Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of ChildhoodPollard, Josephine
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Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood
Pollard, Josephine
Bible -- Paraphrases, English; Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian life -- Juvenile literature
[Illustration: THE CON-VER-SION OF ST. PAUL.]
Then the jail-er brought a light, and came to the cell where Paul and
Si-las were, and he knelt there, and cried out, Sirs, what must I do to
be saved? And they said, Have faith in the Lord Je-sus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved.
That same hour of the night the jail-er took Paul and Si-las and washed
their wounds, and brought them food, and his heart was full of joy, for
he and all in his house were made Chris-tians, and God would for-give
their past sins.
The next morn the chief men at Phil-ip-pi sent word to the jail-er to
let those men go, for the Jews found they had no right to beat Paul. And
they feared the law, and begged him to leave the town.
Paul went to A-thens, the chief town of Greece, which was full of false
gods, to whom al-tars had been built. But there was one al-tar on which
were the words, TO THE UN-KNOWN GOD.
Those who built it felt that there was one God of whom they had not been
taught, and this al-tar was for him.
Paul taught in A-thens, both in-doors and out-doors. And when the wise
men heard that he told of Je-sus, and that we were all to rise from the
dead, they brought him to Mars' Hill, where the chief court was held.
And they said to him, Tell us now what the good news is. For thou dost
speak strange words, and we would like to know what they mean.
Paul told them there was but one true God, and they must serve him and
give up their sins, and put their trust in Je-sus, and they would all be
saved at the last day.
Then Paul went to Co-rinth, where he spent some time. At the end of some
years he came back to Je-ru-sa-lem. And the Lord's friends met him, and
were glad to see his face once more. And he told them where he had been,
and how God had helped him.
[Illustration: ST. PAUL LEAV-ING TYRE.]
And Paul went up to the church. And while he was there some Jews from
A-si-a saw him and took hold of him, and cried out, Men of Is-ra-el,
help us. This is the man who has taught that we were not to do as
Mo-ses told us, nor to come here to pay our vows. And he has brought
with him Gen-tiles whom it is a crime to let come in-to our church.
Soon all the town was in an up-roar, and Paul was brought in-to the
church, and the gates that led to the courts were all shut. As they were
a-bout to kill him, some one went and told the chief who had charge of a
band of Ro-man troops, and dwelt near the great church to guard it. And
he and some of his men ran down in the midst of the crowd, who, as soon
as they saw them, ceased to beat Paul.
The chief took Paul from them, and had him bound with chains, and asked
who he was and what he had done. Some cried this, and some that, and no
one could tell just what they said.
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