him,
-saying, "Pass over into Macedonia and help us."
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59">{59}</a></span>
-From this the Apostle believed that God wished him to preach the
-Gospel there, and therefore he embarked in a ship with his
-companions, staying, on their first landing, at Philippi, the
-chief city.
-</p><p>
-There was no synagogue in this place, for but a very few Jews
-dwelt there; yet in a little quiet enclosed space by the
-riverside, the true God was worshipped by a small assembly of
-Christians, chiefly women. On the Sabbath the Apostles went to
-preach to them.
-</p><p>
-One of the women was not of the people of Philippi; she was but
-staying there while she tried to sell some of the richly-dyed
-purple or scarlet cloth, which was so greatly prized at that time
-for its brilliant colour.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60">{60}</a></span>
-Her name was Lydia, and she was not a Christian; but when from
-the eloquent lips of St. Paul she heard the story of the
-wonderful life, and still more wonderful death, of Jesus of
-Nazareth, her heart opened to receive the truth, and she and all
-her household were converted.
-</p><p>
-In that city of Philippi there was a female slave, through whom,
-it was supposed, the pagan gods were accustomed to speak, and
-therefore she managed to gain money for her owner by appearing to
-foretell future events.
-</p><p>
-When this poor creature saw the Apostles going about the streets
-of Philippi, she used to cry out, "These men are the servants of
-the Most High God, who preach unto you the way of salvation."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61">{61}</a></span>
-<p>
-One day as she uttered these words, St. Paul pitied her, and
-pausing, said to the evil spirit which possessed her, "I command
-thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out from her."
-</p><p>
-That Holy Name had power then as in later days, and in that same
-hour the evil spirit departed from the poor slave, much to the
-displeasure of her masters, who could now gain no more money by
-the strange predictions of future things she had been accustomed
-to utter.
-</p><p>
-In their rage they seized St. Paul and Silas and dragged them
-before the magistrates, complaining that they disturbed the
-public order by teaching unlawful customs to the people.
-</p><p>
-The Romans had a law which forbade the teaching of any new
-religion unless it was one of which the government had already
-approved. This law St. Paul had certainly broken, that he might
-obey the higher law of God, but neither he nor his companions had
-occasioned any disturbance in the city.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62">{62}</a></span>
-<p>
-The magistrates made no attempt to discover the truth of the
-complaint made to them, and seeing that the people were angrily
-resolved on having the offenders punished, they ordered St. Paul
-and Silas to be beaten.
-</p><p>
-The Jews, in scourging, were not permitted to inflict more than
-thirty-nine blows, but the Romans used rods of elm, and gave many
-more stripes, so that Paul and Silas were all bruised and
-bleeding from the treatment they had received, when they were led
-away to prison.
-</p><p>
-The gaoler had orders to keep them securely, and they were thrust
-into the close inner prison with their feet fastened in stocks,
-so that they were prevented from taking any rest.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63">{63}</a></span>
-<p>
-During the night, the prisoners who were confined in another part
-of the prison heard voices singing&mdash;singing God's praises from
-the miserable dungeon. Suddenly, while the Apostles sang, an
-earthquake shook the prison to its very foundations, every door
-burst open, and the bands of every captive were loosed.
-</p><p>
-The keeper of the prison awoke from sleep, and when he saw what
-had happened, and that the doors were open, he trembled with
-fear, for he naturally believed that all the prisoners would have
-escaped, and knew that his own life would be the forfeit.
-</p><p>
-Drawing his sword, he was about to kill himself. Death was
-inevitable, so by his own hand he would die; but in this moment
-of despair, the voice of St. Paul reached him. "Do thyself no
-harm," said the Apostle, "for we are all here."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64">{64}</a></span>
-<p>
-Calling for a light, the gaoler entered the dungeon. Yes, there
-indeed were his prisoners; and falling down trembling and tearful
-at their feet, he said, "Masters, what must I do to be saved?" It
-was given him in that moment to know that the scourged,
-imprisoned men before him were the servants and messengers of
-Almighty God.
-</p><p>
-"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved and thy
-house." That was what they had to tell him; and the gaoler took
-them out of the dungeon and washed their wounds, and bringing
-them to his own house, set food before them, and begged for
-instruction in the Christian faith. Then, with all his family,
-this man received the grace of Baptism; and when morning came, a
-message was brought from the magistrates bidding the gaoler
-release his prisoners.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65">{65}</a></span>
-<p>
-But St. Paul said that they would not thus depart. They had been
-scourged, they had been thrust into the dungeon without an
-opportunity of proving their innocence, and he then declared
-himself a citizen of Rome, requiring the magistrates to make
-known that they had been wrongfully punished.
-</p><p>
-The authorities of the city were afraid when the Apostle's words
-were repeated to them. To scourge a Roman citizen publicly and
-uncondemned was a serious offence against Roman law. So, coming
-to St. Paul and Silas, they acknowledged they had acted
-unlawfully and entreated them to depart, which the Apostles did
-after bidding farewell to their Christian friends in the house of
-Lydia.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66">{66}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Luke, with Timothy, who had not been taken before the
-magistrates, remained in the city to instruct the Philippian
-Church more fully.
-</p><p>
-Travelling onwards many miles, Paul and Silas reached
-Thessalonica, the city next in importance to Philippi, wherein
-many Jews were living. At first they were disposed to listen to
-the teaching of the Apostles, but hearing that the Gentiles were
-to be equally partakers with themselves in the privileges and
-graces offered, they began to murmur loudly and excite the anger
-of the people, who cried out that the strange men were
-proclaiming another to be king&mdash;Jesus the Nazarene&mdash;in the place
-of the great Cæsar!
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67">{67}</a></span>
-<p>
-The mob went to the house of Jason, where the Apostles were
-lodging, intending to seize them, but, as they were absent, Jason
-himself was seized and brought before the magistrates, upon a
-charge of having such persons at his house.
-</p><p>
-The magistrates made the Christians of the city and Jason also
-promise that no further excitement and disturbance should occur,
-so in the darkness and silence of night St. Paul and Silas had to
-escape from Thessalonica.
-</p><p>
-They were not discouraged or daunted by this opposition to the
-truths they preached, they sought only to obey the command of
-their Master, Who had bidden them carry His Gospel to every
-creature.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68">{68}</a></span>
-<p>
-Another fifty miles of journeying, and they were at Berea. Here
-they found more sympathy than they had met with in Thessalonica,
-but their persecutors followed them into Berea, seeking to rouse
-the malice of the unbelieving against the Apostles, so that those
-who were Christians and loved St. Paul entreated him to escape,
-and even went with him down to the sea-shore and saw him safely
-embarked in a ship sailing for Athens.
-</p><p>
-Silas and Timothy had remained in Berea to instruct and confirm
-the faithful there, so the Apostle Paul was alone in the
-beautiful city of Athens, surrounded by glorious temples and
-costly statues, and all the marks of civilisation of which it was
-the centre. As he observed the gorgeous temples raised in honour
-of every known pagan god, St. Paul felt a burning desire to
-preach to the Athenians of the great Father in heaven, and Jesus
-Christ, His eternal Son.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_69">{69}</a></span>
-<p>
-Going to the Jewish synagogue, he addressed the Jews assembled
-there, and then went to the large square, called the Agora, in
-which the market was held.
-</p><p>
-Here many people were in the habit of meeting to hear and to tell
-news, and the Apostle had <i>his</i> great, glorious news to
-utter&mdash;the tidings of a Saviour born into the world, dying for
-the world, risen from the grave, and ascended to the right hand
-of God, the Father Almighty&mdash;which were unknown themes to the men
-of Athens.
-</p><p>
-A flight of sixteen steps led from this Agora to Mars Hill, upon
-which was built a temple in honour of Mars, god of war.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_70">{70}</a></span>
-<p>
-Here, too, was the great court of justice, called the Areopagus,
-and the judges were the most learned men of Athens, who tried all
-matters of government, and pronounced sentence upon criminals.
-The Stoics and Epicureans led St. Paul here&mdash;to the supreme
-tribunal&mdash;that he might speak about his God.
-</p>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_71">{71}</a></span>
-<br>
-                  <h2>Chapter IV.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-In the Acts of the Apostles we have the address which St. Paul
-delivered with eloquent tongue and flashing eye to the astonished
-audience.
-</p><p>
-He told them that in their capital he had seen one nameless
-altar&mdash;an altar "to the unknown God"&mdash;an altar which they had
-erected, lest there might, in some other land, be a God of whom
-they knew not.
-</p><p>
-"What, therefore, you worship without knowing it, that I preach
-to you. God, Who made the world, and all things therein, He,
-being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with
-hands."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_72">{72}</a></span>
-<p>
-Thus did he commence his instruction, to which the men of Athens
-at first listened with interest and attention, but when he came
-to dwell upon the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead they
-laughed him to scorn.
-</p><p>
-A few, however, believed that St. Paul spoke truly, and these
-sought further instruction from him during his stay in Athens.
-Among their number was a humble woman named Damaris, and
-Dionysius, one of the members of the Areopagus. For a short time
-Timothy came to assist the Apostle in his work at Athens, but he
-was wanted in Thessalonica, and therefore speedily returned
-there, while St. Paul went on alone to the city of Corinth, where
-he had neither companion nor friend.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_73">{73}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Emperor Claudius had issued a proclamation, commanding the
-Jews to leave Rome, and one of these named Aquila, with Priscilla
-his wife, had taken up his abode in Corinth. With them St. Paul
-obtained a lodging, partly because Aquila was a tent-maker, and
-the Apostle in his younger days had learned that trade.
-</p><p>
-Now that food was scarce throughout Greece, and he had none to
-assist him, St. Paul had to employ himself and work hard during
-the week, but always when the Sabbath came round, and the Jews
-assembled in the synagogue, he was there to tell the Corinthians
-the new law of Christ Jesus.
-</p><p>
-A great number of Jewish people were opposed to such strange
-doctrines, but the Apostle met with greater success amongst the
-Greeks, and soon formed a little congregation of Christians.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_74">{74}</a></span>
-<p>
-After labouring about three months alone, St. Paul was encouraged
-by the arrival of Silas and Timothy. There was much to tell about
-their work, and Timothy spoke of the faith and of the love of the
-Christians in Thessalonica, but they had fallen into some errors,
-which St. Paul reproved in his letter of holy counsel, known to
-us as the First Epistle to the Thessalonians.
-</p><p>
-Silas and Timothy had brought a gift of money to the Apostle from
-the Churches of Macedonia, so that he was not forced to spend so
-many hours at his trade, and had therefore more time for
-instructing and preaching. Among those people of Corinth who had
-been received into the Christian Church was Crispus, the chief
-ruler of the synagogue&mdash;and his entire household had also opened
-their minds to truth.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_75">{75}</a></span>
-<p>
-This made the Jews extremely angry, and they spoke so
-blasphemously of Christ that St. Paul could not bear to hear
-them. Shaking his garment with a gesture of horror and
-indignation, he cried, "Your blood be upon your own head; I am
-clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles." And so
-saying he left the synagogue and went to the dwelling of Justus,
-who, being a pious man, allowed the Apostle to teach there.
