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believers would not leave that dear body, but stood over it lamentingsuddenly the body moved-rose up, and walked into the city. What joy for Barnabas and all who loved Paul! He stayed one night only among his murderers. The next day he left for Lystra, accompanied by Barnabas. Paul must have felt great pain while he was being stoned. Did he not then think of Stephen, whose pain he once witnessed? Then he rejoiced at the sight, now he bitterly lamented

the sin.

'Once was I stoned.'-2 Cor. xi. 25.

XXVI.

PAUL'S SHORT JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM. Acts, xiv. 20 to end; xv. 1-6, 31.

WHAT a terrible event was the stoning at Lystra!

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'Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city.'

P. 132.

Did Paul go on his journey after that? Yes, he did. He went to one city more, called Derbe. There the apostles preached the gospel and taught many.

Then they determined to return by the way they came. They saw again the believers in Lystra, in Iconium, and in Antioch in Pisidia.

Everywhere Paul and Barnabas entreated the believers to continue trusting in Jesus. They appointed elders to teach, and they prayed with them, and commended them to the Lord. At last they came to Perga, where John Mark had once left them. From a port near Perga they set sail, and came back to Antioch in Syria.

When they were returned they asked all the Christians to come together to hear them give an account of their journey. They told the Christians about Sergius Paulus, in the island of Cyprus, and of many more Gentiles turning to the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas lived in Antioch in Syria for a long while, teaching the word of the Lord. During the time they lived at Antioch they once paid a visit to Jerusalem. The reason they went there was to settle a dispute. This was the dispute:

Some Jews came down to Antioch, saying that Gentiles ought to observe all the ceremonies that Moses taught, such as sacrifices and circumcision. Paul and Barnabas said that Gentiles need not observe these laws of Moses. But the other Jews would not agree to what they said. So Paul and Barnabas, and some other holy men, went to Jerusalem to consult the apostles. As they went along they preached at places by the way, and told the history of the conversion of many Gentiles. What they related caused great joy among

the brethren.

When Paul and Barnabas arrived at Jerusalem, they saw many believers,

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