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 asked to see her; seemed satisfied; and said he was ready; though he did not look to have any tools with him. When the big man saw him, he swore harder than ever, possibly referring to the color of his hair; then asked him if he, the big man, was a dog. No direct reply is recorded. But the next minute, before the heavy-weight could square off; the little fellow made an impression—a lasting one—on the big man's forehead. The rout of the enemy and other pleasing results followed. And the stripling who had scored so well at the start, proved many a time afterwards to be a good one. For, like his fellow left-handed Benjamites, he could not only sling a stone at a hair's-breadth, and not miss (what a baseball pitcher he would have made!), but he was "fair of eyes"; "comely"; "goodly"; well made; and "of immense strength and agility; his swiftness and activity made him like a wild gazelle."

"His feet were like hinds' feet"; and his arms were strong enough to break a bow of steel. In his early days, before entering upon a public career, he also had a personal interview with a lion; and another with a bear; at a time when both animals were hungry. And they remained hungry. Nowadays, our football captains would have sent a delegation clear to Jerusalem for him. Our colleges would have had a new Special student on the team in almost no time; and his board and tuition would have cost him nothing at all.

The son of a well-to-do merchant of Cilicia—a youth of rare parts, Paul was first sent to the college at Tarsus, itself a far-famed seat of learning. Then to the college of Jerusalem, the fountain-head of his religion, where, at the feet of a teacher well-nigh as great in his field as Aristotle was in his, he presently came to be learned in the law of his fathers. The zeal of the gifted young Pharisee gave him no rest, till he was persecuting Christians wherever found; until a higher power turned him into the greatest Christian,—only human,—whom this world ever saw;—one who, in any age, and any land, would have led among leaders.