sented by gold, or silver, or stone, graven by the art of man; and he went on to declare that God had appointed a day in the which He would judge the world by Jesus Christ.

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, they interrupted him, some mocked, and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. Paul met with little success among this vain and idolatrous people, so he shortly left them and went to Corinth.

The city of Corinth, you know, is situated near the Gulph of Corinth, and in the isthmus of that name, then part of the province of Achaia. When Paul arrived here, he found a Jew named Aquila, who with his

wife Priscilla, had taken refuge there, when the Emperor Claudius banished the Jews from Rome. They were tent-makers; and Paul, who understood their business, lived and worked with them, and found them valuable assistants in his Christian labours. He was soon joined by Silas and Timothy, and remained a year and a half in this city; during which period he converted a number of people, chiefly Gentiles, but some among the Jews, especially Crispus (the ruler of the synagogue,) and his family.

During this period, the unbelieving Jews, as usual, stirred up troubles for him, and appealed against him to Gallio, the deputy governor of Achaia; but Gallio cared for none of

these things, and Paul therefore was

left in peace.

And now Paul began to think of returning homewards. He went from Corinth across the Isthmus to Cenchrea, a sea-port on the opposite side, from whence he sailed with Priscilla and Aquila to Ephesus, a city on the coast of Asia Minor, opposite to Greece; here he left them, promising to return to Ephesus shortly.

Sailing towards Syria, he landed at Cesarea, and went up to Jerusalem, from whence, after a short visit, he proceeded to his church at Antioch. And here ends his second journey, still longer and more troubled than the former.

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CHAPTER XIX.

Paul's Third Journey.-His Second Visit to Ephesus.

WE are now going to trace out Paul's third journey. He remained, it seems, some time at Antioch, which was, you know, his first church, and the care of which he had shared with Barnabas-and more, it is likely, of a home to him, than any other place; he then set out for Asia Minor, visiting all his churches in Galatia and Phrygia, and encouraging

and instructing the Christian disciples there.

While he was thus employed, Apollos, a converted Jew, who was well acquainted with the Scriptures, went to Ephesus, and being more fully instructed in the Christian faith by Priscilla and Aquila, passed over into Greece, and assisted the Christian teachers at Corinth.

By this time Paul had reached Ephesus. His former visit to this city had been short, but it now became his chief residence for two years; its situation making it suitable for the purpose of spreading the knowledge of Christ through Asia, and also through other parts of the world; since it was a populous and