-</p><p>
-In a vision of the night God encouraged His servant, saying to
-him, "Do not fear, but speak, and hold not thy peace. Because I
-am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, for I
-have much people in this city."
-</p><p>
-After this declaration of God's Will St. Paul remained in Corinth
-for another year and half.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_76">{76}</a></span>
-<p>
-He had already, as we have seen, written one epistle to the
-Thessalonians, and a few months later he wrote them a second.
-Some of the people of Thessalonica had fallen into a mistake.
-</p><p>
-Thinking that Christ was soon coming to judge the world, they
-deemed it useless to occupy themselves in their different
-callings.
-</p><p>
-When they left off work, like all other idle, unemployed people,
-they began to meddle with the concerns of their neighbours, and
-in his second letter St. Paul warned them that a great many
-things were to happen before the second coming of Christ, and he
-told them also the rule, "If any man will not work neither let
-him eat." He begged them to pray that the Word of God might bring
-forth much fruit among the Corinthian people, and bid them hold
-firmly to the traditions received from him.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_77">{77}</a></span>
-<p>
-After a time a new governor named Gallio came to Corinth, and the
-unbelieving Jews took this opportunity of trying to injure the
-Apostle. Taking him before a magistrate, they accused him of
-teaching men to worship God after a manner contrary to law.
-Before the Apostle could attempt to defend this charge, Gallio
-said he would not listen to such a complaint, and he sent the
-angry people away.
-</p><p>
-The Greeks were very much vexed at this attempt of the Jews to
-bring trouble upon St. Paul, and they seized Sosthenes, the chief
-ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat,
-and yet even then Gallio did not interfere.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_78">{78}</a></span>
-<p>
-It seems probable that the Apostle would seek out Sosthenes after
-this rough treatment, and gain his friendship; at any rate, we
-next hear of this Jewish ruler as a Christian, and also a
-companion of St. Paul in his journey to Ephesus.
-</p><p>
-About a month following the day upon which he had been taken
-before Gallio, the Apostle left Corinth with Aquila and
-Priscilla, whom he left at Ephesus, while he himself passed on to
-Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Pentecost.
-</p><p>
-In the city of Ephesus stood the widely celebrated temple of
-Diana, which was one of the seven wonders of the world. It had
-taken more than two hundred years to build, and it was made of
-the purest marble. It had one hundred and twenty pillars,
-thirty-six of which were most beautifully carved, and the others
-polished; every one had been the gift of some king.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_79">{79}</a></span>
-<p>
-The temple was not roofed over, excepting just in the part where
-the image of Diana stood&mdash;the ugly log of wood, with a head
-adorned with a mural crown, and the body covered with figures of
-animals.
-</p><p>
-The superstitious people believed that this idol had fallen from
-the sky, and during our month of May they held a great feast in
-Diana's honour, to which people came from far and near in vast
-crowds.
-</p><p>
-In this city they also practised magic. Certain words were
-written on parchment, which had been copied from the image of the
-goddess, and this parchment was worn upon the body to charm away
-evil spirits, and to heal diseases, as it was believed.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_80">{80}</a></span>
-<p>
-We cannot marvel that ignorant people were thus led astray, when
-the wise and learned philosophers of Greece had begun to write
-about these hidden things, and sell such books at enormous
-prices.
-</p><p>
-It was to Ephesus, the city filled with pagan superstition and
-practice, that St. Paul came after his visit to Jerusalem,
-meeting there again the Christians Aquila and Priscilla.
-</p><p>
-During the absence of the Apostle a young man had been preaching
-in the synagogue, who was a Jew of the name of Apollos.
-</p><p>
-He was well versed in Mosaic law and the books of the Old
-Testament, but he could teach nothing of Christ, for he did not
-believe that the promised Messiah had indeed come into the world.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_81">{81}</a></span>
-<p>
-It was from Aquila and Priscilla that Apollos learned the
-Christian faith, and then in his gratitude and love he longed to
-make it known to others, and for this purpose went to Corinth,
-where he induced many Jews to listen and to believe.
-</p><p>
-When St. Paul came back to stay a while in Ephesus he resumed his
-trade, and taught continually in the synagogue; but at length the
-ill-feeling of the Jews broke out upon him, and they spoke evilly
-of him, and blasphemed the Name of Jesus.
-</p><p>
-Upon this the Apostle left the synagogue and hired a room, where
-he taught the Word of God, and many were converted and baptized,
-and received the Holy Ghost from the hands of the Apostle.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_82">{82}</a></span>
-<p>
-It pleased the Almighty to work miraculous cures by means of St.
-Paul, as we read: "God wrought by the hand of Paul more than
-common miracles. So that even there were brought from his body to
-the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed
-from them, and the wicked spirits went out of them."
-</p><p>
-Then some of the people who had witnessed the wonders which St.
-Paul could do in the name of Jesus, thought they also could do
-the same. There was a Jew who had seven sons, and these men
-wanted to drive out an evil spirit with which a person was
-possessed. But when they bade it come from him, the devil spoke
-from within the man, and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know,
-but who are you?" and the possessed leaped upon and overcame
-them, so that they had to escape.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_83">{83}</a></span>
-<p>
-When this was told in Ephesus, the people were awed, for they
-could not but see that God would not permit His Name to be taken
-in vain, and they began to be so much afraid of practising their
-magic arts that they brought out the wicked books, which treated
-of hidden things, and publicly burned them.
-</p><p>
-During St. Paul's stay at Ephesus he went over for a short time
-to visit the Christians in Corinth, and to his great sorrow he
-found that among them were some who had brought disgrace upon
-their faith by relapsing into many of their heathenish customs.
-</p><p>
-After he had again returned to Ephesus, such bad news came about
-the Corinthian Church that St. Paul wrote them a letter, in which
-he reproved their sins and entreated them to lead holy lives.
-This letter is the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_84">{84}</a></span>
-<p>
-About this time a disturbance arose in Ephesus because the men
-who had formerly sold models of the pagan goddess Diana could not
-now find an easy sale for these things, and were therefore
-enraged with St. Paul for preaching against idolatry.
-</p><p>
-A silversmith of the city, whose name was Demetrius, called
-together all who followed his own trade, and represented to them
-how much they had lost through this man who preached the new
-faith and persuaded the people to renounce the gods they had
-formerly worshipped.
-</p><p>
-Ephesus was soon in a tumult, and the angry people resolved to
-seize upon St. Paul, whom they considered had done them great
-injury; but on going to find him in the house of Aquila, he was
-not there. Instead of the Apostle, therefore, two other
-Christians were captured and brought to the place where all
-public meetings were held.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_85">{85}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Paul was not long in receiving tidings of this occurrence,
-and he would have hastened to the assembled crowd had not his
-friends interfered, for they believed that in their rage the
-excited people might do him some serious injury.
-</p><p>
-"Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"&mdash;so rose the cry again and
-again, and it was a difficult matter for the authorities to quiet
-them.
-</p><p>
-In this occurrence the Apostle saw an indication of God's Will
-that he should depart from Ephesus,&mdash;at any rate, for a
-time,&mdash;therefore he called together the Christians, and after
-exhorting them to perseverance in the faith they had embraced,
-and to a holy and blameless life, he bade them farewell.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_86">{86}</a></span>
-<p>
-For three years he had taught in that city, but now, with Timothy
-for a helper, he was to teach in other places, and win more
-hearts to a knowledge and love of the true God.
-</p><p>
-He now made his way to Troas, where once before he had stayed,
-though only for a short time. But St. Paul's heart was troubled
-regarding the Corinthian Church: Titus had been sent there, but
-he had not returned, and St. Paul resolved to go and meet him.
-</p><p>
-Leaving Troas he went to Philippi, where he was welcomed with
-great joy by his friends, and after a time Titus found him
-bringing better news of the people of Corinth, the greater number
-of whom were striving to obey the counsels contained in his
-letter.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_87">{87}</a></span>
-There were, however, some who still refused to submit to the
-Apostle's authority, and who were wicked enough to utter
-untruthful things of him. They said that the money he wished the
-Christian Churches to collect for their poorer friends, was
-really needed by himself. It was now that St. Paul wrote his
-Second Epistle to the Corinthians, in which he encouraged those
-who were trying to live a holy life, and this letter he sent by
-the hand of Titus, while he himself visited Thessalonica and
-Berea.
-</p><p>
-After summer and autumn had passed, the Apostle went to Corinth,
-but scarcely had he arrived than he heard of troubles in the
-Church of Galatia, because some people of Jerusalem had been
-there, endeavouring to sow disbelief and distrust in the teaching
-of St. Paul.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_88">{88}</a></span>
-<p>
-A letter was therefore written by him to the Galatians, to warn
-them against these false doctors who were preaching the
-obligation of observing the Mosaic law.
-</p><p>
-Now the Apostle began to attend to the Church in Corinth,
-reproving error and sin, and separating those who would not obey
-the law of Christ from the submissive and good. He had warned
-them many times before he did this, but now he could not permit
-to be numbered among the followers of Christ those who brought
-shame upon their profession by openly disobeying His laws.
-</p><p>
-There were connected with the Christian Churches pious women, who
-were called "deaconesses." Their charge was to assist the sick,
-to instruct the catechumens, and help the newly baptized to lead
-a Christian life.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_89">{89}</a></span>
-For these duties it was necessary to have persons of experience
-and great piety, and therefore the age for their admission to the
-office was first fixed at sixty, but afterwards at forty years.
-</p><p>
-One of these deaconesses, named Phoebe, was about leaving Corinth
-for Rome, and by her St. Paul sent an epistle to the people of
-that city.
-</p><p>
-He had not yet been there, but he hoped before long to visit the
-Church which was then being formed, and meanwhile he sent them
-this proof of love and good-will. It was written in Greek, but
-for the benefit of those who did not understand that language was
-translated into Latin. In the arrangement of the Scriptures, this
-Epistle is always placed first&mdash;although not the first which the
-Apostle's hand has written&mdash;because of the great importance of
-its contents, as well as the pre-eminence of the place to which
-it was sent.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_90">{90}</a></span>
-<p>
-In it the Apostle first commends the faith of the Romans whom he
-long[ed] to see, "that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace
-to strengthen you." He goes on to show how the shameful sins of
-the pagans were the result of the lack of faith and of humility.
-</p><p>
-He next censures those Jews who, while they boast of the law,
-neglect to keep it, and while admitting the advantages of the
-Jew, "because the words of God were committed to them," he
-teaches that all men, whether Jew or Gentile, are sinners who
-must be saved by the grace of God, and not alone by obedience to
-the law.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_91">{91}</a></span>
-<p>
-This doctrine of salvation by Christ is dwelt upon continually,
-but St. Paul also insists upon the necessity of good works, and
-that a Christian must die to sin and self, and live unto God.
-</p><p>
-He also gives many beautiful counsels regarding Christian
-virtues, lessons of obedience to superiors and of mutual charity.
