ntiles and kings, and the children of
Israel: for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's
sake."

And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands
on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee
in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy
sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

And at once there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received
his sight; and he arose and was baptized; and he took food and was
strengthened.

And he was certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And
at once in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of
God. And all that heard him were amazed, and said, "Is not this that man
who in Jerusalem made havoc of them who called on the name of Jesus? and
he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound
before the chief priests." But Saul increased the more in strength, and
confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the
Christ.

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[Illustration]
THE CITY OF TARSUS, LOOKING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS. THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE IS IN THE FOREGROUND.

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood and used by special permission.

Tarsus was a Roman metropolis with all the distinctions and privileges
which the name implied. It was beautifully situated. The broad river
Cydnus, breaking through a cleft in the Taurus Mountains, fell in a
wide cascade to the plain, and flowed clear and cold from its mountain
snows through the city. At evening the people used to gather in their
roof gardens on the housetops to watch the setting sun as it turned
the snowy summit of the mountain chain into rose and filled the valley
with golden mist. But beauty of situation was not the only source of
civic pride. Tarsus was a rich and influential center of trade, and it
maintained its importance by the most lavish municipal expenditure, by
what we moderns call enterprise and push.

When Paul as a boy wandered down to the wharves to see the sights, to
listen to the sounds of the sailors and the ships, and to breathe that
indefinable atmosphere of the sea which is so fascinating to the growing
lad, he could not fail to admire those great stone basins and quays
which made Tarsus a seaport in spite of the treacherous sands of the
rapid river.
[End illustration]

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And after many days, the Jew