The citizen., 1914-02-12

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representative type of worldly man,
politician and successful one.
The Apostle Paul was at the crisis
Of his existence, his very life de-
pending upon this meeting; and
King Agrippa was at the crisis OF
his spiritual life.
Knew Greek and also the Language
of God.
Saul Of Tarsus, who afterwards
became known as the Apostle Paul
was the only one of the followers
Of our Lord, called disciples OF
apostles, who was an educated man
There were at this time three
great languages which were used in
the world. The Latin language was
the language of the Roman Empire
] suppose the Apostle Paul was edu-
Gated in that language. He was
also educated in the Greek and the
Hebrew. As the Latin was the
language of the world at this time
and was used in diplomacy and
courts of law and in most business
transactions, and as the Greek Ian
guage was the language of litera-
ture so the Hebrew language was
the language Of religion at this time.
All the religion that they had in
the world that was worth the men,
tioning had come from the Hebrew
language. II was the language of
Jehovah. In that language Jehovah
himself had written the Ten Com
mandments. II was that language
in which he spoke to all pro-
phets from Moses to Malachi, and it
was in that language that essential
Deity always communicated with
men. II was in that language that
Jehovah spoke to Saul of Tarsus
after his ascension, when he said
TO him in the Hebrew language
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
me?"
To my mind, this man, the Apostle
Paul. was the greatest of all men.
| speak il deliberately after years of
consideration, that | firmly believe
that the Apostle Paul was the great
est man that ever lived. His name
today is known in far off climes
where they do not know the names
of Caesar, Alexander or Napoleon.
These names are all unknown to
millions of people today who are fa-
miliar with the name of Apostle
Paul, and if there shall ever come
time when these names of the
great men of the world shall become
entirely unknown, the name of the
Apostle Paul will still be a house.
hold word.
In Favor With Jews and Romans.
The Apostle Paul at this time was
in favor both with the Jewish San
hedrin and with the Roman officials.
As jealous follower of Jehovah
he considered it his duty to perse-
cute the followers of the Lord Je-
sus Christ. He was indeed a mur-
derer with good conscience. Think
of it. How little can we depend on
our conscience uneducated. He
thought he ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth. He compelled his follow
ers to blaspheme and being exceed
ingly mad against them he persecut-
ed them into strange cities, and
when the blood of the martyr
stephen was being shed he gave his
voice and vote against him and held
the garments of those who slew
him. He did these things because
he thought he ought to do them.
A Vision.
And now at the very height of his
worldly ambition on his way down
to Damascus in the pursuit of these
followers of the Lord Jesus Christ,
our Savior himself appeared to him
in the way and in His presence he
fell to the ground and was struck
blind in order that he might see
that which he had never seen before.
Jesus Christ revealed TO him as di-
vine. He saw that this personality
whom he had regarded as a fraud