-He bids the strong bear with the weak, and cautions Christians
-not to judge and condemn each other, neither to give scandal.
-</p><p>
-Then, exhorting them all to be "of one mind one towards another
-according to Jesus Christ," he promises to come and visit them,
-and concludes by invoking upon them the grace of God "to Whom be
-honour and glory for ever and ever."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_92">{92}</a></span>
-<br>
-                 <h2>Chapter V.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-The time was approaching when St. Paul was to leave Corinth&mdash;not
-sailing thence to Jerusalem as he had planned, but returning by
-the way he had come, because he found that some of the
-unbelieving Jews had formed a scheme to destroy him while upon
-his journey.
-</p><p>
-For the space of a week the Apostle remained at Troas, and upon
-the last evening he had assembled the Christians together in an
-upper room&mdash;one of those dining-halls which the Latins termed
-<i>cænacula</i>.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_93">{93}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Scripture narrative tells us that they were there to "break
-bread," the name usually given in those days to the celebration
-of the Holy Mysteries. The Body and Blood of our Lord was
-received by those early Christians with extreme care and the
-profoundest reverence, but in that age the Church had not
-ordained that the reception of the Eucharist should take place in
-the morning and fasting. This rule prevailed at the close of the
-first century out of respect to so great a mystery. In the time
-of the Apostles the Communion was given at other parts of the
-day, and thus we understand the passage referring to this meeting
-of Christians upon the last evening of St. Paul's stay in
-Corinth.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_94">{94}</a></span>
-<p>
-An unusual crowd appears to have been assembled, and the heat was
-so great that the windows were left open. A young man named
-Eutychus, sitting in the recess of one of these windows, being
-overcome with sleep, fell through it to the ground. St. Paul at
-once descended, to find Eutychus, as it seemed, lifeless, but
-stretching himself upon the body, he besought God to manifest His
-power, and then returned to the upper room, and continued
-teaching till the day dawned.
-</p><p>
-Eutychus soon joined the assembly, perfectly restored by the
-power of the Almighty through His servant.
-</p><p>
-St. Luke, with Timothy and others who proposed accompanying the
-great Apostle on his journey, went down to the ship, but St. Paul
-had decided to travel on foot to the place at which it would next
-stop, called Assos, where he entered the vessel and went on to
-Miletus, situated some thirty-five miles from Ephesus.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_95">{95}</a></span>
-<p>
-At Miletus he sent a message asking some of the bishops and
-priests to come down to the ship and pray with him. They talked
-together upon the shore, and St. Paul told them that he was bound
-for Jerusalem. "I go to Jerusalem not knowing the things which
-shall befall me there. Save, that the Holy Ghost in every city
-witnesseth to me, saying that bands and afflictions await me at
-Jerusalem." He conjured the bishops to guard the people confided
-to their care, and warned them against false teachers, who would
-seek to mislead them, and then he bade them farewell. We read
-that there was weeping among them all, for they feared from his
-words that they should see the face of their teacher and father
-no more; and as the vessel sailed from Miletus they returned to
-Ephesus with heavy hearts.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_96">{96}</a></span>
-<p>
-At Tyre the ship had to unload, and St. Paul with his companions
-availed themselves of this opportunity of going on shore to find
-out the Christians who dwelt in that part. Seven days they
-remained amongst the disciples they found there; and one who had
-the power of understanding some of the things which were to
-happen, warned the Apostle of the great danger which threatened
-him at Jerusalem.
-</p><p>
-But St. Paul knew that his way was ordered by God Who could
-shield him from every danger if such was His Divine Will,
-therefore he would not be persuaded to alter his course.
-</p><p>
-The Christians of Tyre went with him to the shore and knelt down
-while he blessed them, and so they parted, and the ship sailed on
-to Ptolemais.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_97">{97}</a></span>
-<p>
-There the Apostles left the vessel and pursued their way by land,
-staying at Cæsarea in the house of Philip the Evangelist, whose
-four daughters had the gift of prophecy. During St. Paul's visit,
-there came down from Judea a prophet, named Agabus, who took the
-girdle of the Apostle, and binding his own hands and feet with
-it, said, "Thus saith the Holy Ghost. The man whose girdle this
-is, the Jews shall bind in this manner in Jerusalem, and shall
-deliver into the hands of the Gentiles."
-</p><p>
-St. Luke and Timothy then entreated their companion not to go to
-Jerusalem, but he would not listen to them.
-</p><p>
-"What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart?" he said,
-"For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in
-Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_98">{98}</a></span>
-<p>
-When the Apostle uttered these words, the others besought him no
-longer, but said, "The Will of the Lord be done," and thus&mdash;the
-one with heart filled with courage and even with desire to die
-for Christ, the others with sorrow mingled with their confidence
-in God&mdash;they went on to Jerusalem.
-</p><p>
-Arriving in that city, St. Paul was received with the greatest
-joy by all the Christians, and next day the Apostle James, the
-Bishop of Jerusalem, convened a meeting of all who composed the
-Church.
-</p><p>
-To them St. Paul gave a report of his work during his four years'
-absence. When he had concluded his address, he was told that
-great numbers of the Jews in that city believed the Gospel, yet
-were very strict in their observance of Mosaic law, and that they
-were hostile because they believed St. Paul taught the Jews of
-other places to neglect the customs of their people.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_99">{99}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. James advised that, to prove this belief unfounded, the
-Apostle should go to the temple upon the next day, which was the
-feast of Pentecost, and take part in a certain ceremony for four
-of the faithful.
-</p><p>
-These four men had taken a vow. The Jews frequently did this for
-some special purpose, either that they might be delivered from
-some danger, or to show their gratitude for some special
-blessing. Vows were made for a certain time, during which the
-person considered himself specially consecrated to Almighty God,
-and he had to observe strict rules, such as to abstain from
-drinking wine, or from shaving his head.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_100">{100}</a></span>
-When the time had come to an end, it was the duty of the person
-who had made the vow to appear in the temple, taking his
-offerings. Offerings on such an occasion were costly, and it was
-a customary thing for some richer and pious Jew to pay this
-amount for the man whose vow was at an end.
-</p><p>
-It was for this purpose that St. James proposed St. Paul
-accompanying to the temple the four men who now accomplished the
-vow of the Nazarite, so that the Jews might observe his respect
-for their ancient law.
-</p><p>
-Scarcely had the Apostle shown himself than some Jews, who had
-come up from Asia for the festival, saw him, and pointed him out
-to their fanatical companions as one who despised the law and
-profaned the temple. A terrible uproar followed, and seizing the
-Apostle, they cried, "Men of Israel, help: this is the man that
-teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and
-this place, and moreover hath brought in Gentiles into the
-temple, violating this holy place."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_101">{101}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Paul was thus dragged from the temple to the outer court, and
-the gates were closed, while the angry people began beating their
-prisoner, and would certainly have killed him had not word been
-taken to the Roman tribune Lysias, who sent soldiers and
-centurions down to the scene of contest.
-</p><p>
-Lysias readily believed that the Apostle had committed some
-serious offence, nevertheless, however guilty, it was not lawful
-for the mob to punish him, so the soldiers were ordered to bring
-him in chains to receive judgment.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_102">{102}</a></span>
-When the captain enquired what was the charge against the
-prisoner, there was such a confusion that he could not discover
-the truth, and therefore bade the soldiers lead St. Paul to the
-castle, the angry crowd following, with cries of "Away with him.
-Away with him."
-</p><p>
-When the Apostle was brought into the castle, he turned to
-Lysias, and asked if he might speak with him, who replied, "Canst
-thou speak Greek?" Upon hearing that St. Paul was a Jew of
-Tarsus, he acceded to his request that he might address the
-people.
-</p><p>
-"Men, brethren, and fathers," began St. Paul, using the Hebrew
-language, which was spoken in Jerusalem, and in a moment the
-tumult was hushed and every ear strained to listen.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_103">{103}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Apostle gave them a sketch of his early history, telling them
-how he once hated and persecuted the Christians, and then of his
-wondrous journey to Damascus&mdash;of his blindness, and its cure.
-</p><p>
-He passed on to his first visit to Jerusalem, spoke of his vision
-in the temple, when the Lord Jesus appeared to him, and bade him
-depart and preach to the Gentiles.
-</p><p>
-The crowd had heard him thus far with silent attention, but now
-their rage burst forth afresh. Were they, the sons of Abraham, to
-be left for the despised Gentiles? They would not suffer such
-words to be spoken, and once more they cry, "Away with him." Away
-with such an one from the earth, for it is not fit that he should
-live.
-</p><p>
-They began casting off their heavy outer garments purposing to
-stone him, but Lysias ordered his soldiers to bring the prisoner
-within the castle.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_104">{104}</a></span>
-<p>
-He had not understood St. Paul's address, being delivered in
-Hebrew, but he saw how greatly the people were infuriated, and
-therefore judged that some terrible crime must have been
-committed.
-</p><p>
-He accordingly told one of the centurions to scourge the
-prisoner, so that he might confess what he had done, and St. Paul
-was bound to a low pillar that he might receive this humiliating
-punishment. But he spoke to the centurion and said, "Is it lawful
-for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"
-</p><p>
-The centurion knew that such a thing was unlawful, so he went to
-Lysias to tell him that their prisoner was a Roman.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_105">{105}</a></span>
-<p>
-When Lysias found from St. Paul that he was a free-born citizen
-of Rome, he gave orders for him to be unbound, and convened a
-meeting of the Jewish council for the next day, before which the
-Apostle should answer the charges made against him.
-</p><p>
-Early in the morning this council assembled, just as once it had
-assembled to judge St. Stephen when Saul, the well-known
-Pharisee, was one of its members. Now he was a prisoner&mdash;Paul,
-the servant of Jesus Christ, standing before many who knew him as
-the persecutor of Christians.
-</p><p>
-"Men and brethren," he said, "I have conversed with all good
-conscience before God until this present day."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_106">{106}</a></span>
-<p>
-At this the high priest Ananias, in his anger, told those who
-stood near to strike the prisoner upon the mouth. Then St. Paul
-said to him, "God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For
-sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to
-the law commandest me to be struck?"
-</p><p>
-The bystanders now accused the Apostle of speaking against the
-high priest. Seeing that he was not to be fairly tried, St. Paul
-appealed to the Pharisees who were present. "Men, brethren, I am
-a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. Concerning the hope and
-resurrection of the dead I am called in question."
-</p><p>
-At these words a great dissension arose between his judges. Party
-spirit was kindled immediately in the Pharisees, who, forgetting
-their anger against the Apostle, now declared that they found no
-evil in him. The confusion increased, so that Lysias heard of it,
-and ordered his soldiers to go and bring back the prisoner to the
-castle.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_107">{107}</a></span>
-<p>
-It was well that he did so, or St. Paul would have been almost
-torn to pieces by the indignant Sadducees.
-</p><p>
-Night drew on, and in the still darkness the Lord Jesus Christ
-appeared to His servant, speaking softly and encouragingly in his
-ear: "Be constant; for as thou hast testified of me at Jerusalem,
-so must thou bear witness also at Rome."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_108">{108}</a></span>
-<p>
-Not to die then! not yet to lay down life for God's truth. To
-suffer again and to suffer more&mdash;yet St. Paul was not dismayed.
