THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES. His Life and Letters. BY THE REV. CHARLES R. BALL, M.A., VICAR OF S. PAUL'S, PETERBORough, "" LESSONS ON OUR LORD'S MINISTRY." Published under the Direction of the Tract Committee. LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, 26 ST. GEORGE'S PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER, S. W. 9 DEC 85 OXFORD "CHRIST! I am Christ's! and let the name suffice you, Ay, for me too He greatly hath sufficed; Lo with no winning words I would entice you, Yea thro' life, death, thro' sorrow and thro' sinning Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ." PREFACE. HIS Book has been written in the hope that it may serve to interest the young, and those who have but little time for reading, in the Life and Writings of S. Paul; and thus serve as an introduction to the many more valuable and important works on the same subject. The writer wishes to express his acknowledgements of the abundant help he has received from Dr. Farrar's Life and Work of S. Paul, Conybeare and Howson's well-known work on the same subjects, from Professor Westcott's "Historic Faith," and last, and above all, from "The Unity of the New Testament" and "The Epistle to the Hebrews" by the late Rev. F. D. Maurice. Lent 1885. CONTENTS. I. S. Paul's early life and education III. The Conversion and Baptism of S. Paul IV. S. Paul's call to the Apostolate V. S. Paul's mission as an Apostle VI. S. Paul's method as an Evangelist 75 IX. S. Paul's Voyage and first Imprisonment. 66 XIV. XV. |