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 the third  story  to  the  ground,  and  was  taken  up  dead. Paul, hearing of  the  accident,  immediately  went  down  and  restored  the young man  to  life.

From Troas,  Paul  repaired  to  Lesbos,  Chios,  Samos,  and Miletus. From the  latter  place  he  sent  for  the  clergy  of  Ephesus, and bade  them  a last  tender  farewell, saying: “Now,  behold, bound in  the  spirit  I go  to  Jerusalem,  not  knowing  the  things that shall  befall  me  there.”  He  then  told  them  that  he  feared nothing, but  was  willing  to  lay  down  his  life  for  his  Divine Master.

To the  bishops  he  said:  “Take  heed  to  yourselves,  and  to all  the  flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost  has  placed  you  bishops to rule  the  Church  of  God,  which  He  hath  purchased  with  His own Blood. I know that  after  my  departure  ravenous  wolves  will enter in  among  you,  not  sparing  the  flock.”  Then,  kneeling  down, he prayed  with  them  all. And there  was  much  weeping  among them; and,  falling  on  Paul’s  neck,  they  embraced  him,  and  accompanied him  to  the  ship,  sorrowing  that  they  should  see  his face no  more.

The Divinity  of  Jesus  Christ  has  been  proved  by  St.  Paul  in  many of his  epistles  to  the  faithful. may be  well  to  quote  a few  of  the most important  passages  in  them.

In his  Epistle  to  the  Romans  St.  Paul  writes  thus:  “God  is  my witness,  whom  I serve  in  my  spirit  in  the  Gospel  of  His  Son, that  without ceasing I make  commemoration  of  you  always  in  my  prayers’’  (I,  9). And again:  “If,  when  we  were  enemies,  we  were  reconciled  to  God  by the  Death  of  His  Son,  much  more,  being  reconciled,  shall  we  be  saved by His  Life”  (5,  10). “If God  be  for  us,  who  is  against  us? He that spared not  even  His  own  Son,  but  delivered  Him  up  for  us  all,  how  hath He not,  also  with  Him,  given  us  all  things”  (8,  31.  32)? “Of whom (the Israelites)  is  Christ,  according  to  the  flesh,  who  is  over  all  things, God  blessed  for  ever (9,  5).

To the  Galatians  St.  Paul  writes:  “And  I live,  now  not  I,  but Christ liveth  in  me. And that  I live  now  in  the  flesh,  I live  in  the faith of  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me  and  delivered  Himself  for  me” (2, 20).  “When  the  fulness  of  the  time  was  come,  God  sent  His  Son,