-Had he not said already to the Christians of Ephesus, when upon
-the sea-shore of Miletus they looked on his face for the last
-time, "I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life
-more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course."
-</p>
-<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_109">{109}</a></span>
-<br>
-                   <h2>Chapter VI.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-During that night the enemies of God's servant were not forgetful
-of him, and forty men bound themselves under a curse neither to
-eat nor drink until they had succeeded in killing him.
-</p><p>
-They accordingly made request to the council that Lysias might
-have St. Paul tried once more, purposing in their hearts to lie
-in wait as he came out from the castle, and falling upon him,
-destroy him.
-</p><p>
-In some manner which we do not know, the secret transpired, and a
-young man related to the Apostle brought news to the castle of
-what the forty Zelotes had arranged.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_110">{110}</a></span>
-<p>
-Lysias listened to his story, but bade him not to speak of the
-discovered plot to any one. He then determined to send St. Paul
-away that same night, as it was evident that his life was in
-peril through the malice of the people. Summoning two of his
-centurions, he bade them make ready two hundred soldiers, seventy
-horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, who were to take a journey
-into Cæsarea at nine o'clock that night, and horses were also to
-be provided for the Apostle, who must be safely placed under the
-care of Felix the governor of that place.
-</p><p>
-Lysias knew that this enormous guard would be necessary to ensure
-the safety of his prisoner. When all was in readiness for
-departure, he had a letter written which was to be given to the
-governor of Cæsarea, explaining the reasons for which St. Paul
-was sent to him, and all who had any accusation to make against
-him were told to go to Felix with the complaint.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_111">{111}</a></span>
-<p>
-By the dawn of morning, the travellers had accomplished about
-thirty-five miles of their journey, reaching Antipatris, where
-the foot-soldiers were dismissed; the rest of the guard conducted
-the Apostle safely through another day's travel, and then they
-entered Cæsarea.
-</p><p>
-After reading the letter sent by Lysias, Felix asked his prisoner
-from what province he came. St. Paul told him that he was from
-Cilicia, where he was born.
-</p><p>
-Felix then gave orders that he should be kept in the
-judgment-hall of Herod until his accusers came forward, and his
-defence could be heard.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_112">{112}</a></span>
-<p>
-For several days the Apostle remained thus, until the high priest
-Ananias, and others of the Jewish council, arrived with a Roman
-advocate, or lawyer, ready to assist them in making their
-complaint against him to the Cæsarean governor.
-</p><p>
-Felix had once been a slave, who by the favour of the Roman
-emperor had been raised to his high position; but he was an
-unjust and a tyrannical man, who lived in great sin. It was
-before him then that St. Paul had to appear, and Tertullus, the
-lawyer, commenced his speech by praising Felix, as if he had been
-a good man, and laying his accusations against the prisoner.
-First, he was charged with being a "pestilent man, raising
-seditions among all the Jews throughout the world, and author of
-the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes." On these grounds St.
-Paul was deemed an offender against the Roman government, and
-against the law of Moses.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_113">{113}</a></span>
-<p>
-The next charge was that he had brought Gentiles into the temple.
-</p><p>
-The assembled Jews confirmed the truth of what Tertullus uttered,
-and then Felix gave the prisoner permission to defend himself.
-</p><p>
-He therefore declared that he was not guilty of disputing with
-any man, nor had he caused disturbance either in the temple or
-synagogue; that he had gone up to the temple to engage in a
-Jewish ceremony, and those who had been in his company were not
-Gentiles.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_114">{114}</a></span>
-<p>
-After such a defence, it would have seemed impossible to find any
-plea for detaining the Apostle a prisoner, but Felix only put the
-matter off, promising to enquire further into it at the coming of
-Lysias. Hoping that the Apostle would purchase his freedom, Felix
-remanded him to a somewhat light imprisonment, which continued
-two years.
-</p><p>
-One day the governor sent for St. Paul, that he and his wicked
-wife Drusilla might hear so famous a teacher speak about his
-faith.
-</p><p>
-The Apostle had the gift of making his addresses exactly
-applicable to those who listened to him; and as he knew the
-sinful life of Felix, he was not afraid to speak out openly of
-that purity of life which the Gospel law enjoins.
-</p><p>
-He spoke also of the judgment to come, in such forcible words
-that the governor's conscience was awakened, and he trembled.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_115">{115}</a></span>
-<p>
-Still,&mdash;like so many wicked people of later times,&mdash;he was not
-ready to give up his sinful pleasures, but only wished to be rid
-of the thought of God's future punishment. "For this time go thy
-way;" he said, "when I have a convenient time I will send for
-thee."
-</p><p>
-Thus did Felix close his heart to the influence of the Holy
-Spirit, and resist God's grace; nor do we read that he ever had
-another opportunity for repentance.
-</p><p>
-At the close of the two years during which St. Paul was a
-prisoner, another governor was appointed in place of Felix, whose
-name was Festus.
-</p><p>
-Scarcely had he come to Cæsarea than he went to visit Jerusalem,
-and the Jews took the occasion as a favourable time to ask that
-Paul might be tried there, but this request was not granted.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_116">{116}</a></span>
-<p>
-When Festus returned to Cæsarea, he had the Apostle brought up
-before him in the presence of the accusers, and St. Paul replied
-to the charges against him in much the same words he had used two
-years before.
-</p><p>
-Festus was perplexed, for it was evident to him that the prisoner
-had not created any disturbance against the government; still he
-feared the Jews, and therefore asked St. Paul if he would not
-like to go up to Jerusalem for trial. But the Apostle replied
-that he stood before Cæsar's judgment-seat, and he appealed to
-Cæsar.
-</p><p>
-Then Festus cried, "Hast thou appealed to Cæsar? To Cæsar shalt
-thou go;" meaning that he should be sent to Rome for trial.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_117">{117}</a></span>
-<p>
-Soon after these proceedings, the young King Agrippa, with his
-sister Bernice, came upon a visit to the governor of Cæsarea, and
-hearing of St. Paul's case, said that he would himself pronounce
-judgment upon it.
-</p><p>
-The great hall of audience was filled with the royal court, the
-tribunes and all the chief men were assembled; and St. Paul took
-this opportunity to preach the Gospel to them.
-</p><p>
-He told the story of his life, of his conversion and subsequent
-work amongst men; but when he said that Christ had come to be a
-light to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews, a loud cry broke
-from Festus, "Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning hath
-made thee mad."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_118">{118}</a></span>
-<p>
-"I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth
-and soberness," replied the Apostle; then, appealing to the king,
-he added, "Believest thou the prophets, O King Agrippa? I know
-that thou believest."
-</p><p>
-Agrippa said, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."
-</p><p>
-"Would to God," cried St. Paul, "that not only thou, but all that
-hear me this day, should become such as I am, except these
-bonds."
-</p><p>
-The king, with Festus and the rest, rose up to leave the hall.
-"This man hath done nothing that merits either death or the
-prison," said Agrippa. "He might have been set at liberty if he
-had not appealed unto Cæsar."
-</p><p>
-As it was now necessary to send the Apostle to Rome, Festus had
-him placed with some other prisoners on board a ship which was
-going part of the way. It was in the year 62 that St. Paul
-started as a prisoner, with Luke and Aristarchus to bear him
-company.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_119">{119}</a></span>
-<p>
-Sidon was the first stopping-place, and here the Apostle was
-allowed to go on shore to visit the Christians who dwelt there.
-</p><p>
-When they arrived at Lystra, Julius the centurion, who had charge
-of the prisoners, found a large ship going to Italy from
-Alexandria, into which he had them removed. But a contrary wind
-rose, so that for several days they could proceed but very
-slowly. It was a time of year when sailing was difficult and
-dangerous, so when they reached a place called Good Havens, St.
-Paul said it would be better to remain there during the winter.
-</p><p>
-But the master of the ship and the centurion determined to go on,
-hoping to reach Phenice, and winter there.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_120">{120}</a></span>
-<p>
-At first a gentle south wind was blowing, but a sudden change
-came, and the ship was driven furiously along towards the
-dangerous coast of Africa. The sailors were afraid that their
-vessel would be broken to pieces in the storm, and they passed
-strong chains underneath it and took down all their sails. The
-next day they tried to make the ship lighter by throwing over all
-they could most easily spare, and upon the third day they even
-cast away ropes, sails, and anchors.
-</p><p>
-It was so dark from the heavy stormy clouds, that the master of
-the ship could not discover whereabouts they were, and all hope
-seemed gone.
-</p><p>
-Then St. Paul stood up in the midst of the frightened men, and
-bade them take heart, for the life of every one should be
-preserved, although the vessel would be lost.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_121">{121}</a></span>
-He gave them his authority for such a promise&mdash;"For an Angel of
-God, Whose I am, and Whom I serve, stood by me this night,
-saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar; and,
-behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee."
-</p><p>
-For fourteen long days and nights the vessel was driven about in
-the sea of Adria, and then the sailors thought they were drawing
-near land, but upon letting down their measuring line they found
-the water becoming so shallow that they feared being cast upon
-the rocks, so they cast down four anchors to hold the ship
-securely until morning.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_122">{122}</a></span>
-<p>
-Filled, however, with selfish fear, the sailors secretly let down
-a boat into the water, meaning to get into it themselves, and
-leave the others in their difficulty. St. Paul was given the
-power of divining what passed in their hearts, and he told their
-scheme to the centurion, who ordered his soldiers to cut the
-ropes that the boat might fall over into the sea.
-</p><p>
-When day broke, the Apostle begged all on board to eat, and he
-repeated his promise of safety for all, and taking bread, he
-"gave thanks to God in the sight of them all," and they also ate
-and were refreshed.
-</p><p>
-It was now evident that the ship could not be saved, so the wheat
-with which it was laden was thrown over, in order that it might
-be lightened, and so run close in to the shore. But as the
-sailors were endeavouring to get up a little creek, the vessel
-stuck fast in the ground, and the hinder part was broken to
-pieces by the stormy waves.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_123">{123}</a></span>
-<p>
-The soldiers would have begun putting the prisoners to death,
-lest they might swim to shore and thus escape, but the centurion
-prevented them, and ordered those who were able to swim to do so,
-while the rest he made hold on to the boards and broken spars of
-the ship. In this way every soul was saved of the two hundred and
-seventy-six who had been on board the vessel&mdash;saved for the sake
-of Paul, the beloved servant and Apostle of God.
-</p><p>
-The island on which they were cast was called Melita&mdash;the Malta
-of our own day&mdash;and no sooner were they landed than a fresh proof
-of God's providential care over St. Paul was granted.
-</p><p>
-A fire of sticks had been kindled by the people of the island,
-and as the Apostle assisted the others, gathering together what
-faggots he could find, a viper came and fastened upon his hand.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_124">{124}</a></span>
-<p>
-The ignorant natives observing this, thought it must be some very
-wicked man pursued by dreadful judgments, although he had escaped
-the perils of the sea; but when St. Paul shook off the viper, and
-it was seen that he was wholly uninjured by its poisonous bite,
-they changed in their feelings, and believed he could be nothing
-less than a god.
