The Washington times., 1922-02-05
By GEORGE MOORE
(The Irish Novelist and Essaytst, Who ls
Leading Spirit In Intellectual Life of Dublin
Was St. Paul Fictitious Persona" Asks Mr. Moore, Who Then
Proceeds to Riddle Critics Who Have Dared Say That the Famous
APOSTLE Had ST. Luke Write His Marvellous "MemorS" for Him.

ward God. and faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ. And now. be-
hold, 80 bound I'm the spirit unto
Jerusalem. not knowing the things
that shall befafl me there; save
that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in
every city. saying that bonds and
Affections abide me. But none Of
these things move me. neither
count I my life dear unto myself
90 that I might finish my course
with Joy. and the ministry. which
I have received Of the Lord Jesus.
to testify the gospel Of the grace
Of God. And now. behold. know
that ye al, among whom I have
gone preaching the kingdom Of
God. shall see my face no more.
Wherefore I take you to record
this day that am pure from
tho blood Of al men. For I
have not Stunned to declare
unto you all the counsel Of God.
Take heed Therefore unto your
selves. and to oil the flock. over
which the Holy Ghost has made
you overseers, TO feed the Church
Of God. which he hath purchased
with his own blood For I know
this, that after my departing shall
grisvous wolves enter In among
you. not sparfng the flock. Also
of your own selves shall men arise,
speaking perverse things. to draw
away disciples after them. There
fore. watch and remember that
by the space Of three years
ceased not to warn everyone every
night and day with tears. And
now. brethren. I commend you to
God. and to the word Of his gracs.
which IL able to build you up and
give you IN Inheritance among
all them which shall be sanctified.
I have coveted no mans silver. or
gold. or apparel. Yea, 70 your
selves know that these hands
have ministered unto my necessi-
ties. and to them that were with
me. I have Showed you all things.
how that % laboring .ye ought to
support the weak, and to remem-
Der the words Of the Lord Jesus,
how he said. 1t is more blessed to
give than to receive.
And when he had thus spoken
he kneeled down and prsy ed With
them all. And they all ~ept core.
and fell on Paul's neck. and kissed
him. sorrowing most Of all for
the words which he spoke, that
they should see his, face no more
And they accompanied him unto
the ship.
THE ACTS-PAUL'S MEMOIRS.
II the farewell be accepted as
automatically Paul's, as some
thing written or dedicated by
him. the greater parts Of the
Acts may be regarded a.
his memoirs, written by him
self in Rome, and once that is ad-
mitted many interesting questions
will come to be discussed-for in
stance, how the narrative Of the
conversion on the road to Damas-
Gus occurs in the ninth chapter.
Our answer In that the conversion
on the road to Damascus fails to
pass the esthetic test, and that
tho tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
chapters bear no sufficient traces
Of Paul's style, and that It IL not
until we reach the thirteenth chap.
ter that We enter on q narrative
which has come down to US with q
few miracles and details added By
the editor. but, which, in conse-
ouence Of its energy. II IL difficult
to believe could have been written
by anybody except Paul. For Paul
was the great literary genius of the
first century. and to apprehend tbs
greatness Of his genius We have
only to compare the farewell 20
the elders of Ephesus with the
texts Of Mark. Matthew and IS,ke.
or. indeed, with any other texts. OF
that time.
Besides being . great emot.oual
writer. Paul was q great descrsp,
tive writer; and there are traces
too. IN the Epistles of . siI1&nrc
power Of narrative. and thii lAtsnt
power ws find in full blast IN TIE
story Of the arrest Of Paul " II.
rusaiem and tho story of the trIsgl
before Felix. And now corn.T 3
other point: A poet writnr ous
Of his Imagination would put y
finer gloss upon 1t; Shakespeare
would have done 80. no doubt. cut
only the man who had been
through II could write It az II fs
written, for there is a difference
always between that wilich q
taken from life and What comes
out Of tho mind. We would rerns-
here that our suggestion 10 not
that what comes out OF the mird