but Paul being grieved, turned and said to the demon, I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And the evil spirit came out of her that very hour. When the masters of the young woman saw they could make no more money out of her, they were very angry, and brought Paul and Silas before the rulers, and accused them of troubling the city and of teaching customs which Romans should not observe.

And the rulers commanded that they should be scourged. They beat them with many stripes, and put them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

At midnight Paul and Silas sang praises unto God so that the other prisoners could hear them. A great earthquake suddenly shook the prison, and all the doors flew open, and the chains fell from off the prisoners. The keeper of the prison woke out of sleep, and seeing the doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here. Then the jailer called for a light, and came trembling into the inner prison where Paul and Silas were, and fell at their feet and cried, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They answered, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house.

And the jailer and all his household believed and were baptized.

Then the jailer washed the wounds of Paul and Silas, and took them to his own house and set food before them. And the jailer rejoiced that he and his family were led to believe in Jesus.

In the morning the rulers sent word to the jailer to give the apostles their liberty; and the jailer told Paul. But Paul refused to leave, stating that he was a Roman citizen, and as such should not have been scourged. He said that if the

magistrates wanted them to leave the prison, that they, the magistrates themselves, must come and take them out, that the people might know they were punished unjustly.

When the rulers heard that Paul was a Roman they were afraid lest they should be punished, and they came and begged them to go out of the city.

Then Paul and Silas left the prison and went to the house of Lydia, and after they had met the disciples and comforted them, they left Philippi.

They went on to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue, and in it for three Sabbaths Paul preached to the Jews, showing

them from the Scriptures that the one spoken of by Moses and the prophets was Jesus the Saviour.

The unbelieving Jews became angry, and gathered together wicked men and made a great uproar in the city, and went and sought Paul and Silas to bring them before the people. Not being able to find them, they brought Jason, at whose house the apostles stayed, before the rulers, and said, These

Christians have made trouble in other places, and have come here now. They do not respect Cæsar, and they say there is another king, one Jesus; and this Jason has received them into his house. The rulers were troubled, and bound Jason and his companions to keep the peace; and the brethren in Thessalonica sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. Here they went into the synagogue to preach to the Jews, who were more noble than those of Thessalonica. They listened to the apostles' doctrine and searched the Scriptures daily for themselves, and many of them believed and became Christians.

The Jews who raised so much disturbance came to Berea to oppose Paul, but the brethren sent him away, and Silas and Timotheus remained. Paul next went to Athens, the chief city of Greece, in which were many fine buildings. The Athenians were a very learned people, but wholly given to idolatry. One inscription on one of their altars was, To The Unknown God. Paul was much grieved, and preached the gospel to the Jews in their synagogue and in the market-place. Their philosophers, who had strange notions about God, said that he seemed to be a setter-forth of strange gods, because he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection.

They brought Paul to Mars Hill, and asked him to explain the gospel he preached. The Athenians spent their time either hearing or telling some new thing. Then Paul addressed them, saying, Ye men of Athens, ye are too religious in the worship of your gods. I saw this inscription on your altars, To The Unknown God, and this God, whom ye ignorantly worship, I now preach unto you. God is the Creator of the world and all that is in it. He gives to all life and breath. He does not live in temples made with hands, nor is he like the idols made of gold, silver, or stone. While men knew no better than to worship such, God did not punish them; but now he calls men to repent and believe in Jesus, because the world will be judged by him whom God hath raised from the dead.

When they heard of the resurrection, some mocked; others said, We will hear thee again of this matter, while a few believed.

Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, where he found a Jew named Aquila with his wife Priscilla. Aquila was a tentmaker, and as Paul worked at the same trade he stayed with Aquila. On the Sabbath he preached to the Jews and Greeks in the synagogue and told them that Jesus was the Christ, but the Jews opposed him and blasphemed.

And Paul shook his raiment and said, Your blood be upon

your own heads; if you are not saved, the blame will be yours. I will go to the Gentiles.

God appeared to Paul in a vision by night, and told him not to be afraid, but to preach the gospel boldly to the people, for he was with him, and no man should harm him.

Paul staid in Corinth a year and six months, preaching the gospel; but the Jews rose up against him, and brought him before the governor, saying, This fellow persuades men to

worship God contrary to the law. Paul was about to reply, but the governor said, If there was any real charge I would listen to you, but if it be only a question of words and names, I will be no judge of such matters. And he ordered them away. The Gentiles were angry at the Jews for the way they treated Paul, and they beat the chief ruler of the synagogue even before the judgment-seat, but Gallio, the governor, was quite indifferent about the whole matter.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

PAUL AT EPHESUS

DEMETRIUS THE SILVERSMITH RAISES AN UPROAR THE TOWN-CLERK QUIETS IT EUTYCHUS RAISED TO LIFE-PAUL LEAVES EPHESUS AND TYRE AND GOES TO JERUSALEM THE JEWS ATTEMPT TO KILL HIM RESCUED BY THE CHIEF CAPTAIN

ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE - IS SENT UNDER A STRONG GUARD TO FELIX, THE GOVERNOR.

WHEN Paul left Corinth he went to Ephesus, where he remained for nearly three years preaching the gospel. God gave him power to work great miracles. Handkerchiefs and aprons which he touched, when taken to those who were sick or had evil spirits, they were made well. There were Jews who claimed that they could cast out evil spirits, and they spoke to them, saying, We command you in Jesus' name to come out. But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them and overcame them, so that they fled, naked and wounded.

Many who believed came to Paul and confessed their sins, and others who pretended they could work magic brought their books and burned them where all could see them.

The books burned were worth fifty thousand pieces of silver, but the owners preferred to suffer the loss rather than continue in sin.

The people at Ephesus were idolaters and worshipped the