-</p><p>
-It was the Will of Almighty God that still more wonders should be
-wrought upon that island.
-</p><p>
-The father of Publius, the governor of Malta, was lying
-dangerously ill, and St. Paul went to visit him as his Master
-when on earth visited the sick and suffering, and "laid his hands
-on him," and healed, him.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_125">{125}</a></span>
-<p>
-Seeing this marvel wrought by the touch of the Apostle, all the
-people of the island who were in any way sick or diseased came
-hastening to St. Paul, and they too received the healing of their
-infirmities. For three months the shipwrecked company remained in
-Malta, and when at length they departed in a ship bound for
-Italy, the people of the island gave them many presents in
-gratitude and good-will.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_126">{126}</a></span>
-<br>
-                   <h2>Chapter VII.</h2>
-<br>
-<p>
-On arriving at Puteoli (Pozzuoli) St. Paul received a welcome
-from the Church already formed there, and at last, in the year
-63, the eighth of the reign of Nero, he entered the city of Rome,
-surrounded by the Christians who had gone out to meet him in his
-chains.
-</p><p>
-Julius the centurion now gave up his charge to the captain of the
-emperor's guard, whom we hear of as a just and kind man, who
-treated St. Paul well, and even permitted him to see his friends,
-and to teach the Christian faith to such as willed.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_127">{127}</a></span>
-<p>
-For two years this imprisonment lasted, during which time,
-Scripture tells us, he "received all that came in to him,
-preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things which
-concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without
-prohibition."
-</p><p>
-Here ceases the narrative of the first missions to the pagan
-world, given by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. Those first
-triumphs of the faith were won much as the triumphs of later days
-&mdash;always against unbelief, error, opposition, and calumny; yet
-won even by an Apostle in chains, as truth must ever conquer,
-even when apparently vanquished.
-</p><p>
-That two years' captivity in the Roman capital was cheered by the
-company of St. Luke, Timothy, and John Mark, who was now a
-faithful servant of Christ; they could go where St. Paul was not
-permitted, and take counsels and messages of encouragement from
-him to the different Churches.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_128">{128}</a></span>
-<p>
-There was a slave named Onesimus, who was very useful to St.
-Paul, and who became a Christian through his teaching. He had
-robbed his master and escaped to Rome, where from curiosity he
-went to hear the imprisoned Apostle tell of Jesus of Nazareth.
-His heart was touched, and seeking an opportunity, he opened his
-conscience to St. Paul, in obedience to whom he went back to his
-master, bearing a letter written to him by the Apostle. This
-letter is known to us as the Epistle to Philemon. Tychicus
-accompanied Onesimus on his way, bearing an epistle to the Church
-of Colosse, which was the city in which Philemon dwelt.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_129">{129}</a></span>
-<p>
-In this beautiful letter St. Paul exhorts his brethren to beware
-of the philosophers and Jewish teachers, who would withdraw them
-from Christ. He entreats them to look after heavenly things and
-to grow in holiness. He also speaks of the duties of husbands and
-wives, parents and children, advises constant prayer, and
-concludes with various salutations from the Christians of Rome.
-</p><p>
-Tychicus was also the bearer of the Epistle to the Church at
-Ephesus, and all these letters are supposed to have been written
-when St. Paul had been about a year at Rome.
-</p><p>
-To the Ephesians the Apostle speaks first of the many and great
-spiritual blessings received through Christ, Who is our peace. He
-prays that they may be strengthened by the Spirit of God, and
-exhorts them to fly from sin, to be united in "One Lord, one
-faith, one baptism."
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_130">{130}</a></span>
-To these Ephesians, as to the Colossians, he speaks of the duties
-of the various relationships, and finally directs them to "Put on
-the armour of God," that they may resist in the evil day, when
-their wrestling would be against "the spirits of wickedness in
-high places."
-</p><p>
-The Church at Philippi had always shown a deep affection for the
-Apostle, and about this time they sent him a present as a mark of
-their love and sympathy for his sufferings.
-</p><p>
-When St. Paul wrote to thank them, he told them also about
-himself and that he expected soon to be tried, but that whether
-his sentence was life or death he should be content.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_131">{131}</a></span>
-<p>
-Probably about this same time was also written the Epistle to the
-Hebrews, which was addressed to the Jews of Judea and Jerusalem.
-In this letter the Apostle sets forth the immeasurable
-superiority of the New Law of Christ over the old Mosaic
-dispensation.
-</p><p>
-All this time the Christian Church at Rome was making rapid
-progress. With the zeal of St. Peter, and the eloquent teaching
-of St. Paul united in the great city, it was no wonder that the
-truth made its way even into the imperial court, for we find
-among the salutations of the Epistle to the Philippians, those of
-"Cæsar's household."
-</p><p>
-It was apparently through the influence of some of these more
-powerful disciples that, in the early part of the year 65, St.
-Paul was released from his imprisonment.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_132">{132}</a></span>
-<p>
-Very little information is given us in the Scriptures respecting
-the Apostle after this liberation. We gain our knowledge chiefly
-from his own letters to Timothy and to Titus, and from the
-traditions of the early Church.
-</p><p>
-Thus it appears that the first use the Apostle made of his
-liberty was to undertake new missions, and to visit those
-Churches to which he had already preached "Christ crucified."
-</p><p>
-Though no longer young, he was still full of zeal for God's
-glory, and we find him now journeying to Spain, which he mentions
-in the Epistle to the Romans. A contemporary author&mdash;Clement of
-Rome&mdash;tells us that "Paul was the herald of the Christian faith
-to the whole world, and penetrated even to the limits of the
-West."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_133">{133}</a></span>
-<p>
-Accompanied by Titus, the Apostle also went into the island of
-Crete. Taking a long voyage, he next visits Ephesus, passing
-thence to Macedonia. Titus had remained in Crete to watch over
-the newly founded Church, and with power to institute bishops and
-priests, and to him St. Paul writes an Epistle from Nicopolis,
-counselling him how to watch over the flock committed to his
-care. In this letter he speaks of remaining during the winter in
-this city, but he appears to have passed to Corinth, and thence
-to the Churches of Troas and Miletus, returning to Rome at the
-close of the year 66.
-</p><p>
-The first general persecution of the Church had commenced by
-order of Nero. Being disposed to give a spectacle which might
-rival the celebrated taking of Troy, this tyrant gave command for
-the city of Rome to be set on fire.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_134">{134}</a></span>
-<p>
-Rome was then composed of fourteen divisions, out of which only
-four escaped the flames of this tremendous conflagration. Nero,
-to excuse himself from the infamy of this act, laid the blame
-upon the Christians, and, as a punishment, had them arrested and
-condemned to the most dreadful torments.
-</p><p>
-Some were sewn up in the skins of wild beasts, and then were
-hunted by dogs in imitation of a barbarous chase. Many were
-crucified; others had their clothing smeared with some
-combustible material, and, fastened to posts in the streets or in
-the alleys of the imperial garden, were then set on fire.
-</p><p>
-During these horrors Nero walked, or drove in a car, about the
-gardens, or through the ruined city, enjoying the sufferings
-which his cruel nature had invented.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_135">{135}</a></span>
-<p>
-It was at the very height of this persecution that St. Paul was
-brought into Rome once more a prisoner, and dragged before the
-emperor. So great, however, were his courage and his eloquence,
-that he escaped any severer sentence than that of imprisonment.
-This time St. Paul was alone&mdash;his friends had removed to other
-parts, and feared to come to him. But, like that dear Saviour,
-Whose own disciples forsook Him in the hour of peril, St. Paul
-did not harshly censure his Christian brethren, but rather felt
-pity for their weakness of heart, and prayed that they might be
-forgiven for deserting him in his infirm age, with the near
-prospect of martyrdom before him.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_136">{136}</a></span>
-<p>
-While in prison, the Apostle wrote a second letter to Timothy,
-full of love and holy counsels. In this Epistle he exhorts him to
-"stir up the grace of God," which he had received at his
-ordination, and not to be discouraged by suffering.
-</p><p>
-He also utters a warning against those who have gone astray from
-truth, and concludes by speaking of his approaching death, and
-desires Timothy to come to him.
-</p><p>
-The trial of St. Paul terminated, as he had expected, with
-sentence of death.
-</p><p>
-In the midst of the fury of persecution, St. Peter had set no
-bounds to his zealous teaching of the faith of Christ. He had
-celebrated the Holy Mysteries in the house of a Christian named
-Pudens; in the presence of Nero himself he had confounded the
-audacious heresy of Simon Magus; he had converted, among others,
-a female slave greatly loved by the wicked emperor, and when she
-forsook the court, and served God by a virtuous life, the
-tyrant's rage against the Apostles of Christ broke out with
-fourfold strength.
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_137">{137}</a></span>
-St. Peter was arrested and conveyed to the Mamertine prison,
-where he converted two of his guards to the Church.
-</p><p>
-Then together were these glorious Apostles brought before the
-governor of Rome, together they confessed the faith, and together
-were condemned to die.
-</p><p>
-A tradition of the early Church tells us that, before they died,
-the two Apostles prophesied the impending ruin of Jerusalem.
-</p><p>
-Then St. Peter&mdash;the Jew&mdash;was beaten with rods, and crucified with
-his head downwards upon Mount Janiculum, and buried in the
-Aurelian Way, near the temple of Apollo, the spot upon which the
-Vatican now stands.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_138">{138}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Paul&mdash;the citizen of Rome&mdash;must not die by crucifixion but by
-the sword. Upon the same day, the 29th June, he, the old man of
-well-nigh seventy years, who had borne hunger and thirst,
-scourging, imprisonment, and chains, was led out beyond the gates
-of Rome to give up life for God.
-</p><p>
-In a place near the Fulvian waters, the crowd stayed their steps,
-and the executioner's sword severed the head of the old Apostle
-from his body. A beautiful legend tells us that three times that
-severed head leaped from the earth, and each time a clear
-fountain of water sprang up, to the amazement of all who
-witnessed the miracle.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_139">{139}</a></span>
-<p>
-There stands now upon that sacred spot the church of "Delle Tre
-Fontane," and visitors to the Eternal City, who go there to pray,
-have testified to the existence of these fountains.
-</p><p>
-In the story of the life of St. Paul, Apostle and Martyr, we see
-the marvellous effects of God's grace. It was by grace, through
-the strength of Christ, that he laboured so long, so faithfully,
-so successfully. It was by grace he had courage to endure
-hardness, and by grace that his heart thrilled with such fervent
-love to Christ&mdash;a love which sustained him through all the trials
-of his long life.
-</p><p>
-We read that St. Paul was exposed to one great trouble, a "thorn
-in the flesh," as Scripture terms it, and we are told that it was
-permitted for his humiliation. Three times he besought of God to
-take it from him, but the answer was, "My grace is sufficient for
-thee."
