[Illustration: Macmillan colophon] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: TARSUS] ST. PAUL THE HERO BY RUFUS M. JONES Author of “The Inner Life,” etc. _ILLUSTRATED_ New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1917 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1917 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ------- Set up and electrotyped. Published, March, 1917. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE BOY OF TEN YEARS 1 II HIS HEROES 9 III IN JERUSALEM 17 IV IN RABBI GAMALIEL’S SCHOOL 25 V TENT-MAKING IN TARSUS 32 VI THE GREAT TEACHER OF GALILEE 40 VII IN JERUSALEM AGAIN 48 VIII THE MAN WITH A SHINING FACE 55 IX ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS 63 X IN ARABIA 73 XI FIFTEEN WONDERFUL DAYS 80 XII THE FIRST GREAT MISSIONARY JOURNEY 88 XIII THE FIRST GREAT PROBLEM 97 XIV A LETTER TO HIS CHURCHES 104 XV “COME OVER INTO MACEDONIA AND HELP US” 111 XVI ALONE IN ATHENS 119 XVII CORINTH AND EPHESUS 126 XVIII “READY TO BE BOUND” 139 XIX IN THE PRISON AT CAESAREA 148 XX THE STORMY JOURNEY TO ROME 157 XXI THE TRIUMPH OF THE HERO 165 PICTURES AND MAPS Tarsus _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Falls of the Cydnus 3 Antioch 88 Map [North East Corner Medit.] 94 Map [2nd Missionary Journey] 112