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_140">{140}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Apostle had been highly educated; he was nobly born; he had
-received great intellectual gifts; he had gained knowledge and
-experience by travel into distant countries; he had even been
-caught up into paradise, and heard words which he could not
-utter, and seen wonders which it had been impossible to describe,
-yet God kept him humbled by some sharp and continued trial or
-temptation.
-</p><p>
-There are some who have imagined they could find in the life of
-St. Paul reasons for denying the teaching of our Holy Church,
-which affirms the supremacy of St. Peter.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_141">{141}</a></span>
-<p>
-St. Paul taught in words the unity of faith and discipline, the
-necessity of order, the obedience due to lawful authority, but he
-taught it also in his own life.
-</p><p>
-Glorious is his career; so marvellous in his conversion; so
-sublime in doctrine, so eloquent in teaching, so grandly
-successful in his missionary work, yet he comes to St. Peter as
-supreme head of the Church. To him he refers all matters of
-discipline, and to him he gives an account of his labours,
-because to him Christ said, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
-will build my Church."
-</p><p>
-Nor are there wanting those who seek to prove from the writings
-of St. Paul, that to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" is
-salvation without the good works which the Church of Christ
-requires of her children.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_142">{142}</a></span>
-<p>
-The Apostle does indeed teach the redemption of man through the
-death of Christ&mdash;that by grace and not through works are men
-justified. But he tells also just as plainly, just as clearly, of
-the necessity of a new life, of a casting away of sin; and while
-he says "There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are
-in Christ Jesus," he adds, "who walk not according to the flesh."
-</p><p>
-Profession of faith in Christ, but a corresponding holiness of
-life, a constant warfare against the world, the flesh, and the
-devil, the mortification of self, and of even sinless pleasures&mdash;
-this was the teaching of Paul the Apostle, as it is the teaching
-of Christ's Church.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_143">{143}</a></span>
-<p>
-Oh that we may receive some small measure of his burning
-love&mdash;love so humble, so faithful, so abiding. Oh that, like St.
-Paul, we too may become "new creatures in Jesus Christ," so that
-with him we may even dare to say, "Mihi vivere Christus est, et
-mori lucrum."
-</p>
-<br>
-                   <h2>The End.</h2>
-<br>
-<br>
-
-             <h4>R. Washbourne, Printer,<br>
-             Paternoster Row, London</h4>
-<br>
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-  [Transcriber's note:<br>
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-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_1c">{1c}</a></span>
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-
-
-           <h4>R. Washbourne's Catalogue.
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-<p class="cite2">
-    <i>Though this Catalogue does not contain many of the books
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-
-<p class="cite">
-  The Feasts of Camelot, with the Tales that were told there.
-  By Eleanora Louisa Hervey. 3s. 6d.
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-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Story of the Life of St. Paul. By M. F. S., author of
-  "Legends of the Saints," &amp;c, &amp;c. Fcap. 8vo., 2s. 6d. In the
-  press.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Hundred Years Ago; or, a Narrative of Events leading to the
-  Marriage and Conversion to the Catholic Faith of Mr. and Mrs.
-  Sidney, of Cowper Hall, Northumberland, to which are added a
-  few other Incidents in their Life. By their Granddaughter. In
-  the press.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Cassilda; or, the Moorish Princess of Toledo. 2s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2c">{2c}</a></span>
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-  Captain Rougemont; the Miraculous Conversion. 2s.
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-  The Little Hunchback. By the Countess de Ségur.
-  With 8 full-page Illustrations. 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Irish Monthly. A Magazine containing several tales and
-  interesting reading. Vol. 4, for 1876, 7s. 6d.; vols. 1, 2 and
-  3, each, 7s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Franciscan Annals and Monthly Bulletin of the Third Order
-  of S. Francis. Price 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Angelus. A Catholic Monthly Magazine, containing tales and
-  other interesting reading. Price 2d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Ritus Servandus in Expositione et Benedictione SS. 4to., red or
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-</p>
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-  The Panegyrics of Fr. Segneri, S.J. Translated from the
-  original Italian. With a preface by the Rev. Fr. W. Humphrey,
-  S.J. In the press.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  My Conversion and my Vocation. By Rev. Father Schouvaloff,
-  Barnabite. In the press.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Spiritual Exercises according to the Method of S. Ignatius of
-  Loyola. By Fr. Bellecius, S.J. 2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Albert the Great: his Life and Scholastic Labours. From
-  original Documents. By Professor Sighart Translated by Rev. Fr.
-  T. A. Dixon, O.P. With a
-  Photographic Portrait 8vo., 10s. 6d.
-</p>
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-  Catholic Calendar for 1877, with Two Views of S. Etheldreda's
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-  Legends of the Saints. By M. F. S., author of "Stories of the
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-</p>
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-</p>
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-  Magnetism. By Amyclanus. Illustrated. 6s. 6d.
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-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3c">{3c}</a></span>
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-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Devout Exposition of the Holy Mass; with an ample declaration
-  of all the rites and ceremonies belonging to the same. By John
-  Heigham, 1622.
-  Edited by Austin Joseph Rowley, Priest 12 mo., 4s.
-</p>
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-  Life of Gregory Lopez, the Hermit By Canon Doyle, O.S.B. With a
-  Photograph. 12mo., 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Road to Heaven. A game for family parties, 1s. With the Rules
-  of the Game, bound, 2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Student's Handbook of British and American Literature.
-  By Rev. O. L. Jenkins. 12mo., 8s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The First Apostles of Europe; or the "Conversion of the
-  Teutonic Race." By Mrs. Hope, author of "Early Martyrs," &amp;c.
-  2 vols. 12mo., 10s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Little Office of the Immaculate Conception. Translation
-  approved by the Bishop of Clifton. 3d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Doctrine of Purgatory. By Rev. W. Marshall, 1s.
-</p>
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-    "This is unquestionably the best popular English treatise on
-    this subject."&mdash;<i>Dublin Review</i>.
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-    most incontestable."&mdash;<i>Tablet</i>.
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-    erudition which it compresses into so small a space, no less
-    than by the irresistible cogency of the logic and the beauty
-    of the style."&mdash;<i>Dolman's Magazine</i>.
-</p>
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-  The Serving Boy's Manual and Book of Public Devotions,
-  containing all those prayers and devotions for Sundays and
-  Holidays, usually divided in their recitation between the
-  Priest and the Congregation. Compiled from approved sources,
-  and adapted to Churches, served either by the Secular or the
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-  handsomely bound in half morocco, full gilt, £2 2s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4c">{4c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-  Garden Of The Soul. (Washbourne's Edition.) Edited by the Rev.
-  R. G. Davis. <i>With Imprimatur of the Cardinal-Archbishop</i>.
-  Thirteenth Thousand. This Edition retains all the Devotions
-  that have made the <i>Garden of the Soul</i>, now for many
-  generations, the well-known Prayer-book for English Catholics.
-  During many years various Devotions have been introduced, and,
-  in the form of appendices, have been added to other editions.
-  These have now been incorporated into the body of the work,
-  and, together with the Devotions to the Sacred Heart, to Saint
-  Joseph, to the Guardian Angels, the Itinerarium, and other
-  important additions, render this edition pre-eminently the
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-  administering the Sacraments have been carefully translated,
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-<p class="cite2">
-    "A beautiful little work. The narrative is highly
-    interesting."&mdash;<i>Dublin Review</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "It is full of courage and faith and Catholic
-    heroism."&mdash;<i>Universe</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "A beautiful picture of the wonders effected by ubiquitous
-    charity, and still more by fervent prayer."&mdash;<i>Tablet</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Glory of St. Vincent de Paul. By Cardinal Manning, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Life of S. Edmund of Canterbury. From the French of the Rev.
-  Father Massé, S. J. 1s. and 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Life of St. Francis of Assisi. From the Italian of St.
-  Bonaventure. By Miss Lockhart. 3s. 6d.; 4s. gilt.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Life of Fr. de Ravignan. Crown 8vo. 9s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Pilgrimage to Paray le Monial. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Patron Saints. By Eliza Allen Starr. Cr. 8vo. 10s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman; with full account of his
-  Obsequies, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Count de Montalembert. By George White. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Life of Mgr. Weedall. By Dr. Husenbeth. 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Life of Pope Pius IX. 6d. Cheap edition, 1d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Challoner's Memoirs of Missionary Priests. 8vo. 6s.
-</p>
-
-         <h4>By Sister Mary Frances Clare.</h4>
-
-<p class="cite">
-  O'Connell: his Life and Times. 2 vols., 18s.
-<br><br>
-  The Liberator: his Speeches and Letters. 2 vols., 18s.
-<br><br>
-  Life of Father Matthew. 2s. 6d.
-<br><br>
-  Life of Mary O'Hagan, Abbess, Poor Clares. 6s.
-<br><br>
-  Life of St. Aloysius. 6d.;
-<br><br>
-  St. Joseph, 6d., cloth, 1s.;
-<br><br>
-  St. Patrick, 6d., cloth, 1s.; 8vo., 6s.; gilt, 10s.
-<br><br>
-  Life of St. Patrick. Illustrated by Doyle. 4to. 20s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21c">{21c}</a></span>
-
-                    <h4>Our Lady.</h4>
-
-<p class="cite">
-  Regina Sæculorum, or, Mary venerated in all Ages. Devotions to
-  the Blessed Virgin from ancient sources. Fcap. 8vo. 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Readings for the Feasts of Our Lady, and especially for the
-  Month of May. By the Rev. A. P. Bethell. 18mo. 1s. 6d.; cheap
-  edition, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The History of the Blessed Virgin. By the Abbé Orsini.
-  Translated by Dr. Husenbeth. With eight Illustrations. Crown
-  8vo. 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Path of Mary. By one of her loving children, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Manual of Devotions in Honour of Our Lady of Sorrows. Compiled
-  by the Clergy at St. Patrick's Soho. 18mo. 1s.; cloth, red
-  edges, 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes: a Faithful Narrative of the
-  Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin. By F. C. Husenbeth, D.D.
-  18mo. 6d.; cloth, 1s.; with Novena, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d. Novena,
-  separately, 4d.; Litany, 1d., or 6s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Devotion to Our Lady in North America. By the Rev. Xavier
-  Donald Macleod. 8vo. 7s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "The work of an author than whom few more gifted writers have
-    ever appeared among us. It is not merely a religious work,
-    but it has all the charms of an entertaining book of travels.
-    We can hardly find words to express our high admiration of
-    it."&mdash;<i>Weekly Register</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Letters to my God-Child. On the Veneration of the Blessed
-    Virgin. By Mrs. Stuart Laidlaw. 4d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Life of the Ever-Blessed Virgin. Proposed as a Model to
-    Christian Women, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    The Blessed Virgin's Root traced in the Tribe of Ephraim. By
-    the Rev. Dr. Laing. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Litany of the Seven Dolours, 1d. each, or 6s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Month of Mary for all the Faithful. By Rev. P. Comerford. 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Month of Mary for Interior Souls. By M. A. Macdaniel. 18mo.
-    2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Month of Mary, principally for the use of religious
-    communities. 18mo. 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Mariæ Lauretana; or, Devotions and Exercises for the month of
-    May. 2s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22c">{22c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-    A Devout Exercise in Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From
-    the Psalter and Prayers of S. Bonaventure. In Latin and
-    English, with Indulgences applicable to the Holy Souls. 32mo.
-    1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    The Definition of the Immaculate Conception. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception. In Latin and
-    English. By the Very Rev. Dr. Husenbeth. 32mo. 4d.; cloth,
-    6d.; roan, 1s.; calf or morocco, 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception. In Latin and
-    English. Translation approved of by the Bishop of Clifton.
-    3d.; or 100 for 16s. 8d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Life of Our Lady in Verse. Edited by C. E. Tame. 2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Our Lady's Lament, and the Lamentation of St. Mary Magdalene.
-    Edited by C. E. Tame. 2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Angels, 1s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Litany of Our Lady of Angels, 1s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Concise Portrait of the Blessed Virgin, 1s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Origin of the Blue Scapular, 1d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-    Miraculous Prayer&mdash;August Queen of Angels, 1s. 100.
-</p>
-
-                   <h4>Prayer-Books.</h4>
-
-<p class="cite">
-  Washbourne's Edition of the "Garden of the Soul," in
-  medium-sized type (small type as a rule being avoided). <i>For
-  prices see page</i> 5.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Little Garden. 6d., and upwards. <i>See page</i> 5.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Garden of the Soul. <i>Very large type</i>, 1s.; with E. &amp; G.,
-  1s. 6d.; French morocco, 2s. 6d.; with E. &amp; G., 3s. 6d.; or
-  superior edition, without E. &amp; G., 3s. 6d.; morocco, turn over
-  edges, 7s. 6d. Epistles and Gospels, in a separate volume, 2 s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Key of Heaven. <i>Very large type</i>, 1s.
-  Leather 2s.6d. gilt, 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catholic Piety; or, Key of Heaven. 32mo. 6d.; French morocco,
-  1s.; Velvet, 2s. 6d.; with E. &amp; G., roan, 1s.; French morocco,
-  1s. 6d.; with rims, 2s.; French morocco, extra gilt, 2s.;
-  Persian, 2s. 6d.; imitation ivory, with rims, 3s.; morocco, 3s.
-  6d.; velvet, with rims, 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Manual of Catholic Piety. Edition with green border.
-  French morocco, 2s. 6d.; morocco, 4s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23c">{23c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-  Holy Childhood. A book of simple Prayers and Instructions for
-  very little children. 32mo., 1s.; gilt, 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catholic Piety, or Key of Heaven, with Epistles and Gospels.
-  Large 32mo., roan, 1s. 6d. and 2s.; French morocco, with rims,
-  2s. 6d.; extra gilt, 3s.; with rims, 3s. 6d.; velvet, 3s. 6d.
-  and 10s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Lily of St. Joseph; a little Manual of Prayers and Hymns
-  for Mass. Price 2d.; cloth, 3d.; or with gilt lettering, 4d.;
-  more strongly bound, 6d.; or with gilt edges, 8d.; roan, 1s.;
-  French morocco, 1s. 6d.; calf, or morocco, 2s.; gilt, 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "A prayer-book for children, which is not a childish book, a
-    handy book for boys and girls, and for men and women too, if
-    they wish for a short, easy-to-read, and devotional
-    prayer-book."&mdash;<i>Catholic Opinion</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "It will be found very useful for children and for
-    travellers."&mdash;<i>Weekly Register</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "A neat little compilation, which will be specially useful to
-    our Catholic School-children. The hymns it contains are some
-    of Fr. Faber's best."&mdash;<i>Universe</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Devotions for Public and Private Use at the Way of the Cross.
-  By Sister M. F. Clare. Illustrated, 1s.; red edges, 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  S. Patrick's Manual. By Sister M. F. Clare. 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Path to Paradise. 3d. With 50 Illustrations, cloth, 4d.;
-  superior paper, 6d.; with rims and clasp, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Manual of Catholic Devotion. 6d.; with Epistles and Gospels,
-  1s.; roan, with tuck, 1s. 6d.; calf or morocco, 2s, 6d.;
-  imitation ivory, 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  S. Angela's Manual; a book of devout Prayers and Exercises for
-  Female Youth. 16mo., cloth, red edges, 2s.; Persian, 3s. 6d.;
-  calf, 4s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Crown of Jesus. Persian calf, 6s.; calf or morocco, 7s. 6d. and
-  8s. 6d., with rims, 10s. 6d.; with turn-over edges, 10s. 6d.;
-  morocco, extra gilt, 10s. 6d., with rims, 12s. 6d.; ivory, with
-  rims, 21s., 25s., 27s. 6d. and 30s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Little Prayer-Book for Ordinary Catholic Devotions. Cloth,
-  3d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catholic Hours: a Manual of Prayer, including Mass and Vespers.
-  By J. R. Digby Beste, Esq. 32mo. cloth, 2s; red edges, 2s. 6d.;
-  roan, 3s.; morocco, 6s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Ursuline Manual. Persian calf, 7s. 6d.; morocco, 10s.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24c">{24c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-  Missal (complete). Persian, 8s. 6d. calf or morocco, 10s. 6d.,
-  with rims, 13s. 6d.; calf or morocco, extra gilt, 12s. 6d.,
-  with rims, 15s. 6d.; morocco, with turn-over edges, 13s. 6d.;
-  morocco antique, 15s.; morocco, with two patent clasps, 20s.;
-  russia antique, 20s.; velvet, with rims, 20s.; ivory, with
-  rims, 31s. 6d.; morocco, with gilt mounts, with engravings, and
-  in morocco case, £5.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Missal and Vesper Book. In one volume, morocco, 6s.; with
-  clasp, 8s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Prayer to be said for three days before Holy Communion, and
-  another for three days after, 1d., or 6s. 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A New Year's Gift to our Heavenly Father. 4d;
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Occasional Prayers for Festivals. By Rev. T. Barge. 32mo. 4d.
-  and 6d.; gilt, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Illustrated Manual of Prayers. 32mo. 3d.; cloth, 4d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Mass: and a devout method of assisting at it. From the
-  French of M. Tronson. 4d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Devotions for Mass. Very large type, 2d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Memorare Mass. By the Poor Clares of Kenmare, 2d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Fourteen Stations of the Holy Way of the Cross. By St. Liguori.
-  Large type edition, 1d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Indulgences attached to Medals, Crosses, Statues, &amp;c, by the
-  Blessing of His Holiness and of those privileged to give his
-  Blessing. 1s. 2d. per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Union of our life with the Passion of our Lord by a daily
-  offering, 1s. 2d. per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Prayer for one's Confessor, 1s. 2d. per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Prayer to S. Philip Neri. 1d. each, or 6d. a dozen.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Litany of Resignation, is. 2d. per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Christmas Offering, 1s. a 100, or 7s. 6d. a 1000.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Intentions for Indulgences. 7&amp;amp; per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catholic Psalmist: or, Manual of Sacred Music, with the
-  Gregorian Chants for High Mass, Holy Week, &amp;c. Compiled by C.
-  B. Lyons, 4s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Complete Hymn Book, 136 Hymns. Price 1d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Douai Bible. 2s. 6d.; Persian calf, 5s.; calf or morocco, 7s.;
-  gilt, 8s. 6d.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25c">{25c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-  New Testament, Notes and References, Large 4to., 7s. 6d.; small
-  8vo., 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Church Hymns. By J. R. Digby Beste, Esq. 6d. Catholic Choir
-  Manual: Vespers, Hymns and Litanies, &amp;c.
-  Compiled by C. B. Lyons, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Burial of the Dead (Adults and Infants) in Latin and English.
-  Royal 32mo. cloth, 6d.; roan, 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "Being in a portable form, will be found useful by those who
-    are called upon to assist at that solemn
-    rite."&mdash;<i>Tablet</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Prayers for the Dying, 1s. 2d. per 100, post free.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Indulgenced Prayer before a Crucifix, 1d. ea., or 6s. 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Indulgenced Prayers for Souls in Purgatory. 1s. per 100,
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Indulgenced Prayers for the Rosary for the Holy Souls, 1d.
-  each, 6d. a dozen, 3s. per 100.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Rosary for the Souls in Purgatory, <i>with Indulgenced
-  Prayer.</i> 6d., 8d. and 9d. each. Medals separately, 1d. each,
-  9s. gross.
-</p>
-
-                    <h4>Rome, &amp;c.</h4>
-<p class="cite">
-  The History of the Italian Revolution. The Revolution of the
-  Barricades. (1796-1849.) By the Chevalier O'Clery, M.P.,
-  K.S.G. 8vo. 7s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves. By Joseph Powell, Z.P.
-  With 4 Engravings. 8vo. 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "It affords us much pleasure, and deserves the notice of the
-    Catholic public."&mdash;<i>Tablet</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "Familiar names meet the eye on every page, and as few
-    Catholic circles in either country have not had a friend or
-    relative at one time or another serving in the Pontifical
-    Zouaves, the history of the formation of the corps, of the
-    gallant youths, their sufferings, and their troubles, will be
-    valued as something more than a contribution to modern Roman
-    history."&mdash;<i>Freeman's Journal</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Victories of Rome. By Rev. Fr. Beste. 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Rome and her Captors. Letters collected and edited by Count
-  Henri d'Ideville, and translated by F. R. Wegg-Prosser. Cr. 8vo.
-  4s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Pope of Rome and the Popes of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
-  By the Rev. Cæsarius Tondini, Barnabite. Second edition. 3s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Defence of the Roman Church against Fr. Gratry. By Dom
-  Gueranger. 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Personal Recollections of Rome. By W. J. Jacob, Esq., late of
-  the Pontifical Zouaves. 8vo. 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26c">{26c}</a></span>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Roman Question. By F. C. Husenbeth, D.D. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Supremacy of the Roman See. By C. E. Tame. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Rome: Present, Past, and Future. By Rev. Dr. M'Corry. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Rule of the Pope-King. By Rev. Fr. Martin. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Years of Peter. By an Ex-Papal Zouave, 1d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Catechism of the Council. By a D.C.L, 2d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Civilization and the See of Rome. By Lord Robert Montagu, M.P.
-  6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Rome, semper eadem. By D. P. M. O'Mahony. 1s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  A Few Remarks on a pamphlet entitled the "Divine Decrees." 6d.
-</p>
-
-              <h4>Tales, or Books for the Library.</h4>
-<p class="cite">
-  Bessy; or the Fatal Consequence of Telling Lies. By the writer
-  of "The Rat Pond, or the Effects of Disobedience." 1s.;
-  stronger bound, 1s. 6d.; gilt, 2s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Stories for my Children.&mdash;The Angels and the Sacraments. Square
-  16mo. 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Canon Schmid's Tales, selected from his works. New translation,
-  with Original Illustrations, 3s. 6d. Separately:
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    Canary Bird, 6d.;<br>
-    Dove, 6d.;<br>
-    Inundation, 6d.<br>
-    Rose Tree, 6d.;<br>
-    Water Jug, 6d.;<br>
-    Wooden Cross, 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Tom's Crucifix, and other Tales. By M. F. S. 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "Eight simple stories for the use of teachers of Christian
-    doctrine."&mdash;<i>Universe</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "This is a volume of short, plain, and simple stories,
-    written with the view of illustrating the Catholic religion
-    practically by putting Catholic practices in an interesting
-    light before the mental eyes of children. The whole of the
-    tales in the volume before us are exceedingly well
-    written."&mdash;<i>Register</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catherine Hamilton. By the author of "Tom's Crucifix," &amp;c.
-  Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d.; gilt, 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Catherine grown Older. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d.; gilt 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Simple Tales. Square 16mo. cloth antique, 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "Contains five pretty stories of a true Catholic tone,
-    interspersed with some short pieces of poetry. &hellip; Are very
-    affecting, and told in such a way as to engage the attention
-    of any child."&mdash;<i>Register</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "This is a little book which we can recommend with great
-    confidence. The tales are simple, beautiful, and
-    pathetic."&mdash;<i>Catholic Opinion</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "It belongs to a class of books of which the want is
-    generally much felt by Catholic parents."&mdash;<i>Dublin Review</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "Beautifully written. 'Little Terence' is a gem of a
-    Tale."&mdash;<i>Tablet</i>.
-</p>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27c">{27c}</a></span>
-
-<p class="cite">
-  Terry O'Flinn's Examination of Conscience. By the Very Rev. Dr.
-  Tandy. Fcap. 8vo. 1s. 6d.; extra gilt, 2s.; cheap edition, 1s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "The writer possesses considerable literary
-    power."&mdash;<i>Register</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The Adventures of a Protestant in Search of a Religion: being
-  the Story of a late Student of Divinity at Bunyan Baptist
-  College; a Nonconformist Minister, who seceded to the Catholic
-  Church. By Iota. 5s.; cheap edition, 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite2">
-    "Will well repay its perusal."&mdash;<i>Universe</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "This precious volume."&mdash;<i>Baptist</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "No one will deny 'Iota' the merit of entire
-    originality."&mdash;<i>Civilian</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "A valuable addition to every Catholic library."&mdash;
-    <i>Tablet</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "There is much cleverness in it."&mdash;<i>Nonconformist</i>.
-<br><br>
-    "Malicious and wicked."&mdash;<i>English Independent</i>.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  The People's Martyr, a Legend of Canterbury. 4s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Rupert Aubray. By the Rev. T. J. Potter. 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Percy Grange. By the Rev. T. J. Potter. 3s.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Farleyes of Farleye. By the Rev. T. J. Potter. 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Sir Humphrey's Trial. By the Rev. T. J. Potter. 2s. 6d.
-</p>
-<p class="cite">
-  Fairy Tales for Little Children. By Madeleine Howley Meehan.
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-<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32c">{32c}</a></span>
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-                <h4>Index To Authors.</h4>
-
-<p class="cite">
-Arnold, Miss M. J. &mdash; <a href="#Page_19c">19</a>
-<br><br>
-A'Kempis, Thomas &mdash; <a href="#Page_10c">10</a>
-<br><br>
-Allies, T. W., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_12c">12</a>
-<br><br>
-Amherst, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_7c">7</a>
-<br><br>
-Bagshawe, Rev. J. B. &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>, <a href="#Page_16c">16</a>
-<br><br>
-Bampfield, Rev. G. &mdash; <a href="#Page_27c">27</a>
-<br><br>
-Barge, Rev. T. &mdash; <a href="#Page_24c">24</a>
-<br><br>
-Beste, J. R. D., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_12c">12</a>, <a href="#Page_23c">23</a>, <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-Beste, Rev. K. D. &mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-Bethell, Rev. A. P. &mdash; <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>
-<br><br>
-Blosius &mdash; <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>
-<br><br>
-Bona, Cardinal &mdash; <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>
-<br><br>
-Boudon, Mgr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>
-<br><br>
-Bowles, Emily &mdash; <a href="#Page_28c">28</a>
-<br><br>
-Bradbury, Rev. Fr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_29c">29</a>
-<br><br>
-Browne, E. G. K. &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>
-<br><br>
-Brownlow, Rev. W. R. B. &mdash; <a href="#Page_7c">7</a>, <a href="#Page_14c">14</a>
-<br><br>
-Burder, Rt. Rev. Abbot &mdash; <a href="#Page_7c">7</a>, <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>
-<br><br>
-Burke, S. H., M.A. &mdash; <a href="#Page_13c">13</a>
-<br><br>
-Butler, Alban &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>, <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>
-<br><br>
-Challoner, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>, <a href="#Page_20c">20</a>
-<br><br>
-Collins, Rev. Fr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>, <a href="#Page_10c">10</a>
-<br><br>
-Compton, Herbert &mdash; <a href="#Page_3c">3</a>
-<br><br>
-Dechamps, Mgr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_12c">12</a>
-<br><br>
-Deham, Rev. A. &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>
-<br><br>
-Dixon, Rev. Fr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_1c">1</a>, <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>
-<br><br>
-Doyle, Canon &mdash; <a href="#Page_2c">2</a>
-<br><br>
-Doyotte, Rev. Père &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>
-<br><br>
-Dupanloup, Mgr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>, <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
-<br><br>
-Francis of Sales, St. &mdash; <a href="#Page_12c">12</a>, <a href="#Page_13c">13</a>
-<br><br>
-Frassinetti &mdash; <a href="#Page_16c">16</a>
-<br><br>
-Gibson, Rev. H. &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>
-<br><br>
-Grace Ramsay &mdash; <a href="#Page_20c">20</a>
-<br><br>
-Gracian, Fr. Baltasar &mdash; <a href="#Page_3c">3</a>
-<br><br>
-Grant, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>
-<br><br>
-Gueranger &mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-Hedley, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_14c">14</a>
-<br><br>
-Henry, Lucien &mdash; <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>
-<br><br>
-Herbert, Lady &mdash; <a href="#Page_8c">8</a>, <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>, <a href="#Page_19c">19</a>
-<br><br>
-Hervey, Mrs. T. K. &mdash; <a href="#Page_1c">1</a>
-<br><br>
-Hill, Rev. Fr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_30c">30</a>
-<br><br>
-Hope, Mrs &mdash; <a href="#Page_10c">10</a>
-<br><br>
-Humphrey, Rev. Fr., S.J. &mdash; <a href="#Page_1c">1</a>
-<br><br>
-Husenbeth, Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_2c">2</a>, <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>, <a href="#Page_20c">20</a>, <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>, <a href="#Page_22c">22</a>
-<br><br>
-Kenny, Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
-<br><br>
-King, Miss &mdash; <a href="#Page_28c">28</a>
-<br><br>
-Laing, Rev. Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_14c">14</a>, <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>, <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>
-<br><br>
-Lane, H. Murray, Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_30c">30</a>
-<br><br>
-M'Corry, Rev. Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>, <a href="#Page_26c">26</a>
-<br><br>
-Macdaniel, Miss &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>, <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>
-<br><br>
-Macleod, Rev. X. D. &mdash; <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>
-<br><br>
-Manning, Most Rev. Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>, <a href="#Page_20c">20</a>
-<br><br>
-Marshall, T. W. M., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_11c">11</a>
-<br><br>
-Meehan, Madeleine Howley &mdash; <a href="#Page_27c">27</a>
-<br><br>
-Mermillod, Mgr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>
-<br><br>
-Milner, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>
-<br><br>
-M. F. S. (Mary F. Seymour) &mdash; <a href="#Page_2c">2</a>, <a href="#Page_19c">19</a>, <a href="#Page_26c">26</a>
-<br><br>
-Nary, Rev. J. &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>
-<br><br>
-Newman, Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_2c">2</a>
-<br><br>
-O'Clery, Chevalier &mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-O'Mahony, D. P. M. &mdash; <a href="#Page_26c">26</a>
-<br><br>
-Oratorian Lives of the Saints &mdash; <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>
-<br><br>
-Oxenham, H. N. &mdash; <a href="#Page_13c">13</a>, <a href="#Page_29c">29</a>
-<br><br>
-Ozanam, Professor &mdash; <a href="#Page_12c">12</a>
-<br><br>
-Philpin, Rev. Fr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_7c">7</a>
-<br><br>
-Platus, Fr. Jerome &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
-<br><br>
-Poirier, Bishop &mdash; <a href="#Page_16c">16</a>
-<br><br>
-Poor Clares &mdash; <a href="#Page_14c">14</a>, <a href="#Page_20c">20</a>, <a href="#Page_23c">23</a>
-<br><br>
-Powell, J., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-Prins, Leopold de &mdash; <a href="#Page_31c">31</a>
-<br><br>
-Pye, H.J., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
-<br><br>
-Ravignan, Père &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>
-<br><br>
-Redmond, Rev. Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_14c">14</a>
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-Richardson, Rev. Fr, &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
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-Rowley, Fr. A. J. &mdash; <a href="#Page_2c">2</a>
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-Schulthes, Herr &mdash; <a href="#Page_31c">31</a>
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-Shakespeare, &mdash; <a href="#Page_29c">29</a>
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-Sligo, A. V. Smith, Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_19c">19</a>
-<br><br>
-Sligo, Mrs. Smith &mdash; <a href="#Page_28c">28</a>
-<br><br>
-Stewart, A. M. &mdash; <a href="#Page_23c">23</a>, <a href="#Page_29c">29</a>, <a href="#Page_30c">30</a>
-<br><br>
-Tame, C. E., Esq. &mdash; <a href="#Page_22c">22</a>, <a href="#Page_26c">26</a>
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-Tandy, Very Rev. Dr. &mdash; <a href="#Page_27c">27</a>
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-Taunton, Mrs. &mdash; <a href="#Page_28c">28</a>
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-Tondini, Rev. C. &mdash; <a href="#Page_9c">9</a>, <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
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-Wegg-Prosser, F. R. .&mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
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-Williams, Canon &mdash; <a href="#Page_17c">17</a>
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-New Books &mdash; <a href="#Page_1c">1</a>
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-The Sacred Heart &amp; St. Joseph &mdash; <a href="#Page_6c">6</a>
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-Religious Reading &mdash; <a href="#Page_7c">7</a>
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-Religious Instruction &mdash; <a href="#Page_15c">15</a>
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-Dramas, Comedies, Farces &mdash; <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>
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-Lives of Saints, &amp;c. &mdash; <a href="#Page_18c">18</a>
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-Our Lady, Works relating to &mdash; <a href="#Page_21c">21</a>
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-Prayer-Books &mdash; <a href="#Page_22c">22</a>
-<br><br>
-Rome, &amp;c. &mdash; <a href="#Page_25c">25</a>
-<br><br>
-Tales, or Books for Library &mdash; <a href="#Page_26c">26</a>
-<br><br>
-Educational Works &mdash; <a href="#Page_30c">30</a>
-<br><br>
-Music &mdash; <a href="#Page_31c">31</a>
-</p>
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